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The IA Sustainability and Responsible Investment Conference 2023
Thursday, 25th May, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The IA Sustainability and Responsible Investment Conference 2023 – Resilience in adversity
Group discount: use the promotional code GROUP for 20% discount on bookings of five or more people.
In recent years, there has been a true sense of momentum behind sustainability and responsible investment. The Paris Agreement brought all nations into a common cause to take action and the UK hosting COP26 intensified interest in climate change domestically. With investor demand for sustainable and responsible investments soaring, the investment management industry was placed at the forefront of change and in a position to play an instrumental role in the transition to a more sustainable and prosperous future.
In the past 12 months, there has been a sense that this momentum might be lost. The tremendous toll of the COVID-19 crisis, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the global cost-of-living crisis have cast doubt on climate commitments and uncertainty amongst governments and global clients. In addition, as more regulatory standards are introduced, both in the UK and internationally, there is a real sense of challenge in the pursuit of sustainability and responsible investment.
Please join us at the 5th annual IA Sustainability & Responsible Investment Conference on 25 May to explore these themes and how we together can continue to affect change, drive excellence for our clients and move the dial towards a more sustainable economy, society, and planet.
Sessions include:
- CEO panel: Global Challenges pushing Sustainability and Responsible Investing into new territory
- Defining ambition, shaping investible opportunities and overcoming data challenges
- Clients at the core of where we go next with Sustainable and Responsible Investing
- Working together towards globally comparable standards that support good client outcomes
- And a keynote speech from Baroness Penn, Parliamentary Secretary with responsibility for ESG in HM Treasury
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Programme subject to slight changes
09:00 – Registration & Refreshments
09:30 – Welcome and Opening Remarks
Patrick Thomson, IA Chair and CEO Europe, Middle East & Africa, JP Morgan
09:45 – CEO Panel: Global Challenges pushing Sustainability and Responsible Investing into new territory
Moderator: Galina Dimitrova, Director, Investment & Capital Markets, The Investment Association
- Mark Versey, CEO, AVIVA
- Peter Harrison, CEO, Schroders
- Stephen Cohen, Senior Managing Director & Head of EMEA, Blackrock
- Alexandra Altinger, CEO, J O Hambro
10:30 – Virtual Fireside chat
- Helena Vines Fiesta, Chair of EU Platform on Sustainable Finance
- Carol Thomas, Head of Sustainability and Responsible Investments, The Investment Association
10:45 – Networking break
11:10 – Panel: Clients at the core of where we go next with Sustainable and Responsible Investing
Moderator: Carol Thomas, Head of Sustainability and Responsible Investments, The Investment Association
- Mark Manning, Technical Specialist – ESG Unit, FCA
- Emma Wall, Head of Investment Analysis & Research, Hargreaves Lansdown
- Stephanie Maier, Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment, GAM Investments & Deputy Chair of IA S&RI Committee
- TBC
12:00 – Biodiversity and the Blue Economy: surfing the wave of opportunity for nature finance
Sonali Siriwardena, Partner – Globa Head of ESG, Simmons & Simmons LLP
12:15 – Lunch & networking break
13:15 – Keynote session
Baroness Penn Baroness Penn, Parliamentary Secretary with responsibility for ESG in HM Treasury
13:45 – Panel: Defining ambition, shaping investible opportunities and overcoming data challenges
Moderator: Miranda Seath, Director of Market Insight & Fund Sectors, The Investment Association
- Clive Emery, Head of Multi-Asset Strategies, Invesco
- Neville White, Head of Responsible and Sustainable Policy and Research, Edentree Investment Management
- Laura Vitagliano, Head of Sustainable Finance Strategy Client Engagement, BNP Paribas Securities Services
- Catalina Secreteanu, Head of ESG Market Strategy, Sustainalytics
14:35 – Networking break
14:50 – How reliable is sustainability data and where are the common areas?
Johanna Conil-Lacoste, Clarity AI (a partner of CACEIS)
15:20 – Presentation: New technologies to support net zero
- Maanch
- ESGi
- Net Purpose
15:45 – Panel: Collective action and global sustainability standards
Moderator: Paul Scaping, Public Policy Specialist, Capital Markets, The Investment Association
- Emily McKenzie, Technical Director, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
- Carey Buxton, Partner, Brown Advisory
- Julie Baddeley, Chair, Chapter Zero (Member of TPT Delivery Group)
- Ronan Hodge, Technical Lead, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)
16:30 – Closing remarks
Galina Dimitrova, Director, Investment & Capital Markets, The Investment Association
16:40 – Drinks reception