What Should Sustainability Look Like for LGPS Pools and Local Authority Funds? 2022 | Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) | 12 July 2022 | Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, 6th Floor, 24 Chiswell St, London EC1Y 4TY, UK

Local Authority pension funds will have to meet new requirements to report on climate change risks in line with the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures framework. Councils continue to make strong environmental commitments. Cost transparency compliance is now an established framework for the LGPS. Sustainability is the core link.

Join Caceis at this interactive roundtable to explore the following:

• What are the main challenges in delivering sustainable outcomes? Has pooling delivered the savings expected and generated the returns?
• Should sustainable thinking drive local sustainable development – should the LGPS make place-based investments?
• Just how big a focus is climate?
• What does the future look like for local authority pension funds?
• This session is the ideal opportunity to discuss and share ideas with a small group of your peers

2022 Speakers

James Parish
Head of UK Pensions Sales, Director, Caceis

Nareser Osei
Senior Policy Adviser, DB and LGPS

Victoria Barron
Head of Sustainable Investment, BT Pension Scheme

Michael Bonte-Friedheim
Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner, Next Energy Capital

Rita Butler-Jones
Co-Head of DC, Legal & General Investment Management

John Chilman
Chair, PLSA Policy Board, Chief Executive, Railpen

Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Laura Cooper
Total Reward Specialist, IKEA

David Craig
Co-Chair, Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures

Joe Dabrowski
Deputy Director - Policy, PLSA

Alex Darsley
Actuary, Regulatory Policy, Analysis and Advice, The Pensions Regulator

Martijn de Vree
Head of International Solutions, Allspring Global Investments

Emma Douglas
Director of Workplace, Savings and Retirement, Aviva, Chair, PLSA

Dr Tamsin Edwards
Lead Author, Sixth Assessment Report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2021), Climate Scientist

Caroline Escott
Senior Investment Manager, Railpen

Oliver Farrell
Responsible Investment Manager, Pension Insurance Corporation

Mark Fawcett
Chief Information Officer, Nest

Michael Fenn
Partner, Pinsent Masons

Sue Ferns
President, TUC

Jane Firth
Head of Responsible Investment, Border to Coast

Ruari Grant
Policy Lead: DC, PLSA

Giulia Guidi
Head of ESG, NextEnergy Capital

Alyshia Harrington-Clark
Head of DC, Master Trusts and Lifetime Savings, PLSA

Adam Hayes
Senior Associate and Responsible Investment Total Evaluation Specialist, Mercer

Brian Henderson
Member, PLSA Policy Board, Partner, Director of Consulting, Mercer

Luke Hildyard
Director, High Pay Centre

Sam Hill
Principal and Responsible Investment Total Evaluation Specialist, Mercer

Veronica Humble
Head of DC Investment Strategy, Legal & General Investment Management

Karen Hurst
Senior Policy Advisor: Investment & Stewardship, PLSA

Helen Lamb
Membership Engagement Manager, PLSA

Katharina Lindmeier
Senior Responsible Investment Manager, Nest

Tim Manuel
Head of Responsible Investment, Aon

Joana Marfoh
Head of Treasury and Pension Fund Management, London Borough of Islington

Adam Matthews
Chair, Transition Pathway Initiative, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Church of England Pensions Board

Catherine May
Board Director, PLSA

Julian Mund
Chief Executive, PLSA

Laura Myers
Chair, PLSA’s DC Committee, Head of DC, LCP

Maria Nazarova-Doyle
Head of Pensions Investments and Responsible Investments, Scottish Widows

Henrietta Pacquement
Senior Portfolio Manager, Head of Global Fixed Income, Allspring Global Investments

Hetal Patel
Head of Climate Investment Risk, Phoenix Group

Nigel Peaple
Director of Policy and Advocacy, PLSA

Rachel Pine
Head of Content - Events, PLSA

Andrew Reid
Head of UK Strategic Clients Team, BlackRock

Paul Rhodes
Member Nominated Trustee, Reach Pension Plan

Craig Rimmer
Policy Lead: Master Trusts, PLSA

Carolyn Saunders
Partner, Pinsent Masons

Pete Searle
Policy Director, Private Pensions & Arm’s Length Bodies, Department for Work and Pensions

Joanna Sharples
Chief Investment Officer, Aon DC solutions

David Shukman
Journalist, author and presenter

Manuela Sperandeo
EMEA EII Head of Sustainable Indexing, BlackRock

Alexander Stafford MP
Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Environmental, Social & Governance

Callum Stewart
Head of DC Investment, Hymans Robertson

Archie Struthers
Co-Chair, Aligning Stewardship across Asset Owners and Investment Managers - Investment Industry Steering Group

Owen Thorne
Investment Manager, Merseyside Pension Fund

Gareth Trainor
Head of Unit Linked Investment Solutions, Standard Life

Tiffany Tsang
Head of DB, LGPS & Investment, PLSA

James Walsh
Head of Membership Engagement, PLSA

Brendan Walshe
Investment Consulting Team, The Pensions Regulator

Faith Ward
Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership, Chair, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change

Charles Wookey
Chief Executive Officer, A Blueprint for Better

2022 Sponsors

• Allspring
• AMX
• AON
• BlackRock
• Gowling WLG
• 100 Hymans Robertson
• LIGM
• Mercer
• Next Energy Capital
• Pension Insurance Corporation
• Pension Age
• Pinsent Masons
• Portfolio Institutional
• Savvy Investor
• Standard Life