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In partnership with UNEP FI, Climate Action will host the 6th annual Sustainable Investment Forum Europe in Paris on 09 May 2023. The forum’s mission is to support European and global action for an equitable and just transition in sustainable investing.
The Forum will provide the medium to foster solutions for sustainable investors as they grapple with challenging terrain caused by the practical challenges of new regulations, a global energy crisis, greenwashing, and more.
Sustainable Investment Forum Europe 2023 will tackle the crucial topics facing our community through panel debates, keynotes
and fireside chats.
Should European asset owners be employing an engage-to-change approach?
Are recent developments in the use of Blockchain/ AI and data mining enabling responsible investors to make more informed decisions?
How do we move forward from COP27? Allocators of capital have a critical role in shaping a more sustainable and inclusive future.
The Sustainable Investment Forum Europe 2022 is available to watch on-demand. Catch up on updates from the NetZero Asset Owners Alliance, panels on pension funds & ESG, and more.
Sustainable Investment Forum Europe brings together leading investors and investment managers, banks, multi-laterals, policymakers, think-tanks and NGOs from across Europe.
Anna Hyrske is the Principal Responsible Investment Specialist at The Bank of Finland since July 2020. She has over 20 years of finance industry and ESG experience from various positions such as credit analyst, portfolio manager, ESG specialist and Head of Asian Operations (Hong Kong) at Ilmarinen, a Finnish multi-asset pension insurance company where she used to work before joining the Finnish central bank. She has co-authored three responsible investment books. The most recent, ”The Responsible Investor, An Introductory Guide to Responsible Investment”, was published by Routledge in late 2022. She has also written her master thesis on integrating ESG considerations into investment decision making (2004).
Antonio Celeste, Director, Sustainable Product Management at Qontigo, which was created through a merger of Axioma, STOXX and DAX by the Deutsche Börse Group.
With over 16 years of experience in the ESG industry, Antonio is responsible for sustainable research and the enhancement of STOXX’s and DAX’s suite of sustainable indices.
Before joining Qontigo in YEAR, Antonio worked at Lyxor and then Amundi, where he oversaw the development and promotion of the companies’ ESG ETF product range. His first job in the ETF industry was at Natixis Investment Managers (Ossiam), as Sales Director and Head of ESG Business Development, Smart Beta ETFs.
Earlier in his career, Antonio was Managing Director, Head of Sales EMEA at Sustainalytics for seven years. Prior to that, he worked as Head of Sales at Vigeo (now part of Moody’s).
He holds a degree in Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin and an MBA from HEC Paris.
Camille Maclet works with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as Finance Sector Engagement Lead. In 2022, his primary focus was to catalyse the participation of financial organisations in COP15, in support of an ambitious COP agenda and outcomes. He now focusses on supporting policy development for the effective implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework within the financial sector.
He also supports Ms. Elizabeth Mrema, former Executive Secretary of the CBD and now Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, in her co-chairing of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures.
Camille is a sustainable finance professional with specific interest in the integration of nature in financial policies.
In 2021 he supported with the TNFD transition team, in association with Global Canopy, contributing to the technical workplan of the TNFD ahead of its October 2021 launch.
He also collaborates with The Biodiversity Consultancy (TBC), co-leading the company’s growth in the nature and finance space – with focus on biodiversity strategies, risk management, positive impact financing, and the strengthening of safeguards.
Before that, Camille worked for many years as Partner in Charge of Sustainable Finance with Environmental Resources Management (ERM). This has given him extensive experience of sustainability management across the range of ESG topics, from site operations to senior decision-making, in the context of project finance, private equity and development finance.
Camille’s 20 years of experience span across Europe, Africa, Latin America, with occasional projects in Asia. Besides his work on biodiversity finance policy development, he has hands-on industry experience, with focus on infrastructure, renewables and hydropower, agribusiness, extractives, and on applying international financing safeguards in sensitive environments.
Chloe Brennan-Card is a Data Scientist who works for the FCA to develop pragmatic, data driven and rigorous solutions that facilitate consistent and efficient implementation of regulatory frameworks.
Chloe believes that the principles of data science best practise- efficiency, transiency, and scalabilityare fundamental for solving the problems of climate change, loss of nature and sustainability. Chloe is driven to enable stakeholders across the financial sector to identify and mitigate their impacts and dependencies on nature and their climate related risks, and to seize the opportunity of investing in climate and nature positive solutions, through data.
Chloe has instigated an innovative project which seeks to establish a quantitative approach to defining and measuring greenwashing, identifying the potential use of dark patterns within this context with a data science prerogative. Chloe holds a degree in Mathematics, is experienced in quantitative fields and specialises in the
application of machine learning to complex and ambiguous problems involving heterogeneous and
unstructured data
A former graduate in Maths (Ecole Normale Supérieure) and Political Sciences (Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris), Claire Tutenuit is an Ingénieur au Corps des Mines.
As such she started her career in the Ministry of Industry in 1982. She joined business in 1987, first in the sector of environment (Compagnie Générale des Eaux, now Veolia) and later in the aerospace sector (Matra, now Airbus), where she spent 10 years with business development and strategy responsibilities. Since 2001 she has been an independent consultant in strategy, organisation and environment in these same sectors.
She has been the Chief representative (Déléguée Générale) of Entreprises pour l’Environnement (EpE) since the end of 2005. The French partner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), EpE is a think tank of some 60 companies that share the vision of environment as a source of progress and opportunities, and work together to better take it into account in their management and strategies.
Claire Tutenuit has written a book and various articles; she is a member of the Board of Fondation pour la Nature et l’Homme, of Ineris and of GRDF.
Danielle leads IIGCC’s programme of work to support investors implement their net zero commitments & develop net zero strategies. This includes supporting the implementation of the Net Zero Investment Framework, and working with members to develop new tools and guidance such as that relating to climate solutions, data for net zero, and physical climate risk.
Danielle leads on IIGCC’s work, in close collaboration with members, in the area of adaptation and resilience. This includes the development of IIGCC’s Climate Resilience Investment Framework, which she presented and discussed with key stakeholders during speaking events at both New York Climate Week and COP28 in Egypt.
Danielle joined IIGCC in 2020 having previously worked in corporate sustainability consulting with companies across the built environment and retail sectors on sustainability strategy development and implementation of the TCFD recommendations. Having completed an MSc in Environmental Technology at Imperial College London, Danielle also spent time supporting the UNFCCC during international climate negotiations in Bonn.
David Atkin was appointed CEO of the Principles for Responsible Investment in December 2021. The PRI is a UN-supported organisation, with more than 5,000 signatories who collectively represent over US $121 trillion in AUM. He is responsible for the PRI’s global operations.
Most recently, David served as the Deputy CEO for AMP Capital and prior to that spent almost 13 years as the CEO for Cbus Superannuation Fund where he saw membership grow from 500,000 to over 750,000 and AUM rise to AUD $55 billion.
David has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from La Trobe University for his work in the sustainable finance field, was awarded the Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) Fund Executive of the Year in 2017 and was presented with an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Life Membership in 2020. He served on the board of the Climate Council until December 2021.
David Carlin leads the TCFD and climate risk program for UNEP- Finance Initiative. He currently is running a pilot for nearly 50 global banks and investors on topics of climate scenarios, climate risk assessments, and climate governance. He is also a contributor to Forbes, where he writes about climate change and leadership.
Prior to joining UNEP-FI, he worked as a senior manager in Risk and Public Policy for Oliver Wyman Consulting and in Model Risk Management for PNC Bank. His background is in quantitative modeling and decision science.
He conducted research in financial decision-making at Carnegie Mellon University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College.
“It was great to follow the work of UNEP and to have had opportunities for bilateral meetings with leading industry figures such as Eric Usher.“
“A must attend event for the responsible investment community.”
Sachin Vankalas, General Manager, LUX Flag
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