Capstone – Project

Corporate Sustainability & ESG/SDG Impact Finance

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Engagement Synopsis



Perform research on projects related to Corporate Sustainability, ESG and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and aspects related to corporate strategy, impact investing, sustainable finance and reporting. --Identify, web scrape and clean structured and unstructured data (text-based, official sources, open source satellite data, etc.) related to sustainability, biodiversity, and climate from multiple sources --Develop a taxonomy map with keywords, paired keywords, sentences and quantitative units associated with the top sustainability frameworks --Use supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques to expand the sustainability taxonomy, and identify relevant content from large files --Develop guides for corporate and investment sustainability strategies --Apply statistical, ML techniques and Bayesian approaches to analyze inter-linkages between multiple sustainability topics based on the normalized time series --Implement a database and data-driven dashboards with sustainability-related data --Analyze and map the similarities between the most important regulations in the area of corporate sustainability and ESG, including the new European Union Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the IFRS Int'l Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), and the UN SDGs taxonomies. --Map the ecosystem of grants, crowdsourcing and other options in the areas of AI and data-driven sustainability, and develop a fundraising strategy

Company Information

CompanyCompany GA
HQN/A
RevenueN/A
EmployeesUnlisted
StageMedium Business
Hiring PotentialN/A
Website

Company Overview

We are a Big Data Company that uses State-of-the-Art Statistical and Artificial Intelligence models to produce actionable investing, policy making insights, signals and alternative data. Our clients are comprised of Institutional investors, Governments and Corporations.

Course Info & Engagement Details

SchoolStevens Institute of Technology, School of Business Industry Capstone Program
Engagement FormatCapstone - Small Team Consulting Project - Students work in small groups of 2-6 directly with faculty and host company project champions on developing real solutions to real-world challenges.
CourseMGT 809: Spring 2022 Industry Capstone Program
Level
  • All Graduate
Students Enrolled30 (5-6 students per project)
Meeting Day & TimeTBD
Student Time Commitment8-15 Hours Per Week
Company Time Commitment1 Hour
Duration11 Weeks

Project Topics

Students

Student

Suryaraj Jhala

sjhala@stevens.edu

Student

Meitray Patel

mpate134@stevens.edu

Collaboration Timeline

Key Milestones & Project Process

Project Resources

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Company Supervising Team

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School Supervisors

Instructor

Khasha Dehnad

businessprojects@stevens.edu

Instructor

Frank Gallucci

fgallucci@whitestone.net

Instructor

Pat Saporito

patsaporito@gmail.com

Instructor

Alkiviadis Vazacopoulos

avazacop@stevens.edu

Instructor

Saptaparna Gupta

sgupta6@stevens.edu