Reuters Events: ESG Investment Europe 2022 to take place in November, bringing together all corners of the European ESG Investment community to deliver practical solutions to the industry-wide challenges holding the financial community back from full-blown ESG integration capable of delivering low-risk, high-return, purpose-driven investment.

LONDON, LDN – 22-23 November 2022 – Reuters, the world’s largest multimedia news provider, today announced the release of the two-day agenda-setting Reuters Events: ESG Investment Europe 2022 summit, uniting all corners of the European ESG Investment community to deliver practical solutions to the industry-wide challenges holding the financial community back from full-blown, risk-averse, value-driving ESG integration.

From 22-23 November 2022, Reuters Events: ESG Investment Europe will bring together more than 300 in-person attendees to hear from the most influential asset owners, asset managers, policy makers, standard setters, regulators, solution providers, NGOs, and more from across finance and government as they reimagine what’s possible through sustainable, socially conscious investing.

Developed in collaboration with Reuters award-winning newsroom, Reuters Events: ESG Investment Europe 2022 will take place in London with an industry-leading array of panels, presentations, workshops, and fireside chats designed for the European financial community, by the European financial community, to respond to the growing set of demands the world is placing upon them.

The in-person summit is built upon five core, intersecting pillars: Responding to an Evolving Regulatory Landscape; Shining a Spotlight on Accountability; Blending the Boundaries Between E, S, and G; Overcoming Obstacles with Data and Metrics; and Maximising Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement. Leading speakers at the flagship summit include:

  • Magnus Billing, CEO, Alecta

  • Rachel Elwell, CEO, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership

  • Eelco van der Enden, CEO, Global Reporting Initiative

  • Councillor Roger Phillips, Chair of Advisory Board, Local Government Pension Scheme

  • Chris Rule, Local Pensions Partnership (LPP), CEO

  • Victor van Hoorn, Executive Director, Eurosif

  • Innes McKeand, Head of Equities, Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)

  • Richard Gröttheim, CEO, Sjunde AP-Fonden (AP7)

  • Mark Fawcett, CIO, Nest

  • Michael Eakins, CIO, Phoenix Group

  • David Craig, Co-Chair, TNFD

  • Rossitsa Stoyanova, CIO, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO)

  • Elise Attal, Head of EU and UK Policy, United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI)

  • Mardi McBrien, Managing Director, IFRS

  • Bahar Malavan Naryndji, Head of Compliance, Andra AP-Fonden (AP2)

  • Nicolette Barlett, Chief Impact Officer, CDP

  • Kerrie Warring, CEO, ICGN

  • Catherine Howarth, CEO, ShareAction

  • Sarah Gordon, CEO, Impact Investing Institute

  • Clara Barby, Senior Partner; CEO of Impact Management Project; Project Lead for the Establishment of the ISSB, Just Climate

  • Jessica Ground, Global Head of ESG, Capital Group

  • Paul Moody, Managing Director - Global Partnerships and Client Solutions, CFA Institute

  • Florence Bindelle, Secretary General, EuropeanIssuers

  • Leslie Johnston, CEO, Laudes Foundation

  • Jasper Petit, Director of European Investments, BouwInvest

  • Joseph Wozniak, Head of Trade for Sustainable Development, International Trade Centre (ITC)

  • Sindhu Krishna, Head of Sustainable Investments, Phoenix Group

  • Jessica Attard, Programme Director (Health and Social Programmes), ShareAction

  • Maxfield Weiss, Executive Director – Europe, CDP

  • Robert Adamcyzk, Senior Advisor; Member of the EFRAG expert working group on CSRD and EU Platform for Sustainable Finance, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Bahar Malavan Naryndji, Head of Compliance at Andra AP-Fonden and former UN Human Rights Council Delegate, said Reuters Events: ESG Investment Europe 2022 offers a “truly impressive program with so much valuable content that touches upon the merger of the ESG factors in sustainability success”.

The inaugural virtual summit in 2021 had 3000+ attendees and over 40 speakers including: Magnus Billing, CEO, Alecta; Deanne Stewart, CEO, Aware Super; Allan Polack, Group CEO, PFA Pension; Dame Elizabeth Corley, Chair, Impact Investing Institute; Niklas Ekvall, CEO, Fjarde AP-Fonden; Kristin Magnusson Bernard, CEO, Första AP-Fonden; Simon Pilcher, CEO, Universities Superannuation Scheme Investment Management; Denis Duverne, Chairman of the Board, AXA; Chris Rule, CEO, Local Pensions Partnership Investments; Peter Harrison, Group CEO, Schroders; Valérie Baudson, CEO, Amundi; Dr. Guido Fürer, Group CIO, Member of the Group Executive Committee, Swiss Re; Philippe Brassac, CEO, Credit Agricole; Chuka Umunna, Head of EMEA ESG, JP Morgan; John Howchin, Secretary General, Council of Ethics for Swedish Pension Funds; Bahar Malavan Naryndji, Head of Compliance, Andra AP Fonden; Pontus Von Essen, Head of FI/FX & Alpha, Sjunde AP-Fonden; Curtis Ravenel, Secretariat, TCFD; Sarah Gordon, CEO, Impact Investing Institute; Marg Franklin, President and CEO, CFA Institute; Alexander Stafford, MP, Chair of the APPG for ESG, UK Government; Maxfield Weiss, Executive Director, Europe, CDP; Erik Eliasson, Head of Sustainable Investments, Danske Bank.

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ESG Investment Europe 2022 will take place on 22-23 November, 2022 at Leonardo Royal - London, Tower Bridge.

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