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DAY TWO: 14 July 2021
9:30 am
Event opens
9:39 am
Welcome from edie
9:40 am
Introduction from conference chair
Speaker
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Richard Howitt
Strategic advisor on corporate responsibility and former CEO – IIRC
9:45 am
Speed networking - connect with attendees in our roulette-style speed networking session
10:00 am
TRANSITIONING TO THE NET-ZERO ECONOMY
10:00 am
Keynote: Harnessing global capital markets and the international financial architecture to drive the transition to Net-Zero
Speaker
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Steve Waygood
Chief responsible investment officer – Aviva Investors
10:15 am
Q&A
10:25 am
Panel: Engagement vs. Divestment: How to structure a win-win engagement strategy?
- Discussing proactive approaches to engage and promote positive change
- What are the costs of divestment, and benefits and risks of negative screening?
- A new wave of B2B sustainability collaboration – what are the challenges and opportunities of the investor and corporate sides?
Speakers
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Jennifer Anderson
Managing director, Co-Head of sustainable investment and ESG – Lazard Asset Management
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Nina Roth
Director, responsible investment – BMO Global Asset Management
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Rachael Everard
Head of sustainability – Rolls-Royce
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Leon Kamhi
Head of responsibility – Federated Hermes International
11:10 am
Q&A
11:20 am
Take a break
11:30 am
EU Taxonomy: Better understanding and application to drive real impact
- Defining the rules and thresholds for what qualifies as environmentally sustainable
- Eliminating confusion: Benchmarking sustainable investment through the application of EU Taxonomy
Speaker
11:45 am
Q&A
11:55 am
Presentation
12:10 pm
Q&A
12:20 pm
Take a break
1:00 pm
Q&A
1:05 pm
Virtual booth tour - discover innovative solutions by walking our virtual exhibition floor
1:15 pm
Panel: Empowering Green Finance through Fintech and the Big Data
- Exploring current trends and demand drivers around green financial products
- How are technologies changing our perception of data and helping us to ensure reliability?
- Why financial industry should adopt a technology-driven approach to ESG?
- What makes a good green product in a post-COVID climate?
Speaker
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Sam Tripuraneni
Director and lead sustainable product strategies for EMEA – BlackRock
2:00 pm
Q&A
2:10 pm
Introduction & Welcome
Speaker
2:15 pm
Virtual Workshop: Building the momentum: ESG as the “New Normal” for modern finance
- Dos and Don’ts of effective integrating of ESG standards into your investment process
- Environmental, Social & Governance elements: Finding the key to balance them out
- ESG risks: What is particularly relevant to the modern reality?
3:15 pm
Close of day two
DAY ONE: 13 JULY 2021
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