Private Equity Wire European ESG Summit 2024

The Private Equity Wire European ESG Summit is a one-day retreat focusing on emerging opportunities and best practice in ESG for operations, finance, legal, product and back-office leaders across private equity, venture capital and wider private markets funds.

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

Private Equity Wire’s event will:

All Private Equity Wire Summits operate under Chatham House Rule. This means that attendees are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed. Recording of the panels and roundtables is strictly prohibited by attendees. Private Equity Wire staff may make recordings on the day for promotional purposes. No audio recording of panel discussions will be included in any promotional items.

THE SUMMIT IN NUMBERS

EXPERT SPEAKERS

ATTENDEES

HOURS OF CONTENT

ALLOCATORS

30

150+

10+

20+

GP's

100+

PREVIOUS SPONSORS

AGENDA

10:30 AM

ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION

11:05 AM

WELCOME ADDRESS

Aftab Bose, Senior Research Analyst, Private Equity Wire

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 1

11:15 AM

Speakers:

Phil Davis, Director of ESG, Helios Investment Partners (moderator)
Anaïs Blarel, Sustainability Manager, Revaia
Chandini Jain, Founder & CEO, Auquan
Stanley Kwong, Principal, Sustainable Investing (Head of ESG EMEA), KKR
Laura McMullen, Head of Portfolio Sustainability - Private Equity, Five Arrows

Impact vs ESG: Comparing, contrasting and unearthing value

PANEL 2

11:50 AM

Tracking investor attitudes towards impact investing and ESG
Reconciling both strategies with potential for financial returns
Can ESG be a gateway into a bigger impact proposition?
How does the regulatory landscape differ between the two?

Bran Pathmanāban, Head of ESG, IP Group (moderator)
Jiska Klein, Senior Sustainability Manager, Asper Investment Management
Paul Lamacraft, Senior Private Equity Investment Director, Schroders Capital
Sarah Mathieu-Comtois, Sustainability Director, Meanings Capital Partners
Adam Robbins, Investor Relations Manager UK, Triodos Investment Management

Speakers:

12:30 PM

LUNCH

Which regulations and frameworks naturally align with one another?
How can this overlap be leveraged to reduce the burden on GPs?
Which regulations and frameworks are the most challenging to address due to their lack of interoperability?
What are some easy wins to ease these challenges?

Framework interoperability: Finding the overlap in regulatory stipulations

PANEL 3

1:30 PM

Bran Pathmanāban, Head of ESG, IP Group (moderator)
Laura Callaghan, Associate Director - ESG Services, Novata
Val Monk, Risk & Compliance and Interim ESG Director, Montagu
Aga Siemiginowska, Head of Sustainability, Oakley Capital
Emily Williams, Associate Director, Park Square Capital LLP

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.

ESG in value creation: Does regulation help or hinder?

Fireside chat

2:15 PM

Speakers:

Dan D'Ambrosio, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
Angela Jhanji, Managing Director, Sustainability - Private Capital, EQT

Tracking SFDR’s progress and evolution
What do the FCA’s new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements mean for private markets GPs?
LP expectations on TCFD/ISSB, PRI and regulatory reporting
Managing the mammoth task of collecting data from portfolio companies
Is it finally time for bigger ESG teams, or outsourced solutions?

Full disclosure: ESG reporting requirements going into 2024

PANEL 4

2:35 PM

Speakers:

Oksana Stowe, Head of VC and Startup BD, Google (moderator)
Martin Bang-Löwgren, Head of Sustainability, Polaris Private Equity
Christian Schutz, Director, ESG, Golding Capital Partners
Daniella Woolf, Managing Director, Danesmead ESG
Hannah Leach, Venture ESG, Co-Director, Houghton Street Ventures

3:20 PM

COFFEE BREAK

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

3:45 PM

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

Roundtables take place as repeated parallel sessions. Delegates register in advance for 2 out of 4 sessions for the afternoon roundtables from the below:

Speakers:

Patrick Gavoty, Partner, Head of Sustainability, Apheon
Yohan Hill, Principal & Director of ESG and Responsible Investing, Investment Strategy & Risk Management, Adams Street Partners

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?

Speakers:

Rothman Valencia Mazola, ESG Officer, Vauban Infrastructure Partners

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?

Speakers:

Billy Cotter, Head of ESG and Solution Specialists, Dasseti
Bella Mackenzie, Vice President - ESG, Ares Management
Mirja Weidner, ESG Director, Charterhouse Capital Partners

Roundtable D | Streamlining carbon: How can investors obtain high quality carbon data without overburdening portfolio companies?

Why collect Greenhouse Gas emissions data anyway?
How mature are most portcos on their decarbonisation journey?
What are the different options available to GPs?
Where and how can software help?
What comes after measurement?

Speakers:

Karin Bouwmeester, ESG Lead Private Equity, PGGM Investments
Marta Jankovic, Head of Sustainability, Stafford Capital Partners
Mark Fischel, Carbon Product Lead, Novata

The second iteration of the above roundtables.

ROUNDTABLE ROUND 2

4:25 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 | Streamlining carbon: How can investors obtain high quality carbon data without overburdening portfolio companies?

Karin Bouwmeester, ESG Lead Private Equity, PGGM Investments
Marta Jankovic, Head of Sustainability, Stafford Capital Partners
Mark Fischel, Carbon Product Lead, Novata

Billy CotterHead of ESG and Solution SpecialistsDasseti
Bella Mackenzie, Vice President - ESG, Ares Management
Mirja Weidner, ESG Director, Charterhouse Capital Partners

Rothman Valencia Mazola, ESG Officer, Vauban Infrastructure Partners

Patrick Gavoty, Partner, Head of Sustainability, Apheon
Yohan Hill, Principal & Director of ESG and Responsible Investing, Investment Strategy & Risk Management, Adams Street Partners

5:00 PM

NETWORKING RECEPTION

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

6:00 PM

EVENT CLOSES

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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Martin Bang-Löwgren

Head of Sustainability at Polaris Private Equity