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Sustainable Investment Forum Europe 2020

Mobilising sustainable investment towards a 1.5 degree world

The EU has an ambitious agenda to re-engineer financial markets, overhaul existing legislation and create new tools to mainstream ESG. The Sustainable Investment Forum Europe 2020,  in official partnership with UNEP-FI will return to Paris for the third time in March. This timely forum will discuss and debate the alignment of the various initiatives to develop compatible markets for ESG, and encourage responsible, sustainable investment across asset classes and across borders. There are many challenges ahead when mobilising capital for a 1.5 degree target, the increasing demand for transparent, sustainable investment with good returns in the new era of historically low interest rates, climate change, Trump and Brexit.

Our director, Simon Messenger, will be moderating the session, Overcoming the data challenge: approaches and methods when dealing with diverse data.

  • Systematic strategies a force for good in responsible investment?
  • What are the effects on portfolio risks and returns?
  • The roles of quants and tech including AI and machine learning in institutional portfolios
  • Overcoming problems associated with lack of standardised assessments for ESG data

Panellists:

  • Willem John Keogh, Managing Director & Head of ESG / Thematic Qontigo STOXX
  • Andrew Steel, Managing Director & Global Head of Sustainable Finance, Fitch Ratings

 

10.03.20
Paris

Le Méridien Etoile, Paris, France

Host

Climate Action, UNEP-FI

Speakers

Simon Messenger, France and UK Director, 2° Investing Initiative (see more on the official event site)


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The EU has an ambitious agenda to re-engineer financial markets, overhaul existing legislation and create new tools to mainstream ESG. The Sustainable Investment Forum Europe 2020,  in official partnership with UNEP-FI will return to Paris for the third time in March. This timely forum will discuss and debate the alignment of the various initiatives to develop compatible markets for ESG, and encourage responsible, sustainable investment across asset classes and across borders. There are many challenges ahead when mobilising capital for a 1.5 degree target, the increasing demand for transparent, sustainable investment with good returns in the new era of historically low interest rates, climate change, Trump and Brexit.

Our director, Simon Messenger, will be moderating the session, Overcoming the data challenge: approaches and methods when dealing with diverse data.

  • Systematic strategies a force for good in responsible investment?
  • What are the effects on portfolio risks and returns?
  • The roles of quants and tech including AI and machine learning in institutional portfolios
  • Overcoming problems associated with lack of standardised assessments for ESG data

Panellists:

  • Willem John Keogh, Managing Director & Head of ESG / Thematic Qontigo STOXX
  • Andrew Steel, Managing Director & Global Head of Sustainable Finance, Fitch Ratings

 

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2DII today announced it is transferring stewardship of the Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA) to RMI, formerly Rocky Mountain Institute. PACTA measures financial portfolios' alignment with various climate scenarios, including those consistent with the Paris Agreement. Under RMI’s stewardship, PACTA will remain a free, independent, open-source methodology and tool, and will continue to provide the financial and supervisory community with forward-looking, science-based scenario analysis to help users make climate-aligned financing decisions. RMI will invest in scaling up PACTA’s usability and applicability in day-to-day investment decisions as well as reporting requirements.

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