Dr. Cort teaches and researches in corporate sustainability and sustainable finance. His focus is on financially material environmental and social risks to companies and investment portfolios. This includes applied research on financial models for corporations and asset managers to price environmental and social risks and account for these risks on their balance sheet and asset planning strategies. His work spans sustainability metrics, associated regulations, strategic and legal risk, intangible value assessment and portfolio construction. His educational background includes finance, engineering, environmental chemistry and biochemistry.
Dr. Cort holds a Professional Engineers License in California and a Diploma from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust. He has a courtesy appointment at the Yale School of the Environment and is affiliated faculty with the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health. He serves as Faculty Co-Director for the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) and the Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF). He serves on a variety of advisory and management boards for corporations and venture capital funds including the PRIME Coalition and The Good Science Fund. He also volunteers on the Board of Directors for Save the Sound, a regional environmental non-profit serving communities around Long Island Sound.
