Lauren McManus

Consultant

Lauren McManus is a Consultant with Clermont Partners, LLC and is based in Washington, D.C. Lauren works with client teams focusing on ESG reporting, benchmarking, climate risk, and rating analysis.

Prior to joining Clermont, Lauren was a geologist and project manager at NW Contracting, overseeing environmental investigations and supporting sustainable redevelopment projects. She also has experience in greenhouse gas accounting and climate change research.

Lauren graduated from American University with an M.S. in Sustainability Management. She obtained her B.S. from Washington and Lee University in Geology.

Back to Team

Lauren McManus's Insights

The SEC Has Spoken: Proposed Climate Change Disclosure Rules Are A CFO Game Changer

General

Yesterday, the SEC unveiled its long-anticipated proposed climate risk disclosure rules. As expected, the implications are significant, and the proposal is clearly aligned with Larry Fink’s call for portfolio companies to report aligned with TCFD. Under the rule, companies must...
Read This Article
To CDP or Not to CDP? An Overview of CDP’s 2022 Climate Change Updates

ESG Communication

Each year, CDP releases annual revisions and developments to its questionnaires to reflect and drive best practice, improving both data quality and the disclosure experience for companies. Their 2022 Updates were recently released for the Climate Change, Forests, and Water...
Read This Article
Two Weeks in Glasgow: What We Learned from COP26

ESG Communication

On November 13th COP26, the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, ended proceedings. The two-week summit was composed of talks aimed at cutting global greenhouse gas emissions and slowing the Earth’s warming. It was the first conference since COP21 –...
Read This Article

More Insights

Lauren McManus

Consultant

Lauren McManus's Insights

The SEC Has Spoken: Proposed Climate Change Disclosure Rules Are A CFO Game Changer

To CDP or Not to CDP? An Overview of CDP’s 2022 Climate Change Updates

Two Weeks in Glasgow: What We Learned from COP26