Main navigation About Us Our Work Networks Campaigns News Resources Get Involved Sign Up DONATE Veena Ramani Program Director, Capital Markets Systems Home About Us Staff Veena Ramani Veena Ramani is the program director of the Capital Market Systems program at Ceres. As part of her role, Veena leads Ceres’ work on critical market levers that will help scale the transition to sustainable capital markets, including governance systems that companies should put in place at the corporate board level to allow for effective board sustainability oversight. She also oversees Ceres work on sustainability disclosure. In October of 2015, Veena authored the report, "View from the Top: How Corporate Boards Can Engage on Sustainability Performance," which identifies key strategies for effective board engagement that can produce tangible environmental and social impacts. Her work has been featured in GreenBiz, Huffington Post, Environmental Leader and Responsible Investor. From 2006 to 2015, Veena managed the relationships with a wide portfolio of Ceres Company Network members, including the financial services sector and the electric power sector. Veena worked with boards and senior company management on opportunities to integrate sustainability into their business structures and decision making, including policy and program development, disclosures and stakeholder engagement processes. Prior to Ceres, Veena worked as a management consultant with CDM, an environmental consulting firm and focused on providing a variety of sustainability services to clients in the public and private sectors. Veena also spent three years with Integrative Strategies Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization working on developing national and international policy solutions on sustainable development, building consensus and coalitions among civil society groups on these issues and lobbying government representatives. Before that, Veena practiced law in India. Veena received a Masters in Law degree from Washington University in St. Louis and a B.A. LL.B (Honors) degree from National Law School from India University, Bangalore. Recent blog posts January 9, 2017 Corporate Secretaries and the Power of Being a Positive Gatekeeper October 13, 2016 Living in a Material World October 3, 2016 The Rising Responsibilities of Directors for Tackling Sustainability and Climate Change September 7, 2016 Getting Boards on Board With Sustainability April 6, 2016 CalPERS raises bar on corporate directors’ role in tackling climate change Subscribe Get the latest news and updates from Ceres in your inbox. SUBSCRIBE Headquarters 99 Chauncy Street, 6th Floor Boston, MA 02111 California Office 212 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 (617)247-0700 info@ceres.org Footer menu CONTACT US ©2016 Ceres. All Rights Reserved