Lisa Sachs

#12

overall

Lisa Sachs

Biodiversity Carbon

#3 most read in

Sustainable Finance

Lisa Sachs is Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Associate Professor at Columbia Climate School. She leads work on natural resource governance and climate finance, and previously served as Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Mining and Metals and co-chaired the SDSN network on land and extractives.

illuminem

Jun 17 2026

TOP 10 Most-Read Thought Leaders in Sustainable Finance

Illuminem Voices

Sustainable Finance · ESG

We are proud to present the most-read Thought Leaders of the year in Sustainable Finance globally in our annual series, recognising the leading voices in the field on illuminem

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Recent publications

Lisa Sachs

May 11 2026

Carbon · Corporate Sustainability

Redefining corporate climate action for systems transformation

Lisa Sachs

Apr 09 2026

Corporate Social Responsibility · Corporate Governance

A specialised guarantee facility for industrial decarbonisation

Lisa Sachs

Nov 19 2025

Carbon · Carbon Market

Carbon markets are not a climate solution

Lisa Sachs

Oct 24 2025

ESG · Sustainable Finance

The real tragedy of the horizon

Lisa Sachs

May 26 2025

Climate Change · Sustainable Finance

Distinguishing among climate change-related risks

The words 'dream big' written on a black wall

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