Programma van Live Broadcast 'ESG, Impact Investing and Implementation of the SDGs'

By Angélique Laskewitz, Executive Director, VBDO

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

> On Site: Dialogue session
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

> Online: Breakout session with a choice between:

• Driving positive change through Research, Integration and Engagement
  By Ana Victoria Quaas, Sustainable Investing Analyst, Fidelity International
  
  The Covid crisis has accelerated the adoption of sustainable capitalism. In order to drive positive change having a real dialogue with companies is critical. Ana Victoria Quaas will share her thoughts.
  
  Moderator: Luz Martinez, Senior Sustainability Officer, ILX Fund

   

• Sustainable Global Thematic Credit
  By Shawn Keegan, Portfolio Manager Credit, AllianceBernstein
  
  A presentation on how AllianceBernstein has made the UN SDGs investable through corporate bonds, and why this alignment is particularly relevant today and in the future. Shawn Keegan discusses why he identified health, climate and empowerment as the three main sustainable investment themes for the AllianceBernstein Sustainable Global Thematic Credit Strategy.
  
  Moderator: Harry Geels, Senior Investment Advisor, Auréus Vermogen

> On Site: Dialogue session
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

> Online: Breakout session with a choice between:

• Investing for Positive Change
  By Alison Cuthbert, Positive Change Strategy Specialist, Baillie Gifford
  
  Growing inequalities, persistent poverty and climate change are some of the most pressing challenges we need to solve now, and in the decades to come. Alison Cuthbert will discuss 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.
  
  Moderator: Luz Martinez, Senior Sustainability Officer, ILX Fund
  
  

• ESG as an organizing principle for asset management
  By Hugh Lawson, Partner, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  
  Hugh Lawson will discuss the practical and philosophical issues of this transition from market cap indexation as organizing principle to great ESG awareness as the asset management industry goes through its own evolution. In short, an attempt to deliver a State of the Union on ESG in Asset Management.
  
  Moderator: Harry Geels, Senior Investment Advisor, Auréus Vermogen

> On Site: Dialogue session
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

> Online: Breakout session with a choice between:

• Sustainable Mythbusting
  By Marta Jankovic, Head of Sustainable Investing, iShares
  
  Marta Jankovic will share her thoughts on myths around sustainable index investing as well as on BlackRock’s Investment Stewardship initiatives.
  
  Moderator: Annebeth Roor, Advisor at Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY
  
  
• Aligning your Emerging Markets Equity portfolio to the UN SDGs
  By Fiona Manning, Investment Director, Aberdeen Standard Investments
  
  To invest in alignment with the UN SDGs, bottom-up research is key – Emerging and Asian markets offer untapped potential. In-depth research, dialogue and knowledge-sharing unlocks the pathway to positive impact.
  
  Moderator: Harry Geels, Senior Investment Advisor, Auréus Vermogen

> On Site: Dialogue session
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

> Online: Breakout session with a choice between:

• Can passive portfolios provide impact?
  By Aled Jones, Head of Sustainable Investing, Europe, FTSE Russell
  
  Building the climate transition into listed equity portfolios.
  
  Moderator: Annebeth Roor, Advisor at Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY

• Impact Investing: The investing landscape 2020-2030
  By Nikkie Pelzer, Senior Impact Investing Analyst, ACTIAM
  
  ACTIAM is driving private debt impact investment forward by scaling its solutions in financial inclusion and energy transition with strong financial, risk and impact characteristics. Nikkie Pelzer will discuss the rationale and the challenges. 

  
  Moderator: Harry Geels, Senior Investment Advisor, Auréus Vermogen

Led by Angélique Laskewitz, Executive Director, VBDO
With:

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

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

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 Investments
• Wouter Koelewijn, European Liaison for the Global Impact Investing Network, GIIN 
• Sophie Robé, CFA, Chief Executive Officer, FIIND Impact