
Diving deep into frontline debates of ESG and sustainable finance
Join the Responsible Investor Asia conference to connect with a global audience of ESG, sustainable finance, and responsible investment professionals in Asia. Gain insights from asset owners and understand what they’re looking for in their next investment partner in 2023 and beyond.
Share solutions, connect and collaborate with sustainably focused investors and come away with actionable insights on current trends that are shaping the regional landscape. Topics include:
- achieving net-zero ambitions
- climate risk scenario analysis
- developments in the local and regional regulatory landscape
- the evolution of the carbon trading market
- the growth of the sustainable banking sector
- the rising cost of palm oil and implication for deforestation
Meet leading asset owners including:
2023 speakers include:

What to expect at the forum?
Valuable insight into the sustainable finance industry
Hear from industry leaders on topics and trends that are shaping the investment landscape during high-level discussions critical to advancing Asia’s future economy.
Expand your professional network
Connect with stakeholders in all aspects of the ESG spectrum. From banks, pension funds, insurers, NGOs, think tanks, and financial regulators. Build your network to advance your professional horizons.
Asian-focused content with a global perspective
With a well-established network of sustainable finance practitioners, Responsible Investor will bring together both local and international attendees to discuss how to progress Asian business in a sustainability-conscious world.
Key event themes
» Key drivers of ESG in Asia within the context of geopolitics, energy crisis, inflation and Covid variants
» Regulators’ perspectives on ESG disclosure for funds and corporates
» Asia’s net-zero pathway and the role of investors
» Future of voluntary disclosure: Will ISSB and sustainability disclosure frameworks impact Asia EM regulations?
» Application of the just transition within the Asia context
» ESG in the new normal of volatile global supply chains
» Understand investor engagement trends and rise of investor proxy activism
» Biodiversity: the what and the how of biodiversity risk management
» ESG indices in the Asian context: a fair shake or not?
Apply for a complimentary asset owner pass
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible asset owners to join the event.
To qualify for a complimentary pass, you must meet the eligibility criteria in representing a pension fund, insurance company, sovereign wealth fund, foundation, endowment, trust, family office or corporate investment division.
Please register your interest and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your eligibility.
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 2023 business goals.
Be recognised as driving the future of sustainable finance to institutional investors in Asia
Sponsoring at Responsible Investor global events positions your company at the forefront of key decision-makers and ensures your profile gains a competitive advantage within the industry. Enquire about bespoke sponsorship packages to:
- Align your brand with Responsible Investor’s authoritative content-led event portfolio and be seen as a go-to solution provider for senior ESG and sustainable finance professionals.
- Stand tall amongst your competitors by positioning your company at Responsible Investor Asia and embed your brand as a major player to senior institutional investors.
- 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.
2023 sponsors already signed up include:
Join leading Asian asset owners & industry professionals
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
Agenda
RI Asia 2023 - Tuesday 24th
Registration and morning coffee
Welcome remarks
Plenary 1: State of the sustainable finance movement in Asia
- What are key drivers of ESG in Asia, 15 months after turbulence from geopolitics, energy crisis, inflation?
- Transition finance: where Asia is leading vs western markets?
- How are Asian corporates responding to local and global investor demands?
Day one keynote

Morning networking break
Plenary 2: A Just Transition in ASEAN: the phase-out of coal and beyond
- What is the role of investors in the phase out of coal?
- How is the phase out of coal going to be integrated into local sustainable finance taxonomies which are coming online?
- What are the main obstacles/challenges to coal phase out?
- What are multilateral agencies and investor groups (e.g., GFANZ) doing to ensure the success of JETPs?
Plenary 3: Regional regulators forum
- What will the ESG regulatory environment in Asia look like in the coming years?
- Where will Asia fit in vis-a-vis Western regulatory regimes?
- What are your key considerations and priorities in the development of ESG regulations?
- Is there a connection between sustainability and global competitiveness in the mind of regulators?
Lunch
Plenary 4: Biodiversity: the next frontier of global sustainability
- Can investors achieve biodiversity impact in public equity markets?
- Bringing biodiversity into the ESG-labelled bond market
- Where do investors have the most leverage on biodiversity in terms of engagement and stewardship? What is the future for collective engagement on nature?
- Biodiversity data: what are the challenges? Will TNFD fill the gap?
Plenary 5: Building resilience: Getting to grips with physical climate risk in Asia
- What the main Asia-specific climate risks?
- How can climate analysis be translated into actionable practices for investment decisions?
- What is the interaction between physical and transition risks?
- What new innovations are insurers and reinsurers bringing to market?
Afternoon networking break
ESG engagement in APAC: a how-to guide for investors
- What are the norms regarding ESG engagement in Asia vs other regions?
- Identifying what’s possible: what are the limits of corporate engagement?
- How do you achieve impact in engagement, how do you measure success?
- How to balance being a supportive partner while maintaining a critical distance?
- What is the role of collective (e.g. AIGCC) vs individual engagement approaches?





Switchover break
ESG indices under the microscope
- ESG indices have become a key channel for mobilizing public capital towards ESG. How are these indices constructed, how do they operate, and why are they important?
- What are the key issues surrounding ESG indices?
- What is regulator view on ESG indices?
- Are climate benchmarks suitable for Asia?
ESG reporting and disclosure: impact of global regulations and voluntary disclosure standards in Asia
- How are regulations by EU being felt by Asia’s investors and corporates?
- What do Asian investors see as the most impactful regimes e.g., ISSB, EU EFRAG, and the US SEC?
- How are investors reconciling the differences between the different disclosure initiatives?
- How will investors/companies choose which regime to comply with?
- Which regime is anticipated to be more influential i.e. US/EU/ISSB?

Switchover break
Asia’s private wealth: its role in the future of regional sustainability
- As Singapore becomes an ever-bigger hub for private wealth, what is the role of these investors in sustainable finance?
- What ESG issues are important to family offices, high net worths and private banks?
- What are private wealth holders’ attitudes towards funds with effective engagement strategies?
- How influential has private wealth been in tackling social and environmental issues to date?
Closing remarks for day one
Cocktail reception (followed by end of day one)
Agenda
RI Asia 2023 - Wednesday 25th
Registration and refreshments
Welcome to day two
New frontiers of responsible investment: data, digitalisation and AI
- What opportunities does digitalisation of sustainable finance provide to address uniquely Asian challenges?
- How has Project Greenprint by MAS and SGX fared in aiding the growth of greener finance?
- Can AI be used for ESG reporting yet?
- What technologies can ‘level up’ ESG risk management?
Switchover break
Future of food: protein and agriculture sustainability in Asia
- Agriculture presents approximately 25% of GDP and half of employment in ASEAN, how is the sector likely to change 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?
Corporate transition plans in Asia
- What constitutes a credible transition plan in 2023?
- Are investors providing consistent messaging to companies with their voting?
- Rebaselining: will it become a standard ask from investors?
- How are local vs global investors scrutinising transition plans?
Switchover break
Interview: Trends in global ESG practices
Networking break
Plenary 6: Scaling transition finance in the fixed income market
- 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?

Mushtaq Kapasi
Managing Director and Chief Representative, Asia Pacific, International Capital Market Association (ICMA)
Read bioPlenary 7: Asset owner roundtable in Asia: ESG in the fast-changing world
- How are asset owners approaching regional decarbonisation efforts in their portfolios?
- What is keeping senior leaders at asset owners up at night in 2023?
- How are asset owners balancing the need to meet short-term returns hurdles and longer-term climate action?

Lunch
Fireside interview: ESG in the new normal of volatile global supply chains
- Are corporates using ESG as a differentiator?
- How are corporates responding to new international disclosure requirements e.g. EU CSDDD focused on labour rights?
- How are corporates dealing with supply chain disruption?
Plenary 8: The next chapter of the carbon trading market in Asia
- What has been the market response to the first transactions by CIX?
- 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?
Closing remarks (followed by end of conference)
Pre-Event Resources
For more information on speaking in 2023, please contact Boris Petrovic.
boris.p@pei.group | +44 (0)20 3307 2474
2023 speakers include:

Kristina Anguelova
Head of Asia Sustainable Finance, WWF-Singapore

Khalid Azizuddin
Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

Monica Bae
Director of Investor Practice, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change

Jewel Myrtel Bautista
Director, Industry Practice Lead, Moody's Analytics

Julia Bingler
Fellow for Monetary Policy, Council on Economic Policies

Pei Ya Boon
Regional Conservation Finance Program Manager, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Jennifer Coulson
Senior Managing Director and Global Head of ESG, BCI

Sumi Dhanarajan
Managing Director, Southeast Asia, Forum For The Future

Anthony Fossati
Global Head of ESG Sales, FactSet

Snorre Gjerde
Lead Investment Stewardship Manager, Norges Bank Investment Management

James Griffin MP
Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, NSW Australia

Sanjay Gujral
Chief Business Officer, Everstone Group | Eversource Capital

Diana Guzman
Director of Group ESG, Prudential

Satoshi Ikeda
Chief Sustainable Finance Officer, Financial Services Agency, Government of Japan

Mushtaq Kapasi
Managing Director and Chief Representative, Asia Pacific, International Capital Market Association (ICMA)

Kamran Khan
Head of ESG for Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank

Amit Khattar
Head of Investment Bank APAC, Deutsche Bank

Elizabeth King
President, Sustainable Finance and Chief Regulatory Officer, ICE

Mikkel Larsen
Chief Executive Officer, Climate Impact X (CIX)

En Lee
Managing Director, Head, Sustainable and Impact Investments, Asia, LGT

Joanne Lee
Responsible Investment Specialist Asia, First Sentier Investors

Dave Luo
Research Manager for Protein Transition, Asia Research & Engagement (ARE)

David Lynne
Global Head of Corporate Bank, Deutsche Bank

Benjamin McCarron
Founder and Managing Director, Asia Research and Engagement

Kurt Metzger
Director of the Energy Transition Platform, Asia Research and Engagement

Ghislaine Nadaud
Senior Sustainable Investing Specialist, Robeco

Charles Nguyen
Managing Director, Head of ESG Investing Asia, Neuberger Berman

Vi Nguyen
Principal Strategist, Sustainable Finance, Forum for the Future

Aleks Piskorz
Director, Index Sales, Asia Pacific, ICE

Beverley Postma
Executive Director, Grow Asia

Dhruba Purkayastha
India Director, Climate Policy Initiative

Maud Savary-Mornet
Senior Advisor for Asia, Global Impact Investing Network

Kalpana Seethepalli
Director of ESG, Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank

David Smith
Senior Investment Director, Aberdeen Standard Investments

Mervyn Tang
Head of Sustainability Strategy, APAC, Schroders

Alexandra Tracy
Head of Research, Carbonless Asia

Sean Tseng
Legal Consultant, ClientEarth

Egon Vavrek
Director Global Emerging Markets Equities, APG Asset Management

Anjali Viswamohanan
Director, Policy, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change

Yuki Yasui
Managing Director, Asia Pacific Network, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)
Network at Asia's leading responsible investment event
Valuable insight into the sustainable finance industry
Hear from industry leaders on topics and trends that are shaping the investment landscape during high-level discussions critical to advancing Asia’s future economy.
Expand your professional network
Connect with stakeholders in all aspects of the ESG spectrum. From banks, pension funds, insurers, NGOs, think tanks, and financial regulators. Build your network to advance your professional horizons.
Asian-focused content with a global perspective
With a well-established network of sustainable finance practitioners, Responsible Investor will bring together both local and international attendees to discuss how to progress Asian business in a sustainability-conscious world.
Join leading Asian asset owners & industry professionals
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 2023 business goals.
Asset owners at RI Asia 2023
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.
Asset owners at RI Asia 2023
The event is the largest meeting place for asset owners and top level corporates for two days of networking and insight sharing.
Check out the benefits of joining the conference and who among your peers you will be joining.
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
Apply for a complimentary asset owner pass
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible asset owners to join the event.
To qualify for a complimentary pass, you must meet the eligibility criteria in representing a pension fund, insurance company, sovereign wealth fund, foundation, endowment, trust, family office or corporate investment division.
Please register your interest and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your eligibility.
Meet our 2023 advisory board

Esther An
Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Limited (CDL)

Khalid Azizuddin
Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

Mushtaq Kapasi
Managing Director and Chief Representative, Asia Pacific, International Capital Market Association (ICMA)

Vi Nguyen
Principal Strategist, Sustainable Finance, Forum for the Future

Michael Tang
Head of Listing Policy and Product Admission, Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo)

Anjali Viswamohanan
Director, Policy, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change
