RI Europe 2018 | Responsible Investor | 5 June 2018 | etc.venues County Hall, Riverside Building, Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PB, UK

RI Europe, the continent’s leading sustainable business and finance conference is back in 2018 on 5th-6th June at London’s best conference venue directly opposite the iconic Houses of Parliament: etc.venues County Hall.

This is a key year for responsible investment in Europe on the back of the EU’s response to the High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance that will feed into its Capital Markets Union economic growth strategy.

RI Europe is a unique opportunity to learn, share and debate on responsible investment issues with 650+ investment professionals from across the globe.

And this year, we are stepping up another gear in terms of the quality of content and speakers, the depth and rigour with which topics will be addressed, and the ‘challenge’ we are posing ourselves for the event: to address, answer and ‘problem solve’ real sustainable finance questions with a view to elicit change and action.

We will no longer have plenary and panel ‘moderators’ because we do not aim to be moderate.
Instead we will have plenary and panel ‘debate leaders’ with the task of addressing specific questions to our speakers, and then rounding up the following discussion into a clear set of answers and ‘takeaways’.

We will, of course, maintain the high-level investor attendance, networking and conviviality the event is renowned for.
This year’s 11th annual conference is the place to be for those that are serious about responsible investment and sustainable finance.
We look forward to seeing you there.

2018 Speakers:

Ian Ashment
Head of Systematic & Index Investments, UBS Asset Management

Rainer Baumann
Head of Investment Management, RobecoSAM

Remy Briand
Managing Director, Head of ESG, MSCI

Clare Brook
Chief Executive Officer, Blue Marine Foundation

Benedict Buckley
Vice President, Portfolio Analyst Environmental, Social and Governance Investment, ClearBridge Investments

John Chilman
Group Head of Pensions, National Grid

Mary Creagh
Member of Parliament, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, UK Parliament

Carmine De Franco
Portfolio Manager and Quantitative Analyst, Ossiam

Guy Debonnet
Programme Specialist, World Heritage Centre, UNESCO

Jaspreet Duhra
Senior Advisor Responsible Investment, ISS-oekom

Carole Ferguson
Head of Investor Research, CDP

Elizabeth Fernando
Head of Equities, Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)

Richard Folland
Partner and Co-Founder, Sustineri

Mike Gibb
Head of Stewardship and Sustainable Investment, Fidelity International

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

Emilie Goodall
Impact and Sustainability Expert, Financial Institutions, FMO

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

Nikki Gwilliam-Beeharee
Director of Research, Vigeo Eiris

David Harris
Head of Sustainable Investment, FTSE Russell

Bill Hartnett
Head of Sustainability, Local Government Super

Luke Hildyard
Director, High Pay Centre

Maximilian Horster
Managing Director and Head, ISS-Ethix Climate Solutions

Bruce Jenkyn-Jones
Executive Director & Co-Head of Listed Equities, Impax Asset Management

Steve Kelly
Special Advisor, European Association of independent Research Providers (Euro IRP)

Joshua Kendall
ESG Analyst, Insight investment

Sophie L'Helias
Director | President, Kering | LeaderXXchange

Michael Lewis
Head of ESG Thematic Research, DWS

Valborg Lie
Director, Borg Consulting

James Lockhart-Smith
Head of Financial Sector Risk, Verisk Maplecroft

David Lunsford
Co-Founder and Head of Development, Carbon Delta

Caroline Macfarland [More Info]
Director
Common Vision (CoVi)

Caroline Malcolm
Senior Advisor on Tax and Digitalisation, OECD

Hari Mann
Professor of Strategy and Innovation, Ashridge Executive Education

Georgina Marshall
Head of Global Research, ISS

Sini Matikainen
Policy Analyst, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment - London School of Economics

Adam Matthews
Head of Engagement, Church Commissioners for England

Emilie Mazzacurati
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Four Twenty Seven

Herman Mulder
Chair, SDG Charter Foundation

William Nicoll
Co-Head of Alternative Credit, M&G Investments

Gordon Noble
Principal Advisor, Better Infrastructure Initiative, John Grill Centre for Project Leadership, The University of Sydney

Stephanie Pfeifer
Chief Executive Officer, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)

Anthony Raymond
Acting Executive Director of Regulatory Policy, The Pensions Regulator

Sophie Robinson-Tillet
Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

David Russell
Co-Head of Responsible Investment, USS (University Superannuation Scheme)

Frédéric Samama
Co-Head Institutional Clients Coverage, Amundi

Molly Scott Cato
Green MEP, UK | Raporteur on Sustainable Finance, European Parliament

Christopher Sier
Independent Chair, FCA Working Group on Costs

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

Nikki Gwilliam-Beeharee
Director of Research, Vigeo Eiris

David Harris
Head of Sustainable Investment, FTSE Russell

Bill Hartnett
Head of Sustainability, Local Government Super

Luke Hildyard
Director, High Pay Centre

Maximilian Horster
Managing Director and Head, ISS-Ethix Climate Solutions

Bruce Jenkyn-Jones [More Info]
Executive Director & Co-Head of Listed Equities
Impax Asset Management

Steve Kelly
Special Advisor, European Association of independent Research Providers (Euro IRP)

Joshua Kendall
ESG Analyst, Insight investment

Sophie L'Helias
Director | President, Kering | LeaderXXchange

Michael Lewis
Head of ESG Thematic Research, DWS

Valborg Lie
Director, Borg Consulting

James Lockhart-Smith
Head of Financial Sector Risk, Verisk Maplecroft

David Lunsford
Co-Founder and Head of Development, Carbon Delta

Caroline Macfarland
Director, Common Vision (CoVi)

Caroline Malcolm
Senior Advisor on Tax and Digitalisation, OECD

Hari Mann
Professor of Strategy and Innovation, Ashridge Executive Education

Georgina Marshall
Head of Global Research, ISS

Sini Matikainen
Policy Analyst, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment - London School of Economics

Adam Matthews
Head of Engagement, Church Commissioners for England

Emilie Mazzacurati
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Four Twenty Seven

Herman Mulder
Chair, SDG Charter Foundation

William Nicoll
Co-Head of Alternative Credit, M&G Investments

Gordon Noble
Principal Advisor, Better Infrastructure Initiative, John Grill Centre for Project Leadership, The University of Sydney

Stephanie Pfeifer
Chief Executive Officer, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)

Anthony Raymond
Acting Executive Director of Regulatory Policy, The Pensions Regulator

Sophie Robinson-Tillet
Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

David Russell
Co-Head of Responsible Investment, USS (University Superannuation Scheme)

Frédéric Samama
Co-Head Institutional Clients Coverage, Amundi

Molly Scott Cato
Green MEP, UK | Raporteur on Sustainable Finance, European Parliament

Christopher Sier
Independent Chair, FCA Working Group on Costs

Meggin Thwing Eastman
Vice President, Head of Impact and Screening Research, MSCI

Ronald van Dijk
Managing Director Capital Markets Investments, APG Asset Management

Gisella van Vollenhoven
Head, Pension Supervision Division, De Nederlandsche Bank

Helena Viñes Fiestas
Head of Sustainability Research, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Rick Walters
Director, Infrastructure, GRESB

Faith Ward
Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership

Rosie Wardle
Head of Investor Engagements, FAIRR Initiative

Hugh Wheelan
Managing Editor, Responsible Investor

2018 Sponsors:

LEAD:
• Robeco Sam

CO-SPONSORS:
• Amundi Asset Management
• BNP Paribas Asset Management
• ClearBridge Investments
• DWS
• Fidelity International
• ISS
• Liontrust
• MSCI
• Sycomore Asset Management
• S&P Dow Jones Indices
• UBS

ASSOCIATE:
• Barclays
• Carbon Delta
• Four Twenty Seven
• FTSE Russell
• Impax Asset Management
• Insight Investment
• Lombard Odier Investment Managers
• M&G Investments
• MFG Asset Management
• Moody's Investors Service
• ISS Oekom
• Ossiam
• Verisk Maplecroft
• Vigeo Eiris

EXHIBITOR:
• Wellington Management
• Sustainalytics

SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS:
• African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
• GRESB
• IIGCC
• PRI Principles for Responsible Investment