Driving the future of European sustainable finance

Responsible Investor’s 16th annual RI Europe conference is returning in person in London this June. This year’s edition of the flagship event will discuss sustainable finance developments and industry best practices.

Gain insights from those leading the sustainable finance drive in Europe on topical ESG themes including accelerating net zero progress, the evolving EU regulatory landscape, getting to grips with biodiversity risk management, the future of ESG data strategy and more.

Join over 600 leading investors and fund managers for two days of networking at the must-attend event for sustainable finance.

Meet global institutional investors including:

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What can you expect at the forum?

Get real insight into the industry

RI Europe’s innovative programme gets straight to the point on what sustainability means for business and investment in the real world.

Build a long-lasting network

Our event attracts stakeholders from across the sustainable finance industry. Network in-person at our workshops, panels, private breakfasts, debates, and evening drinks reception.

Meet institutional investors

Hear from investors honing their sustainable finance strategy and creating real impact. Past investors include AP2, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Church of England, PKA Pension Fund, NEST Corporation, Brunel Pension Partnership, Bayerische Versorgungskammer, many more.

Key event themes

  • Navigating ESG in the polycrisis: understand how asset owners are prioritising their time and efforts on sustainability in a tumultuous post-covid world
  • Complying with UK and EU regulations: take stock of the impact of SFDR, how to prepare for CSRD, as well as UK’s sustainable finance regulation
  • Meeting interim goals on the road to net zero: hear debate on whether financial institutions are on track to meet net zero goals and what will be required to meet the first round of interim targets
  • The new frontiers of ESG risk: understand the role of investors in engaging with emerging risks such as biodiversity and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
  • Investors, society and social impact: hear sessions on how investors can most effectively promote a Just Transition as well as their role in the cost of living crisis
  • Harnessing the power of bond markets to create change: explore how bond investors can most effectively use their leverage to influence companies and governments
  • Digesting the Human Rights due diligence directives: discover how investors are preparing for the CSDDD and its intersection with other EU sustainable finance initiatives
  • Future of voluntary carbon markets: debate what role can, and should, voluntary carbon markets play in net zero attainment
  • Scrutinising corporate transition plans: learn what constitutes a credible transition plan in 2023
  • What does effective engagement look like: debate the limits of corporate engagement, how to measure success as well as escalation strategies

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Connect with responsible investment investors

Alecta
AP2
Asset Management One
Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK)
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
Brunel Pension Partnership
Cambridge Associates
Children's Investment Fund Foundation
Church Commissioners
Church of England Pensions Board
Friends Provident Foundation
Hermes
Irish Life
Local Pensions Partnership
MP Investments
NEST Corporation
Nestlé UK Pensions
Nordea Life & Pension
Robeco
Scottish Widows
USS
Wellcome Trust
The Health Foundation
Ruffer
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

2023 speakers include:

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.

Apply for a pass and a member of our team will follow up with you to secure your pass.

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Connect with investors & ESG professionals

Responsible Investor Europe 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.

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Our leading advisory board in 2023

Kiran Aziz

Head of Responsible Investments, KLP Insurance Pension Fund

Phil Bloomer

Executive Director, Business And Human Rights Resource Centre

Mark Campanale

Founder and Executive Chairman, Carbon Tracker

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker

Editor, Responsible Investor

Sarika Goel

Global Head, Sustainable Investment Research, Mercer

Robert Jenkins

Global Head of Research, London Stock Exchange Group

Sarah Murphy

Chief Strategy Officer, Shareholder Commons

Paul O'Connor

Executive Director, Head of EMEA ESG Debt Capital Markets, J.P. Morgan

Jarek Olszowka

Managing Director, Nomura International

Andrea Palmer

ESG & Responsible Investment Lead, Global Real Estate Securities, PGGM

Peter Uhlenbruch

Director of Financial Sector Standards, Share Action

Rory Sullivan

CEO, Chronos Sustainability

Charlotta Sydstrand

Head of ESG, AP7

RI Europe will take place on 13- 14 June 2023.

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

boris.p@peimedia.com | +44 (0)20 3307 2474

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RI Europe 2023 - Tuesday 13th

RI Europe 2023 - Day 1
08:00 - 09:00

Registration and morning coffee

08:55 - 09:00

Welcome remarks

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
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Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker

Editor, Responsible Investor

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09:00 - 09:55

Plenary 1: Net zero: Are financial institutions on track to meet 2025 goals?

Ben Caldecott, Maria Elena Drew, Aled Jones, Innes McKeand, Morten Nilsson
  • What will be the main challenges in meeting the first round of interim targets?
  • Could the risk of missing targets lead to hurried divestment from higher-emitting sectors/jurisdictions?
  • How much leeway is built into the system?
  • If targets are missed will the credibility of the net zero project be affected?

Moderator: Ben Caldecott, Founding Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, University of Oxford

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Ben Caldecott

Member of the Adaptation Committee of the UK Climate Change Committee and Co-Chair, Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment

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Maria Elena Drew

Director of Research, Responsible Investing, T. Rowe Price

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Aled Jones

Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions, FTSE Russell / LSEG

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Innes McKeand

Head of Strategic Equities, USS Investment Management

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Morten Nilsson

CEO, Brightwell

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09:55 - 10:20

Day one keynote

Elza Holmstedt Pell, Helena Viñes Fiestas

Moderator: Elza Holmstedt Pell, Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

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Elza Holmstedt Pell

Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

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Helena Viñes Fiestas

Commissioner of CNMV & Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, Spanish Financial Markets Authority (CNMV)

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10:20 - 10:50

Networking break

10:50 - 11:35

Plenary 2: Just Transition: Who, what, where, how?

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Colin Baines, Nick Robins
  • What does Just Transition mean in developed versus emerging markets?
  • What does Just Transition mean in different sectors?
  • Whose responsibility is the Just Transition: private or public sector?
  • How can investors most effectively promote a Just Transition?

Moderator: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Editor, Responsible Investor

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Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker

Editor, Responsible Investor

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Colin Baines

Stewardship Manager, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership

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Nick Robins

Professor in Practice - Sustainable Finance, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment

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11:35 - 12:25

Plenary 3: Regulation: Taking stock of EU sustainability regulation

Elza Holmstedt Pell, Brenda Kramer, Véronique Menou Lieblich, Aleksandra Palinska, Eugenia Unanyants-Jackson
  • Two years of SFDR: an evaluation of implementation and its impact
  • Is the ‘Article 9 exodus’ a sign SFDR is working effectively or a cause for concern?
  • Preparing for CSRD: what is the investment community expecting?
  • Interoperability or unwanted burden: EU regulation and the rest of the world

Moderator: Elza Holmstedt Pell, Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

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Elza Holmstedt Pell

Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

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Brenda Kramer

Senior Advisor Responsible Investment, PGGM

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Véronique Menou Lieblich

Global Head of ESG Regulatory Solutions, MSCI

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Aleksandra Palinska

Executive Director, Eurosif

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Eugenia Unanyants-Jackson

Global Head of ESG, PGIM

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12:25 - 13:15

Plenary 4: ESG in the polycrisis: The challenges for asset owners

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Michael Marshall, Marcus Svedberg, Faith Ward
  • 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 2023?
  • How are investors balancing the need to meet short terms return hurdles with longer term considerations when selecting assets?
  • How are investors prioritising their time and efforts on sustainability – is it really front and centre now?

Moderator: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Editor, Responsible Investor

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Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker

Editor, Responsible Investor

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Michael Marshall

Head of Sustainable Ownership, RPMI Railpen

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Marcus Svedberg

Chief Economist, Folksam

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Faith Ward

Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership

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13:15 - 14:15

Lunch

Stream A
14:15 - 15:00

A-1: Climate lobbying: behind closed doors

Paul Verney, Emma Henningsson, Hilkka Komulainen, Betina Vaz Boni
  • Assessing corporates’ governance of climate policy advocacy: what is best practice?
  • Have investors been tough enough on climate lobbying?
  • How and when should investors escalate on climate lobbying?
  • What is misaligned with Paris when it comes to lobbying?

Moderator: Paul Verney, Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Paul Verney

Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Emma Henningsson

Manager Active Ownership, AP7

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Hilkka Komulainen

Head of Responsible Investment, Aegon UK

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Betina Vaz Boni

Manager, Governance, Principles for Responsible Investment

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15:00 - 15:15

Short networking break

15:15 - 16:00

A-2: UK regulation: The next steps

James Alexander, Claudia Chapman, Véronique Chapplow, Ingrid Holmes, Mark Manning
  • What are the key milestones for UK ESG regulation over the coming year?
  • Should the UK look to learn lessons from the EU or is divergence dangerous?
  • SDR and the green taxonomy: next steps for investors
  • Transition plans: what are the lessons from year one?

Moderator: James Alexander, Chief Executive, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association

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James Alexander

Chief Executive, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association

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Claudia Chapman

Head of Stewardship, Financial Reporting Council

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Véronique Chapplow

ESG Investment Specialist, T. Rowe Price

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Ingrid Holmes

Executive Director, Green Finance Institute

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Mark Manning

Technical Specialist, Sustainable Finance and Stewardship, Financial Conduct Authority

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16:00 - 16:45

Extended networking break

16:45 - 17:30

A-3: Corporate transition plans: credibility, consistency, scrutiny

Jakob Thomä, Kate Levick, Tom Lorber, Alex Michie, Andrew Ninian
  • What constitutes a credible transition plan in 2023?
  • Are investors providing consistent messaging to companies with their voting?
  • Say on Climate: does opposition mean that mechanism is beginning to work?
  • Rebaselining: will it become a standard ask from investors?

Moderator: Jakob Thoma, Co-Founder & Research Director, 2° Investing Initiative

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Jakob Thomä

Managing Director, 2° Investing Initiative

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Kate Levick

Associate Director, Sustainable Finance, E3G

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Tom Lorber

Director, Head of Private Climate Finance, Children's Investment Fund Foundation

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Alex Michie

Executive Director, GFANZ Secretariat and Mobilizing Capital, GFANZ

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Andrew Ninian

Director, Stewardship, Risk and Tax, The Investment Association

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Stream B
14:15 - 15:00

B-1: What does effective engagement look like?

Nikki Gwilliam-Beeharee, Kiran Aziz, Laura Hillis, Valeria Piani
  • Identifying what’s possible: what are the limits of corporate engagement?
  • How do you achieve impact in engagement, how do you measure success?
  • How and when should investors escalate engagement?
  • How to balance being a supportive partner while maintaining a critical distance?

Moderator: Nikki Gwilliam-Beeharee, Investor Engagement Strategic Lead, World Benchmarking Alliance

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Nikki Gwilliam-Beeharee

Investor Engagement Strategic Lead, World Benchmarking Alliance

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Kiran Aziz

Head of Responsible Investments, KLP

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Laura Hillis

Director of Climate and Environment, Church of England Pensions Board

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Valeria Piani

Head of Stewardship, Phoenix Group

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15:00 - 15:15

Short networking break

15:15 - 16:00

B-2: Blended finance: creating investible solutions for institutional investors

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Ulla Enne, Dimitri Gvindadze
  • What are the barriers to scaling blended finance?
  • What can investors, MDBs and policymakers to do increase opportunities?
  • What are the limitations of blended finance?
  • What could be alternative public-private structures?

Moderator: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Editor, Responsible Investor

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Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker

Editor, Responsible Investor

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Ulla Enne

Head of Responsible Investing and Investment Operations, Nest Sammelstiftung

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Dimitri Gvindadze

Director, Climate Strategy and Regional Delivery, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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16:00 - 16:45

Extended networking break

16:45 - 17:30

B-3: Engagement in emerging markets: challenges and opportunities

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Karine Hirn, Fiona Manning, Ashok Parameswaran
  • Adapting approaches to local market conditions
  • Equity vs fixed income engagement
  • The challenge of state ownership and influence
  • Case studies: Asia, CEE, LatAm

Moderator: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Editor, Responsible Investor

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Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker

Editor, Responsible Investor

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Karine Hirn

Partner, Board chair, Chief Sustainability Officer, East Capital Group

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Fiona Manning

Fund Manager, Premier Miton Emerging Markets Sustainable Fund

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Ashok Parameswaran

President and Founder, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance

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Stream C
14:15 - 15:00

C-1: ESG data in 2023: New challenges

Khalid Azizuddin, Cornelia Andersson, Simone Kramer, Murat Sönmez
  • What do upcoming EU disclosure regimes mean for data providers?
  • What would effective ESG data regulation look like?
  • Sovereigns to Scope 3: the next ESG data challenges
  • What are the implications of open source/free data revolution?

Moderator: Khalid Azizuddin, Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Khalid Azizuddin

Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Cornelia Andersson

Global Head of Sustainable Finance & Investing, LSEG

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Simone Kramer

Head of Product, Net Zero Data Public Utility

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Murat Sönmez

Co-founder & CEO, pulsESG

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15:00 - 15:15

Short networking break

15:15 - 16:00

C-2: Fixed income engagement: the power of bond markets

Dominic Webb, Chandra Gopinathan, Carmen Nuzzo, John Ploeg
  • How can bond investors most effectively use their leverage to influence companies on ESG?
  • How should firms be integrating their equity and fixed income engagements?
  • What strategies should investors use when engaging governments and SOEs?

Moderator: Dominic Webb, Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Dominic Webb

Reporter, Responsible Investor   

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Chandra Gopinathan

Senior Investment Manager, Sustainable Ownership, Railpen

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Carmen Nuzzo

Professor in Practice - Executive Director, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre LSE

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John Ploeg

Co-Head of ESG Research, PGIM Fixed Income

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16:00 - 16:45

Extended networking break

16:45 - 17:30

C-3: ESG-labelled bonds: a question of quality

Jo Richardson, Patrice Cochelin, Rebecca Palmer, Aldo M. Romani, Simone Utermarck
  • How should investors assess SLBs and proposed use of proceeds for impact and credibility?
  • Are quality issues a question of greenwashing or poorly understood standards?
  • How can investors best provide feedback to issuers and underwriters on their concerns?
  • How important are second-party opinion providers to market development?

Moderator: Jo Richardson, Head of Portfolio Strategy, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute

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Jo Richardson

Head of Portfolio Strategy, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute

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Patrice Cochelin

Global Head of Analytical Governance – Sustainable Finance, S&P Global Ratings

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Rebecca Palmer

Director, Sustainable Finance Data, ICE

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Aldo M. Romani

Head of Sustainable Finance, Finance Directorate, European Investment Bank

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Simone Utermarck

Director, Sustainable Finance International Capital Market Association (ICMA)

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17:30 - 19:30

Cocktail reception (sponsored by Clarity AI) and networking

19:30 - 19:30

End of day one

Agenda

RI Europe 2023 - Wednesday 14th

RI Europe 2023 - Day 2
08:00 - 09:00

Registration and Refreshments

Stream A
09:15 - 10:00

A-4: Building climate resilience while transitioning to net-zero

Dominic Webb, Matteo Bigoni, Craig Davies
  • Are climate mitigation vs adaptation strategies antagonistic?
  • Will adaptation erode mitigation strategies?
  • What is the role of finance in fostering adaptation?
  • Do investors have the necessary information and data to act on climate adaptation?

Moderator: Dominic Webb, Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Dominic Webb

Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Matteo Bigoni

Head of Taxonomies, Climate Bonds Initiative

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Craig Davies

CEO, Cadlas

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10:00 - 10:30

Networking break

10:30 - 12:00

A-5: Deep Dive workshop – Net zero: meeting interim targets

Rory Sullivan, David Russell, Lorenzo Saa, Faith Ward
  • Do companies and investors have access to the tools and data they need?
  • How close are investors to understanding scope 3 emissions across portfolios?
  • How are upcoming mandatory and voluntary disclosure regimes addressing scope 3 emissions?
  • How can investors engage with companies on scope 3 emissions measurement, disclosure and reduction?
  • Scope 4 emissions: the next disclosure frontier?

Chair: Rory Sullivan, Co-Founder and Director, Chronos Sustainability

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Rory Sullivan

CEO, Chronos Sustainability

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David Russell

Head of Responsible Investment, USS Investment Management

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Lorenzo Saa

Chief Sustainability Officer, Clarity AI

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Faith Ward

Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership

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12:00 - 12:15

Short networking break

12:15 - 13:00

A-6: Antibiotic resistance: what role do investors have in addressing this systemic societal risk?

Georgia Stewart, Dr. Emma Berntman, Suzi van Es, Sara E. Murphy
  • The economic and social damage from Covid-19 pales in comparison to the potential harm from mass antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Are investors sleeping on this issue?
  • What tools and methodologies can investors use to gauge the risks from AMR?
  • What should be the practical role of investors in addressing AMR?
  • What are the challenges of engaging with companies on systemic, as opposed to idiosyncratic, risk?

Moderator: Georgia Stewart, CEO, tumelo

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Georgia Stewart

CEO, Tumelo

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Dr. Emma Berntman

Senior Engagement Specialist, FAIRR initiative

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Suzi van Es

Investor Engagement Manager, The Access to Medicine Foundation

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Sara E. Murphy

Chief Strategy Officer, The Shareholder Commons

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Stream B
09:15 - 10:00

B-4: Climate litigation: a growing part of the investor engagement toolkit

Joana Setzer, Alex Cooper, Sophie Marjanac , Charlotta Dawidowski Sydstrand
  • How does climate litigation fit into the wider engagement toolkit for asset owners?
  • Where can asset owners achieve the greatest leverage through the use of litigation?
  • How has the climate crisis affected asset owners’ conception of fiduciary duty?
  • What are the legal risks to asset owners from individual and collective action on climate?

Moderator: Joana Setzer, Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics

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Joana Setzer

Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics

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Alex Cooper

Lawyer – Corporate/Finance and Climate Change, Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative

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Sophie Marjanac

Senior Lawyer / Accountable Corporations Lead, ClientEarth

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Charlotta Dawidowski Sydstrand

Head of ESG, AP7

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10:00 - 10:30

Networking break

10:30 - 12:00

B-5: Deep dive workshop – Biodiversity in public markets

Gina Gambetta, Helen Avery, Sonya Likhtman, Vian Sharif
  • 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?

Chair: Gina Gambetta, Reporter, Responsible Investor 

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Gina Gambetta

Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Helen Avery

Director, Nature Programmes, Green Finance Institute

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Sonya Likhtman

Associate Director, Engagement, EOS, Federated Hermes

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Vian Sharif

Group Head of Sustainability, FNZ

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12:00 - 12:15

Short networking break

12:15 - 13:00

B-6: Human rights: due diligence directives

Gina Gambetta, Phil Bloomer, Rui Chang, Maria van der Heide
  • How can investors prepare for the CSDDD?
  • What will be the biggest challenges in implementing the legislation, for a) corporates, b) FIs?
  • Are there early lessons from Germany’s due diligence legislation?
  • How will CSDDD interact with other EU sustainable finance initiatives?

Moderator: Gina Gambetta, Reporter, Responsible Investor 

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Gina Gambetta

Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Phil Bloomer

Executive Director, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

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Rui Chang

Advisor, Responsible Investment, PGGM

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Maria van der Heide

Head of EU Policy, ShareAction

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Stream C
09:15 - 10:30

C-4: The evolving role of benchmarks in ESG investing

Khalid Azizuddin, Robert Edwards, Andreas Hoepner, Valentina Ramirez
  • What should be the minimum criteria for the EU’s ESG benchmarks standard?
  • Why is ‘standardisation and transparency’ of ESG benchmarks important?
  • Should there be minimum ESG requirements for broad market benchmarks?
  • Should ESG funds use broad market benchmarks for construction and reporting?

Moderator: Khalid Azizuddin, Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Khalid Azizuddin

Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Robert Edwards

Director of Product Management – EMEA & ESG Indexes, Morningstar Indexes

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Andreas Hoepner

Professor of Operational Risk, Banking & Finance, University College Dublin, and Member, EU's Platform for Sustainable Finance

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Valentina Ramirez

Senior Investment Specialist for Public Markets, IIGCC

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10:30 - 11:15

C-5: Investors and the cost-of-living crisis

James Coldwell, Tom Powdrill, Janet Williamson, Delilah Rothenberg
  • How should investors think about the cost-of-living crisis?
  • Should investors take an active role in pay negotiations?
  • Is engaging on government policy a political act and beyond investor remits?
  • What are the risks for companies of failing to address the cost-of-living crisis?
  • Ensuring diversity at investor level

Moderator: James Coldwell, Head of Workforce Disclosure Initiative, Share Action

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James Coldwell

Head of Workforce Disclosure Initiative, ShareAction

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Tom Powdrill

Head of Stewardship, PIRC

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Janet Williamson

Senior Policy Officer, Rights, International, Social and Economics Trades Union Congress

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Delilah Rothenberg

Co-Founding Partner and Executive Director, The Predistribution Initiative (PDI)

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11:15 - 12:00

C-6: DE&I: Has gender dropped off the agenda?

Fiona McNally, Deborah Gilshan, Diandra Soobiah, Diana van Maasdijk
  • Gender “fatigue” – have asset managers moved on to other battles?
  • Holistic versus targeted DE&I: which is more effective?
  • What has changed in terms of gender parity: a qualitative and quantitative assessment
  • Gender initiatives – do they work?

Moderator: Fiona McNally, Junior Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Fiona McNally

Junior Reporter, Responsible Investor

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Deborah Gilshan

Founder, The 100% Club

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Diandra Soobiah

Head of Responsible Investment, NEST - National Employment Savings Trust

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Diana van Maasdijk

Co-Founder & CEO, Equileap

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12:00 - 12:15

Short networking break

12:15 - 13:00

C-7: Evolution and utility of voluntary carbon markets

Dalia Daou, Anna Lehmann, Lydia Sheldrake
  • What role can and should VCM play in net zero strategies?
  • How should investors engage on carbon credits?
  • Are carbon credits suitable for commoditisation?
  • Countering negative perceptions of nature-based solutions

Moderator: Dalia Daou, Centre Director, Centre for Climate Finance & Investment, Imperial College London

 

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Dalia Daou

Centre Manager, Centre for Climate Finance & Investment, Imperial College London

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Anna Lehmann

Global Climate Policy Director, Wildlife Works

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Lydia Sheldrake

Director of Policy & Partnerships, Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI)

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13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 14:20

Day two keynote

Kerrie Waring
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Kerrie Waring

Chief Executive Officer, International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)

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14:20 - 15:10

Plenary 5: The power of nature: Understanding biodiversity risk

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Steven Bullock, Mirtha Kastrapeli, Hugh Miller, Maria Nazarova-Doyle

·       Biodiversity as a systemic risk: how are central banks approaching the challenge?

·       Transition risk: how can investors prepare for biodiversity regulation?

·       Measuring biodiversity risk across portfolios: methodologies, tools and barriers

·       Helping corporates understand the relevance of biodiversity loss to business models

Moderator: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Editor, Responsible Investor

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Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker

Editor, Responsible Investor

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Steven Bullock

Managing Director, Global Head of Research and Methodology, S&P Global Sustainable1

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Mirtha Kastrapeli

Head Corporate Ratings Research, Consumer Sector, ISS ESG

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Hugh Miller

Policy Analyst, OECD

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Maria Nazarova-Doyle

Head of Pension Investments and Responsible Investments, Scottish Widows

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15:10 - 15:30

Live virtual Q+A with Martin Spolc, Head of Unit, Sustainable Finance, European Commission

Martin Spolc
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Martin Spolc

Head of Unit, Sustainable Finance, European Commission

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15:30 - 16:00

Networking break

16:00 - 16:45

Plenary 6: Standard setting and global interoperability

Elza Holmstedt Pell, Lois Guthrie, Elizabeth Lance, Murat Sönmez
  • CSRD and ISSB: The beginning of a beautiful relationship?
  • What degree of interoperability is necessary to alleviate reporting burdens on companies?
  • Timelines and ambition: what’s the direction of travel for CSRD and ISSB – will expectations be met?
  • How can investors help companies prepare for new disclosure standards?

Moderator: Elza Holmstedt Pell, Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

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Elza Holmstedt Pell

Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

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Lois Guthrie

Senior Technical Advisor, IFRS Foundation

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Elizabeth Lance

Assistant Chief Counsel, ICI Global

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Murat Sönmez

Co-founder & CEO, pulsESG

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16:45 - 17:30

Plenary 7: Strength in numbers? The future of collective engagement

Rory Sullivan, Catherine Howarth, Clare Richards, Hanna Roberts, Peter Taylor
  • The big question: is size everything or can smaller groups make a larger impact?
  • The problem of free riders: how to make sure all members pull their weight
  • Would a more strategic approach that leverages the different capabilities of individual members make collective engagement more effective?
  • How can investors navigate anti-trust and acting-in-concert laws across jurisdictions?

Moderator: Rory Sullivan, Co-Founder and Director, Chronos Sustainability

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Rory Sullivan

CEO, Chronos Sustainability

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Catherine Howarth

Chief Executive Officer, ShareAction

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Clare Richards

Director, Social – Responsible Investment, Church of England Pensions Board

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Hanna Roberts

Head of Stewardship Services, Morningstar Sustainalytics

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Peter Taylor

Head of Engagement, IIGCC

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17:30 - 17:30

End of conference

Network at Europe's leading responsible investment event

Responsible Investor’s 16th annual RI Europe conference is back in person in London in 13-14 June 2023. Join over 600 leading investors and fund managers for two days of networking at the must-attend event for sustainable finance.

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Meet the ESG community

Network with the people and organisations leading the sustainable finance conversation, including investment professionals, regulators, academics, NGOs, and lawyers.

Plenty of time to network

Connect in-person with the ESG community at our interactive workshops, panels, private breakfasts, debates, and evening drinks reception.

Build valuable connections with European asset owners 

Past attendees include AP2, Caisse des Dépôts, Church of England, PKA Pension Fund, NEST Corporation, Brunel Pension Partnership, Bayerische Versorgungskammer, many more. Download the past attendee list to see who usually attends!

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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

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Speaker line-up in 2023

James Alexander

Chief Executive, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association

James Alexander joined UKSIF as Chief Executive in October 2020, with a strong vision and mandate to further enhance the organisation’s key role in promoting and expanding sustainable investment and finance in the UK. James has a background in intern… Read full bio

Cornelia Andersson

Global Head of Sustainable Finance & Investing, LSEG

Cornelia Andersson leads Sustainable Finance and Investing for the data & analytics division of the London Stock Exchange Group, driving growth and solving challenges for organisations across the world in close collaboration with customers and ma… Read full bio

Helen Avery

Director, Nature Programmes, Green Finance Institute

Helen Avery is a Director of Nature Programmes and GFI Hive within the Green Finance Institute. She leads the Institute’s work on UK nature finance, working across sectors to deliver an economy that values and invests in our natural environment. This… Read full bio

Kiran Aziz

Head of Responsible Investments, KLP

Kiran Aziz is Head of Responsible Investments at Norway’s largest pension fund. KLP has embedded ESG in the investment strategy for more than 20 years and is seen as a leading actor on responsible investments. In her role she monitors and assesses ho… Read full bio

Khalid Azizuddin

Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

Khalid retrained as a journalist after working for a number of years in corporate strategy at Sime Darby in Malaysia. He focuses on sustainability data & disclosures, policy and developing markets. He is a former winner of the CFA UK Journalist o… Read full bio

Colin Baines

Stewardship Manager, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership

Colin is the Stewardship Manager at Border to Coast Pension Partnership, the largest pooled local government pension scheme in the UK, representing 11 partner funds with combined assets totalling £60bn. Colin has 20 years’ experience working across a… Read full bio

Dr. Emma Berntman

Senior Engagement Specialist, FAIRR initiative

Emma joined the FAIRR Initiative in May 2022 and leads the collaborative investor engagements on AMR with animal pharmaceutical and restaurant companies. Prior to this, Emma worked as an engagement professional in EOS, the engagement and stewardship… Read full bio

Matteo Bigoni

Head of Taxonomies, Climate Bonds Initiative

Matteo is Head of Taxonomies returned to CBI having previously worked as Heads of the Certification. He managed the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme and worked with many green bond stakeholders including external reviewers, government… Read full bio

Phil Bloomer

Executive Director, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Phil became Executive Director of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre in 2013. Phil leads strategy and outreach globally working with 80 global team members and allies. Programmes are focused on transformation of business and investment models es… Read full bio

Steven Bullock

Managing Director, Global Head of Research and Methodology, S&P Global Sustainable1

Steve leads the Research and Methodology Team at S&P Global Sustainable1 developing the methodologies that underpin S&P Global’s suite of sustainability-related datasets and analytical solutions that power the transition to a more sustainable future.… Read full bio

Ben Caldecott

Member of the Adaptation Committee of the UK Climate Change Committee and Co-Chair, Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment

Dr Ben Caldecott is the founding Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group at the University of Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. At the University of Oxford, he is the inaugural Lombard Odier Associate Professor and Senio… Read full bio

Rui Chang

Advisor, Responsible Investment, PGGM

Rui Chang is a Responsible Investment Advisor at PGGM Investments. She is responsible for PGGM’s human rights program and represents PGGM in multiple collective engagement platforms, including the Platform Living Wage Financials (PLWF) and PRI Advanc… Read full bio

Claudia Chapman

Head of Stewardship, Financial Reporting Council

As Head of Stewardship for the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Claudia is responsible for the UK Stewardship Code, a world-leading voluntary code which sets expectations for investors when looking after their clients’ and members’ capital. Claudia… Read full bio

Véronique Chapplow

ESG Investment Specialist, T. Rowe Price

Véronique Chapplow is an investment specialist focused on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) capabilities. She is a vice president of T. Rowe Price International Ltd. Véronique’s investment experience began in 2000, and she has been with T.… Read full bio

Patrice Cochelin

Global Head of Analytical Governance – Sustainable Finance, S&P Global Ratings

Patrice Cochelin, based in the Paris office, heads up Analytical Governance for our Sustainable Finance practice. He oversees approval of Sus Fin methodologies and the quality of ESG, Green, and Social Evaluations and Opinions. From 2015 to Jan. 2021… Read full bio

James Coldwell

Head of Workforce Disclosure Initiative, ShareAction

James Coldwell is Head of the Workforce Initiative (WDI), a programme which improves transparency on how companies treat their staff and suppliers. The WDI is supported by over 60 investor signatories with $10 trillion in assets, and more than half o… Read full bio

Alex Cooper

Lawyer – Corporate/Finance and Climate Change, Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative

Alex Cooper is a lawyer specialising in climate change and corporate issues at the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative, which examines corporate and financial decision-makers’ legal obligations in respect of climate change and other nature crises… Read full bio

Dalia Daou

Centre Manager, Centre for Climate Finance & Investment, Imperial College London

Dalia Daou is the Centre Director for the Centre for Climate Finance & Investment (CCFI) at Imperial College London, where she has managed the partnerships and strategic development of the centre and its research impact for five years. The CCFI aims… Read full bio

Craig Davies

CEO, Cadlas

Dr Craig Davies is the CEO of the sustainable finance advisory firm Cadlas, which works with investors, financial institutions, regulators and policymakers on climate resilience and physical climate risks. Prior to founding Cadlas, Dr Davies spent 16… Read full bio

Maria Elena Drew

Director of Research, Responsible Investing, T. Rowe Price

Maria Elena Drew is a director of research for Responsible Investing at T. Rowe Price. In her current role, Ms. Drew leads the Responsible Investing team, which serves as specialists for incorporating environmental and social considerations into the… Read full bio

Robert Edwards

Director of Product Management – EMEA & ESG Indexes, Morningstar Indexes

Robert Edwards, CFA, is a Director of Product Management on the Morningstar Index team based in London, where he leads Morningstar's ESG and European-based Index initiatives. He has spent the last five years launching and supporting the creation of n… Read full bio

Ulla Enne

Head of Responsible Investing and Investment Operations, Nest Sammelstiftung

After having completed her studies in international relations at the institute of international and development studies in Geneva, Ulla worked six years in Private Banking. While working in Private Banking she pursued the MAS program in Finance at th… Read full bio

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker

Editor, Responsible Investor

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker joined Responsible Investor as editor in 2022 from Euromoney magazine, where she was ESG editor. Prior to that, she was Euromoney’s editor for Central and Eastern Europe and contributing editor at GlobalCapital. She has covered… Read full bio

Gina Gambetta

Reporter, Responsible Investor

Gina joined RI in 2020 after graduating from Goldsmiths, University of London, with an MA in journalism. Since then, she has developed expertise in biodiversity and human rights.

Deborah Gilshan

Founder, The 100% Club

Deborah is the Founder of The 100% Club, a networking alliance and advisory business on investment stewardship, ESG integration and diversity. She is a Fellow of the UK Chartered Governance Institute, serves on the Advisory Panel of the UK Financial… Read full bio

Chandra Gopinathan

Senior Investment Manager, Sustainable Ownership, Railpen

Chandra Gopinathan is a Senior Investment Manager covering multi-asset credit, energy transition investing, climate strategy and stewardship at Railpen. Chandra has two decades of experience across investing and portfolio management, credit structuri… Read full bio

Lois Guthrie

Senior Technical Advisor, IFRS Foundation

Lois Guthrie pursued a career in taxation, first at PwC and then at Zurich Insurance Group until 2016. Having joined the Carbon Disclosure Project (now CDP) in 2004, she simultaneously developed a career in climate and natural capital corporate repor… Read full bio

Dimitri Gvindadze

Director, Climate Strategy and Regional Delivery, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Dimitri Gvindadze is Director, Climate Strategy and Regional Delivery at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). During his career at the EBRD he served as Lead Economist for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region and as the EBRD… Read full bio

Nikki Gwilliam-Beeharee

Investor Engagement Strategic Lead, World Benchmarking Alliance

Nikki leads the World Benchmarking Alliance’s investor engagement strategy. In this role, she works with asset managers, asset owners and actors across the investment ecosystem to tackle systemic sustainability challenges and push for better corporat… Read full bio

Emma Henningsson

Manager Active Ownership, AP7

Emma is responsible for active ownership at AP7, the Seventh Swedish AP Fund. She coordinates and implements tools such as voting, engagement and investor collaborations for the fund and spearheads a project to develop and refine these activities. AP… Read full bio

Laura Hillis

Director of Climate and Environment, Church of England Pensions Board

Laura is the Director of Climate and Environment at the Church of England Pensions Board and leads climate stewardship, policy and targets for the Pensions Board as well as key strategic projects such as corporate climate lobbying and biodiversity. S… Read full bio

Karine Hirn

Partner, Board chair, Chief Sustainability Officer, East Capital Group

Karine Hirn, based in Hong Kong since 2013, is one of the founding partners of East Capital Group and Chief Sustainability Officer. Between 2010 and 2013, she was based in Shanghai as East Capital’s Chief Representative in China. Karine is the chairp… Read full bio

Ingrid Holmes

Executive Director, Green Finance Institute

Ingrid Holmes is the Executive Director of the Green Finance Institute and Chair of the UK’s Green Technical Advisory Group, which is advising the Government and Minister John Glenn on designing and implementing a green taxonomy in the UK. Ingrid has… Read full bio

Catherine Howarth

Chief Executive Officer, ShareAction

Catherine Howarth OBE joined ShareAction as Chief Executive in 2008. ShareAction’s mission is to define the highest standards of responsible investment and to promote those standards across the world. Working closely with investors in many jurisdicti… Read full bio

Aled Jones

Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions, FTSE Russell / LSEG

Aled Jones is Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions for FTSE Russell, and was previously Head of Sustainable Investing, Europe. Aled joined from Mercer’s Investment Consulting business where he was a Principal in the Global Responsible Investment… Read full bio

Mirtha Kastrapeli

Sector Head for Consumer in Corporate Ratings, ISS ESG

Mirtha Kastrapeli is Executive Director at ISS ESG and Sector Head for Consumer in Corporate Ratings. Mirtha is an accomplished sustainable investment leader with a track record in developing cutting-edge research in the ESG space. She is also a Fell… Read full bio

Piet Klop

Head of Responsible Investment, PGGM

Piet Klop leads PGGM’s Responsible Investment team which is driving ESG integration, running its active ownership program and expanding its Sustainable Development Investments, including the measurement of real-world impact. Before joining PGGM Inves… Read full bio

Hilkka Komulainen

Head of Responsible Investment, Aegon UK

Hilkka heads up the Aegon Responsible Investment team in the UK. Hilkka is responsible for driving forward the responsible investment strategy across Aegon UK’s workplace and retail investment business, including Aegon’s net zero commitments and stew… Read full bio

Brenda Kramer

Senior Advisor Responsible Investment, PGGM

Brenda Kramer works as Senior Advisor Responsible Investment at the Dutch asset manager PGGM. At PGGM she currently leads the teams responsible for the implementation of the new EU Sustainable Finance Legislation (including SFDR and EU taxonomy) for… Read full bio

Simone Kramer

Head of Product, Net Zero Data Public Utility

Simone Kramer acts as the Head of Product of NZDPU where she is focused on the development of the Net Zero Data Public Utility beta pilot, an industry utility that will provide a centralized repository of key climate transition-related data. She prev… Read full bio

Elizabeth Lance

Assistant Chief Counsel, ICI Global

Elizabeth Lance is Assistant Chief Counsel of ICI Global. Before joining ICI Global, Elizabeth was Vice President and Legal Counsel for Legislative and Regulatory Affairs at T. Rowe Price where she was responsible for monitoring global regulatory dev… Read full bio

Anna Lehmann

Global Climate Policy Director, Wildlife Works

Anna has been involved in shaping carbon markets on both the supply and the demand sides for compliance as well as voluntary regimes for over 20 years. She started carbon project development in 2001, was investment advisor for two carbon market funds… Read full bio

Kate Levick

Associate Director, Sustainable Finance, E3G

Kate Levick leads E3G’s activities on Sustainable Finance, working with public and private finance sector stakeholders to support political decisions that enable financing of the global transition to climate safety. Kate is also the Co-Head of the Se… Read full bio

Sonya Likhtman

Associate Director, Engagement, EOS, Federated Hermes

Sonya Likhtman works in EOS, the stewardship and engagement team at Federated Hermes. She focusses primarily on engaging with companies across Asia and emerging markets. She is also the lead engager for the Biodiversity Equity Fund and the author of… Read full bio

Tom Lorber

Director, Head of Private Climate Finance, Children's Investment Fund Foundation

Tom is Director, Head of Private Climate Finance and leads CIFF’s global portfolio of grants working with the private finance sector to accelerate corporate emissions reductions in line with the Paris Agreement. Since joining CIFF in 2013 Tom has wor… Read full bio

Fiona Manning

Fund Manager, Premier Miton Emerging Markets Sustainable Fund

Fiona Manning joined Premier Miton in August 2022 following 17 years at Aberdeen Standard Investments where she was Senior Investment Director and lead manager of the firm’s emerging market equity sustainable strategies, including the Emerging Market… Read full bio

Mark Manning

Technical Specialist, Sustainable Finance and Stewardship, Financial Conduct Authority

Mark Manning leads the FCA’s policy work on sustainable finance and investor stewardship. In this role, he is responsible for several initiatives, including the FCA’s implementation of the TCFD’s recommendations and the FCA’s work with IOSCO on corpo… Read full bio

Sophie Marjanac

Senior Lawyer / Accountable Corporations Lead, ClientEarth

Sophie Marjanac is an internationally recognised expert in climate change law and litigation, human rights and corporate management of climate risk. She leads our Climate Accountability Initative, which focusses on strategic litigation and other lega… Read full bio

Michael Marshall

Head of Sustainable Ownership, RPMI Railpen

Michael Marshall is Head of Sustainable Ownership at RPMI Railpen (“Railpen”). As a member of Railpen’s Fiduciary Leadership Team, Michael is accountable for the integration of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors into the fi… Read full bio

Innes McKeand

Head of Strategic Equities, USS Investment Management

Innes Mcheand is Head of Strategic Equities at USS Investment Management, the investment management arm of the Universities Superannuation Scheme. He is responsible for all of USS's listed equities portfolios across developed and emerging markets and… Read full bio

Fiona McNally

Junior Reporter, Responsible Investor

Fiona joined Responsible Investor in 2021 after working as a reporter at Private Equity Wire. She has developed a particular interest in diversity, equity and inclusion and also covers the French market.

Véronique Menou Lieblich

Global Head of ESG Regulatory Solutions, MSCI

As Global Head of ESG Regulatory Solutions, Véronique helps investors with their ESG and Climate regulatory requirements globally. She is in charge of developing the strategy and the product development roadmap to foster adoption of ESG and Climate R… Read full bio

Alex Michie

Executive Director, GFANZ Secretariat and Mobilizing Capital, GFANZ

Alex Michie is the head of the GFANZ Secretariat and the Executive Director for Mobilizing Capital to Emerging Markets and Developing Economies. Previously, as Head of GFANZ in the COP26 Private Finance Hub within HMT, he was responsible for designin… Read full bio

Hugh Miller

Policy Analyst, OECD

Hugh works at the OECD as a Policy Analyst, focusing on biodiversity-related financial risks and critical minerals. He started out at the Bank of England where he worked in the Prudential Policy Department, working on Large Exposures and climate-rela… Read full bio

Sara E. Murphy

Chief Strategy Officer, The Shareholder Commons

Sara joined The Shareholder Commons in 2020 after 22 years working in sustainable investing and environmental and social advocacy. Sara began her career working for NGOs in the international development and disaster response fields. In 2001, she tran… Read full bio

Maria Nazarova-Doyle

Head of Pension Investments and Responsible Investments, Scottish Widows

At Scottish Widows, Maria is responsible for defining the investment offering across our pension business, and for incorporating responsible investment and active stewardship principles into the investment design. She has previously held senior DC in… Read full bio

Morten Nilsson

CEO, Brightwell

Morten joined Brightwell (formerly BT Pension Scheme Management) in September 2018 and was appointed to the Board in October 2018. He is responsible for leading all aspects of the business in its support of its clients and the workforce. Morten has s… Read full bio

Andrew Ninian

Director, Stewardship, Risk and Tax, The Investment Association

Andrew is responsible for representing The Investment Association members interests as institutional investors on stewardship and corporate governance matters. Andrew also has executive team responsibility for the IA’s Risk and Tax Unit focussing on… Read full bio

Carmen Nuzzo

Professor in Practice - Executive Director, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre LSE

Carmen leads on setting and delivering the strategy of the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre, as well as overseeing its research and operations. Established by some of the world's leading asset owners, the TPI Centre conducts independent, authorit… Read full bio

Aleksandra Palinska

Executive Director, Eurosif

Aleksandra Palinska is the Executive Director of Eurosif, the European Sustainable Investment Forum, the leading pan European Sustainable and Responsible Investment association advocating for a more sustainable financial system. It works as a partner… Read full bio

Rebecca Palmer

Director, Sustainable Finance Data, ICE

Becky Palmer joined ICE in Jan 2016 with the acquisition of Interactive Data by ICE, and is responsible for business development and content strategy for Sustainability products and services in EMEA. In this role, Becky supports the sales teams with… Read full bio

Ashok Parameswaran

President and Founder, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance

Ashok Parameswaran is the President and Founder of the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (EMIA) and a member of the EMIA Board of Directors. Ashok has over 20 years of experience relating to emerging markets, mostly as an emerging market sovereign… Read full bio

Elza Holmstedt Pell

Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

Elza is the deputy editor of Responsible Investor. She joined RI in 2019 and has a particular interest in sustainable finance regulation, Previously, she was a freelance journalist and conference producer for three years, covering sustainable finance… Read full bio

Valeria Piani

Head of Stewardship, Phoenix Group

Valeria Piani is Head of Stewardship at Phoenix Group. She joined the firm in September 2021 to lead the in-house stewardship team and collaborate with Phoenix’s Asset Management partners to influence ESG performance by investee companies. She has ov… Read full bio

John Ploeg

Co-Head of ESG Research, PGIM Fixed Income

John Ploeg, CFA, is a Principal and Co Head of ESG Research for PGIM Fixed Income, based in London. Mr. Ploeg is responsible for the strategic integration of ESG research across all elements of the firm, including in investment decision making proces… Read full bio

Stephen Porter

Responsible Investment Lead, SCOTTISH WIDOWS

Dr Stephen Porter is the Responsible Investment Lead at Scottish Widows, incorporating ESG considerations into the investment design across the firm’s pension business through collaborations with internal and external stakeholders (such as investment… Read full bio

Tom Powdrill

Head of Stewardship, PIRC

Tom is a leading responsible investment practitioner with over 20 years’ experience of shareholder engagement, working with both pension funds and civil society. He has particular expertise in the S in ESG, focusing primarily on labour and workplace… Read full bio

Valentina Ramirez

Senior Investment Specialist for Public Markets, IIGCC

Valentina is the Senior Investment Specialist for Public Markets in the Investor Practices Programme, and is leading our benchmarks, sovereign bonds and derivatives work streams. Most recently she has worked as a climate finance consultant for Genesi… Read full bio

Clare Richards

Director, Social – Responsible Investment, Church of England Pensions Board

Clare Richards is Director, Social at the Church of England Pensions Board, where she has been a member of the Responsible Investment team since 2019. She leads on the Pensions Board’s approach to stewardship in support of a ‘just’ world, a remit whi… Read full bio

Jo Richardson

Head of Portfolio Strategy, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute

Based in London, Jo leads the development and practical application of the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII)’s portfolio management techniques and products, designed to support fixed income investors in aligning their portfolios to net zero.… Read full bio

Hanna Roberts

Head of Stewardship Services, Morningstar Sustainalytics

Hanna is the Senior Vice President of ESG Products and is responsible for the entire suite of Sustainalytics’ Stewardship Services. Within her role, she leads an expanding team of Engagement Managers, oversees product development, and supports the de… Read full bio

Nick Robins

Professor in Practice - Sustainable Finance, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment

Nick joined the Grantham Research Institute in February 2018 as Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance. Nick leads the sustainable finance research theme. The focus of his work is on how to mobilise finance for climate action in ways that supp… Read full bio

Aldo M. Romani

Head of Sustainable Finance, Finance Directorate, European Investment Bank

A graduate cum laude in monetary and financial economics of Bocconi University, Milan, Aldo started his career at Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt, and subsequently joined EIB, one of the largest multilateral issuers, as assistant to the Deputy Director Gen… Read full bio

Delilah Rothenberg

Co-Founding Partner and Executive Director, The Predistribution Initiative (PDI)

Delilah Rothenberg is a Co-Founding Partner and the Executive Director of the Predistribution Initiative (PDI), a multi-stakeholder non-profit organization designed to support investors in aligning their investment governance, financial analysis, and… Read full bio

David Russell

Head of Responsible Investment, USS Investment Management

David heads the RI Team of USS Investment Management. David is a former Board member of the PRI Association and an advisor to the Board of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change. He is also on the Board of the International Centre for Pe… Read full bio

Lorenzo Saa

Chief Sustainability Officer, Clarity AI

As Chief Sustainability Officer, Lorenzo is responsible for Clarity AI’s strategic engagements across the globe to enhance investor value and drive sustainable outcomes. Lorenzo joined Clarity AI after over 20 years of being at the forefront of susta… Read full bio

Joana Setzer

Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics

Joana Setzer is an Assistant Professor at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her main areas of expertise are climate litigation and global environmenta… Read full bio

Vian Sharif

Group Head of Sustainability, FNZ

Dr Vian Sharif joined FNZ in 2019 as Group Head of Sustainability. She is part of the team driving the development of innovative technology solutions to catalyse the shift to more sustainable capital allocations, alongside the firm’s own sustainabili… Read full bio

Lydia Sheldrake

Director of Policy & Partnerships, Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI)

Lydia is Director of Policy & Partnerships at the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI). She joined from the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and prior to that led Voluntary Carbon Markets policy and programmes in UK governme… Read full bio

Murat Sönmez

Co-founder & CEO, pulsESG

Murat is the co-founder and CEO of pulsESG™, a purpose-built SaaS platform to help companies define, capture, improve, and disclose their sustainability and ESG footprint. Founded in 2021, and with more than 350 companies on its platform, pulsESG has… Read full bio

Diandra Soobiah

Head of Responsible Investment, NEST - National Employment Savings Trust

Diandra Soobiah is Head of Responsible at Nest. She has been at Nest for 13 years and is responsible for the delivery and implementation of Nest’s Responsible Investment approach, ensuring it factors in material environmental, social and governance r… Read full bio

Martin Spolc

Head of Unit, Sustainable Finance, European Commission

Martin Spolc is the Head of the Sustainable Finance in the European Commission's Directorate General for Financial Services. Prior to his current role, he was the Head of the Capital Markets Union unit, the Economic analysis unit, Deputy Head of the… Read full bio

Georgia Stewart

CEO, Tumelo

Georgia is CEO of Tumelo, one of the UK's fastest-growing financial technology scale-ups. Georgia studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge and has experience across the sustainable investment sector, including equity investment analysis at Jupiter, clea… Read full bio

Rory Sullivan

CEO, Chronos Sustainability

Rory Sullivan is CEO of Chronos Sustainability, Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics (LSE), and Chief Technical Advisor to the Transition Pathway Ini… Read full bio

Marcus Svedberg

Chief Economist, Folksam

Marcus Svedberg is chief economist at Folksam, one of the largest insurance and pension savings companies in Sweden. He is responsible for macro analysis and strategy across the group with a special focus on sustainability. He previously had a simila… Read full bio

Charlotta Dawidowski Sydstrand

Head of ESG, AP7

Charlotta Dawidowski Sydstrand is Head of ESG at AP7. Before joining AP7 in 2015, Charlotta held different positions within the Swedbank group for nine years, starting out as sustainability analyst at the asset manager Robur and later as climate stra… Read full bio

Peter Taylor

Head of Engagement, IIGCC

Peter is Head of Engagement for IIGCC’s Corporate Programme, supporting investor engagements with companies through Climate Action 100+ and the Net Zero Engagement Initiative (NZEI). Previously, Peter worked as a senior portfolio manager for Aberdeen… Read full bio

Jakob Thomä

Managing Director, 2° Investing Initiative

Jakob Thomae is one of the leading global experts on sustainable finance and long-term risks. He co-founded the 2° Investing Initiative network in New York and Berlin and serves as Executive Director of 2° Investing Initiative Deutschland. Jakob led… Read full bio

Eugenia Unanyants-Jackson

Global Head of ESG, PGIM

Eugenia Jackson is the Global Head of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG), based in London. Ms. Jackson is responsible for shaping and coordinating ESG strategy and execution across PGIM, chairing the PGIM ESG Council, engaging with key exte… Read full bio

Simone Utermarck

Director, Sustainable Finance International Capital Market Association (ICMA)

Simone Utermarck is a Director, Sustainable Finance at the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) based in London. She is part of the Secretariat that supports the Principles, Secretary to the Advisory Council and the Global Sustainable Fina… Read full bio

Maria van der Heide

Head of EU Policy, ShareAction

Maria is ShareAction’s Head of EU Policy in Brussels and leads the advocacy work on sustainable finance. Maria has over ten years of experience working on policy and advocacy in the area of international development and human rights. Prior to ShareAc… Read full bio

Suzi van Es

Investor Engagement Manager, The Access to Medicine Foundation

Suzi van Es is the Investor Engagement Manager at the Access to Medicine Foundation. Suzi leads the interactions with institutional investors, helps ensure the relevance of our findings for the investment community and manages the projects and events… Read full bio

Diana van Maasdijk

Co-Founder & CEO, Equileap

Diana van Maasdijk is the Co-Founder & CEO of Equileap, the leading provider of data and insights on gender equality in the corporate sector. Equileap researches and ranks 4000 public companies around the world using a unique and comprehensive Gender… Read full bio

Betina Vaz Boni

Manager, Governance, Principles for Responsible Investment

Betina Vaz Boni is a Manager in the Governance team at the PRI. In her role, she works with investors to address governance issues affecting the companies they invest in, such as executive pay and anti-corruption. She leads PRI work on responsible po… Read full bio

Paul Verney

Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

Paul joined RI’s editorial team in 2017 and has developed a particular interest in shareholder engagement and ESG voting. His journalistic beat also includes developments in the banking sector around sustainability. Paul holds a Master’s degree in Ph… Read full bio

Helena Viñes Fiestas

Commissioner of CNMV & Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, Spanish Financial Markets Authority (CNMV)

Helena is commissioner of the Spanish Financial Markets Authority (CNMV) and Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance. She is also a member of the UN Secretary-General High-Level Expert Group on Net Zero Pledges and of the EIB´s Climate and En… Read full bio

Faith Ward

Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership

Faith Ward, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership; Chair, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change Faith is currently Chief Responsible Investment Officer for Brunel Pension Partnership and Chair of the Institutional… Read full bio

Kerrie Waring

Chief Executive Officer, International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)

Kerrie is Chief Executive Officer of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), a global governance organisation led by investors responsible for assets of $70 trillion, based in over 40 countries. She also serves as a Member of the Japan… Read full bio

Dominic Webb

Reporter, Responsible Investor   

Dominic is a reporter for the ESG and sustainable investment news publication Responsible Investor, writing about sustainability in fixed income, as well as EU and UK regulatory issues and investment stewardship. Since joining Responsible Investor in… Read full bio

Janet Williamson

Senior Policy Officer, Rights, International, Social and Economics Trades Union Congress

Janet Williamson is a Senior Policy Officer at the TUC and leads the TUC’s work on corporate governance and capital markets. She has written widely on corporate governance, worker directors, executive pay, employee share ownership, shareholder engage… Read full bio

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