Co-Founder and CEO; Professor of Engineering & Finance; FinTech entrepreneur; Director, Smart Infrastructure Finance Center; University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Michigan, USA
Pitching Equarius in FinTech track at Venture Summit West in Mountain View ⁦@youngstartupven⁩ ⁦@UM_CSIF⁩
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Pitching Equarius Risk Analytics to investors at Venture Summit West. ⁦@UM_CSIF⁩ ⁦@IuliaMogosanu⁩ ⁦@TSlawecki⁩
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Peter Adriaens retweeted
#digital #water and interconnected urban #infrastructure. @NewshaAjami @AnaNMijic @dbStfflbr @ricktaobao are excited to announce our solicited speaker Prof. Chrysi Laspidou @CLaspidou and invite abstract submissions to our #vEGU21 session HS.5.4.1! meetingorganizer.copernicus.…
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@equariusrisk waterBeta platform portended the impact of water on price volatility performance for energy companies such as DTE. Disclosures to @CDP essentially validated the waterBeta platform. @padriaens @LimnoTech @thomasschumann @KuritaGlobal
DTE reported to CDP that it plans to close a large swath of its coal fleets in the coming years to reduce water-related risks. @SPGlobal explores how rising #water stress risk threatens #US coal plants: fal.cn/3bhxd
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Finance is a catalyst, an enabler of sustainable and resilient infrastructure solutions and to signal corporate behavior. By leveraging design and analytical skills with knowledge of financial, change leadership is assured. @UM_CSIF @UM_CEE
The role of engineering has grown beyond a narrow technical focus, and increasingly engineers are making significant advances on Wall Street. But to make a difference there, our graduates need financial skills. Read @padriaens' opinion piece in @ASEE_DC. asee-prism.org/last-word-sum…
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Announcing our new Water Risk Euro 50 index. Based on waterBeta. Outperforms StoxxEuro50 by 15% C8 Monthly Update - Water Risk and Private Equity Metrics - June 2020 | C8 Technologies ⁦⁦@UM_CEE⁩ ⁦@padriaens⁩ c8-technologies.com/en/1261-…
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Accelerating corporate disclosures to drive environmental transparency for investors.
Lack of #EnvironmentalTransparency is becoming ever more risky for investors. That’s why 105 investors with over US$10 trillion are targeting over 1000 companies to open up and start disclosing through CDP: fal.cn/38BSR #InvestorAction
@equariusrisk signed proof of concept agreement with @KuritaGlobal and @startupnavigators (San Mateo CA) to develop waterBeta risk models for Japanese corporations.
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Integrating weather and water risks in @equariusrisk waterBeta risk pricing product 2.0. @padriaens @UM_CSIF
Weather related catastrophic losses accounted for 80% of all insured losses in 2018. With intensifying natural disasters already having huge impacts in 2019, @Trucost examined the implications for company assets and investor financial portfolios? ow.ly/eTfn50xmcKV
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Future Returns: Investing to Minimize Water Risks in Institutional Portfolios barrons.com/articles/future-… via @BarronsOnline @UM_CSIF @UM_CEE
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A world under water stress :: Environmental Finance environmental-finance.com/co… @um_csif @padriaens
AP7 and Sustainalytics Publish New Report, “Water Management and Stewardship: Benchmarking Corporate Practices” sustainalytics.com/press-rel…
Discussing waterBeta - a volatility risk platform - in the context of climate investing @UM_CEE @UM_CSIF
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An opportunity Equarius Risk Analytics is tapping with its index partner Limeyard and Thomas Schumann Capital in Water Risk: Goldman Sachs to offer derivatives based on Stoxx ESG indexes environmental-finance.com/co…
Peter Adriaens retweeted
Can data finance smart infrastructure? Check out our Q&A with CEE professor @padriaens discussing a new collaboration with blockchain company @Ripple cee.engin.umich.edu/stories/…
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Equarius market for water risk indexing and robo-advisory: BlackRock forecasts sharp growth in sustainable funds :: Environmental Finance environmental-finance.com/co…
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Peter Adriaens retweeted
World’s 1st benchmark index to price financial water risk to #equities launched on #Bloomberg financial #waterrisk to affect $5 trillion in global assets under management by 2025 bit.ly/2LSwMR3 @Limeyard_Bmks @equariusrisk @thomasschumann @CDP
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Peter Adriaens retweeted
AB InBev: Is pricing of water relevant to drive investment? Or is value/risk overriding? @FTLive @FTWater
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