Emily Chasan
Director of Communications
Generate Capital
Emily Chasan is director of communications for Generate Capital, where she leads internal and external communications and works on ESG strategy for the company which builds owns, operates and finances sustainable infrastructure in power, mobility and waste. She is a a contributing editor on ESG issues.
Prior to the role, she was sustainable finance editor at Bloomberg News, where she pioneered the news organization’s coverage of ESG, sustainability and impact investing. Emily wrote and edited Bloomberg Green’s weekly Good Business newsletter on the frontiers of sustainable and responsible investing. Recognized as a leading voice on green finance, she is a regular speaker at ESG conferences and events.
Emily was previously a senior editor at The Wall Street Journal's CFO Journal, and a senior correspondent at Reuters where she covered accounting, law, hedge funds, manufacturing, and the U.S. stock market. She led the wire service's team of bankruptcy reporters during the financial crisis from 2008 to 2010.
Emily started her career as an intern in The Wall Street Journal's Dallas bureau. She graduated from Tufts University cum laude with degrees in economics and international relations.
