Miriam Benarey

Sustainability and ESG Analyst

Miriam is responsible for many of the strategic projects and processes of Impax Asset Management’s sustainability and stewardship work, and coordinates the interface between the Impax Sustainability Lens and Impax’s other taxonomies, working closely with the investment team in developing Impax’s positions linked to the transition to a more sustainable economy. She is a member of our Beyond Financial Returns Group, developing metrics and methodologies for our sustainability reporting. Miriam is also a member of the Environment Group [former Environment Committee], responsible for developing the firm’s operational sustainability processes. Miriam has worked in the Sustainability and Stewardship team since joining the firm in 2019.

Prior to joining Impax, Miriam was a senior consultant for sustainability consultancy and software company thinkstep. She first became involved in sustainability when developing the corporate sustainability strategy and disclosures for a German SME consumer goods company, tea merchant TeeGschwender.

Miriam is an honors graduate of Utrecht University where she studied Business Economics and has a master’s degree in Global Management & Governance from the Hamburg School of Business Administration.