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Responsible Investor is proud to present a new webinar series dedicated to the investment implications of the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Action Plan. The webinar series is intended to fill the knowledge gap in financial markets with updates about the Action Plan and the European Green Deal proposed in the late 2019. Through the series of three webinars, Responsible Investor will look at the practical implications for investors and examine how green/sustainable finance policy in Europe will impact decision-making of global investors. At the end of 2019, the EU announced its commitment to sustainable finance with the Green Deal which significantly widened the scope of the Action Plan to include the circular economy, biodiversity, deforestation and more. This third webinar of the RI EU Action Plan webinar series will look at the policy, risk and return implications of the Green Deal, and discuss how responsible investors can seize the opportunities. Moderator: Hugh Wheelan, Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director, Responsible Investor

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Powering Down Coal & Gas: an RI webinar presenting Carbon Tracker’s Spring 2020 updates of their global 'Powering Down Coal' report and a preview of their analysis on the gas power utilities.. One expert speaker, a specialist moderator, and your questions answered! Heading into COP26, Carbon Tracker is releasing a series of updates on their Powering Down Coal report alongside new analysis on unabated gas in the global energy system and associated stranded assets risk. The coal research reviews the nominal and relative competitiveness of coal power generation, as well as the cost to replace and retire coal-fired capacity globally. The updates draw on data and analytics from Carbon Tracker’s Global Coal Power Economics Model (GPEM), a techno-economic simulation model which tracks ~95% of operating, under-construction and planned coal capacity at boiler-level. A G20 country case study on the phase-out of unabated gas by 2050 will be discussed alongside updates on Carbon Tracker's research schedule on stranded assets risks in global gas markets. Carbon Tracker will examine the headline data from these updates and consider implications for global energy investors through the 2020s. It will allow ample time for moderator and listener Q&A. Join the debate on the future of energy investing. Speaker: Matt Gray, Managing Director, Co-head of Power & Utilities, Carbon Tracker Moderator: Hugh Wheelan, Joint Managing Director and Co-founder, Responsible Investor Audience: Investors, companies, policymakers

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A US ESG disclosure bill introduced last September proposed that the SEC adopt rules defining ESG metrics for companies. It caused quite a stir. Critics said it would force the “SEC to do the impossible” (Responsible Investor, Jan 16, 2020: https://www.responsible-investor.com/articles/us-esg-disclosure-bill-inches-through-congress-but-faces-senate-hurdle). But the bill is part of a fast-moving regulatory shift to push companies and investors to disclose ESG data so that markets and policymakers can evaluate the implications of tightening rules on economic/societal externalities. The EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan and the G20-backed Taskforce on Climate Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) are just two large-scale examples of this. At the same time, investors are looking for the ESG datasets that will help them manage risk and reward within this changing environment. In this webcast, Responsible Investor, joined by FactSet and SASB, will explore the question of defining ESG materiality in terms of what is required for reporting and what is valid for different elements of investment strategy. Register to learn more about: ESG reporting standards: What’s the ask? In which jurisdictions? What are the reporting challenges? Defining ESG metrics for durable investment risk and performance use. How can companies, investors, regulators, and vendors help define a sensible and sustainable path forward for ESG information? Speakers Ali Van Nes, Senior Vice President, Senior Director, Regulatory Solutions, FactSet Jeff Cohen, Institutional Product Strategist, SASB Milla Craig, Founder & President, Millani Inc and Board Member, RIA Canada Moderator: Sae Imamura, Events Leader, Responsible Investor Date and Time Wednesday, May 20th 12:00 EDT / 17:00 BST

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