• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Lauren Smart

S&P Global, Sustainable1

Chief Commercial and Market Engagement Officer

Lauren is a global expert and senior leader in sustainable finance. She leads a team committed to growing S&P Global’s Sustainable1 business with functional responsibilities for commercial strategy, go to market, product specialists, client engagement and marketing. Prior to joining S&P Lauren was a member of the board and senior management team of Trucost responsible for the successful sale of the business to S&P Dow Jones Indices in 2016 and integrating the Trucost business into S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2018. She was integrally involved in a number of major market innovations such as developing the world’s first portfolio carbon footprint and helped grow the Trucost business from being a start up to a market leader in climate finance. Prior to Trucost, Lauren worked in Equity Research in the fund management industry and was a consultant at the UK Government’s Department for International Development working on the Millennium Development Goals. Lauren is a regular speaker and respected commentator on sustainable finance, quoted in publications such as the Economist, Investment Week, IPE and The Actuary. In 2019 she was a speaker in Davos at the World Economic Forum on, “The future of finance”. Lauren holds a BA & MA from Cambridge University in Archaeology & Anthropology and an MSc in Anthropology & International Development from the London School of Economics. Lauren is also a trustee of the Sumatran Orangutan Society.

Sessions With Lauren Smart

Tuesday, 19 March