Market data and technology solutions provider S&P Global has picked Lauren Smart as Head of Sustainable1, the firm’s sustainability-focused unit. The move comes ahead of the integration of S&P Global Sustainable1 with S&P Global Commodity Insights to form an expanded energy transition and sustainability business. Smart has been with S&P Global since its 2016 acquisition of climate analytics company Trucost, and was part of core start up leadership team which created the Sustainable1 business in 2020. She replaces Richard Mattison, who left Global Sustainable1 in October for the role of Head of Climate and ESG at data provider MSCI. Smart was most recently Chief Commercial and Market Engagement Officer at S&P Global Sustainable1, a role she held from 2021, and was previously Global Head of ESG Commercial for two years. She spent more than 11-and-a-half years at Trucost and was an Executive Director and Member of the Board when the company was sold. “As the sustainability market grows and evolves, so does the sophistication of our clients’ needs,” said Smart. “Alongside our longstanding work on climate, nature, and sustainability, the newly integrated business will support clients end to end throughout their sustainability journey; from risk management and reporting to industrial decarbonisation and identifying the opportunities to finance a more sustainable future.”
