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Day 1 - Investors driving the transition

Keynote Day 1

David Blood

David Blood, co-founder and Senior Partner of Generation Investment Management, delivers a keynote on Investors Driving the Transition.

Positive investment: asset owners' and manager's impact on the real economy 

Luke Mulley, Co-Chair of Endowments (PII), moderates a panel that deepdives into how assets, their ownership and management, can be used to shape sustainable outcomes.

Featured panelists:

Danielle Walker-Palmour, Director of Friends Provident Foundation

Abbie Llewellyn-Waters, Head of Sustainable Investing, Fund Manager at Jupiter Asset Management

Lisa Beauvilain, Executive Director, Head of Sustainability & ESG at Impax Asset Management

Where is impact investing in 2021?

Co-Chair of Endowments (PII) hosts an insightful presentation series about impact investing with a foundation, startup, and investment manager.

Featured panelists:

Nicholas Andreou, Investment Manager at Big Society Capital

Grace Eddy, Director at Generation Foundation

Tom McGillycuddy, Co-Founder at tickr

Beyond environmental and social disclosure

Lucy Carmody, Master's student on ICBS's Climate Change, Management and Finance program, discusses and debates how disclosure can, or if it is, moving toward action. What are the next steps after disclosure?

Featured panelists:

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

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Day 2 - Universal Ownership

Keynote Day 2

Dr. Ellen Quigley

Dr. Ellen Quigley, Research Associate in Climate Risk & Sustainable Finance at CSER and Advisor to the Chief Financial Officer (Responsible Investment) at the University of Cambridge, gives a keynote address on "universal ownership."

Stories of university engagement: beyond divestment

Students and staff share stories of institutional divestment and engagement with university endowment funds. An active discussion moderated by Mel Kee from Students Organizing for Sustainability-UK shares best practices and strategies from both sides of the table. Questions to be addressed include: how can we keep our educational institutions accountable? And, so you’ve divested, what next?

 

Featured panelists:

Mel Kee (moderator), Students Organizing for Sustainability

Phil McNaull, Former Director of Finance at Edinburgh, Invisible Grail

Sam Cornish, PhD candidate at the University of Oxford, Co-founder of PI Oxford

Arthur Kroen, LSE student, Co-President of LSESU Sustainable Futures Society

Money matters: Responsible banking and pensions

How can you make a difference in your day-to-day life through your individual financial choices? Ben Shennan (PI Oxford) discusses with expert panelists on how to hold financial institutions accountable within responsible banking and pensions.

Featured panelists:

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

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