Real Deals ESG Conference 2024

Registration, coffee & networking

Chair’s welcome and opening remarks

Opening keynote

Private equity’s role in leading climate action - how private capital can accelerate and guide behavioural change in society

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

Case study / OOTB Speaker

Coffee & Networking

Tech Showcase

Build out your ESG ecosystem with five presentations from technology platforms & services

Lunch & Networking

Taking the lead on social action: The CEOs engendering diversity across their firm and investments

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

WORKSHOP STREAM A: Dancing around reporting demands - how best to refine LP ESG requests

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

WORKSHOP STREAM B: AI as a tool to drive sustainability - how to use emerging softwares to maximise ESG adherence

What solutions can AI solve in its current forms and how it is being used by firms
What talent is required to use AI technologies within a firm/portfolio
Discuss the future of AI and where it might evolve to accelerate ESG and climate action

WORKSHOP STREAM A: Discerning about data - the importance of selecting the correct benchmarks and datasets for your ESG strategy

Choosing the right benchmark and databases for your organisation, why industry-standards matter
Practical routes to utilising the mass of ESG data most effectively
Why collecting, collating and utilising your ESG data will benefit portfolio development in the long-term

WORKSHOP STREAM B: Focusing on materiality - why firms should take a highly selective approach to portfolio company’s ESG impacts and how-to refine a hierarchy of needs

Developing ESG strategies can often be caught-up on climate action, but what are the alternatives?
Why developing a unique ESG approach can best serve your investment strategy
Understanding where your firm can make the greatest impacts and becoming champions of ‘your’ cause

Coffee & Networking

The ESG ecosystem: creating positive change throughout the value chain

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

Drinks reception