Realising a Just Transition in Asia

Join the Responsible Investor Asia 2024 conference, the leading event for sustainability in public markets and fixed income. Connect with ESG, sustainable finance, and responsible investment professionals as sustainability moves from theory to action across Asia’s evolving taxonomies.

Hear from asset owners, fund managers, banks, and corporates on how they’re implementing sustainability, disclosure, and net-zero commitments. This event is co-located with the Responsible Investment Forum Asia, brining together sustainability leaders across private markets.

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What to expect at the forum?

Valuable insights into sustainable finance

Gain key insights from industry leaders on the trends shaping investments today. High-level discussions will focus on strategies vital to advancing Asia’s future economy and sustainability goals.

Expand your network

Engage with a wide range of stakeholders across the ESG spectrum, from banks, pension funds, insurers, NGOs, think tanks, and financial regulators. Build relationships that can enhance your professional development.

Asia-focused content with a global view

Join local and international experts to explore how Asian business can thrive in a sustainability-focused world, with discussions on emerging trends, global practices, and innovative solutions for long-term growth.

Key event themes

  • Scaling transition finance in ASEAN
  • Protecting and restoring Asia’s biodiversity: the role and responsibility of investors
  • ESG engagement in Asia: tools, tactics and timelines
  • Corporate transition plans: a question of credibility
  • ESG data in public markets: challenges and the next frontiers
  • Physical risk, resilience, and climate adaptation
  • ISSB, GRI, TNFD: the evolution and interoperability of reporting standards
  • Transition investing & the fixed income market
  • Deep dive into blended finance solutions

Part of the Sustainable Investor Summit Asia

The Sustainable Investor Summit Asia will convene thought leaders from both private and public markets across Asia and beyond, sparking dynamic discussions on the ongoing evolution of sustainability in Asian financial markets. This summit marks a pivotal moment for the ongoing evolution of sustainability in Asian financial markets.

The summit offers a unique opportunity to connect with 400+ professionals, gain cutting-edge insights, and explore the latest innovations shaping the future of sustainable finance. Don’t miss your chance to be part of the conversation that’s transforming the investment landscape across Asia and globally.

 

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Apply for a complimentary asset owner pass

A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible asset owners to join the event.

Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.

Please register your interest and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your eligibility.

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Connect with investors & ESG professionals

Responsible Investor Asia provides an opportunity to make connections with an exclusive audience of ESG and sustainable finance decision makers.

Share your solutions, collaborate and network with senior-level executives through bespoke sponsorship packages to meet your 2024 business goals.

 

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  • Raise your profile as a thought leader within the industry to overcome the key challenges within responsible investing.
  • Showcase your institutional investor solutions, in-person to new global audiences and generate new business opportunities to achieve your targets.

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Join leading Asian asset owners & industry professionals

APG
BloombergNEF
Cathay Financial Holdings
CLP Holdings
Dai-ichi Life International
Kumpulan Wang Persaraan
Moody’s
Seneca ESG
S&P Global
Sustainable1
Sustainable Fitch
Taiwan Depository Clearing Corporation
WWF

Hiroshi Komori

Senior Director, Stewardship & ESG, GPIF

RI events around the world have been beneficial to catch up on ongoing ESG issues and network with great people.

Andrea Palmer

ESG Lead, PGGM

I appreciate the quality of the delegates and the conversations. It’s the go-to venue to gauge developments in ESG integration.

For more information on the agenda, please contact Boris Petrovic.

boris.p@pei.group | +44 (0)20 3307 2474

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Agenda

RI Asia 2024 - Tuesday 29th

Day one
08:00 - 09:00

Networking breakfast and registration

09:00 - 09:05

Chair’s opening remarks

09:05 - 09:25

Keynote

09:25 - 10:05

Back to reality: taking stock of sustainability efforts in Asian financial markets

Kamran Khan, Kian Min Low, Jenn-Hui Tan , Yuki Yasui
  • How are government net zero plans unfolding and what will it mean for investors?
  • Which institutions are driving sustainability the most progress in terms of real-world impact?
  • What is the role of public-private collaboration?
  • Is the region ready for a 1.5- or 2.0-degree scenario in the coming decade?
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Kamran Khan

Managing Director, Head of ESG for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Deutsche Bank Group

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Kian Min Low

Chief Renewables Officer, Gentari

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Jenn-Hui Tan

Chief Sustainability Officer, Fidelity International

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Yuki Yasui

APAC Managing Director, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

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10:05 - 10:45

Asia’s asset owners panel: sustainability’s role in portfolio construction

Debanik Basu, Anubhuti Gupta, Hazman Hilmi Sallahuddin, Wai-Seng Wong
  • What role does ESG play as a protector of value from the viewpoint of asset owners?
  • Has investing sustainably become more challenging for asset owners over the past two years?
  • What is keeping senior leaders at asset owners up at night in 2024?
  • How are investors prioritising their time and efforts on sustainability – is it really front and centre now?
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Debanik Basu

Head of Responsible Investment & Stewardship, APAC, APG Asset Management

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Anubhuti Gupta

Senior Principal Consultant, Mercer Investment Solutions Singapore

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Hazman Hilmi Sallahuddin

Chief Investment Officer, Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP)

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Wai-Seng Wong

Head of Strategy and Asset Allocation, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

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10:45 - 11:15

Break

11:15 - 12:00

Asia regulators’ roundtable

Satoshi Ikeda, Kamran Khan, Abigail Ng
  • What will the ESG regulatory environment in Asia look like in the coming years?
  • How are different jurisdictions going about encouraging greater sustainability practices of corporates?
  • Is there a connection between sustainability and global competitiveness in the mind of regulators and policy makers?
  • In what respects are Asia’s regulators competing with, complementing or imitating other regions’ efforts?
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Satoshi Ikeda

Chief Sustainable Finance Officer and Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency, Government of Japan

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Kamran Khan

Managing Director, Head of ESG for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Deutsche Bank Group

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Abigail Ng

Executive Director and Head of Department, Markets Policy & Consumer Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore

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12:00 - 12:40

Scaling transition finance in ASEAN

Monica Bae, Rachel Chia, Laurent Poirot, Heidi Yip
  • What investable transition finance products are currently available for investors?
  • How are Asian corporates looking to decarbonise?
  • How are national net zero policies of Asia governments intersecting with investor decarbonisation efforts?
  • To what extent are enabling legislation and subsidies needed to scale the transition in Asia (e.g. as the Inflation Reduction Act in the US)?
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Monica Bae

Director of Investor Practice, AIGCC

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Rachel Chia

Managing Director, Head of Project Finance, Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank

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Laurent Poirot

Head of Product Strategy & Development, Markets, SGX Group

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Heidi Yip

Head of Sustainable & Transition Solutions, Southeast Asia, BlackRock

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12:40 - 13:15

Protecting and restoring Asia’s biodiversity: the role and responsibility of investors

Paul Chandler, James Griffin MP, Lucita Jasmin, Greg Munford, Juan Salazar
  • Can investors achieve biodiversity impact?
  • Is there sufficient investor demand for biodiversity credits?
  • How is TNFD being received by Asia corporates and investors?
  • What are the challenges when it comes to biodiversity data?
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Paul Chandler

Director of Stewardship, UN Principles for Responsible Investment

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James Griffin MP

Shadow Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Change, NSW Australia

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Lucita Jasmin

Group Sustainability Director, RGE

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Greg Munford

Senior Investment Strategist – Sustainable Investment, New Zealand Superannuation Fund

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Juan Salazar

Senior Engagement Specialist, Pictet Asset Management

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13:15 - 14:15

Lunch

14:15 - 15:00

ISSB, GRI, TNFD: the evolution and interoperability of reporting standards

Allinnettes Adigue, Alvin Chew, Emily Kreps, Indrie Tjahjadi
  • How are investor and corporate reporting norms changing in Asia?
  • To what extent are new reporting frameworks compatible and interoperable from the viewpoint of investors?
  • How are investors adopting the ISSB standard?
  • Is reporting being done for its own sake?
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Allinnettes Adigue

Director ASEAN, Global Reporting Initiative

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Alvin Chew

Head of Disclosure, APAC, CDP

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Emily Kreps

Global Head of ESG and Sustainable Finance, Deutsche Bank Securities

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Indrie Tjahjadi

Director – Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC Singapore

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15:00 - 15:40

Corporate transition plans: a question of credibility

Liza Jansen, Bing Yi Lee, Mervyn Tang , Viola Tang
  • What are the ingredients in a robust transition plan?
  • Are investors providing consistent messaging to companies with their voting?
  • How are local Asian, vs global, investors scrutinising transition plans?
  • Is voting against directors likely to be a phenomenon we see in Asia?
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Liza Jansen

Head of Responsible Investment, Prudential

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Bing Yi Lee

Partner, Sustainability & Climate Change, PwC Singapore

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Mervyn Tang

Head of Sustainability, APAC, Schroders

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Viola Tang

Senior Vice President, Sustainability Office, GIC

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15:40 - 16:00

Coffee & Networking

16:00 - 16:40

ESG data in public markets: challenges and the next frontiers

Khalid Azizuddin, Charles Nguyen, Darian McBain , David Smith
  • How is the lack of data and uniformity of standards affecting the robustness of ESG efforts?
  • What ESG data do the different types of investors need to make informed investment decisions?
  • What are the data challenges in Asia and other emerging economies?
  • How are the financial data providers reacting to this emerging non-financial data challenge/opportunity?
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Khalid Azizuddin

Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Charles Nguyen

Managing Director, Head of ESG Investing Asia, Neuberger Berman

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Darian McBain

CEO and Founder, Outsourced Chief Sustainability Officer Asia

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David Smith

Senior Investment Director, abrdn

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16:40 - 17:15

A new dawn for carbon markets in Asia?

Tobias Davis, Mark Glossoti , Nuomin Han, Christina Ng
  • How successful has carbon trading in Asia been to date?
  • Who are the key investors in jumpstarting international carbon markets?
  • What are views of the suppliers of carbon credits, and buyers of carbon offsets?
  • Are carbon credits a poor excuse for genuine climate action?
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Tobias Davis

Executive Director, Environmental Product Origination, Engie

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Mark Glossoti

Chief Operating Officer, Climate Impact X

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Nuomin Han

Head of Carbon Markets, Wood Mackenzie

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Christina Ng

Managing Director, Energy Shift Institute

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17:15 - 18:15

Cocktail & Networking Reception

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RI Asia 2024 - Wednesday 30th

Day two
08:30 - 09:00

Registration & Networking

09:00 - 09:40

ESG engagement in Asia: tools, tactics and timelines

Felix Lam, Lucy Martin, William Ng, David Smith, Weixiang Wang
  • What are the limits of corporate engagement?
  • How do investors achieve impact in engagement?
  • What does engagement success look like?
  • What are the carrots and sticks of in the engagement toolbox?
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Felix Lam

Executive Director, Asia ex Japan Head of Investment Stewardship, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

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Lucy Martin

Vice President, Responsible Investment Product Specialist, Colombia Threadneedle Investments

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William Ng

Stewardship Director, HSBC Asset Management

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David Smith

Senior Investment Director, abrdn

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Weixiang Wang

Director, ESG Investment Management, Temasek

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09:40 - 10:15

Case study: sustainability in the chemical industry value chain

Cai Rong Lim
  • What are the most significant sustainability challenges (in terms of social and environmental externalities) facing the chemical industry?
  • What are the key implementation hurdles and how can value chain collaboration address these challenges?
  • How can investors and regulators support the effective transition of the chemical industry to a sustainable future?
  • How are European companies operating in a diverse and fragmented market in Asia Pacific?
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Cai Rong Lim

Regional Sustainability Lead, Asia Pacific (excl. China), BASF

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10:15 - 10:55

Deep dive into blended finance solutions

Khalid Azizuddin, Nicholas Gandolfo, Yash Mishra, Kalpana Seethepalli
  • How are blended finance solutions faring in enticing private capital?
  • Why isn’t blended finance a bigger thing?
  • Originating in emerging market investing, how can the blended finance structure be applied to transition investing?
  • Where is innovation still needed in blended finance products and how can they be scaled?
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Khalid Azizuddin

Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Nicholas Gandolfo

Director Blended Finance & Transition Finance, MUFG

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Yash Mishra

Head of Impact Finance, Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW)

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Kalpana Seethepalli

Director of ESG, Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank

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10:55 - 11:15

Day two keynote

11:15 - 11:45

Coffee & Networking

11:45 - 12:20

A question of impact and scale: analysing the landscape of different financial products

Natasha Garcha, Ayako Kageyama, Christina Ng, Alexandra Tracy
  • What is the potential of different transition products, whether blended finance, impact funds, ESG index funds, green & transition bonds, to affect change in the real economy?
  • To what extent is climate mitigation and decarbonisation progress reliant on the availability of financing of solutions (as compared to technology or a favourable policy environment)?
  • Which transition finance models have the most pragmatic theories of change?
  • What is the investor appetite for these different ‘sustainable’ financial products?
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Natasha Garcha

Senior Director, Innovative Finance and Gender-Lens Investing Specialist, Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)

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Ayako Kageyama

Senior Expert, Sustainable Investments, Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Program (Singapore)

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Christina Ng

Managing Director, Energy Shift Institute

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Alexandra Tracy

Head of Research, Carbonless Asia

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12:20 - 13:00

Transition investing & the fixed income market

Hazel Ilango, Jason Mortimer, Ricco Zhang
  • How can investors help scale a credible sustainability-linked bond market in Asia?
  • Does the transition bond market have a future outside of China and Japan?
  • What opportunities for growth are there in the green bond market?
  • How can investors navigate differing standards and guidelines across countries?
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Hazel Ilango

Research Analyst, Credit (APAC), Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute

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Jason Mortimer

Head of Sustainable Investment – Fixed Income and Senior Portfolio Manager, Nomura Asset Management

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Ricco Zhang

Senior Director, Asia Pacific, International Capital Market Association

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13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 14:40

Physical risk, resilience, and climate adaptation

Tomomi Shimada, Anjali Viswamohanan , Stephen Vogado
  • What are the main Asia-specific climate risks?
  • Who is leading work in understanding climate risk (e.g. from the insurance companies) and how can this be applied to investment decisions?
  • What new innovations are insurers and reinsurers bringing to market?
  • How is the market for climate adaptation solutions, what is being done in the real economy to build resilience?
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Tomomi Shimada

Executive Director, APAC Head of Sustainable Investing Client Solutions, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

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Anjali Viswamohanan

Director, Policy, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC)

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Stephen Vogado

Senior Analyst, Carbon Policy, Wood Mackenzie

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14:40 - 15:20

Food security, climate change and agricultural sustainability in Asia

Kate Blaszak, Mirte Gosker, Beverley Postma, Erlend Dahl Trebbi Trebbi
  • How are food supply chains to Asia likely to be impacted by climate changes in the coming decade?
  • How can finance support a just transition in agriculture?
  • How can investors engage food companies on sustainable agriculture?
  • What opportunities does food system transformation present to investors?
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Kate Blaszak

Director Protein Transition, Asia Research and Engagement

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Mirte Gosker

Managing Director, The Good Food Institute Asia Pacific

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Beverley Postma

Executive Director, Grow Asia

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Erlend Dahl Trebbi Trebbi

Advisor Sustainable Finance, Rainforest Foundation Norway

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15:20 - 15:45

Closing remarks

15:45 - 15:50

Closing of conference


For more information on speaking in 2024, please contact Boris Petrovic.

boris.p@pei.group | +44 (0)20 3307 2474

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Allinnettes Adigue

Director ASEAN, Global Reporting Initiative

Khalid Azizuddin

Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

Monica Bae

Director of Investor Practice, AIGCC

Debanik Basu

Head of Responsible Investment & Stewardship, APAC, APG Asset Management

Kate Blaszak

Director Protein Transition, Asia Research and Engagement

Paul Chandler

Director of Stewardship, UN Principles for Responsible Investment

Alvin Chew

Head of Disclosure, APAC, CDP

Rachel Chia

Managing Director, Head of Project Finance, Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank

Tobias Davis

Executive Director, Environmental Product Origination, Engie

Nicholas Gandolfo

Director Blended Finance & Transition Finance, MUFG

Natasha Garcha

Senior Director, Innovative Finance and Gender-Lens Investing Specialist, Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)

Mark Glossoti

Chief Operating Officer, Climate Impact X

Mirte Gosker

Managing Director, The Good Food Institute Asia Pacific

James Griffin MP

Shadow Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Change, NSW Australia

Anubhuti Gupta

Senior Principal Consultant, Mercer Investment Solutions Singapore

Nuomin Han

Head of Carbon Markets, Wood Mackenzie

Hazel Ilango

Research Analyst, Credit (APAC), Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute

Satoshi Ikeda

Chief Sustainable Finance Officer and Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency, Government of Japan

Liza Jansen

Head of Responsible Investment, Prudential

Lucita Jasmin

Group Sustainability Director, RGE

Adam Johnson

Senior Client Portfolio Manager, Pictet Asset Management

Ayako Kageyama

Senior Expert, Sustainable Investments, Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Program (Singapore)

Kamran Khan

Managing Director, Head of ESG for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Deutsche Bank Group

Emily Kreps

Global Head of ESG and Sustainable Finance, Deutsche Bank Securities

Felix Lam

Executive Director, Asia ex Japan Head of Investment Stewardship, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Bing Yi Lee

Partner, Sustainability & Climate Change, PwC Singapore,

Cai Rong Lim

Regional Sustainability Lead, Asia Pacific (excl. China), BASF

Kian Min Low

Chief Renewables Officer, Gentari

Lucy Martin

Vice President, Responsible Investment Product Specialist, Colombia Threadneedle Investments

Darian McBain

CEO and Founder, Outsourced Chief Sustainability Officer Asia

Yash Mishra

Head of Impact Finance, Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW)

Jason Mortimer

Head of Sustainable Investment – Fixed Income and Senior Portfolio Manager, Nomura Asset Management

Greg Munford

Senior Investment Strategist – Sustainable Investment, New Zealand Superannuation Fund

Abigail Ng

Executive Director and Head of Department, Markets Policy & Consumer Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Christina Ng

Managing Director, Energy Shift Institute

William Ng

Stewardship Director, HSBC Asset Management

Charles Nguyen

Managing Director, Head of ESG Investing Asia, Neuberger Berman

Laurent Poirot

Head of Product Strategy & Development, Markets, SGX Group

Beverley Postma

Executive Director, Grow Asia

Juan Salazar

Senior Engagement Specialist, Pictet Asset Management

Hazman Hilmi Sallahuddin

Chief Investment Officer, Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP)

Kalpana Seethepalli

Director of ESG, Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank

Tomomi Shimada

Executive Director, APAC Head of Sustainable Investing Client Solutions, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

David Smith

Senior Investment Director, abrdn

Jenn-Hui Tan

Chief Sustainability Officer, Fidelity International

Mervyn Tang

Head of Sustainability, APAC, Schroders

Viola Tang

Senior Vice President, Sustainability Office, GIC

Indrie Tjahjadi

Director – Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC Singapore

Alexandra Tracy

Head of Research, Carbonless Asia

Erlend Dahl Trebbi Trebbi

Advisor Sustainable Finance, Rainforest Foundation Norway

Anjali Viswamohanan

Director, Policy, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC)

Stephen Vogado

Senior Analyst, Carbon Policy, Wood Mackenzie

Weixiang Wang

Director, ESG Investment Management, Temasek

Wai-Seng Wong

Head of Strategy and Asset Allocation, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

Yuki Yasui

APAC Managing Director, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

Heidi Yip

Head of Sustainable & Transition Solutions, Southeast Asia, BlackRock

Ricco Zhang

Senior Director, Asia Pacific, International Capital Market Association

Network at Asia's leading responsible investment event

Build lasting relationships and compare best practices with your peers.

The RI Asia conference returns this October to unite ESG, sustainable finance, and responsible investment professionals for two days of networking at this must-attend event to learn, share, and debate ESG opportunities and challenges.

Building relationships at RI Asia isn’t just about exchanging business cards; it’s about finding common ground and shared goals. Collaborations forged here can be the cornerstone of future projects and initiatives.

Your networking experience

Expand your professional network
Connect with stakeholders in all aspects of the sustainable finance spectrum, from banks, pension funds, insurers, NGOs, think tanks, and financial regulators. Build your network to advance your professional horizons.

Meet with local and global practitioners
With a well-established network of sustainable finance practitioners at our London, New York, Tokyo, Toronto events, the Responsible Investor brand provide the best platform to engage with local practitioners and as well as investors from across Asia, Europe and North America to meet.

Get involved and speak your mind
At Responsible Investor we structure our event to allow for maximum interactivity and for attendees to join in the conversation. Get involved with networking and interactive sessions such as the roundtables and workshop on the programme.

Join leading Asian asset owners & industry professionals

APG
BloombergNEF
Cathay Financial Holdings
CLP Holdings
Dai-ichi Life International
Kumpulan Wang Persaraan
Moody’s
Seneca ESG
S&P Global
Sustainable Fitch
Taiwan Depository Clearing Corporation
WWF

Asset owners at RI Asia 2024

The Responsible Investor Asia provides an unrivalled platform for asset owners investing in ESG and sustainable finance.

A limited number of complimentary passes for the event are available for asset owners. Check out the benefits of joining the conference and learn who among your peers attends. Apply for a complimentary pass for you or your team now.


What to expect?

Network with your peers

Enrich your network, build lasting relationships, and exchange valuable perspectives with your investor peers through investor-only breakfasts, networking breaks, lunches and much more.

Gain expert insights

Hear from our industry-leading speaker line-up, discover the latest trends and stay aligned with future innovations in the market.

Stay aligned to developments and opportunities

Discover remarkable investment opportunities and leverage ESG expertise focused on regulation, human rights, biodiversity, net zero and more.

Meet with the best and brightest funds

Connect and arrange one-to-one meetings with the biggest and best ESG managers in the market.

Connect with active investors

Alecta
AP2
Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK)
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
Brunel Pension Partnership
Cambridge Associates
Children's Investment Fund Foundation
Church of England Pensions Board
Friends Provident Foundation
Irish Life
Local Pensions Partnership
MP Investments
NEST Corporation
Nestlé UK Pensions
Nordea Life & Pension
Scottish Widows
Wellcome Trust
The Health Foundation
London Pensions Fund Authority
BBC Pension Trust
Folketrygdfondet
British Airways Pension Investment Management
Folksam
ING
VBV Pensionskasse
LGIM
Cambridge University Endowment
Migros Pension Fund
Caisse des depots et Consignations
Baloise
Strathclyde Pension Fund
GPIF
San Francisco Employees' Retirement System
OMERS
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
State of New Jersey
New York City Comptroller
Canada Post Corporation Pension Plan
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
HOOPP

Apply for a complimentary asset owner pass

A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible asset owners to join the event.

Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.

Please register your interest and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your eligibility.

 

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