Venue
133 Houndsditch
133 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7BX, UK

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Event Date Wed Jun 12 BST - Thu Jun 13 BST (6 months ago)
In your timezone (EST): Tue Jun 11 7:00pm - Wed Jun 12 7:00pm
Location 133 Houndsditch
London EC3A 7BX, UK
Region EMEA
Details

This event will discuss sustainable finance developments and industry best practices.

Gain insights from those leading the sustainable finance drive on topical ESG themes including accelerating net zero progress, the evolving EU regulatory landscape, getting to grips with biodiversity risk management, the future of ESG data strategy, and more.

Speakers

2024 Speakers

James Alexander
Chief Executive, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association

Dr. Jimena Alvarez
Lead Greening Finance for Nature, Resilience & Development Group, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford

Vipul Arora
Partner, ESG & Climate Solutions, Sattva Consulting

Kiran Aziz
Head of Responsible Investments, KLP

Khalid Azizuddin
Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

Colin Baines
Stewardship Manager, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership

Serkan Batir
Managing Director, Global Head of Index Product Development and Benchmarks, ISS STOXX

Phil Bloomer
Executive Director, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Jean Boissinot
Deputy Director Financial Stability Head of NGFS Secretariat, Banque de France

Steven Bullock
Managing Director, Global Head of Research and Methodology, S&P Global Sustainable1

Eva Cairns
Head of Responsible Investments and Stewardship, Scottish Widows

Elisa Cencig
Head of Policy Engagement, Norges Bank Investment Management

Nicoletta Centofanti
CEO, Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI)

Theodor Christensen
CEO, Envira

Mandy Chung
Vice President, ESG Product Manager, FactSet

Leanne Clements
Head of Responsible Investment, People’s Partnership

Paul Clements-Hunt
Founder / CEO, The Blended Capital Group UK

Caroline Cook
Head of Climate Change, Ballie Gifford

Craig Davies
CEO, Cadlas

Cathrine De Coninck Lopez
Global Head of Responsible Investment, HSBC Asset Management

Anita de Horde
Co-founder and Executive Director , Finance for Biodiversity

Michiel De Smet
Sustainable Investment Expert, National Bank of Belgium

Alasdair Docherty
Sustainable Finance and Data Analyst, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)

Claire Dorrian
Head of Sustainable Finance, Capital Markets and Post Trade, LSEG

Frédéric Ducoulombier
Director, EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute

Bruce Duguid
Head of Stewardship, Federated Hermes

Robert Edwards
Director of Product Management, Morningstar Indexes

Claire Elsdon
Director of Capital Markets, CDP

Honor Fell
Associate Director and Sustainable Investment Lead, University of Cambridge Investment Management (“UCIM”)

Arnaud Filhol
CEO, France Valley

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
Editor, Responsible Investor

Mette Emsholm Gahr
Climate Investment Analyst, Zurich Insurance Group

Gina Gambetta
Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

Adam Gillett
Senior Investment Director, Railpen

Deborah Gilshan
Head of ESG and Stewardship, Europe, AustralianSuper

Romie Goedicke den Hertog
Co-head Nature, UNEP FI

Tony Goldner
Executive Director, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

Jane Goodland
Group Head of Sustainability, LSEG

Delaney Greig
Director, Investor Stewardship, University Pension Plan Ontario

Dr Doug Gurr
Director, Natural History Museum

Olga Hancock
Head of Responsible Investment, Church Commissioners for England

Shavana Haythornwaite
Head of Human Rights and Conflict Zones, Morningstar Sustainalytics

Laura Hillis
Director of Climate and Environment, Church of England Pensions Board

Dr Stephanie Hime
Managing Director, Little Blue Research

Ingrid Holmes
Executive Director, Green Finance Institute

Elza Holmstedt Pell
Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

Catherine Howarth
Chief Executive, ShareAction

Josephine Jackson
Vice Chair, IAASB

Till Jung
Head of ISS ESG, ISS ESG

Alex Kennedy
MD, Head, Sustainable Finance Solutions and Adaptation Finance, Standard Chartered Bank

Piet Klop
Head of Responsible Investment, PGGM

Hilkka Komulainen
Head of Responsible Investment, Aegon UK

Sindhu Krishna
Head of Sustainable Investments, The Phoenix Group

Elizabeth Lance
Assistant Chief Counsel, ICI Global

Paul Lee
Head of Stewardship and Sustainable Investment Strategy, Redington

Tom Lorber
Director, Climate, Children's Investment Fund Foundation

Signe Andreasen Lysgaard
Chief Adviser, Business and Human Rights, Danish Institute for Human Rights

Will Martindale
Co-founder, Canbury

Fiona McNally
Reporter, Responsible Investor

Colin Melvin
Founder and Managing Director, Arkadiko Partners

Robin Millington
CEO, Planet Tracker

Julie Moret
Global Head of Sustainable Investing, Northern Trust Asset Management

Peter Munro
Head of Division, Investor Relations and Sustainable Finance, European Investment Bank

Girish Narula
Head of Sustainable Finance, EMEA and APAC, ICE

Carmen Nuzzo
Professor in Practice, Executive Director, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre LSE

Aleksandra Palinska
Executive Director, Eurosif

Patrick Parent
Chair of the CEAOB / Director for prospective and international affairs at H2A, H2A (Haute Autorité de l’Audit)

Alexandra Pavlovskis
ESG Product Strategy Lead, Financial Information, SIX

Patrick Peura
ESG Engagement Manager, Allianz Investment Management, Co-lead of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance Engagement Track, Allianz Investment Management

Anand Rajagopal
Shareholder Assets & Private Markets Sustainability Lead, Phoenix Group

Vaishnavi Ravishankar
Head of Stewarship, Brunel Pension Partnership

Clare Richards
Director, Social – Responsible Investment, Church of England Pensions Board

Isabella Ritter
Senior EU Policy Officer, ShareAction

Verena Ross
Chair, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

David Russell
Chair, Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI)

Lorenzo Saa
Chief Sustainability Officer, Clarity AI

Nicolaj Sebrell
Director of Investor Relationships - EMEA, IFRS Foundation

Rafel Servent
Engagement Manager, MUFG Asset Management

Jen Sisson
CEO, ICGN

Rory Sullivan
CEO, Chronos Sustainability

Marcus Svedberg
Chief Economist, Folksam

Michael Taschner
Head of Sustainability Solutions, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Peter Taylor
Head of Engagement, IIGCC

Jakob Thomä
Co-Founder & Research Director, Theia Finance Labs

Sandy Trust
Chair, IFOA’s Sustainability Board

Agnieszka Trzcinska
Team Lead – Financial Stability, European Central Bank

Kate Turner
Global Head of Responsible Investment, First Sentier Investors

Eugenia Unanyants-Jackson
Global Head of Environmental, Social & Governance, PGIM

Simone Utermarck
Senior Director, Sustainable Finance, International Capital Market Association (ICMA)

James Vaccaro
Chief Catalyst, Climate Safe Lending Network

Elisa Vacherand
Deputy Practice Leader, Finance, WWF International

Magali Van Coppenolle
Global Head of Policy, Climate Bonds Initiative

Micha van den Boogerd
Director Responsible Investment Services, TAUW Group

Sylvain Vanston
Director of Climate Investment Research, MSCI

Irina Velieva
Director, Sustainable Finance, S&P Global Ratings

Paul Verney
Features Writer, Responsible Investor

Faith Ward
Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership

Oscar Warwick Thompson
Head of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, UKSIF

Dominic Webb
Reporter, Responsible Investor   

Michael Wilkins
Professor of Practice, Executive Director, CCFI, Imperial College Business School

Jamie Williamson
Executive Director, ICoCA

Amy Wilson
Head of Stewardship Team, Norges Bank Investment Management

Sara Woodroffe
Manager, Financial Conduct Authority

Linda Zeilina-Cross
CEO, International Sustainable Finance Centre (ISFC)

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsors

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR:
• S&P Global

LEAD SPONSORS:
• ISS Stoxx
• LSEG

SPONSORS:
• Baillie Gifford
• Federated Hermes
• HSBC
• Morningstar
• MSCI
• PGIM

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Clarity AI
• European Investment Bank
• Factset
• FranceValley
• ICoCA
• Ice
• Luxembourg for Finance
• MUFG Asset Management
• SIX
• TAUW