Private Equity Wire US ESG Summit 2024

The Private Equity Wire US 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 AGENDA

10:30 AM

ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION

11:05 AM

WELCOME ADDRESS

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

11:10 AM

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?

12:30 PM

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 3

1:30 PM

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

2:15 PM

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

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:

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?

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 | Sustainability trends: Opportunities in decarbonisation and beyond

5:00 PM

NETWORKING RECEPTION

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

6:00 PM

EVENT CLOSES

All Summits and Webinars are CPD accredited, so you can learn, network and develop new skills.

Find out more about The CPD Certification here: https://cpduk.co.uk/

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Senior Associate, Investor relations at HarbourVest

Emma Fox

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

Yohan Hill

Head of Sustainability at 2150

Peter Hirsch

Stanley Kwong

Principal - Sustainable Investing at KKR

Chief Sustainability Officer at hg capital

Caroline Lofgren

Head of ESG at IP Group

Bran Pathmanāban

Christina Rehnberg

Director of ESG at Delancey

Jovana Stopic

ESG Director at IK Partners

ESG Specialist at FSN Capital

Gereon Wellmann

THE VENUE

116 Pall Mall

Address: 116 Pall Mall, St. James's, London SW1Y 5ED

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Venue Requirements

Dress Code

Please note the dress code for this event is business casual.

Electronic Devices

We kindly ask attendees to please keep electronic devices on silent during panels and roundtables.

APPLY TO ATTEND THE PRIVATE EQUITY WIRE

US ESG SUMMIT

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