Please join us for a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker with New York State Insurance Fund Head of ESG and Sustainable Investing Rajith Sebastian

Buyers and sellers of energy and infrastructure assets around the world are striving to balance financial returns with climate risk. 

Rajith Sebastian, Head of ESG for the New York State Insurance Fund, approach many of the same issues on behalf of different stakeholders. Sebastian oversees how the $20 billion state fund can best invest for policyholders and the planet. 

In conversation with Reuters ESG Correspondent Isla Binnie, the interview will explore how the risks of physical climate shocks and changing energy policy are influencing where and how capital gets allocated, and what this means for the transition to a low-carbon economy.