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Nidhi Chadda is a generalist growth investor and advisor across public and private markets. She is the Founder and CEO of Enzo Advisors, a female and minority-led sustainability consulting practice she founded that focuses on helping private, small and mid-cap companies build best-in-class sustainable business models and works closely with institutional investors to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and frameworks across their investment processes. Enzo Advisors is at the nexus of finance, strategy and technology, taking a holistic qualitative and quantitative approach advising corporate and investor clients on how to integrate sustainability initiatives to mitigate risk and unlock value creation.
She is also the Chief Impact Officer for Richmond Global Sciences (RGS), where she focuses on developing and executing business strategies aligned with market and customer insights with a keen focus on RGS' portfolio construction investment solutions linking financial criteria to various environmental and social impact drivers. Prior to launching Enzo Advisors, Chadda was a portfolio manager at RBC Global Asset Management, where she spearheaded the initiative to drive ESG integration across investment processes for her team managing $3 billion in assets under management in aggregate across 3 funds. Chadda also serves on several advisory boards and investment committees at angel associations and venture funds.
Chadda has hosted numerous webinars related to ESG / impact / climate - related topics and has been featured across a number of media engagements including CNBC, the Women in Asset Management Summit, ESG Clarity magazine, Women's Wear Daily (WWD), ESG Today, and Venture Capital Journal. Chadda is also an instructor for the Southern Gas Association where she teaches courses on ESG / sustainability; decarbonization and the pathway to net zero; emerging climate technologies; and climate risk modeling. She also spearheaded the launch of the quarterly ESG Series on behalf of the Board of the Harvard Business School Women's Association, which has hosted sold out events since inception. Chadda has 20+ years of experience as an investment banker, strategic consultant, and investor.
She earned her MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania where she was a Benjamin Franklin and Joseph Wharton Scholar, as well as the recipient of the Dean's Award for Innovation.
She is the recipient of the Impact Investment and Advisory Award (June 2024, NRI Achiever Awards) as well as the recipient of the Outstanding Leadership in Finance Award (July 2023, MORE 2.0 Conference.) Chadda has also received numerous accolades including being named one of Aspiring Women Leaders for 2022 by Aspioneer Magazine, was a finalist for the Next Generation Leader Award in 2021 and a finalist for the Women in Asset Management Award for US Small / Mid-cap Equities in 2019.
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- Building an ESG Roadmap
- Sustainability 2.0: Linking Sustainability to Financial Impact
- What does a Trump Term Mean for ESG?
- AI Trends in Sustainability
- Emerging Trends in AI
- Advancing Sustainability Investment and Impact Strategies
What is the Outlook for ESG in 2024?
2023 was a controversial year for the acronym "ESG." What is in store for 2024? What are sustainability professionals focused on for their respective corporations and investment firms? How is sustainability getting incorporated into operations today? What headwinds are we facing? What do the new regulations mean? This session will focus on the key opportunities and challenges that present themselves for those looking to build, launch, and improve sustainability practices in their respective organizations.
Linking Decarbonization to Value Creation - how does Decarbonization Drive Value?
Linking the "so-what" of climate science and factors to the bottom line. Why decarbonization matters to drive long-term value creation, improve revenue, drive down costs, and improve cost of capital. In this session, Nidhi will walk through a decarbonization framework and how to think about value levers associated with each pathway.
Building an ESG Roadmap: Best Practices to Launch a Sustainability Program and Avoid Greenwashing
Key Trends across ESG / Sustainability in the Private Markets
Why DEI Matters to the Bottom Line: Creating Value with Social Initiatives
ESG / Sustainable Investing in Public and Private Markets
Chadda has been a moderator and panelist for a number of ESG / sustainability-focused sessions targeting both public and private investors, as well as family offices, endowments and pension funds. She has presented on the following topics: a) ESG in Private Markets; b) ESG in Due Diligence and M&A; c) Integrating ESG / Sustainability into Your Portfolio amongst others, and has been featured on CNBC and interviewed for Barron's Magazine.
Decarbonization and Pathway to Net Zero
Chadda has presented at a number of conferences, webinars and podcasts around decarbonization and the pathway to net zero. Nidhi is also an instructor for the Southern Gas Association where she teaches courses on ESG / sustainability, decarbonization and the pathway to net zero, emerging climate technologies, climate risk modeling, and environmental justice.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Workplace
Chadda is a mentor to the current cohort of Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA), an early - stage fund and technology accelerator based in New York City; XRC Labs, a leading retail technology / consumer - focused accelerator; NY Fashion Tech Lab, a platform co-founded by Springboard Enterprises and major fashion retailers to support women-led companies that have developed innovation at the intersection of fashion, retail and technology. Chadda has presented as a keynote speaker on a number of diversity-focused topics, most recently at the 1Sustainability Conference where she discussed "Deciphering the Value of S in ESG."
Environmental & Social Governance
Chadda is the founder of Enzo Advisors, a company that builds build best-in-class business models to grow sustainably over the long-term and works with institutional investors (e.g., private equity firm; asset managers; and venture capital firms) to codify ESG processes and frameworks within their investment and diligence processes, as well as across their portfolio companies.
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