Carbon Tracker is a partner at the first Climate and ESG Asset Owner Summit

As part of the NYC Climate Week, Carbon Tracker is partnering with CFA Institute, CFANY and PRI to put on the first annual Climate and ESG Asset Owner Summit. This will be a full day event focusing on the rise and status of sustainable investing among asset owners.

The event will see the launch of PRI & CFA Institute’s Report on ESG Integration in the Americas and will feature addresses and panel discussions led and informed by asset owner representatives covering five continents.

For full agenda incuding speakers, see here.

Agenda:

7:30 AM | REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

7:50 AM | MASTERS OF CEREMONY INTRODUCTION

7:55 AM | WELCOME ADDRESS

8:00 AM | SPECIAL GUEST KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Paul Smith, CFA, Chief Executive Officer

8:30 AM | KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Jessica Fries, Executive Chairman, The Prince’s Accountring For Sustainability Project

9:00 AM | APAC & AMERICAS NON-US PANEL

10:15 AM | BREAK

10:30 AM | EUROPEAN ASSET OWNER ESG PERSPECTIVES

11:40 AM | SPECIAL ADDRESS

Will Goodhart, Chief Executive Officer, CFA Society UK

1:50 AM | U.S. ASSET OWNER ESG PERSPECTIVES

1:00 PM | LUNCH

1:40 PM | WHY IS CLIMATE CHANGE BAD: DROUGHT AND FLOOD

Matthew J. Diserio, President and Co-Founder, Wather Asset Management

1:45 PM | G7 INVESTOR GLOBAL INITIATIVES KEYNOTE PANEL

  1. Enhancing expertise in infrastructure financing and development in emerging and frontier economies;
  2. Opening opportunities for women in finance and investment worldwide; and
  3. Speeding up the implementation of uniform and comparable climate-related disclosures under the FSB-TCFD framework.

2:30 PM | ESG ASSET OWNER PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL CAPITALS OF THE WORLD – CFANY AND CFA WASHINGTON DC

Bill Scott, CAE Chief Executive Officer, CF CFA SOCIETY WASHINGTON, DC

2:35 PM | ESG ANALYTICS & PRI/ESG AMERICAS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

3:00 PM | BREAK

3:15 PM | ONE PLANET SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND FRAMEWORK KEYNOTE ADDRESS

  1. Alignment: Build climate change considerations, which are aligned with the SWFs’ investment horizons, into decision-making.
  2. Ownership: Encourage companies to address material climate change issues in their governance, business strategy and planning, risk management and public reporting to promote value creation.
  3. Integration: Integrate the consideration of climate change-related risks and opportunities into investment management to improve the resilience of long-term investment portfolios.

3:45 PM | AFRICAN ASSET OWNER ESG PERSPECTIVES

4:45 PM | CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Hiro Mizuno, Executive Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund

5:15 PM | SPECIAL GUEST CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Fiona Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer, PRI

5:45 PM | DAY SESSION CLOSING REMARKS

Thomas Brigandi, Global Asset Owner Series Founder and Lead Organizer, CFA Society New York

5:50 PM | RECEPTION

6:30 PM | EVENING SESSION – JUNTO FOR SUSTAINABLE INVESTING – NY METROPOLITAN AREA ASSET OWNERS PERSPECTIVE PANEL

7:30 PM | ADJOURNMENT

Want to attend the event?

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