Kate Marshall is a Sustainable Investing Specialist on Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s (MSIM) Sustainability team. Kate leads and facilitates strategic projects that enhance MSIM’s sustainable investing capabilities including ESG portfolio analytics and client reporting. She also works with clients to provide custom advisory services on sustainable investing. Prior to MSIM, Kate worked at BSR (Business for Social Responsibility) where she primarily advised private equity firms on ESG integration, including impact investing and ESG due diligence. Kate also worked with consumer goods and food and agriculture companies to design and implement supply chain sustainability and women’s empowerment programs. Before working at BSR, Kate was the lead ESG Analyst for the Materials sector at Sustainalytics where she conducted company and sector-level research, advised clients on ESG integration and contributed to the firm’s research methodology development. Kate holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of British Columbia.