Venue
Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters, 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036, USA

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Event Date Wed Jul 17 EDT (over 5 years ago)
Location Thomson Reuters
3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036, USA
Region Americas
Details

The 2019 “Summer in the City” CSR Investing Summit is an all-day conference that presents a forum for engaging with thought leaders and discussing their points of view on how to define, manage, and measure responsible investing. The conference includes expert practitioners who are plan sponsors, endowments, consultants, academics, non-governmental organizations, the sell side, and media. Attire is informal and networking is encouraged.

The Application of ESG in investment finance.
Redesigning Finance for Impact.
Realizing Environmental and Social Impact with the capital markets.

Panel topics include:

• Climate Risk and the CORPORATE Perspective: How are Corporations posturing for climate risks through operational strategies and related frameworks such as TCFD, and regulation?
• Climate Risk and the INVESTOR Perspective: How are investors evaluating a corporation's answer to climate risk and resiliency?
• The rapidly increasing significance of ESG data, ratings and indexes to Corporate Executives, Directors and the Capital Markets.
• ESG Financial Products — ETFs, Mutual Funds, SMAs, Structured and Insurance Products, and Index Benchmarks. Where Is the Growth? Are Returns Beating non-RI Investments?
• Aligning the UN SDGs with Impact Investing.
• Connecting Corporate Performance and Credit Ratings with ESG Factors: Can we explain the relationship better today? What are the facts?
• Engagement and Proxy Voting: How are investment managers moving the sustainability needle via proxy voting (without divesting)?
• What does impact investing mean to you?

Speakers

2019 Speakers

Peter Adriaens, PhD, PE, BCEEM
Professor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Joyce Cacho, CAMS
President, Adinura Advisory Services, LLC

Olga Emelianova
Executive Director, ESG Research, MSCI

Jeff Gitterman
Co-founding Partner, Gitterman Wealth Management

Suzanne Hopgood
Managing Member, The Hopgood Group, LLC

John Howell
Editorial Director, 3BL Media Group

William Jannace
Senior Counsel, Ross PLLC, Adjunct Professor — Fordham Law School

Casey Jojic
Executive Director, Head of Sustainable Investing Solutions, Wealth Management USA, UBS

Courteney Keatinge
Senior Director of Environmental, Social and Governance Research, Glass Lewis

Kevin Mahn
President & Chief Investment Officer
Hennion & Walsh Asset, Management/SmartTrust UITs

Lance McGray
Managing Director, Head of ETF Product, Advisors Asset Management

Gloria Mirrione
Sector Leader, Asset Management Co-Leader, Impact Investing, North American Financial Services, Korn Ferry

Christine Pishko
Relationship Manager, US Global Networks and Outreach, PRI

Leslie Samuelrich
President, Green Century Capital Management

Gregg Sgambati
Managing Director, Head of ESG Solutions, S-Network ESG Solutions

Kate Shattuck
Co-Leader, Impact Investing, Korn Ferry

Kristen Sullivan
Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Lorraine Spradley Wilson
Director, Investment Products

Glen Yelton
Director, ESG & Impact Investing, SNW Asset Management

Sponsors & Partners

2019 Sponsors

• Inter-American Development Bank
• Deloitte
• MSCI
• S-Network Global Indexes, Inc.

STRATEGIC & MEDIA SPONSORS:
• 3BL
• CDP
• Climate Advisers
• Gitterman Wealth Management
• Governance & Accountability Institute
• ImpactPHL
• New Day
• PRI
• QWAFAFEW
• Skytop Strategies