Webinars

Discussions for mandatory climate disclosure are taking momentum. IMF’s latest report recommends developing global mandatory disclosures on material climate change risks as “an important step to sustain financial stability”. In the US, financial regulators are also facing increasing pressure from investors. However, despite the significant traction garnered by the TCFD, the nature of climate risk assessment differs greatly depending on the sector and asset class. Real assets investment, particularly, is still seeking best practice in assessing climate-related risk exposure. This webinar will explore a case of climate-related risk analysis in real assets, asking questions: What metrics can be used to assess exposure to different climate-related risks? How could probability and severity of the physical risk be determined? What are the implications of mitigation and transition activities upon projecting physical risks? How to determine material threats? Tune in and join the discussion through Q&A. Speaker: Joseph Lake, COO, The Climate Service Abigail Dean, Head of Sustainability, Nuveen Real Estate Greg Lowe, Global Head of Resilience and Sustainability, Aon Moderator: Sae Imamura, Events Leader, Responsible Investor

In recognition of UN World Oceans Day 2020, we are delighted to invite you to join us for a webinar ‘Investing in innovation and blue nature’. The webinar, co-hosted by Credit Suisse, Ocean Unite, Responsible Investor and the EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries will explore the initiatives supporting the ambition of protecting 30% of the Ocean by 2030. Themes discussed will include: the science behind regenerating marine biodiversity, how to reduce financial risk from degrading ocean health and build resilience to change, and the critical involvement of the financial and investor communities to achieve results. Keynote: Virginijus Sinkevicius - EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Speakers: Marisa Drew - Chief Executive Officer, Impact Advisory and Finance (IAF) Department, Credit Suisse Prof. Callum Roberts - Professor of Marine Conservation, University of York Karen Sack - ORRAA Co-Director, President and CEO Ocean Unite Facilitated by: Dennis Fritsch - Researcher, Responsible Investor

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

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

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

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. May 2020 marks two year since the European Commission launched the EU Action Plan for Financing Sustainable Growth. This second webinar of the EU Action Plan webinar series will explore the EU’s major works around green and sustainable benchmarks, including Climate Transition Benchmarks, Paris-Aligned Benchmarks and ESG disclosure for all investment indices. Speakers Sara Lovisolo, Group Sustainability Manager at London Stock Exchange Group, and Member at EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance Frederic Ducoulombier, ESG Director, Scientific Beta and Director, EDHEC Risk Institute-Asia Moderator: Hugh Wheelan, Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director, Responsible Investor

GPIFの、CalSTRS、USSとの共同ステートメント、スチュワードシップ活動原則、議決権行使原則、そして日本版スチュワードシップコード・・・これらは総じて、長期投資家の望むべき姿を、より明らかにしたものと言えます。新型コロナウィルスが経済に暗い影を落としている中、投資先企業を支え、レジリエンスを育てる責任投資家の役割は、ますます重要性を増しています。しかし、こうしたスチュワードシップ責任について、投資家は実際どの様に遂行していくのでしょうか？ 4月16日公開のRIウェビナー「2020総会シーズン、アクティブオーナーシップの灯火はつながるか？」への応答として、日本をリードする投資家が長期的なスチュワードシップの実務について語ります。 ・世界市場が動揺する中、長期的アプローチを堅持することは、他の投資家にとってどれだけ納得のいく、確かなことなのでしょうか？ ・直近のスチュワードシップコードの改訂作業を受けた、日本におけるスチュワードシップ行動や発展への影響は？ ・感染症の心配は、エンゲージメント活動の実施の仕方についての議論を活発化させるでしょうか？またそれは議決権行使にはどう影響するのでしょうか？ ・PRIはスチュワードシップ活動のアウトカムを重視するアプローチを明らかにしましたが、日本の署名機関と足並みのあったものなのでしょうか？PRIの提案する通りステップアップする準備はあるのでしょうか？ スピーカー： 三菱UFJ信託銀行株式会社、資産運用部 副部長兼フェロー、三橋 和之 ファーストステート・インベストメンツ、EMEA責任投資ヘッド、光谷 健 進行： Responsible Investor、イベント・リーダー　今村沙絵

The Energy Transition: the knowns & unknowns: A Responsible Investor webinar presenting Carbon Tracker’s follow up to the 2019 report ‘Speed of the Energy Transition’ by the World Economic Forum Global Future Council One expert speaker, a specialist moderator, and your questions answered! This webinar will present and examine the areas of relative certainty in the energy transition, driven largely by technological development and market forces. These trends are driving continuing declines in the cost of renewable energy and leading to tipping points in those areas where demand for fossil fuel energy is peaking. A second focus of the webinar will be on more complex uncertainty, mostly relating to questions of political economy. Resistance to change may have the effect of slowing the transition in certain geographies or sectors, whilst a more aggressive approach to change can accelerate the transition in other regions or industries. Speaker: Kingsmill Bond, New Energy Strategist for Carbon Tracker and member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Energy. Moderator: Hugh Wheelan, Joint Managing Director and Co-founder, Responsible Investor Audience: Investors, companies, policymakers

Join us for this important webinar considering the future of ESG integration in emerging markets. Emerging markets are particularly exposed when it comes to ESG issues, with macro stability risks more acute compared to developed markets, and high levels of government or concentrated ownership impacting on organizational strategy and performance. This webinar will discuss how investors can take advantage of customized ESG screens and tilts to reduce their risk when investing in emerging markets, alongside prospects for a post-coronavirus recovery in key markets. Learn from the experts at Aberdeen Standard and MSCI about how ESG factors can be assessed and linked to better performance in the era of climate risk and pandemics. Bring your questions and dial-in for answers to tough questions: How can ESG factors help EM investors construct long-term alpha strategies across fixed income and equity portfolios? How can emerging markets investors systematically integrate ESG risk and opportunity assessment into their security selection process? Speakers Roubesh Adaya, Senior Investment Specialist, Fixed Income, Aberdeen Standard Investments Xiaoshu Wang (王晓书), Executive Director, MSCI ESG Research Moderator Hamish Stewart, Responsible Investor

With global investors shifting away from existing benchmarks to sustainable alternatives and Paris Agreement-aligned reference benchmarks, ESG integration in derivatives is top of mind. The EU’s Action Plan on Sustainable Finance and Green Deal mean that the momentum towards ESG integration in derivatives will accelerate through the 2020s, with 71% of institutional investors expecting all of their portfolios to be managed in line with ESG principles by 2030. With the recent introduction of five futures on key global, regional and local MSCI Indices, Eurex has grown its ESG derivatives suite to 12 contracts. With 1,000,000 contracts traded to date, Eurex is the leading liquidity pool for ESG derivatives worldwide. Join us for an update on the future of ESG integration in derivatives markets and to tackle some tough questions: Are derivative instruments a credible and cost-effective way to further manage sustainability risks, seek additional alpha and better meet various investment mandates in an era of volatility? Are green derivatives and structured finance products the easiest and cheapest way for global investors to get sustainability exposure in a diversified portfolio? What are the risks and opportunities linked to the latest push for innovation in sustainable finance products? Debating ESG derivatives index methodologies – which methodology is the most suitable for what purpose? What are the use-cases for ESG derivatives across market segments? Speakers Christine Heyde, Equity and Index Product Design, Eurex Magnus Linder, Head of Derivatives, Swedbank Robur Guido Giese, Executive Director, Core Equity Research, MSCI Vasileios Koutsoulis, Executive Director, Index Derivatives Product, MSCI Moderator Hamish Stewart, Responsible Investor