RI Americas 2017 | Response Global Media Limited | 6 December 2017 | Convene, 117 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036, US

Sustainability disruption: how global changes in regulation, reporting, technology and public/private partnerships could change the face of asset management in the Americas.

The topics and themes for the RI Americas 2017 agenda are based around demonstrating sustainability risk and return implications for investors in the light of finding solutions to the major ESG problems of our time including…

• What the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) recommendations mean for corporate and investor reporting, investment strategy, and climate solutions.

• Disruptive initiatives like the World Benchmarking Alliance: why the finance world will have to demonstrate its 'impact' publicly very soon!

• The effect in the Americas of major global regulatory trends like MFID II and the EU High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.

• Outlook on investor-corporate voting for 2018 and the growing impact of investor engagement. How has the follow up to the 2017 proxy season panned out?

• How consultants are promoting ESG integration for asset allocation, manager selection and review.

• Thematic investing for future returns: water, energy efficiency, smart buildings and cities, green infrastructure.

• Green and sustainable bonds: what is holding back issuance?

• Measuring the impact of investment and how this links with the UN SDGs.

2017 Speakers:

Del Anderson
Credit Research Analyst, PIMCO

Bob Arnold
Director of Global Equities, New York State Common Retirement Fund

Matthew Arnold
Member, FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Emilie Beral
Research Director, Vigeo Eiris

Bruno Bertocci
Head of the Sustainable Equity Investors Team, UBS Asset Management

Frank Blasio
Director of Thought Leadership and Program Development, Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism

Hugh Brown
Corporate Governance Analyst, Office of Investment Programs & Governance, State Board of Administration (SBA) of Florida

William Burckart
President, The Investment Integration Project (TIIP)

Tony Campos
Head of ESG Americas, FTSE Russell

Aaron Chew
Investor Relations, Tesla

Aubre Clemens
Vice President, J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Sarah Cleveland
Founder & CEO, Sarah Cleveland Consulting

Siobhan Collins
Manager, Water Program, Ceres

Ariane de Vienne
Director Business Development North America, Head of New York Office, oekom research

Anthony Di Meo
Director, Investor Relations, Becton Dickonson (BD)

Steve Douglas
Vice-President, Investor Relations, Suncor Energy

Nalini Feuilloley
Head of Canada, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

Stephen Freedman
Head of Sustainable Investing Solutions, UBS Wealth Management Americas

Domenico Giuliano
Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, MFG Asset Management

Milena Glauberzon
Portfolio Manager, Public Equities Portfolio, PSP Investments

Steven Godeke
Adjunct Professor of Finance, New York University

Anita Green
Manager, Sustainable Investment Strategies, Wespath

Cathy Hansell
Founding Partner and President, Breakthrough Results

Paul Hodgson
US Contributing Writer, Responsible Investor

Maximilian Horster
Managing Director, ISS-Ethix Climate Change Solutions

Tricia Jamison
Analyst, 2° Investing Initiative

Mirtha Kastrapeli
Global Head, Center for Applied Research, State Street Corporation

Stephen Kibsey
Vice President, Emerging Risk Management, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

Ellen Kondracki
Senior Director, Sustainability, Becton Dickonson (BD)

Stéphanie Lachance
Vice President, Responsible Investment, PSP Investments

Rob Lake
Principal, Rob Lake Advisors

Karen Lockridge
Principal, Mercer

Simon MacMahon
Executive Vice President, Research, Sustainalytics

Emilie Mazzacurati
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Four Twenty Seven

Meredith Miller
Chief Corporate Governance Officer, UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust

Judith Moore
Head of Sustainability Research and Policy, Affirmative Investment Management

Will Nichols
Senior Analyst, Environment and Climate Change, Verisk Maplecroft

Stephen O'Byrne
President, President

Pat O’Reilly
Director Sustainability Strategy and Outreach, Suncor Energy

Amisha Parekh
Senior Sustainable Finance Product Strategist, Bloomberg

Amanda Pullinger
Chief Executive Officer, 100 Women in Finance

Curtis Ravenel
Head of Sustainable Business & Finance, Bloomberg

Fiona Reynolds
Managing Director, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

Brian Rice
Investment Officer, Corporate Governance, California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)

David Richardson
Executive Director, Global Head of Marketing & Client Service, Impax Asset Management

David Schilling
Senior Program Director, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)

Katie Schmitz Eulitt
Strategic Advisor, Stakeholder Outreach, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board

Alison Schneider
Director, Responsible Investment, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)

Mikael Schvarzman
Market Development Manager, Thomson Reuters

Aniket Shah
Program Leader, Financing for Sustainable Development Initiative, Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Daniel Shurey
Green Finance Specialist, Bloomberg

Jennifer Sireklove
Director of Responsible Investing, Parametric

Lauren Smart
Managing Director and Global Head Financial Institutions Business, Trucost (part of S&P Dow Jones Indices)

Kate Starr
Chief Investment Officer, Flat World Partners

John Theiroff
Vice President, Senior Analyst, Moody’s Investors Service

Rodger Urwin
Global Head of Investment Content, Willis Towers Watson

Wim Van Hyfte
Global Head of Responsible Investments and Research, Candriam

Hugh Wheelan
Managing Editor, Responsible Investor

Daniel Winters
Head of Americas, GRESB

Lisa Woll
Chief Executive Officer, US SIF

2017 Sponsors:

LEAD:
• Bloomberg

CO-SPONSORS:
• ClearBridge Investments
• MSCI
• S&P Dow Jones Indices
• Sustainalytics
• UBS

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Candriam Investors Group
• European Investment Bank
• FTSE Russell
• Domini
• Fourt Twenty Seven
• Impax
• ISS Ethix
• MFG Asset Management
• Moody's Investors Service
• Oekom Research
• Parametric
• Thomson Reuters
• Verisk Maplecroft
• VigeoEiris

MOBILE APP SPONSOR:
• Clear Bridge Investment

SUPPORTERS:
• CDP
• Gresb
• IPE
• Leaders Arena
• PRI
• US Sif