Videos Live Broadcast October 6th 2020 on ESG, Impact Investing and Implementation of the SDGs

Oct 19, 2020

   

Panel discussion on Benchmarking & Measuring Impact

Led by Angélique Laskewitz, Executive Director, VBDO.

Participants:

• Remco Bleijs, (Associate) Partner, Asset Management and Sustainability Services, EY 
• Wouter Koelewijn, European Liaison, GIIN
• Herman Mulder, Chair SDG Charter, True Price/Impact Institute

   

Panel discussion on How to Implement the SDGs?

Led by Angélique Laskewitz, Executive Director, VBDO

Participants:

• Jeroen Cox, Lead Energy Management & Circular Economy Programs, KPN
• Saskia Verbunt, Acces to Care Program Manager, Philips
• Rupert Welchman, Lead Portfolio Manager Impact Equity, UBP

   

Interview session on Practical experiences with ESG & Impact investing

Led by Angélique Laskewitz, Executive Director, VBDO
With:

• Piet Klop, Senior Advisor Responsible Investment, PGGM
• Daan Spaargaren, Strategist Responsible Investing, PME Pension fund

   

Impact Award Ceremony

With:

• Krispijn Bertoen, Senior Advisor Responsible Investment & Impact Investment, MN
• Raquel Criado-Larrea, Head of Sustainable Investments, External Manager Selection & Balanced Mandates, a.s.r. vermogensbeheer
• Piet Klop, Senior Advisor Responsible Investment, PGGM
• Wouter Koelewijn, European Liaison, GIIN
• Sophie Robé, CFA, Chief Executive Officer, FIIND Impact

 

Dialogue Session 1

Led by Piet Klop, Senior Advisor Responsible Investment, PGGM Investments
With:

• Hugh Lawson, Partner, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• Alison Cuthbert, Positive Change Strategy Specialist, Baillie Gifford

   

Dialogue Session 2

Led by Piet Klop, Senior Advisor Responsible Investment, PGGM Investments
With:

• Shawn Keegan, Portfolio Manager Credit, AllianceBernstein
• Ana Victoria Quaas, Sustainable Investing Analyst, Fidelity International

   

Dialogue Session 3

Led by Daan Spaargaren, Strategist Responsible Investing, PME Pension fund
With:

• Nikkie Pelzer, Senior Impact Investing Analyst, ACTIAM
• Aled Jones, Head of Sustainable Investing, Europe, FTSE Russell

   

Dialogue Session 4

Led by Daan Spaargaren, Strategist Responsible Investing, PME Pension fund
With:

• Fiona Manning, Investment Director, Aberdeen Standard Investments
• Marta Jankovic, Head of Sustainable Investing, iShares

    

 

'Driving positive change through Research, Integration and Engagement'

Ana Victoria Quaas, Sustainable Investing Analyst, Fidelity International, shares her thoughs on the ways in which the Covid-19 crisis has accelerated the adoption of sustainable capitalism. In order to drive positive change, she states that having a real dialogue with companies is critical.

   

'Sustainable Global Thematic Credit'

Shawn Keegan, Portfolio Manager Credit, AllianceBernstein, explains how AllianceBernstein has made the UN SDGs investable through corporate bonds, and why this alignment is particularly relevant today and in the future.

   

'Investing for Positive Change'

Alison Cuthbert, Positive Change Strategy Specialist, Baillie Gifford, explains how patient investors can utilise a forward looking, active approach to contribute to a more sustainable world, and how to report on this progress at both a company and overall portfolio level.

   

'ESG as an organizing principle for asset management'

Hugh Lawson, Partner, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, discusses the practical and philosophical issues of the transition from market cap indexation as organizing principle to great ESG awareness as the asset management industry goes through its own evolution.

   

'Sustainable Mythbusting'

Marta Jankovic, Head of Sustainable Investing, iShares, shares her thoughts on myths surrounding sustainable index investing as well as on BlackRock’s Investment Stewardship initiatives.

     

'Aligning your Emerging Markets Equity portfolio to the UN SDGs'

Fiona Manning, Investment Director, Aberdeen Standard Investments, states that, in order to invest in alignment with the UN SDGs, bottom-up research is key. In-depth research, dialogue and knowledge-sharing unlock the pathway to positive impact.

   

'Can passive portfolios provide impact?'

Aled Jones, Head of Sustainable Investing, Europe, FTSE Russell, shares his thoughts on how to build the climate transition into listed equity portfolios.

   

'Impact Investing: The investing landscape 2020-2030'

Nikkie Pelzer, Senior Impact Investing Analyst, ACTIAM, talks about the challenges ACTIAM faces while driving private debt impact investment forward by scaling its solutions in financial inclusion and energy transition with strong financial, risk and impact characteristics.

    

   

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