Responsible Investor 2024 - Canada | PEI | 11 September 2024 | Chelsea Hotel Canada, 33 Gerrard St W, Toronto, ON M5G 1Z4, Canada

This event is the region’s leading sustainable investment conference, will bring together 300+ asset owners, investment managers, banks, financial regulators, and data providers from across Canada who are looking to play a meaningful role in the journey to a sustainable, net-zero economy.

This event is set to be even bigger than ever – providing a unique opportunity to flesh out new ideas with fellow senior industry peers from across the region, and share cutting-edge sustainability thinking to navigate the rapidly evolving Canadian responsible investment landscape.

In addition, join 100+ industry-leading asset owners to gain insight into their ESG allocation strategies and preferences for 2024 and beyond.

What’s new in 2024?
• Navigating transition finance in Canada: What comes next?
• Incorporating Indigenous perspectives into investment strategies
• Sustainable Finance and Green Investment Bonds
• Regulatory and Policy Developments: How are investors preparing
• Biodiversity and nature: Navigating data collection and stakeholder expectations
• Investing in net-zero: Aligning investments with the 1.5°C pathway
• Social investment: Risks, challenges, and opportunities
• Effective engagement: Stewardship and escalation strategies
• Sustainability standards and disclosure frameworks

Why should you attend?
Asset Managers:
• Hear from industry leaders on the latest ESG investing strategies and sustainability efforts within Canada’s responsible investment landscape, including how investors are preparing for regulatory and policy developments, sustainability standards and disclosure frameworks, and the essential role of transition finance in Canada’s economy.
• Meet asset owners looking to increase their exposure to sustainable investments and discover their allocation strategies and preferences.

Asset Owners:
• Connect with fellow socially responsible investors from across the industry at the region’s #1 ESG event focused on topics at the forefront of Canada’s evolving responsible investment landscape. Dive into the benefits of incorporating Indigenous perspectives into impact investment strategies, investing in net-zero, the risks, challenges, and opportunities within social investments, and much more.

Service Providers:
• Gain valuable insights into the future of ESG regulation and Canada’s standards development, preparing for standardized sustainability disclosure requirements, and more. Interested in showcasing your solutions in front of the most influential names in Canada’s sustainable investing space? Access the sponsorship prospectus and fill in the enquiry form to find out more about partnership opportunities at the event.

2024 Speakers

Michelle Albanese
Director, ESG and Responsible Supply Chain, Upswing Solutions

David Andrews
Senior Legal Counsel - Investments, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan

Youssef Aroub
Senior Principal - Sustainable Investing, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO)

Karen Bird
Chief Capital Officer, Indigenous Impact Investment Circle

Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer
Professor, UNESCO Chair Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University

Alanna Boyd
Chief Sustainability Officer, Sun Life

Jeff Briggs
Managing Director, North America, New Forests

Valerie Cecchini
Managing Partner, Borealis Global Asset Management

Stephanie Chow-Ashton
Managing Director, Transition Finance, GFANZ

Ryan Clancy
Head of Impact Management, Rally Assets

Sarah Couturier-Tanoh
Director of Shareholder Advocacy, SHARE

Bob Dannhauser
Senior Advisor, Shift Project

Pratima Divgi
Head of Capital Markets, CDP North America

Tyson Dyck
Partner, Torys LLP

Thomas Estinès
Co-CEO, GIR

George Fan
VP, National Natural Catastrophe and Climate Risk Lead, Marsh Canada Limited

Bonnie Foley-Wong
Sustainable Investment Leader, Mercer

Magali Gable
Director, Sustainable Finance, BMO Capital Markets

Gina Gambetta
Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

Dr. Maryam Golnaraghi
Director – Climate Change and Environment, The Geneva Association

Delaney Greig
Director, Investor Stewardship, University Pension Plan Ontario

Geneviève Grenon
Responsible Investment Senior Advisor, Biodiversity Expert, Desjardins Global Asset Management

Sean Hackett
Senior Manager, Energy Transition, Environmental Defense Fund

Lila Han
Director, Sustainable Investing, OMERS

Amy Hepburn
CEO, Investor Leadership Network (ILN)

Samantha Hill
Managing Director - Sustainable Investing, CPP Investments

Ian Howard
Director, Climate Services, Climate Bonds Initiative

Jingdong Hua
ISSB Vice-Chair, IFRS Foundation

Alison Joutsi
Principal, ESG Global Advisors

Michael Kelly
Chief Legal & Sustainability Officer, OMERS

Dana Krechowicz
Director, Sustainable Finance, Global Risk Institute

Jonathan Laski
Director, Sustainable Finance, PwC

Juana Lee
Associate Director - Corporate Engagement, Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE)

Jennifer Livingstone
Vice President, Climate Strategy, RBC

Paula Luff
Director of Sustainability Research & Engagement, DSC Meridian

Jo-Anne Matear
Head of Sustainable Finance, Ontario Securities Commission

Susan McGeachie
Founding Partner and CEO, University of Toronto

Melissa Menzies
Director, Sustainable Finance, Scotiabank

Bertrand Millot
Head of Sustainability, CDPQ

Scott Morrison
Partner, Sustainability Reporting and Assurance, PwC

Andrea Nemtin
Chief Executive Officer, SI Canada

Stephen Nolan
Managing Director, UNDP Financial Centres for Sustainability

Sandra Odendahl
Senior Vice President and Head, Sustainability, Diversity & Social Impact, BDC

Paige Olmsted
Conservation Finance Specialist, Nature Investment Hub and Smart Prosperity Institute

Katharine Preston
Vice President - Sustainable Investing, OMERS

Matt Price
Director of Corporate Engagement, Investors for Paris Compliance

Kimberly Randle
CEO and Founder, Fair Supply

Will Relle
Director, ESG, HarbourVest

Andreas Ross
Head of New Product Research and Development, ZAIS Group

Siddharth Samarth
Managing Director & Head, Sustainable Finance, CIBC Capital Markets

Colin Saravanamuttoo
Executive Director and Canada Country Director - World Animal Protection, World Animal Protection

Maya Saryyeva
Interim Executive Director, ISF

Alison Schneider
Canadian Representative, CERES and Principal, Encompass ESG Corp.

Katherine Short
Associate Director, Sustainable Investing, OMERS

Alex Side
Senior Principal, IMCO Infrastructure (Investment Management Corporation of Ontario)

Polina Sims
Managing Director - Head of Investment Strategy, Sustainability and Asset Management, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO)

Bruce B. Simpson
GP, Agetech Capital

Ajit Singh
Senior Associate – ESG and Proxy Voting, BMO Global Asset Management

Alyson Slater
Head of Sustainable Investment Canada, Public Markets, Manulife Investment Management

James Snider
Vice President, Science, Knowledge And Innovation, WWF Canada

Charles-Antoine St-Jean
Chair, Canadian Sustainability Standards Board, FRAS Canada

Olaf Weber
Professor - CIBC Chair in Sustainable Finance, Schulich School of Business

Joy Williams
Executive Director, Financial Institution Net-zero Transition Plans, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

Barbara Zvan
President and CEO, University Pension Plan

2024 Sponsors

LEAD SPONSOR:
• PwC

SPONSORS:
• Desjardins Global Asset Management
• Manulife Investment Management
• Mirova

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• DSC Meridian Capital
• New Forests
• Torys LLP
• ZAIS Group