• Examine how the sector has gone from ESG laggards to leaders in less than a decade
• The drivers, both financial and social, behind the rapid shift in outlook towards ESG
• Fiduciary versus finality - why the planet cannot wait for a profit-driven response to climate change
• Exploring the need for a more harmonised regulatory framework to support the global efforts of private capital and ESG

Moderator:

• Maria Nazarova-Doyle, Executive Director, Global Head of Sustainable Investment, IFM Investors

Speakers:

• Clare Murray, Co-Founding Partner, Blume Equity
• Rebecca Svensøy, General Counsel and Head of ESG, FSN Capital
• Maria Carradice, Director - ESG specialist, Mayfair Equity
• Graeme Ardus, Head of ESG, Triton Partners

Identifying the core risks facing ESG managers in private markets

• What are viable ESG risk mitigation strategies available to private capital
• How to communicate ESG due diligence objectives to investment teams
• Beyond risk mitigation and positive intent, how to select investments that provide viable environmental and social solutions

Moderator:

• Ana Alvarez Grullon, Managing Director & Head of ESG and Sustainability, Keensight Capital
  

Speakers:

• Shami Nissan, Partner, Head of Sustainability, Actis
• Niamh Whooley, Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Investing, Pemberton Asset Management
• Christine Chang, Head of Impact, Apposite Capital
• Eva Vogt, Head of ESG, EMK Capital

• Reflecting on differing board approaches to organisational ‘social’ action - should change be enforced or developed organically
• Delving into the statistics underpinning the value of diversity within organisations
• Discussing the gender pay gap, and how firms have approached reducing the long-standing barrier
• How developing diversity throughout a firm will create value throughout the portfolio

Moderator:

• Taku Dzimwasha, Editor, Real Deals

Speakers:

• Robert Sroka, Partner & Head of Value Creation, Abris Capital
• Anne Sheedy, ESG Advisor, Bowmark Capital
• Catherine Parkinson, Chief People Officer, Zetland Capital

• The benefits of embedding standardised ESG policy and processes throughout a portfolio
• Can supply chains be protected from human rights abuses, corruption or misdeeds
• How to validate improvements along value chains, the third-party accreditations mitigating against malfeasance
• Tools firms can use to embed ESG within their portcos and why knowledge-sharing is so crucial to the swift implementation of solutions

Moderator:

• Bran Pathmanāban, Head of ESG, IP Group
  

Speakers:

• Dr. Sofie Østergaard, Head of ESG, Argentum
• Andrea Vallini, Operating Partner, NB Renaissance
• Allegra Day, ESG Director, Cinven
• Tony Christensen, Senior Manager, Position Green

• Pragmatic approaches to quantifying and evaluating a variety of ESG metrics
• Understanding the linkages between ESG data, material efforts and value creation
• From due diligence to acquisition to exit - the value of ESG at different stages of the investment cycle

Moderator:

• Rebecca Liebel, Head of Munich and ESG & Sustainability, PER

Speakers:

• Dörte Höppner, Chief Sustainability Officer, The Riverside Company
• Richard Burrett, Chief Sustainability Officer, Earth Capital
• Misa Andriamihaja, Private Equity Lead, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
• Matt Smith, Co-Head of Private Equity, Foresight Group

• The emergence of biodiversity impacts and how investors should prepare for regulation
• How firms can begin to assess exposure to biodiversity risks
• What are the nature-based solutions available to fund managers seeking an alternate course of action
• What are the biodiversity regulatory expectations facing firms

Moderator:

• Xhulio Ismalaj, Reporter, Real Deals
  

Speakers:

• Noëlla de Bermingham, Chief Sustainability Officer, Andera Partners
• Dr. Serge Younes, Head of Sustainability, Investindustrial
• Ashim Paun, Head of Sustainable Investing, Triton Partners
• Fabio Ranghino, Head of Sustainability & Strategy, Ambienta
  

• How long until sustainability become an essential element of debt products
• The sustainability drivers behind Direct, NAV and Subscription lines.
• How can sustainable finance become a more attractive new avenue for credit?
• Understand the varied requirements that make sustainable-credit viable

Moderator:

• Shivani Khandekar, Reporter, Real Deals
  

Speakers:

• Claire Hedley, ESG Director, 17 Capital
• Stephanie Wall, Sustainability Director, Palatine
• Katie Cotterell, Senior ESG Manager, Bridgepoint
• Matthew Maguire, Director, Finance & Investor Relations / Head of ESG, Park Square Capital
  

• Information on ESG mitigation is ever-growing and increasingly burdensome, can firms cut through the tsunami of reporting requests
• How best to engage and communicate the challenges of reporting between LP, GP & Portco
• Aligning attitudes across the value chain, where can efficiencies be created and where are the greatest hurdles
  

Moderator:

• Heleen Van Poecke, Co-Founder & CEO, KEY ESG
  

Speakers:

• Caroline Löfgren, Chief Sustainability Officer, Hg
• Marta Jankovic, Head of Sustainability, Stafford Capital
• Victoria Brown, General Counsel, AnaCap
• Egle Sakalauskaite, Head of ESG & Responsible Investing, Bregal Investments