Workshops 2019
 
  

Investment Risks and Opportunities in the Energy Transition: Montreal - 23rd April 2019

  

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13:00

Registration and networking

13:30

Introduction from RI

- Tony Hay, Publisher, Responsible Investor 

13:35

Innovation from Asset Owners to Drive Towards Climate Goals: A fireside chat with Joy Williams, Chair of the Decarbonization Advisory Panel for the NY State Common Retirement Fund on the Panel's recent recommendations.

- Laura Zizzo, Founder and CEO, Mantle314 

13:55

Roundtable discussion 1: A new era of climate-risk governance and investment strategy

  • What type of climate risk reporting should asset managers be ready to provide after the TCFD?
  • Could enhanced climate risk reporting for asset managers become a regulatory requirement, and what would this look like? Could it happen in response to international developments?
  • How are investment managers and asset owners integrating climate-related risk and opportunity factors into board-level and management decision making processes?

14:25

Guests change tables

14:30

Presentation: How climate risk scenario analysis can inform investment strategy

- Todd Arthur Bridges, Ph.D., ESG Research & Development, State Street Global Advisors 

14:45

Roundtable discussion 2: How scenario analysis can inform a multi-asset investment strategy

  • How can climate risk analysis inform investor responses at the portfolio and sector-level?
  • Can increasing exposure to companies generating 'green' revenues from low-carbon opportunities balance downside climate risk?
  • What does best practice portfolio climate risk reporting look like, and who is doing it?
  • What other strategies are investors considering to respond to systemic climate risk?
  • What time horizons are relevant for investment decision-making on climate-related risks and opportunities?  

15:15

Networking break & guests change tables

15:35

Presentation: Myth Busting: The Global Green Economy

- Tony Campos, Head of ESG, Americas, FTSE Russell 

15:50

Roundtable discussion 3: Physical and transition climate risk analysis and opportunities

  • How are investors defining physical climate risk and its impact on their investment decision-making process?
  • What data are leading investors using to evaluate their portfolio for climate risk vulnerabilities?
  • What tools are available for identifying investment opportunities to address physical and transition climate risk mitigation and adaptation?
  • Which sectors and industries are most exposed to physical climate and how can global investors respond? Which represents the most potential opportunities?

16:20

Guests change tables

16:25

Presentation: Engaging for influence in the energy transition - an ear to the ground

- Anne Shiraishi, Director - Corporate Engagement & Francois Meloche, Head of Engagement, Æquo Shareholder Engagement Services

16:40

Roundtable discussion 4: Assessing opportunities in new technology and the energy transition

  • How are investors engaging with the high emissions companies in the energy, transport and materials sectors on the low-carbon transition?
  • What engagement tactics are most appropriate to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement and to better align corporate conduct with the 1.5 degree target?
  • Can investor engagement protect and empower the workers and regions that will be hit hardest by a disruptive energy transition? 

17:10

Closing remarks

17:15 - 18:30

Networking drinks and canapés


 
Venue
 

Fairmont: The Queen Elizabeth

900 Rene Levesque Blvd. W

Montreal

H3B 4A5

T: 0808 101 7137

W: Link 

 * Please note that all hotel reservations are made directly between the hotel and attendee