Sustainable Investing in Emerging Markets 2018 | Emerging Markets Private Equity Association | 23 October 2018 | Sheraton Grand London Park Lane, Piccadilly, Mayfair, London W1J 7BX, UK

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were established in 2015 as a global framework for addressing the world’s most urgent social and environmental challenges. Private capital—particularly in emerging markets—has a critical role to play in ensuring successful delivery of the SDGs as investors providing patient and actively managed funding have the ability to drive change at scale and speed. With the United Nations estimating that achieving the SDGs in emerging markets will require investment of US$3.9 trillion per year, and assumptions based on current commitment levels and private sector participation leave an estimated financing gap of US$2.5 trillion annually, the resources and expertise of the private sector, including the rapidly growing number of impact investors, will be key to addressing this need. The SDGs are increasingly in focus as both a responsibility and opportunity as investors are seeking not only environmental and social impact but also value creation opportunities that will generate strong financial returns. Fund managers and institutional investors alike are employing more rigorous approaches to measuring, evaluating and defining their impact with the understanding that we must be able to measure and link impactful outcomes to significant commercial results. As the sustainable investment community continues to grow and evolve, this event brings together industry stakeholders to share best practices and address key concerns.

Our industry-leading speakers and panellists will draw on personal experience and business case studies, identifying ongoing challenges and outlining solutions. The agenda also offers the opportunity for attendees to join roundtable discussions focussing on key SDGs toward which private capital can play an outsized role in generating impact, such as healthcare, renewable energy, food production, education and gender. The Summit will draw on the knowledge and expertise of actors across the private capital spectrum, including large-scale asset allocators, family offices, foundations, endowments, development finance institutions, sovereign wealth funds and fund managers, as well as government representatives and environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability business leaders and advisors. Our attendees will aim to define the financial and social implications of sustainable and impact investing in emerging markets, with a focus on how to best pursue the SDGs and create value. We invite you to join this dialogue.

The EMPEA Institute will also once again present the popular Sustainability and Operational Excellence Challenge. The top three fund manager finalists from the Challenge will present case studies of portfolio company investments that demonstrate outstanding sustainable impact from an operational, environmental, social and governance perspective. Members of the audience will vote on the winner of the Challenge, who will be announced live at the Summit.

2018 Speakers

Simon Abrams
EMFin Advisory

Orli Arav
EMFin Advisory

Hany Assaad
Avanz Capital

Natasha Buckley
Principles for Responsible
Investment(PRI)

Geoffrey Burgess
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Shawn Cole
Harvard Business School

R Currimjee
EMPEA

Pat Dinneen
EMPEA

Mark Eckstein
CDC Group plc

Cindy Hu
Prudential

Vince Knowles
Ceniarth

Scott Mackin
Ceniarth

Shami Nissan
Actis

Nick O’Donohoe
CDC Group plc

Felix Olale
United Nations

Neil Pierre
United Nations

David Rossow
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Clifford Samuel
Gilead Sciences

Oriane Schoonbroodt
Label R

Gayle Peterson
Oxford Impact Investing and Social Finance Programmes

Rob Petty
EMPEA

David Wilton
Zheng Partners LLC

Scott Wu
Omidyar Network

2018 Sponsors

SUPPORTERS:
• Amic
• Aspen Network & Development Entreprenuers
• ACPN
• Eavca
• EM Power
• FMG
• GIIN
• HK VCA
• ILPA
• IVCA Association
• LAVCA
• PEVCA