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Responsible Investment Forum: Europe London 2022
16 - 17 November 2022,
Hilton Tower Bridge, London
The leading global event for ESG in private markets
The longest-running private equity forum focused on bringing together fund managers, institutional investors, and expert advisors to discuss ESG issues across alternative asset classes will return to London on 16-17 November, once again co-hosted with the PRI.
The key themes for this year will include addressing climate change within a portfolio, regulatory changes, the growth in impact and what it means for ESG, value creation and much more. Hear from the leading investors, managers and expert advisors on the latest ESG strategies.
Connect with your peers through interactive workshops, networking breaks, an evening drinks reception, roundtable discussions and invite-only breakfasts. Build lasting relationships and compare best practices with other responsible investment investors and fund managers.
Book now to be a part of the must-attend event for alternative asset professionals with an interest in ESG and responsible investment. There will be additional opportunities for those unable to travel to participate remotely.
What can you expect at the event?
Event content with value
The key themes for this year will span the E, S & G. Learn from industry experts and gain insight into addressing climate change, regulatory changes, human rights, appropriate governance, and much more.
Build a valuable network
Connect with industry participants in all aspects of responsible investment. Network in-person at interactive workshops, networking breaks, an evening drinks reception, roundtable discussions and invite-only breakfasts.
Meet institutional investors
Hear from institutional investors who are looking to increase their exposure in the industry. Attendees from 2021 included representatives from AP6, Dai-ichi Life International, EBRD, Phoenix Group, World Bank Pension, and many more.
Key event themes for 2022
- The role of ESG value creation: with ESG increasingly becoming a fundamental part of value creation strategy, this is a topic at the forefront of fund manager and investor minds to increase multiple at exit.
- Climate: With businesses globally focused on climate and the event taking place at the same time as the COP 26 meetings in Glasgow, the topic will be front and centre with expert analysis from a mix of fund managers, investors, and external experts.
- Impact investment: In our dedicated impact investment stream, hear from industry leaders creating scalable, positive change and explore how you can implement impact principles and methodologies into your portfolio to create greater value.
Connect with responsible investment professionals
Testimonials from attendees
Alan Kao
Ramboll
Fantastic to see the progress on climate, diversity, human rights being made by so many investors!
Bill McGilivray
Ogier
The best conference I’ve attended in a very long time. Great content and speakers and very enthusiastic attendees make the 2 days well worthwhile.
Marina Johnson
Actis
Fantastic opportunity to meet with peers, to connect and challenge each other. Very well organised and run.
Download the 2022 agenda
The Responsible Investment Forum: Europe will take place on 16-17 November 2022.
For more information on the agenda, please contact Charles Gould.
charles.g@peimedia.com | +44 (0)203 879 3893
Agenda
Responsible Investment Forum - Day 1 - Wednesday 16th
Introduction from PEI and PRI
Chairpersons opening remarks

Keynote interview: The long-term value creation case for ESG
Senior leaders’ discussion: to what extent is ESG now top of the agenda?
- How are investment teams working with sustainability leads on ESG initiatives?
- Valuing ESG work on the bottom line, is this getting easier?
- The war for talent in ESG: how leading funds are finding new sustainability leads from the corporate world
- How useful is ESG as part of fundraising?



Maria Prieto
Co-Head of Private Equity Investments Europe & Head of Sustainability Private Equity, Schroders Capital
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How are investors and managers working together on making data more useful for investment strategy?
- Update on the ESG Data Convergence Initiative
- Where is the market on regulation and metrics?
- Practical guidance for managers around reporting
- What are the implications from asset owners and regulators of being behind on data?
- How can managers practically use the data they are tracking to drive progress on ESG value creation?
Moderator:
Ben Morley, Partner and Associate Director, BCG




Matt Schey
Senior Director, Sustainable Investing & Strategic Projects, Institutional Limited Partners Association
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Coffee & networking
Practical tips to decarbonise your portfolio now
- What does best practice look like when decarbonising a portfolio company?
- Update on the ici: carbon footprinting, data collection, target setting and benchmarking
- Is the industry getting too caught up in net-zero initiatives and forgetting about the here and now?
- Integrating decarbonisation into the investment thesis





Is greenwashing prevalent across private markets?
- Defining greenwashing for private equity: why it is not always easy to agree on what constitutes greenwashing
- How can investors spot greenwashing from managers?
- To what extent can data and analytics be used to prove sustainable impact?
- The role of regulation to overcome remaining challenges





Getting to net zero at a portfolio scale
- Leveraging digital technology to help accelerate to net-zero
- What digital solutions are out there for fund managers?
- Using climate data in the cloud
- Case studies of successful ESG and digital integration
Facilitator: Tyler Harnish, Head of Net Zero Cloud Distribution, Salesforce
Reconciling decarbonisation with growth
– The evolution of industry best practice for target setting
– How methodologies and carbon data providers are enabling firms to set meaningful targets
– Putting the foundations in place to build credible decarbonisation targets
– Reconciling top-down decarbonisation pathways with bottom-up net zero alignment
– How climate resilient businesses are born from focusing on carbon reduction commitments
Lunch
Debate: Is launching an impact strategy detrimental to wider sustainability efforts?
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Anita Bhatia
Investment Director- Investment Director, Endowment Team, Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation
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Climate tech, natural capital and beyond: overview of leading climate impact investment strategies
Moderator: Tom Timmerman, Principal – ESG & Sustainability, MJ Hudson |
Sustainable Markets Initiative: how private equity is engaging
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Moderator: Tania Carnegie, Global Lead for Private Equity & Asset Management, KPMG |





Developing ESG metrics for private equity
- Update on initiatives around ESG metrics
- The advantages of developing consistent metrics
- What are the use cases within a PE context?
- What are the right metrics to measure for PE?
Moderator: Jennifer Wilson, CEO & Founder, Re:Co





Infrastructure: how ESG is transforming the asset class
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Real Estate: leveraging ESG for value creation
- How are funds going about engaging tenants on sustainability?
- Case studies of where ESG performance has led to higher valuation or yields
- How can funds plan a cost-efficient transition at the portfolio-level?
Moderator: Oliver Light, Real Estate Commercial Director, Carbon Intelligence



Charlie Jacques
Head of Sustainability and Impact Investment, Real Estate, Schroders capital
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Coffee & Networking
The evolving role of impact in fund investors’ portfolios
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How to make your impact fund an easy allocation decision
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Integrating biodiversity at each stage of the investment cycle
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Climate change and carbon pricing
- An overview of climate initiatives in the marketplace
- Steps towards valuing carbon during the investment process
- Creating a common framework for costing carbon
Private Debt: to what extent ESG now a leading issue for credit investors?
Moderator: Natalia Baer, Head of Business Development, Private Markets, Persefoni |





Venture Capital: is venture catching up with PE on its approach to ESG?
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Moderator: Emma Bickerstaffe, Director – ESG, MJ Hudson
Close of day one of conference followed by cocktail reception, hosted by Bain & Co and Persefoni
Agenda
Responsible Investment Forum - Day 2 - Thursday 17th
Invitation only - LP & GP Breakfast Briefings
Invitation only
Opening Remarks
The push towards enhanced consideration of ESG factors is coming from all angles
- Investor commitments and tighter scrutiny on ESG
- How the regulatory agenda is pivoting to enforcement practices
- To what extent are lenders challenging borrowers on ESG risk management due to commitments and regulatory obligations?
- The danger of losing the license to operate
Moderator: Ruth Knox, Partner, ESG and Impact, Kirkland & Ellis





Fireside chat: Climate change strategy with Ares and Persefoni
- Managing investor pressure to set aggressive climate change goals
- Pursuing portfolio decarbonization across multiple asset classes like private equity, private credit, real estate, secondaries
- Investing in avoided emissions as part of a net zero strategy
Adam Heltzer, Head of ESG, Ares Management
in conversation with:
Ryan Miller, SVP & GM, Global Financial Services, Persefoni
Introduction to Business for Societal Impact (B4SI): A Social Impact Standard and how PE managers can apply
- How to measure and manage investments for social impact using B4SI
- Opportunities for education internally & communication externally when using the standard –
- To what extent is the information provided useful in fundraising and value creation
- Case studies of PE firms using the standard
Adding value through data at every stage of the investment process
- What providers are out there to simplify data collection and aggregation?
- Working with data providers to make their offerings relevant to PE
- Integrating ESG data with other areas of value creation
- How to avoid data collection being more onerous than useful





Coffee & Networking
Moving beyond data to add tangible value at the portfolio level
- Is PE too obsessed with data? Does it really drive value
- Creating impact to add real value
- Facilitating value creation with limited resources at the fund level
- Using case studies to demonstrate value to management teams





ESG considerations when investing in energy over the next decade
- How does the war in Ukraine impact energy investing today and in the future?
- How should investors think about investing in fossil fuel-based companies vs renewables or other major positive contributors to the energy transition?
- To what extent is the current investment opportunity set attractive for long term investors?
- What are views on investing in newer technologies that could be critical to a successful energy transition (eg, hydrogen, carbon capture, nuclear)?





How should boards engage with portfolio companies on ESG
- Diversity, equity & inclusion: working with portfolio companies to drive positive change
- How to work with the portfolio on issues that the fund itself is still struggling to address internally
- Engaging management teams in businesses with less obvious ESG issues
- Case studies of successfully changing portfolio companies
Moderator: Maria Liby-Troein, Associate Partner, Bain & Company
Lunch
Why human rights are moving up the ESG agenda
- The importance of human rights in due diligence: has private equity been slow to take this seriously?
- Tips for defining human rights for specific portfolio companies in different sectors
- How are investor demands on human rights changing?
- Debunking the myth that social issues cannot be measured
Moderator: Christopher Springham, Formerly VP – Communications and Sustainability, LM Wind Power GE Renewable Energy Business




Regulatory workshop: European sustainability regulation for private markets
Led by expert lawyers from Travers Smith, the room will be split into small group discussions to discuss the latest developments in ESG regulation and practical approaches to them. Although the Travers team will lead the discussions, this is very much your opportunity to raise some of the difficult questions that face ESG and compliance professionals charged with implementation of these new and complex rules, and to discuss them with your peers from other firms.
Hosted by Simon Witney, Tim Lewis, Danny Riding, Henriika Hara, Sarah-Jane Denton and John Buttanshaw
For information on speaking at the event, please contact Charles Gould.
charles.g@peimedia.com | +44 (0)203 879 3893
Speakers for 2022 include:

Graeme Ardus
Head of ESG, Triton Partners

Natalia Baer
Head of Business Development, Private Markets, Persefoni

Vindi Banga
Partner, Clayton Dubilier & Rice

Clara Barby
Senior Partner, Just Climate

Anita Bhatia
Investment Director- Investment Director, Endowment Team, Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation

Emma Bickerstaffe
Managing Director, ESG & Sustainability, MJ Hudson

Erika Blanckaert
Senior Public Affairs Manager, Invest Europe

Josh Brunert
Global Head of ESG Product, Apex

Natasha Buckley
Vice President, ESG - HarbourVest Partners

Tanya Carmichael
Advisor, Independent

Tania Carnegie
Global Lead for Private Equity & Asset Management - KPMG

Clodagh Connolly
Global B4SI Director, Business for Societal Impact, Business for Societal Impact/SLR

Christy Cooke
EMEA Lead, Private Capital, EcoVadis

Jill Cooper
ESG Manager, Orion Resource Partners (USA)

Nicolas Cottis
Partner, ESG Transaction Services, KPMG

Matthew Cvijan
Commercial Director, Carbon Intelligence

Phil Davis
Director of ESG, Helios Investment Partners

Noëlla de Bermingham
Chief Sustainability Officer, Andera Partners

Ellen de Kreij
Operating Advisor - Sustainability, Apax Partners

Dr. Silva Deželan
ESG Director, Stafford Capital Partners

Heidi DuBois
Global Head of ESG, AEA Investors

Peter Dunbar
Head of Private Equity, PRI

Greg Fischer
Partner and Director, Sustainable Finance and Investment, Boston Consulting Group

Jennifer Flood
Vice President, Investindustrial

Anna Follér
Head of Sustainability, The Sixth National Pension Fund

Sylvain Forté
CEO, SESAMm

Anne Foster
Senior Director & Global Head of ESG - Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

Adam Francis
Vice President, Asset Management, QuadReal

Manuela Fumarola
Head of ESG, Private Equity, Aberdeen Standard Investments

Jarlyth Gibson
Global Head of ESG - Advent International

Cornelia Gomez
Operating Principal & Global Head of ESG, General Atlantic

Robin Grenfell
Green Analytics, Macquarie Asset Management's Green Investment Group

Anna Grgic
ESG Integration Manager, Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP6)

Lydia Guett
Sustainable and Impact Investing Specialist, Cambridge Associates

Alison Hampton
Founder, Alma Verde Advisors

Tyler Harnish
Head of Net Zero Cloud Distribution, Salesforce

Adam Heltzer
Managing Director, Head of ESG, Ares Management

Felix Heon
Sustainability Director, Antin Infrastructure Partners

James Holley
Partner, ESG Transaction Services, KPMG in the UK

Charlie Jacques
Head of Sustainability and Impact Investment, Real Estate, Schroders capital

Kavita Jadeja
Director, Sustainability, EQT

Jérôme Kamm
Investment Director – Direct Equity Investments, Hamilton Lane

Anders Klinkby
Managing Director, Position Green Advisory

Ruth Knox
Partner – ESG & Impact, Kirkland & Ellis

Jiří Król
Deputy CEO, Global Head of Government Affairs, AIMA

Elizabeth Lewis
Managing Director of ESG, Blackstone

Maria Liby-Troein
Associate Partner, Bain & Company

Oliver Light
Real Estate Commercial Director - Carbon Intelligence, Part of Accenture

Marc Lino
Senior Partner, Global ESG Leader for Private Equity, Bain&Company

Caroline Löfgren
Head of Responsible Investment, Hg

Christoph Lueneburger
Managing Director - TowerBrook

James Magor
Director, Sustainability, Actis

Diane Mak
Director, Impact Measurement and Management, Allianz Global Investors

Michael Marshall
Head of Sustainable Ownership, Railpen

Stephanie Mata
Managing Director of Investor Relations, Three Hills Capital Partners

Andrew Mather
Strategic Sustainability Consulting - Ramboll UK

Anne Matusewicz
Director of ESG and Impact Strategy, Reporting21

Kate McKeon
Head of Sustainability, InfraRed Capital Partners

Nathalia Millan
Head of ESG for Private Equity - Tikehau Investment Management

Ryan Miller
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Global Financial Services, Persefoni

Stan Miranda
Founder and Chairman, Partners Capital

Ben Morley
Partner and Associate Director, BCG

Natasha Morris
Managing Director Responsibility and Impact, Adamantem Capital

Katharina Neureiter
Head of ESG, EMEA & APAC - Carlyle

Dr Andreas Nilsson
Managing Director and Head of Impact, Golding Capital Partners

Carmen Nuzzo
Head of Fixed Income, UN-PRI

Afolabi Oliver
Director, Operational Due Diligence - ESG Officer, Aksia

Saleh Panahi
Managing Director – Private Equity, Blackstone

Emmanuel Parmentier
Managing Partner, Indefi

Minal Patel
Junior Partner, Greencoat Capital

Kerstin Pfliegner
Partner Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change, ERM

Shane Power
Associate Director of Investments, NTR

Olivia Prentice
Partner, Head of Impact, Bridges Fund Management

Maria Prieto
Co-Head of Private Equity Investments Europe & Head of Sustainability Private Equity, Schroders Capital

Leela Ramnath
Senior Vice President, Head of ESG, Warburg Pincus

Fabio Ranghino
Partner and Head of Strategy & Sustainability - Ambienta

Peter Rawlings
ERM, Partner, Finance Lead, EMEA, ERM

Ben Robson
General Counsel and Group Compliance Officer, Molten Ventures

Sonia Rocher
Managing Director, BlackRock

Abrielle Rosenthal
Chief Sustainability Officer, Towerbrook

Chloë Sanders
Head of ESG - CVC Capital Partners

Matt Schey
Senior Director, Sustainable Investing & Strategic Projects, Institutional Limited Partners Association

Natalie Sediako
Executive Director - LGT Capital Partners Ltd

Adinah Shackleton
Head of ESG, Permira

Snehal Shah
Reporter, New Private Markets, PEI Media

Vanessa Sheehan
Associate Director, Carbon Intelligence

Morgan Sheil
Associate Vice President, Impact and Sustainability, Energy Impact Partners

Radhika Shroff
Managing Director, Private Equity Impact Investing, Nuveen Real Assets

Matt Sparkes
Chair - B4SI

Christopher Springham
Sustainability/ESG Advisor to Boards and Impact Investors

Robert Sroka
ESG Director, Abris Capital Partners

Tommy Stadlen
Founding Partner, Giant Ventures

Shane Swords
Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations - NextEnergy Capital

Tomas Sys
Principal, UK M&A and ESG Advisory Lead, Ramboll

Greta Talbot-Jones
Associate Director - Responsible Investment, Aviva Investors

Gavin Templeton
Partner, Pollination

Elly Thio
Managing Director, EQT Future - EQT

Tom Timmerman
Principal | ESG & Sustainability

Amarik Ubhi
Partner, Global Head of Infrastructure, Mercer

Maaike van der Schoot
Head of Responsible Investment, AlpInvest Partners

Bhavika Vyas
Managing Director, Head of Impact Investing, Stepstone Group

Sarah Walker
AVP, Global Head of Private Equity Practice, Salesforce

Simon Whistler
Head of Real Assets, Principles for Responsible Investment

Jennifer Wilson
CEO and Founder, Re:Co

Tricia Winton
Senior Vice President and Global Head of ESG, Bain Capital

Simon Witney
Senior Consultant, Travers Smith

Mirja Weidner
ESG Director - Charterhouse Capital Partners

Kim Woehl
ESG Principal, Montagu Private Equity

Serge Younes
Head of Sustainability, Investindustrial
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Network with the European responsible investment industry
In its 13th year, the forum is a firmly established event in the industry’s calendar. Join 300+ attendees this November to connect with institutional investors, fund managers, specialist responsible investment and impact managers, and the wider ESG community for two days of learning and networking. This is a must-attend event for those with an interest in ESG in private markets.
The in-person networking experience
Meet investors with a focus on ESG
Network with active investors in responsible investment. Benefit from our expansive European investor community who will be in attendance throughout the forum.
Network in-person once again
Connect with your peers at interactive workshops, networking breaks, evening drinks reception, roundtable discussions and invite-only breakfasts.
Build new connections at the forum
Past investors included AP6, Dai-ichi Life International, EBRD, Phoenix Group, World Bank Pension, and many more.
Connect with responsible investment professionals
Testimonials from attendees
Alan Kao
Ramboll
Fantastic to see the progress on climate, diversity, human rights being made by so many investors!
Bill McGilivray
Ogier
The best conference I’ve attended in a very long time. Great content and speakers and very enthusiastic attendees make the 2 days well worthwhile.
Marina Johnson
Actis
Fantastic opportunity to meet with peers, to connect and challenge each other. Very well organised and run.