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SUMMARY:Private Equity Investors Summit 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Private Equity Investors Summit is an invitation-only\, premium Summit bringing chief investment officers and innovative fund managers and consultants together. The summit’s content is aligned with key investment challenges and interests\, relevant market developments\, and practical and progressive ideas and strategies adopted by successful pioneers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/private-equity-investors-summit-2023/
LOCATION:Encore Boston Harbor\, 1 Broadway\, Everett\, MA\, 02149\, United States
CATEGORIES:ESG Investing
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SUMMARY:Bloomberg Invest 2023
DESCRIPTION:The hunt for opportunity remains a daunting challenge amid recession fears and historic volatility. That’s why Bloomberg Invest New York has become the premier destination for all market participants. Every investor in attendance\, from institutional and high-net worth to private and retail\, will leave with fresh perspective and crucial insight for 2023 and beyond. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/bloomberg-invest-2023/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:ESG Investing
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SUMMARY:ESG & Climate Risk Summit Europe 2023
DESCRIPTION:Where ESG risk leaders connect\, exchange ideas and make vital steps towards the new future of finance\nESG is seeing massive money inflows due to the growing importance of climate action. With global ESG assets expected to reach $53 trillion by 2025\, many are searching for ways to better analyze and improve how their business and their investments perform when it comes to impact-investment decision making.​ \nThe event will gather senior risk management and investment strategy decision makers from asset managers\, hedge funds\, life insurance firms\, pension funds and investment banks in the UK and Europe online\, guaranteeing that you gain new ideas\, new connections and a new perspective on ESG risk management and climate risk. \nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/esg-climate-risk-summit-europe-2023/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:ESG Investing
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SUMMARY:Impact Seminar Series Canada 2023
DESCRIPTION:Fostering sustainable & inclusive investing while ensuring financial returns\n\nThe Impact Seminar Series – Canada is tailored to institutional investors and asset owners based in Canada and the United States. Impact Seminar Series focuses on the opportunities to move beyond ESG to invest with impact while ensuring market-competitive financial returns. \nA half-day programme aims to empower investors to move from the theory to the practice of impact investing through in-depth keynote speeches from experienced impact investors and impact practitioners. During the InvestorConnect sessions\, investors can explore a select group of impact strategies in public equity\, public debt\, private equity\, private debt and real assets. \n\n\n\n\n\nOBJECTIVES \n\n\n\n\n\n\nINFORM\n\n\n\n\nThe Seminar aims to allow institutional investors to share knowledge through discussions about the opportunities and challenges of impact investments in public and private markets.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCONNECT\n\n\nInvestors and fund managers will be able to reconnect with the industry peers\, exchange best practices\, learn from each other’s experiences\, and share ideas on creating innovative and scalable solutions to generate impact in private and public markets.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDISCOVER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInvestorConnect sessions offer institutional asset owners an efficient way to discover a pre-screened group of scalable impact strategies of institutional quality\, across multiple asset classes\, impact themes and the SDGs. The dynamic system of 15-minute meetings set a comfortable space to ask relevant questions & create connections along the way.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/impact-seminar-series-canada-2023/
LOCATION:Le Mount Stephen\, 1440 Rue Drummond\, Montréal\, Québec\, H3G 1V9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:ESG Investing
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SUMMARY:ESG and Climate Indexes in Focus
DESCRIPTION:During the first quarter of 2023\, the MSCI ACWI Climate Change\, MSCI ACWI Climate Action and MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned Indexes outperformed their parent\, the MSCI ACWI Index\, whereas the MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Leaders and Low Carbon Target Indexes experienced small but negative cumulative active performance. On the other hand\, four out of the five flagship MSCI ESG Indexes outperformed the MSCI ACWI Index. \nJoin this webinar where our experts will share ESG and Climate Indexes performance and market trends. We will also bring special topics such as the significance of the carbon efficiency factor and how it can provide insights into equity climate investing. During this 2nd edition of our new webinar series\, we will also deep dive in the potential for index derivatives to help market participants seek to efficiently align exposures with their climate objectives. \n\nAgenda Topics\n\nHighlights on ESG & Climate Indexes performance YTD\nThe relationship between active sector weights and Climate Indexes returns\nThe role of the carbon efficiency factor in climate investing\n\n\nSpecial Topic: The Futures of Climate Investing\n\nClimate derivatives in portfolio management\nThe role of futures in the transition towards net-zero\nThe potential of futures to align investors’ exposures with climate objectives\n\nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/esg-and-climate-indexes-in-focus/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Climate,ESG Investing
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SUMMARY:Beyond ESG with Profiling Nature Risk - 2nd session
DESCRIPTION:The speed and scale of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation is the highest in history. Biodiversity loss is the fourth most severe global risk over the next ten years. Join S&P Global in our ‘Beyond ESG’ series as we discuss the rising urgency of measuring nature-related risks & dependencies across assets\, companies\, supply chains\, and investment portfolios. \nJoin us for specialist perspectives on: \n\nQuantifying companies’ impacts and dependencies on nature\nInforming nature positive decisions\nGetting ready for TNFD\n\nS&P Global’s ‘Beyond ESG’ webinar series focuses on providing corporates and investors with the tools and insights they need when building and refining their ESG playbooks. Featuring interviews and discussions with experts\, decision-makers\, and visionaries in the ESG community\, these webinars will go beyond ratings and scores to help see the possibilities in building a sustainable future while meeting the expectations of an evolving market. \nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/beyond-esg-with-profiling-nature-risk-2nd-session/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Environmental,ESG Investing,Sustainable Business
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SUMMARY:GreenFin 23
DESCRIPTION:Despite ESG frameworks and rankings’ imperfections\, they are impacting billions of investments. And\, hundreds of trillions more are needed to realize a just transition to a decarbonized global economy. \nGreenFin 23 will convene an influential audience of finance\, investment and sustainability professionals to share insights\, address key challenges and showcase leading sustainable financial products and services. \nThe climate crisis is upending the finance sector. ESG frameworks and rankings remain dynamic and unsettled\, but\, despite their imperfections\, are impacting billions of investments and leading companies to develop new metrics to gauge their sustainability progress. But those sums are dwarfed by the hundreds of trillions needed to transition the global economy to become decarbonized and just. \n“The climate crisis demands significant changes to the foundations of our economy\, and ESG analysis and investing has the potential to shift capital markets toward sustainable outcomes. We are thrilled to convene leadership companies\, investors\, and asset owners and managers to align corporate and institutional finance with the goals of a clean and just economy. ” – Grant Harrison\, Director\, Sustainable Finance & ESG\, GreenBiz Group \nJoin the growing community of finance\, investment and sustainability leaders supporting the just transition to a decarbonized economy at GreenFin 23 (June 26-28\, Boston). By attending\, you’ll gain access to inspiring keynotes\, engaging breakout sessions and valuable networking. Apply the 10% discount code ESGN23 when you register today: https://bit.ly/45MdN3o \nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/greenfin-23/
LOCATION:The New Omni Seaport\, Boston MA\, 450 Summer Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate,ESG Investing,Sustainable Business,Sustainable Finance
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