Responsible Investor Asia 2023 | Responsible Investor | 23 October 2023 | Marina Bay Sands Singapore, 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018956

Join the Responsible Investor Asia conference to connect with a global audience of ESG, sustainable finance, and responsible investment professionals in Asia. Gain insights from asset owners and understand what they’re looking for in their next investment partner in 2023 and beyond.

Share solutions, connect and collaborate with sustainably focused investors and come away with actionable insights on current trends that are shaping the regional landscape. Topics include:

• achieving net-zero ambitions
• climate risk scenario analysis
• developments in the local and regional regulatory landscape
• the evolution of the carbon trading market
• the growth of the sustainable banking sector
• the rising cost of palm oil and implication for deforestation

Key event themes:
» Key drivers of ESG in Asia within the context of geopolitics, energy crisis, inflation and Covid variants
» Regulators’ perspectives on ESG disclosure for funds and corporates
» Asia’s net-zero pathway and the role of investors
» Future of voluntary disclosure: Will ISSB and sustainability disclosure frameworks impact Asia EM regulations?
» Application of the just transition within the Asia context
» ESG in the new normal of volatile global supply chains
» Understand investor engagement trends and rise of investor proxy activism
» Biodiversity: the what and the how of biodiversity risk management
» ESG indices in the Asian context: a fair shake or not?

2023 Speakers

Kristina Anguelova
Head of Asia Sustainable Finance, WWF-Singapore

Khalid Azizuddin
Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

Monica Bae
Director of Investor Practice, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change

Jewel Myrtel Bautista
Director, Industry Practice Lead, Moody's Analytics

Julia Bingler
Fellow for Monetary Policy, Council on Economic Policies

Pei Ya Boon
Regional Conservation Finance Program Manager, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Jennifer Coulson
Senior Managing Director and Global Head of ESG, BCI

Sumi Dhanarajan
Managing Director, Southeast Asia, Forum For The Future

Anthony Fossati
Global Head of ESG Sales, FactSet

Snorre Gjerde
Lead Investment Stewardship Manager, Norges Bank Investment Management

James Griffin MP
Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, NSW Australia

Sanjay Gujral
Chief Business Officer, Everstone Group | Eversource Capital

Satoshi Ikeda
Chief Sustainable Finance Officer, Financial Services Agency, Government of Japan

Mushtaq Kapasi
Managing Director and Chief Representative, Asia Pacific, International Capital Market Association (ICMA)

Kamran Khan
Head of ESG for Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank

Amit Khattar
Head of Investment Bank APAC, Deutsche Bank

Elizabeth King
President, Sustainable Finance and Chief Regulatory Officer, ICE

Mikkel Larsen
Chief Executive Officer, Climate Impact X (CIX)

En Lee
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable and Impact Investments, Asia, LGT

Joanne Lee
Responsible Investment Specialist Asia, First Sentier Investors

Dave Luo
Research Manager for Protein Transition, Asia Research & Engagement (ARE)

David Lynne
Head of Corporate Bank, Deutsche Bank

Benjamin McCarron
Founder and Managing Director, Asia Research and Engagement

Chirag Mehta
Chief Investment Officer, Quantum Asset Management Company

Kurt Metzger
Director, Energy Transition, Asia Research and Engagement

Ghislaine Nadaud
Senior Sustainable Investing Specialist, Robeco

Charles Nguyen
Managing Director, Head of ESG Investing Asia, Neuberger Berman

Vi Nguyen
Principal Strategist, Sustainable Finance, Forum for the Future

Aleks Piskorz
Director, Index Sales, Asia Pacific, ICE

Beverley Postma
Executive Director, Grow Asia

Dhruba Purkayastha
India Director, Climate Policy Initiative

Maud Savary-Mornet
Senior Advisor for Asia, Global Impact Investing Network

Kalpana Seethepalli
Director of ESG, Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank

David Smith
Senior Investment Director, Aberdeen Standard Investments

Rajesh Sundaresan
Co-Founder, Carbon Impact Capital

Mervyn Tang
Head of Sustainability, APAC, Schroders

Alexandra Tracy
Head of Research, Carbonless Asia

Sean Tseng
Legal Consultant, ClientEarth

Egon Vavrek
Director Global Emerging Markets Equities, APG Asset Management

Anjali Viswamohanan
Director, Policy, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change

Yuki Yasui
Managing Director, Asia Pacific Network, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

2023 Sponsors

SILVER SPONSORS:
• AXA Climate
• ESG Book
• First Sentier Investors
• LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
• MSCI
• S＆P Global
• Sustainable Fitch
• UOB

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Capital Markets Malaysia
• Moody’s
• Musim Mas
• Nippon Life Global Investors
• Verisk Maplecroft
• State Street Global Advisor

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR:
• Deutsche Bank