Organized in coordination with Positive Investment Oxford & Positive Investment Cambridge
Over two afternoons, student-driven dialogues with industry leaders will examine the actions and ambitions of individuals and global investors in the net-zero transition. Discussions on natural capital, responsible banking, sustainable asset management, endowment engagement, impact investing and more will help us understand how to drive positive investments in our society and the environment. Through this event, we aim to provide best practices and resources to help you mobilize financial climate action.
Key note speakers
Keynote Day 1
David Blood
Co-founder and Senior Partner of Generation Investment Management
David Blood is co-founder and Senior Partner of Generation Investment Management. Since its founding in 2004, Generation has played an integral role in the development of sustainable investing and in demonstrating the long-term commercial and societal benefits of this approach.
Previously, David spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs including serving as CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. David received a B.A. from Hamilton College and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
He is chairman of Dialight, Social Finance UK and co-chair of The World Resources Institute and on the board of On the Edge Conservation. David is also a life trustee of Hamilton College.
Agenda
May 4: Investors driving the transition
13:00 - 13:25 BST
Key note
David Blood
Co-founder & Senior Partner of Generation Investment Management
13:30 - 14:30 BST
Positive investment: asset owners and asset managers’ impacts on the real economy
Danielle Walker-Palmour, Director of Friends Provident Foundation
Abbie Llewellyn-Waters, Head of Sustainable Investing at Jupiter Asset Management
Lisa Beauvilain, Executive Director, Head of Sustainability & ESG at Impax Asset Management
May 5: Universal ownership
14:00 - 14:25 BST
Key note
Dr. Ellen Quigley
Advisor to the Chief Financial Officer (Responsible Investment) at the University of Cambridge
14:40 - 15:55 BST
Stories of university engagement: beyond divestment
Mel Kee (moderator), Students Organizing for Sustainability
Phil McNaull, Former Director of Finance at Edinburgh, Invisible Grail
Sam Cornish, Oxford PhD student, Positive Investment
Arthur Kroen, LSE student, Co-president of the LSESU Sustainable Futures Society
Discussion topics include:
- What levers, outside of engagement and divestment, can asset owners use to exert influence on companies to move in line with their values?
- What are the limits of an asset owner’s and manager’s impact? How can they work cooperatively with others to ensure work is done in these difficult to reach spaces?
Discussion topics include:
- Best practices and strategies from both sides of the table
- How can we keep our educational institutions accountable?
- So you’ve divested, what next?
14:45 - 15:45 BST
Where is impact investing in 2021?
Grace Eddy, Director at Generation Foundation
Nicholas Andreou, Investment Manager at Big Society Capital
Tom McGillycuddy, Co-founder at tickr
Impacting investing has become a catch-all theme over the last few years. Join us as we host an investment manager, foundation, and startup as they present on what impact investing means to them.
16:00 - 16:55 BST
Money matters: Responsible banking and pensions
Jeanne Martin, Senior Campaign Manager at ShareAction
David Hayman, Campaign Director at Make My Money Matter
Amy Robinson, UK Change Finance and COP26 Lead at Triodos Bank
Curious about how you can make a difference in your day-to-day life through your individual financial choices? Join our expert panellists as they reflect on their experiences in holding financial institutions accountable within responsible banking and pensions.
16:00 - 17:00 BST
Beyond environmental and social disclosure
Simon Rawson, Director of Corporate Engagement at ShareAction
Mark Campanale, Founder and Executive Chairman at Carbon Tracker
Billy Nauman, Producer/Reporter at Moral Money, FT
Discussion topics include:
- What does best practice climate and ESG disclosure look like for you?
- Following disclosure, what are next steps to driving substantive environmental and social action?
17:00 - 18:00 BST
Accounting for biodiversity
James Cairns, Director at Pollination
Alison Midgley, Senior Sustainable Finance Specialist at WWF-UK
Helen McDonald, UK Head of Foundations and Impact Advisory Services, Credit Suisse
Discussion topics include:
- How do we begin to value nature as our most valuable asset?
- What is needed to accelerate the mobilization of private finance for nature?
- How can we reframe growth and prosperity for a more sustainable future?
18:00 - 18:15 BST
Closing remarks
Professor Martin Siegert
Co-director of the Grantham Institute