RI Asia Japan 2018 | Responsible Investor | 10 April 2018 | Tokyo Stock Exchange, 2-1, Nihombashi-kabuto-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8220

Sustainability is moving front and centre for investors and companies which recognise that sustainable investment returns and sustainable business growth are two sides of the same coin. This was a core tenet of the Ito Review of 2014 which urged investors and companies to build favourable relationships and to work together on ‘collaborative value creation’.

The GPIF has followed Professor Ito’s logic that companies and their shareholders will benefit mutually by working together to achieve better long-term growth. They are not the only Japanese pension fund to accept the Ito Review and there are a number of local investment managers who are enthusiastic about the potential. But for the majority of investors, the response might be described as base-line box-ticking.

2018 Speakers

Yoshiyuki Arima
Lead Financial Officer and Representative, The World Bank Treasury

Jonathan Bailey
Managing Director, Head of ESG Investing, Neuberger Berman

Edward Baker
Senior Policy Advisor, Climate and Energy Transition, PRI

Brian Cahill
Managing Director, Moody's Investor Service

Majdi Chammas
Head of External Management, AP1

Paul Chandler
Head of Environmental Issues, PRI

Matt Christensen
Head of Responsible Investment, AXA Investment Managers

Kris Douma
Director Investment Practice and Engagement, PRI

Gregory Elders
ESG Senior Analyst, Bloomberg

Takuya Fukumoto
Director, Industrial Finance/New Business Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Christopher Greenwald
Head of Sustainable Investment Research, Sustainable and Impact Investment, UBS Asset Management

Janine Guillot
Director of Capital Markets Policy and Outreach, SASB

Hans-Christoph Hirt
Executive Director and Board Member, Hermes EOS

Ryuichi Horie
Co-founder and CEO, CSR Design Green Investment Advisory

Moriyuki Iwanaga
Executive Managing Director, Tokyo Stock Exchange

Tsukasa Kanai
Chief Sustainability Officer, Corporate Planning Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank

Mariko Kawaguchi
Chief Researcher, Daiwa Institute of Research

Arisa Kishigami
Head of ESG, Asia Pacific, FTSE Russell

Hiroshi Komori
Senior Director, Stewardship & ESG Division, Public Market Investment Department, GPIF

Linda-Eling Lee
Managing Director Global Head of ESG Research, MSCI

Divya Mankikar
Investment Manager of Sustainability, CalPERS

Chieko Matsuda
External Director, Hitachi Chemical

Yasuhiro Matsui
Head of Renewable Energy Finance Team, Development Bank of Japan

Amanda McCluskey
Co-Head of Sustainability Funds, First State Investments

Neil McIndoe
Head of Environmental Finance, Trucost, part of S&P Dow Jones Indices

Mary Jane McQuillen
Managing Director, Head of ESG Investments, ClearBridge Investments

Hiro Mizuno
Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, GPIF

Michiyo Morisawa
Head of Japan, PRI

Asako Nagai
Director, Tokyo office, BSR

Mana Nakazora
Chief Credit Analyst, Head of Investment Research, BNP Paribas Securities

Chris Newton
Executive Director, Responsible Investment, IFM Investors

Will Oulton
Global Head, Responsible Investment, First State Investments

Brian Rice
Portfolio Manager, CalSTRS

Sophie Robinson-Tillett
Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

Jeanne Stampe
Head, Asia Finance and Commodities, WWF

Shunsuke Tanahashi
Head of Japan, Partners Group

Hidemi Tomita
Japan Director, GRI

Roger Urwin
Global Head of Investment Content, Investment Consulting, Willis Towers Watson

Rick Walters
Director Infrastructure, GRESB

Ryohei Yanagi
Chief Financial Officer, Eisai

Noboru Yoshioka
Chairman, QUICK

Mari Yoshitaka
Part-time Lecturer, Gratitude School of Media and Governance, Keio University

2018 Sponsors

HOSTED BY:
• JPX Japan Exchange Group

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
• PRI Principles Responsible Investment

LEAD SPONSORS:
• Quick

CO-SPONSORS:
• AXA Investment Managers
• BNP Paribas
• Bloomberg
• Clear Bridge Investments
• IFM Investors
• First State Investments
• MSCI
• Neuhberger Berman
• S&P Dow Jones Indices
• UBS

ASSOCIATE:
• CSR Design
• European Investment Bank
• EY
• Moody's Investors Service
• FTSE Russell
• Hermes Investment Management
• Partners Group
• Sumi Trust
• Thomson Reuters
• Wellington Management

DAY 1 NETWORKING BREAK SPONSOR:
• 427 Four Twenty Seven

EXHIBITOR:
• Schroders

SUPPORTER:
• BSR
• CAIA
• CDP
• Global Compact Network Japan
• GresB