Investor
ESG & Sustainability Forum Global Summit 2020
16 March 2020,
Hilton Hotel, Berlin
Putting ESG at the heart of the infrastructure agenda
The 2nd Annual ESG & Sustainability Forum in Berlin will bring together more than 200 delegates from across the infrastructure asset class. The ESG and Sustainability Forum provides a place to showcase best practice and understand what good looks like from a sustainability perspective.
With institutional investors increasingly making demands from fund managers, this is an event that should not be missed.
Who attends?
Fund/Asset Managers
To showcase ESG credentials to prospective and current investor base and learn from peers and outside experts.
Investors
To hear what good infrastructure ESG looks like while meeting and educating fund peers.
Service providers
To increase business opportunities and contacts with 200+ delegates in one space and share client success stories.
Key themes for 2020
- The state of ESG and infrastructure: where are we now?.
- Maintaining the social license for investments in infrastructure.
- IMP: raising the bar for impact measurement and management practice.
- Investor and manager scenario session: deal or no deal?
- Developing a resilience plan to reduce risk in infrastructure investments.
- Working with the deal team: the role of ESG in fundraising and value creation.
One Summit: Seven Forums
The Global Investor Forum is the largest global gathering of institutional and private capital devoted to infrastructure and the focal point of the Global Summit.
Explore infrastructure opportunities across frontier and growth markets at the Emerging Markets Forum.
Hear from government on infrastructure policy across key global markets and the broader effect of politics and government on infrastructure.
The Energy Transition Forum is the event to learn from and network with a truly international delegation focused on investment opportunities in renewables and the energy transition.
Your chance to hear from investors leading the digital revolution in infrastructure investment and keep up with opportunities in an increasingly important sub-asset class.
Analyse the benefits of differing investment structures, learn about landmark transactions and pinpoint new opportunities for yield.
World-leading infrastructure managers that attended last year include:
Testimonials
Lincoln Webb
Senior Vice President, BCI
If you are serious about infrastructure investing, Infrastructure Investor’s Global Summit should be a fixture in your calendar.
Stephane Wattez-Richard
Executive Director, Conquest AM
The Global Summit is the best event to meet peers, investors and keep up-to-date on the key challenges & opportunities the asset class faces today.
Holger Haaf
Uniper
To meet so many people in such a short time is not possible without the Summit.
Sponsorship Opportunities
The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit offers a unique opportunity for organisations to raise their profile as a part of the premier meeting for infrastructure investment professionals.
For more information on available sponsorship opportunities contact Alexander Jakes, alexander.j@peimedia.com, +44 (0)203 862 7498
Clara Barby
Chief Executive, Impact Management Project
Claire Curtin
Head of ESG, Pension Protection Fund
Martin Ewald
Managing Director, Allianz Global Investors
Chris Heathcote
Independent
Brenda Kramer
Advisor Responsible Investment, PGGM
John Morrison
Chief Executive, Institute for Human Rights and Business
Deborah Ng
Head of Responsible Investing, OTPP
Kat Shenton
Head of Energy Asset Management, Octopus Investments
Nikolas Stone
Manager, Envinromental & Social Responsibility, CDC Group
Rick Walters
Director Infrastructure, GRESB
Simon Whistler
Senior Specialist, PRI
Agenda
Day 1 - Monday 16th
Chairperson's opening remarks
Keynote address: Maintaining the social license for investments in infrastructure
The State of ESG: Where are we now?
Joint discussion from GRESB & PRI on how far ESG has got in infrastructure and what the next challenges and opportunities are in the space. This will set the tone of the days discussions
Working with the deal team: The role of ESG in fundraising and value creation
- How seriously are investment teams really taking ESG?
- Influencing investment teams to ensure ESG is not an afterthought
- Examining the role of ESG in due diligence; historically and now
ESG case studies highlighting the value of ESG
2 case studies will be presented highlighting how and where ESG can add value. At the end of the presentations there will be a vote on the best-case study
Coffee & networking
Managing climate risk within an infrastructure portfolio
- TCFD Update: What are the implications of the latest update for infrastructure investors?
- How can investors use the recommendations to help predict climate risk across the portfolio?
- What metrics are most relevant to measure climate risk?
Developing a resilience plan to reduce climate risk in infrastructure investments
- Deciding the risks that need addressing within an investment
- Monitoring success of actions to reduce risk
- Current examples of resilience planning in infrastructure strategies
Networking lunch with Emerging Markets & Government Forum attendees
IMP: Raising the bar for impact measurement and management practice
- How is the IMP project relevant to infrastructure investors?
- Building consensus on what constitutes good impact measurement and management practice
- Approach and timeline for completing this ambitious project
How should investors measure and demonstrate impact?
- Views on the IMP project and how useful It is for infrastructure investors
- Defining impact for infrastructure: What metrics can you track?
- Examples of how fund managers have incorporated impact
Coffee & networking
Incorporating SDGs into the investment process
- Can SDGs help you focus your investment strategy?
- How to measure an assets contribution to the SDG
- To what extent are fund managers already considering SDGs within their decision making
Investor and Manager Scenario Session: Deal or No Deal
The session will highlight the increased role of ESG in due diligence. A fund manager and institutional investor will discuss two hypothetical investment opportunities with ESG issues. The investor asking the questions they would ask in a real situation regarding specific infrastructure assets. The audience will then be given the opportunity to quiz the presenters on their decisions and decide whether they would invest in the fund
Networking Roundtables looking at the role of ESG on different areas of infrastructure
- Social Infrastructure
- Listed Infra
- Stranded Assets
- Cyber Security
- Debt Funds
- Greenfield
- Green Bonds
- Renewables
Chair’s summary and Close of Forum
Sponsorship Opportunities
The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit offers a unique opportunity for organisations to raise their profile as a part of the premier meeting for infrastructure investment professionals.
For more information on available sponsorship opportunities contact Alexander Jakes, alexander.j@peimedia.com, +44 (0)203 862 7498