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ESG & Sustainability Forum Global Summit Online 2020
12 October 2020,
Virtual Event, GMT
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
David Bentley
Founding Partner, ATLAS Infrastructure
Ginette Borduas
ESG Officer, Meridiam
Jeff Cohen
SASB: Institutional Product Strategist – Head of Private Investments Initiatives, CAIA
Isabelle Combarel
Deputy CEO - Head of Business Development & ESG, SWEN Capital Partners
Tomas Dauden
Principal, Responsible Investing
Martin Ewald
Lead PM Impact Investments, Allianz Global Investors
Charlie Garrood
Head of Infrastructure EMEA, AON
Chris Heathcote
Independent
Adam Kirkman
Head of ESG, AMP Capital
Anders Klinkby
Managing Partner, Klinkby Enge
Brenda Kramer
Senior Advisor Responsible Investment, PGGM
Margaret Kuhlow
Finance Practice Leader, WWF International
Tom Maher
Head of Business Development, Whitehelm Capital
Niamh McBreen
Asset Management Director, AMP Capital
John Morrison
Chief Executive, Institute for Human Rights and Business
Mary Nicholson
Global Chief Risk and Sustainability Officer, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets
Karl Nietvelt
Head of Analytical Excellence & Research - Global Infrastructure Ratings, S&P Global Ratings
Shami Nissan
Head, Responsible Investment, Actis
Jon Phillips
Director - Corporate Affairs, GIIA
Peter Plaut
Executive Director, Wimmer Family Office
Jean-Philippe Richaud
Managing Director, SWEN Capital Partners
Aurélien Roelens
Investment Director and ESG Coordinator, Cube Infrastructure Managers
Susanne Røge Lund
Director - ESG, ATP
Valeria Rosati
Senior Partner, Vantage Infrastructure
Kat Shenton
Head of Energy Asset Management, Octopus Investments
Emmeline Stein
Analyst, 2° Investing Initiative
Nikolas Stone
Manager, Environmental & Social Responsibility - CDC Group
Cameron Talbot-Stern
Senior Responsible Investment and Governance Specialist, APG Asset Management
Rick Walters
Director Infrastructure, GRESB
Dr. Barbara Weber
Founding Partner, BCapital Partners
Simon Whistler
Senior Specialist, PRI
Carlise White
ESG Manager, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Agenda
Day 1 - Monday 12th
Welcome from Infrastructure Investor
Chairperson's opening remarks
Keynote address: Maintaining the social license for investments in infrastructure
The State of ESG: Where are we now?
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
Moderator: Mary Nicholson, Global Chief Risk and Sustainability Officer, MIRA
ESG case studies highlighting the value of ESG
2 case studies will be presented highlighting innovative ways to consider ESG at different stages of an investment from due diligence to exit.
CDC Group – Virunga Energy Investment
Nikolas Stone, Manager, Environmental & Social Responsibility, CDC Group
B Capital Partners – ESG Due diligence case study, Bekk og Strøm
Dr Barbara Weber, Founding Partner, B Capital Partners
Coffee and 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
Karl Nietvelt
Head of Analytical Excellence & Research - Global Infrastructure Ratings, S&P Global Ratings
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EU taxonomy: Practical and strategical implications for infrastructure investors
Presentation followed by a panel discussion
- Outlining responsibilities around sustainability for investors based on new legislation
- How to use the EU taxonomy on your investments
- What are the risks and opportunities for infrastructure in the European Green Deal?
Session facilitator: Brenda Kramer, Advisor Responsible Investment, PGGM
Networking Lunch
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
- Mobilising sustainable infrastructure: moving from ESG to impacts
Moderator: Martin Ewald, Lead PM Impact Investments, Allianz Global
Jeff Cohen
SASB: Institutional Product Strategist – Head of Private Investments Initiatives, CAIA
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Coffee and Networking
Aligning the investment chain on the SDGs in infrastructure
- Practical examples of how infrastructure investors are putting the SDGs into practice.
- How can fund managers and asset owners work together more effectively to deliver SDG outcomes?
- What barriers remain for infrastructure investors to contribute to the SDGs?
Moderator: Simon Whistler, Senior Specialist, UNPRI
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.
Moderated by: Anders Klinkby, Managing Partner, Klinkby Enge
Networking Roundtables looking at the role of ESG on different areas of infrastructure
- Social Infrastructure – Tom Maher, Head of Business Development, Whitehelm Capital
- Listed Infra – David Bentley, Founding Partner, Atlas Infrastructure
- Due Diligence – Anders Klinkby, Managing Partner, Klinkby Enge
- Stranded Assets – Emmeline Stein, Analyst, 2° Investing Initiative
- Cyber Security – Charlie Garrood, Head of Infrastructure EMEA, AON
- Debt Funds – Peter Plaut, Executive Director, Wimmer Family Office
- Greenfield – Carlisle White, ESG & Compliance Officer, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
- Renewables – Kat Shenton, Head of Energy Asset Management, Octopus Investments
Chairperson’s summary and Close of Forum
Keynote Speech
Back by popular demand, futurist Ben Hammersley will explain how to prepare for the digital future. Hear one of the world’s leading thinkers explain how the information revolution affects infrastructure assets around the world.
Ben Hammersley, Editor-at-Large, Wired
Followed by Q&A with the audience
Emerald Gala Reception
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