Wednesday 28th February 2024 | 116 Pall Mall, London, UK

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Helping private markets specialists deal with and define the shifting trends within ESG

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  • Be a closed and invite-only gathering, this means no media and a curated audience of genuine peers
  • Bring together senior staff from across the GP leadership suite to discuss shared experience, problems and solutions of business leaders from across the executive suite
  • Focus on current ESG trends, emerging themes and the likely innovations and disruptors in the next five years

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AGENDA

10:40 AM

ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION

11:10 AM

WELCOME ADDRESS

  • Aftab Bose, Senior Research Analyst, Private Equity Wire

(5 mins)

  • Understanding resistance and backlash to ESG
  • A closer look at ESG investing fundamentals in 2024
  • Reconciling ESG investing with fund financial performance
  • Efficiency, value creation and ESG portfolio management

Back to basics: Revisiting and redefining ESG’s value proposition

PANEL 1

11:15 AM

(45 mins)

  • Patrick Gavoty, Managing Director & Head of Sustainability, Apheon
  • Bran Pathmanāban, Head of ESG, IP Group
  • Val Monk, Risk & Compliance and Interim ESG Director, Montagu

Speakers:

Star gazing: Who are the most successful players in the ESG investing landscape, and what can we learn?

Fireside chat

12:00 AM

An interview with a leading manager to shed light on the standout performers within the current landscape, offering insights into the strategies, practices, and key learnings derived from the success stories.

(20 mins)

12:20 AM

Coffee break and a chance to meet our experts

(60 mins)

NETWORKING LUNCH

  • Comparing ESG in PE to other strategies such as VC, real estate, infra and others
  • Sectors or regions with relatively higher scope for ESG performance E, S or G?
  • Finding the quick wins and low hanging fruit ESG investments that catch LP attention

Going granular: Pinpointing investment opportunities with ESG potential

PANEL 2

1:20 PM

(40 mins)

  • Laura McMullerHead of Portfolio Sustainability - Private Equity, Rothschild & Co - Five Arrows Principal Investments
  • Anais Blarel, Sustainability Manager, Revaia

Speakers:

Insights from an allocator into the broader influences of macro-economic shifts on ESG investing, highlighting economic trends, sustainability priorities, and their implications for investment strategies.

Zooming out: How is ESG investing being impacted by macro-economic shifts?

Fireside chat

2:00 PM

(20 mins)

  • Tracking SFDR’s progress and evolution as a young regulation
  • Pre-contract disclosures and LP expectations on regulation
  • Managing the mammoth task of collecting data from portfolio companies
  • Is it finally time for bigger ESG teams?

New in regulation: ESG reporting requirements going into 2024

PANEL 3

2:20 PM

(40 mins)

Speakers:

  • Christian Schutz, Director & ESG-Officer at Golding Capital Partners

3:00 PM

NETWORKING BREAK

(30 mins)

  • Is ESG a decisive factor in investor decision making?
  • Is this trending positively or negatively?
  • Can GPs do a better job of communicating the value of ESG to investors?
  • What specific ESG indicators are most relevant to investors in PE?

ROUNDTABLE ROUND 1

3:30 PM

Roundtable A | Investor focus: Gauging LP interest in the ESG landscape

Roundtables take place as repeated parallel sessions.

(30 mins)

Roundtable B | ESG frameworks: Helping stakeholders agree on definitions

  • Does ESG ambiguity remain a tangible barrier to its growth?
  • Are definitions only getting more diluted as regulatory complexity intensifies?
  • Do LP expectations from ESG align with real, measurable outcomes?
  • What are some of the frameworks and definitions all stakeholders can agree on?

Roundtable C | Data den: How much ESG data do firms really need to collect?

  • Identifying the broad metrics along which firms need to collect ESG data
  • Are firms collecting too much?
  • What tools and support are available for firms to optimise their data collecting efforts?
  • How can data collection be used as a method to engage with portfolio companies?

Roundtable D | Sustainability trends: Opportunities in decarbonisation and beyond

  • What are the latest developments in decarbonisation?
  • How can these be implemented across sectors and portfolios?
  • Is momentum for net zero and other sustainability objectives fading?
  • What obligations does private equity hold for a more sustainable future investment landscape?

Speaker:

  • Karin Bouwmeeters, ESG Lead Private Equity, PGGM Investments

Repeat of roundtables. Roundtables take place as repeated parallel sessions.

ROUNDTABLE ROUND 2

4:00 PM

Roundtable A | Investor focus: Gauging investor interest in the ESG landscape

Roundtable B | ESG frameworks: Helping stakeholders agree on definitions

Roundtable C | Data den: How much ESG data do firms really need to collect?

Roundtable D | Sustainability trends: Opportunities in decarbonisation and beyond

(30 mins)

4:30 PM

NETWORKING

Connect with peers from around the industry over a glass of wine

(80 mins)

7:00 PM

EVENT CLOSES

Sustainability Manager at Revaia

Anais Blarel

Karin Bouwmeester

ESG Lead Private Equity at PGGM Investments

Patrick Gavoty

Managing Director & Head of Sustainability at Apheon

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Val Monk

Risk & Compliance and Interim ESG Director at Montagu

Laura McMuller

Bran Pathmanāban

Head of Portfolio Sustainability - Private Equity at Rothschild & Co - Five Arrows Principal Investments

Head of ESG at IP Group

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Christian Schutz

Director & ESG-Officer at Golding Capital Partners

Mirja Weidner

ESG Director at ChaterHouse

Senior Associate, Investor relations at HarbourVest

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Emma Fox

Principal & Director of ESG and Responsible Investing at Adams Street Partners

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Yohan Hill

Head of Sustainability at 2150

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Peter Hirsch

Stanley Kwong

Principal - Sustainable Investing at KKR

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Chief Sustainability Officer at hg capital

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Caroline Lofgren

Head of ESG at IP Group

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Bran Pathmanāban

Christina Rehnberg

Director of ESG at Delancey

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Jovana Stopic

ESG Director at IK Partners

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ESG Specialist at FSN Capital

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Gereon Wellmann

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