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Sustainability in Conversation | Testing Markets and Building ESG Resilience

Posted on June 10, 2026

 

Host:

  • Catalina Secreteanu, Managing Director, ESG Solutions, Europe, Morningstar Sustainalytics
  • Melissa Chase, Senior Content Marketing Manager, Morningstar Sustainalytics

Guest:

  • Bin Dong, Lead Analyst, ESG Methodology, Morningstar Sustainalytics

On the Evolution of Sustainable Investing and Constructing More Resilient Portfolios

In this episode of Sustainability in Conversation, we welcome our new co-host, Catalina Secreteanu. Catalina has worked in the sustainable investment space for the past 17 years, holding roles at UKSIF and Sustainalytics in the UK and Australia. During that time, she’s had a front row seat to how the industry has evolved. She shares her thoughts on where the market has been and where it’s going, as well as the challenges and opportunities along the ways.  

Melissa and Catalina also sat down with Bin Dong, Lead Analyst, ESG Methodology, and author of the report ESG Resilience in Focus: What the US-EU Divergence Means for Portfolio Performance. Building on analysis from a previous publication, this report examines how portfolios adjusted for material sustainability factors perform under pressure in US and EU equity markets. Bin shares the most recent findings and explains how investors could leverage the insights for their own approaches. 

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Key Moments 

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:46 A conversation with Catalina Secreteanu on the evolution of sustainable investing
00:14:13 A conversation with Bin Dong about ESG risk and portfolio resilience
00:24:01 Sign off

 

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