ESG Conference - New Horizons in ESG Investing and Transparency 2022 | CFA Society Switzerland | 18 May 2022 | Selnaustrasse 25, 8001 Zürich Switzerland

Just over a few years the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing has evolved from being a mere “niche” area occupied by enthusiasts into a widely-recognized, almost “mainstream” investment philosophy and become an integral element of a modern investment process. Investors have recognized the importance of considering ESG factors in the investment evaluation and risk management and are increasingly expecting investment managers to provide solutions.

Climate and environmental impact has become a significant additional metric in evaluating performance of investments. While bringing obvious benefits to the environment, society, capital markets and investors, ESG Investing has also unveiled various challenges, such as variety of ESG frameworks and codes, lack of standardization and transparency, “jungle” of investment approaches and products, high complexity of metrics and impact measures, fears of “greenwashing” and a “wave” of new regulations.

The investment industry investment managers, asset owners and regulators are all working hard to address those challenges by providing more transparency, security and effective investment solutions to investors, with various efforts being undertaken both an the global, regional and local level Switzerland being no exception. It is a good time to take a moment and look at the current status of ESG Investing, needs of investors, capabilities of investment managers and various initiatives and standardization efforts and the future outlook.

Our Swiss ESG Investment Conference organized by CFA Society Switzerland is part of the series of events dedicated to ESG Investing as a commitment of CFA Institute to foster sustainability in investment management. This unique full-day event at Kraftwerk in Zurich features a line up of renowned speakers representing investment managers, asset owners, financial regulators, industry associations, NGOs and academia.

This event gets inspiring insights on the “best practice” ESG investing approaches implemented by asset managers and asset owners, innovative ESG investment solutions, latest ESG investment research and surveys, standardization, regulatory and self-regulatory efforts, and to engage in exciting networking discussions. The conference is aimed at investment professionals, asset owners and all those interested in ESG Investing

2022 Speakers

Arthur Arzoumanidis, CFA
Product Owner - Client Solutions at RepRisk

Angela de Wolff
Managing Partner – ESG independent verifier at Conser

Sabine Döbeli
CEO at Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF)

Benjamin Haltinner, CFA
Vice President - Finance at RepRisk

Stephan Kellenberger
Deputy Head of Sustainable Finance at World Wide Fund for Nature Switzerland (WWF)

Paul Moody
Managing Director - Global Partnerships & Client Solutions at CFA Institute.

Prof. Markus Leippold
Professor of Financial Engineering - Department of Banking and Finance at University of Zurich (UZH)

Kenneth Robertson
Client Portfolio Manager at Robeco

Adrian Schatzmann
CEO of the Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS)

Patrick Schirmann
Founder and CEO at Norsia

Markus Schmid
Technical Expert at Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)

Dr. Stephan Skaanes, CFA
Partner and Member of the Executive Board of PPCmetrics

Mirjam Staub-Bisang
Country Head of BlackRock Switzerland and a member of the EMEA Executive Committee

Dr. Jürg Tobler
Head of Investments at the Pension Fund City of Zurich (ASIP)

Patrick Uelfeti, CFA
Deputy Head of Asset Management at the Federal Pension Fund PUBLICA

2022 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Robeco
• RepRisk

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Dorsum