Venue
Hyatt at Olive 8
Hyatt at Olive 8, 1635 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, US

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Event Date Thu May 17 EDT (over 6 years ago)
Location Hyatt at Olive 8
1635 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, US
Region Americas
Details

Generation Investment Management Chairman Al Gore will join prominent leaders in business and finance to discuss sustainability as good business – and a powerful investment. Amid an ever-changing landscape of tech innovation and corporate expansions, Bloomberg’s sustainability conversations in Seattle will include:

• How ESG investing can generate impressive returns and positive change
• How the evolution of transportation technologies will allow goods and people to move more sustainably
• How gender lens investing is empowering women and girls across the globe
• How industry can leverage disruptive technology to further climate goals

Speakers

2018 Speakers:

Tom Alberg
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group

Olivia Albrecht
Senior Vice President, Head of ESG Product Strategy, PIMCO

Lee Ballin
Head of Sustainable Business Programs, Bloomberg LP

Dina Bass
Seattle Bureau Chief and Technology Reporer, Bloomberg News

Emily Chasan
Sustainable Finance Editor, Bloomberg News

Trevor Gooby
Senior Vice President, Ballpark Operations, Seattle Mariners

Al Gore
Chairman, Generation Investment Management

Reema Griffith
Executive Director, Washington State Transportation Commission

Jody Kelman
Self-Driving Platform Product Lead, Lyft

Lauren Kiel
Director, Editorial Programming, Bloomberg Next

Thomas Miller
Vice President, U.S. Device Research, Novo Nordisk

Nathalie Molina Niño
CEO, BRAVA Investments

Gitte Schjøtz
President, UL Software, Underwriters Laboratories

Brad Smith
President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft

Jerry Stritzke
President and CEO, REI

Mark Tercek
President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy

Karen Weise
Writer, Bloomberg Technology and Bloomberg Businessweek

Sponsors & Partners

2018 Sponsors:

GLOBAL ADVISOR:
• Syngenta

BUSINESS ADVISOR:
• Novo Nordisk
• UL

FINANCE ADVISOR:
• PIMCO

SUPPORTING:
• Amazon
• ERM
• Microsoft