Introducing Bloomberg ES Scores for the Chemicals Industry

Eric Kane

Director of ESG Research

BLOOMBERG/ INTELLIGENCE NEW YORK

Eric Kane is an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, a research platform that provides context on industries, companies, government, litigation and the economy, available on the Bloomberg Professional Services at BI. Mr. Kane’s research focuses on identifying and analyzing current and future trends, including climate change, resource scarcity, data security and linking performance to financial value. Mr. Kane also specializes in understanding ESG disclosure and how key metrics can be incorporated in traditional company analysis.

Prior to joining Bloomberg, Mr. Kane was the Health Care Sector Analyst at the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and a Senior Analyst at Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. Mr. Kane holds a Master of Public Administration from NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a degree in political science from Bates College.

Zarvan Khambatta

Senior Researcher

Bloomberg

Zarvan Khambatta is the Co-Head of Systematic Strategies Research at Bloomberg. Zarvan's work has focused on topics such as investing with risk premia-based investment strategies, tail-risk hedging, portfolio construction and strategy allocation. His clients include pension funds, foundations and endowment investors, as well as private banks and asset managers. Zarvan's group produces both white papers as well as investable indices that track the performance of specific investment strategies that span all major asset classes and geographies. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Zarvan worked at Barclays. He received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is a CFA and CAIA charterholder.

Jason Miner

Senior Industry Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence

Bloomberg L.P.

Jason Miner is a senior analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, a unique research platform that provides context on industries, companies, and government policy, on the Bloomberg Professional Service at BI . Mr. Miner specializes in financial and economic analysis of chemicals producers, and his global coverage includes major producers of basic (e.g. LyondellBasell, Dow, Air Liquide), diversified (BASF, Celanese) and agricultural (Yara, Nutrien) chemicals. He frequently presents at chemicals industry and investor conferences produced by ICIS, Goldman Sachs, IHS-Markit and others. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Mr. Miner was an equity analyst at Deutsche Bank, where he covered U.S.-listed chemicals producers. He has also worked for New York Consulting Partners and Archstone Consulting leading operations and manufacturing redesign projects. Mr. Miner is a CFA charter holder. In 2009, Institutional Investor awarded Mr. Miner Honorable Mention in U.S. chemicals and in 2010 the Financial Times/Starmine ranked Mr. Miner the No. 2 stock picker in U.S. chemicals. Mr. Miner earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering, from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the University of Manchester, U.K. and an MBA from Columbia University.

Lenora Suki

Product Manager, Sustainable Finance Solutions

Bloomberg

Lenora is the Product Manager leading Environmental and Social data-driven and news score development in Bloomberg’s Sustainable Finance Solutions team. Prior to this role, she managed product strategy for sustainable finance in Bloomberg’s Sustainable Business and Finance Group. Lenora works across Bloomberg's businesses and across asset classes to enable investors, corporates and other users to comprehensively understand investment risks and opportunities driven by sustainability and impact using Bloomberg products. Lenora has also served as a board member of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation as the Chair of the Finance Committee. Before joining Bloomberg, Lenora founded Smart Cities Advisors, an international housing advisory firm, and was an Associate Director at the Earth Institute at Columbia University working on the Millennium Development Goals and remittances and development. Prior to that, Lenora worked in banking as regional fixed income strategist for Banco Santander and in investment management as emerging markets debt and equity analyst at OFFITBANK. As program staff at the World Bank, Lenora supported the Treasury's borrowing programs, as well as lending and research in the Europe and Central Asia and private sector development departments. Lenora holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a BA in Government from Pomona College, a BA in economics from the University of Houston and the CFA, CAIA and LEED AP designations.