ESG Data and Disclosure Summit 2022 | City & Financial Global | 6 June 2022 | Central London, London SW1A 2DR, UK

With major regulatory bodies, including the FCA, UN, IOSCO and SEC, coming out with new anti-greenwashing measures at COP26, the pressure is firmly on investors and lenders to put much greater effort into ensuring that the climate and ESG claims of investee companies and borrowers stand up to detailed scrutiny. Regulatory initiatives in this space include the establishment of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), which will replace the alphabet of different reporting standards with one rigorous yardstick, thereby facilitating comparison between different companies. The FCA’s publication of a discussion paper on UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and product labels is another significant development.

Improving disclosure standards will be a major step forwards, but the thorny issues of data and ratings are more problematic. Which data are relevant? How do you obtain the data? Do you accept at face value what is provided by investee companies and borrowers? Why are the methodologies used by the burgeoning number of third-party data and ratings providers so different?

As regulation becomes more rigorous, investors and lenders will need to demand enhanced specificity, including on Scope 3 emissions, which take into account the supply chain and customer emissions of investee companies and borrowers. This will demand a much closer form of engagement and sharing of sensitive information than at present, requiring trust and a partnership approach to reducing emissions.

City & Financial Global’s ESG Data and Disclosure Summit on 7 June 2022 will provide a forum for investee companies and corporate borrowers to come together with asset managers and banks to discuss the much stronger anti-greenwashing measures that are being implemented. Attendance at this forum will be invaluable for all listed companies, institutional investors, asset managers and asset owners, as well as data providers and carbon credit companies.

Key Themes:
• Future of Sustainable Data Alliance Annual Report Launch
• Introducing accountability for ESG disclosure, statements and green bond issues
• Understanding and utilising metrics and other verifiers
• Role of asset owners
• Incorporating Scope 3 emissions
• Seven Principles For ESG Investing
• Active engagement vs. divestment

Who should attend?
Senior Management & Heads of Risk, Sustainability, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Responsibility & Strategy at listed and large private companies. Also, Senior Management & Heads of ESG, Climate Change, Sustainability, Risk, Responsible Investment & Corporate Responsibility at advisory firms, asset managers and asset owners.

2022 Speakers

Asad Butt
Senior ESG Analyst, Stewardship and Engagement Lead for CyberRisk and Information, HSBC Global Asset Management

Professor Robert G. Eccles
Visiting Professor of Management Practice at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Desiree Fixler
Advisory Board Member, LSE Ventures

Rongrong Huo
Executive Director, Investment Institute, Ninety One

Mark Manning
Technical Specialist, ESG, FCA

Sherry Madera
CFA, Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Mastercard and Chair, Future of Sustainable Data Alliance

Edward Mason
Partner, Generation IM

Christopher Badger
Barrister, Six Pump Court

Dr Rory Sullivan
CEO, Chronos Sustainability

Charles Sincock
UK ESG Lead and Global Co-Lead, Capco

Paul Allard
CEO and Co-Founder, Impak

Mardi McBrien
Managing Director, IFRS Foundation

Catharina Hillenbrand von der Neyen
Head of Research, Carbon Tracker Initiative

Sasja Beslik
Chief Investment Officer, NextGen ESG

Sven Gentner
Director, Asset Management, DG FISMA C4, EU Commission

Aura Toader
EMEA ESG & Climate Research Associate, MSCI

Chris Wilford
Director for Financial Services Policy, CBI

2022 Sponsors

• MSCI

SUPPORTERS:
• ACI
• APCC
• Carbon Tracker
• FoSDA
• GRESB
• ICLG