Biography
Jaakko Kooroshy is head of Sustainable Investment Research at LSEG where he oversees a team of researchers and data scientists developing climate and sustainability-related data, scores, and insights for investors. Previously, Kooroshy was an executive director at Goldman Sachs. There, he was the European research lead for GS SUSTAIN, providing insights in investment opportunities around the low-carbon transition and other long-term trends. Kooroshy has also been a research fellow for Energy, Environment, and Resources at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, and an analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS). He holds an MSc in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam, a BSc in International Economics, and a BA in Social Sciences and History from Maastricht University.
Proxy data and estimates are likely to play an important role in plugging disclosure gaps in financial institutions' Scope 3 emissions.