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Moody's ESG London Summit 2022
2022-11-29 04:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York)
Navigating the Changing Tides of ESG

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Are emerging-market entities prepared to manage the social implications of carbon transition?
2022-11-22 11:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
The transition toward net-zero emissions will reshape economies globally, unevenly distributing costs and benefits. A “just transition” seeks to maximize the socioeconomic benefits of decarbonization while minimizing the negative impact. This post-COP 27 webinar will:

Assess the just transition-relevant outcomes from COP 27

Examine the impact of the just transition on emerging markets exploring what it means for sovereigns, the implications for sustainable finance and the challenges faced by just transition-exposed companies

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ESG Integration Forum Europe 2022
2022-11-22 09:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
CHALLENGING ESG

Regulators in Europe continue to develop regulations that impact sustainable finance, ESG reporters, and ESG raters. However, a section of the investment universe is becoming more vocal regarding their opposition to the ESG movement.

At the ESG Integration Forum – Europe 2022, you will join sustainability professionals, investor relations officers, and corporate secretaries to examine future investor expectations of company ESG performance and sustainability reporting.

“ESG risks and opportunities are constantly changing and bringing up new challenges. In the last 12 months, we have seen ESG activism, momentum building regarding policy on sustainability, new diversity requirements for public companies and increased focus on net-zero commitments. The ESG integration forum was the only event that brought together the key functions within a public company to tackle the challenges in this rapidly developing space. We believe that businesses don’t operate in silos, and neither should our events!”
Steven Wade, head of event content, Corporate Secretary and IR Magazine.

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Innovation for Food Security & Climate Change in Africa
2022-11-17 22:00 - 23:00 | Virtual Event
A conversation between a “world-renowned special guest” and university students hosted by the University of Nairobi and Africa.com. The conversation will focus on sharing perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in food security and climate change. It will aim to highlight examples of African innovations and areas that need ingenuity to help accelerate progress.

The conversation will take the form of a “townterview” (townhall + interview) during which the moderator will engage the special guest in a Q&A with students for one hour.

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Packaging Targets: Set and Meet Them with Plastic IQ
2022-11-17 13:00 - 18:00
Companies across the United States have publicly announced ambitious sustainable plastic packaging targets to accomplish by 2030 or sooner, but many lack the proper resources and time to understand exactly how to get there. Simultaneously, plastic pollution leakage into the environment is a key topic across multiple sectors, including the waste industry. What will it take to reduce plastic packaging waste in the U.S., and how can brands and retailers positively influence the outcomes? Without sustainable packaging strategies to manage broad portfolios, it is difficult to weigh decisions that will result in the best environmental and economic outcomes.

Join The Recycling Partnership and esteemed panelists from Walmart, WWF, and Blue Apron to hear why more than 200 U.S. companies are using Plastic IQ, a free, customizable tool to make informed circular packaging decisions across their plastics portfolios. Supported by Walmart and co-developed with SYSTEMIQ, this open access tool allows users to compare solutions for reduction, reuse, recyclability, and compostability and assess the most impactful options for meeting packaging targets by 2025 or 2030.

Key Takeways:

Access the best data available for setting and meeting plastic packaging targets – for free

Hear from industry leaders how the tool is driving their high impact solutions

Connect with Walmart Project Gigaton and U.S. Plastics Pact Activator reporting

Prepare for U.S. policy as the landscape quickly evolves

Gain public recognition for commitments, if desired

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Request for Feedback: Net zero assessments for non-financial corporates
2022-11-17 10:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
Moody’s Investors Service (MIS) recently published a proposed framework to provide Net Zero Assessments of non-financial corporate entities. The assessments aim to provide an independent and comparable assessment of the strength of an entity’s carbon transition plan and are expressed on a five-point scale.

The webinar will explain our framework and invite feedback from market participants. Topic discussions include:

Net Zero Assessment description and definition

Assessing Ambition

Assessing implementation plans

Overall Scoring

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Future of Healthcare Week Asia 2022
2022-11-15 06:00 - 2022-11-17 18:00 | One Farrer Hotel, 1 Farrer Park Station Rd, 217562, Singapore
Healthcare has never been more important to the global economy than during the past two years. Now healthcare systems will need to start tackling a mounting backlog of non-covid care. But despite rising demands and costs, global healthcare spending growth in 2022 will slow to 4.1%.

Economist Impact’s third annual Future of Healthcare Week Asia will unite 300 healthcare leaders in Singapore–joined by 4,000 peers online–to examine the vulnerabilities and opportunities that the recent crisis has catalysed. Over 3 days, policymakers, healthcare providers, academics and scientists will share practical learnings with representatives from industry, patient associations, charities and finance.

Explore issues around diversity, equity and inclusion, healthcare-system vulnerabilities and labour shortages, healthy ageing and digital health and data. Examine how silos, within and between organisations, can be broken down to further the efficiency and sustainability of healthcare for all. Join the dialogue, as healthcare leaders move beyond healthcare to focus on health via preventive care and solutions that move beyond the hospital, into the community.

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World Climate Summit at COP27
2022-11-13 06:00 - 2022-11-14 18:00 | PARK REGENCY, SHARM EL-SHEIKH
Where Ambition Meets Action

World Climate Summit catalyses the bold commitments we need to tackle the urgent global issue of climate change. Throughout the last 13 years, World Climate Summit has become a key platform for connecting markets with policies and is the leading business and investment forum alongside the annual international climate negotiations.

Building on the success of the last decade, the Summit leverages its expertise and experience in bringing together public and private sector leaders from across the world. It facilitates the collaboration necessary for the innovation, investments and policies needed to achieve ambitious climate targets. With the Decade to Deliver on Climate Action more crucial now than ever, it is a must-attend event for leading stakeholders driving climate solutions, investments and legislation.

Partnering on Solutions for a Net-Zero Transition by 2030

World Climate Summit – The Investment COP 2022 will take place in-person and digitally on 13-14 November in Sharm el-Sheikh at the Park Regency during COP27. The Summit will convene World Climate Foundation’s leading network of public and private sector stakeholders to enhance ambition and catalyse action for the net-zero transition.

This year’s event is aligned with the COP27 presidency’s priorities and will focus on accelerating climate finance as well as showcasing best practices and innovative climate solutions. World Climate Summit – The Investment COP focuses on creating ambition loops through public-private partnerships and strong dialogue to accelerate global climate objectives while adopting and sharing best practices and strategies for catalytic climate action. These will be crucial to reach 2030 climate targets and achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Sustainable Cities Talk 2022
2022-11-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
Sustainable cities talk

The Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index 2022 ranks 100 of the world’s cities based on 51 metrics arrayed under three pillars of sustainability: planet, people and profit. This insight hour will explore these metrics and how cities are adapting toward a net-zero future. How can cities effectively embrace a sustainable future and what steps are being taken to make them more resilient to climate change?

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Bloomberg Green at COP27
2022-11-09 06:00 - 2022-11-10 14:00 | Four Seasons Resort Sharm El Sheikh, 1 Four Seasons Boulevard, El-Salam, Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt
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The world is watching. Against the backdrop of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Bloomberg will convene the foremost leaders in business, finance, policy, academia and NGOs for candid conversations focused on creating solutions to support the goals set forth at COP27.

Bloomberg Green at COP27 will create an immersive experience designed to go beyond the negotiating rooms and delve into pragmatic strategies for cross-sector climate action. Leveraging Bloomberg’s exclusive data and reporting, we’ll explore methods for accelerating climate plans and measuring progress during this critical course-correcting moment in history.

Join our community of global influencers and problem solvers in ​​Sharm El-Sheikh to build connections, inspire innovation and challenge the status quo in the battle against climate change.

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Cleantech Forum Europe 2022
2022-11-08 08:00 - 2022-11-10 17:00 | Maison de la Poste, Rue Picard 5/7, 1000 Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Join us for Cleantech Forum Europe on 8-10 November

In Brussels you’ll meet the investors, innovators and corporate change makers who are building and championing the technologies that will deliver net-zero transformation. By networking with the right people, you’ll take your next successful steps even faster.

Our theme, From commitments to actions: the sprint to net zero is on will inspire a research-led agenda where experts discuss the big ideas with the power to deliver a cleaner, cooler world. Review the newly posted agenda and check back in the coming weeks to see who will be speaking at the event,

Join us to take action on the climate crisis and learn from Europe’s sustainable innovation ecosystem, including companies on the soon-to-be-released 2022 Cleantech 50 to Watch list.

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COP27
2022-11-06 08:00 - 2022-11-18 17:00 | Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center, El Salam Road, Um Marikha Bay, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
A defining moment in the fight against climate change.

Science has established beyond doubt that the window for action is closing rapidly. In November 2022, Egypt will host the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, with a view to building on previous successes and paving the way for future ambition.

A golden opportunity for all stakeholders to rise to the occasion and tackle effectively the global challenge of climate change facilitated by Egypt on the African continent.

It is the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference

Egypt assumes the incoming Presidency of COP 27 with a clear recognition of the gravity of the global climate challenge and appreciation of the value of multilateral, collective and concerted action as the only means to address this truly global threat.

As we approach COP27, we are committed to support an inclusive, transparent and party-driven process to ensure timely and adequate action.

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Shaping sustainable retail and consumer-goods ecosystems: impact beyond organisations
2022-11-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
Shaping sustainable retail and consumer-goods ecosystems: impact beyond organisations

Companies have talked about sustainability for decades, but the need for immediate action has never been stronger. Scaling sustainability efforts is not something one company can do alone. Action among your peers, partners and supply chain, and in the communities where you work to create mutual value, is a critical imperative. But to deliver a sustainable future, businesses must work not only together but also with governments, non-governmental organisations and consumers. Sustainability goals can only be achieved through collective action and collaboration.

Join this session to find out how collaboration can drive sustainable ecosystems that will ensure businesses, people and the planet thrive. We’ll be exploring:

How can collective action on sustainability unlock financial value?How can technology help deliver sustainability initiatives more effectively? What concrete examples are there?Where in your extended ecosystem will sustainable collaboration be most effective?How can regulators become part of your ecosystem and sustainability solutions?

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Centennial Speaker Series: Terrence Keeley on Sustainable: Moving Beyond ESG to Impact Investing
2022-11-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
A co-sponsored event, presented by CFA Society New York, the Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis, and the Museum of American Finance.

The global economy is at a crossroads. Can finance fix it? Proponents of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing say yes. They claim that new financial strategies that consider all stakeholders are essential tools for addressing runaway carbon emissions and stark income inequality, among other ills. ESG-integrated investments already encompass more than $120 trillion in financial assets. Is this approach really leading to better social and environmental outcomes for all? If not, how can it be improved?

In Sustainable, a finance industry veteran offers an insider’s look at the promises, prospects, and limitations of ESG investing and provides comprehensive solutions that would promote more optimal outcomes. Terrence Keeley argues that both activist and C-suite advocates have been overly optimistic about what ESG can accomplish. Divestment threats are ineffective tools for altering corporate behavior, and verifiably “good” companies do not systematically generate great returns. Most importantly, business and finance cannot achieve inclusive, sustainable growth on their own: Regulators, public policies, civil society, and individuals must all play specific, complementary roles to shape the future we need.

Copies of Sustainable: Moving Beyond ESG to Impact Investing will be raffled off to attendees.

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Empower 2022
2022-11-01 09:00 - 2022-11-02 16:30 | Hotel Casa Amsterdam, Eerste Ringdijkstraat 4, Amsterdam, 1097, Netherlands
Build the digital future of solar at Empower

Free virtual summit for solar professionals. November 1-2, 2022

Empower is where the solar community gathers to move the industry forward. Learn about the latest technologies, earn NABCEP credits, and network with 1000+ of your industry peers. This virtual event presented by Aurora Solar will be live online from November 1-2, 2022.

Edward Norton: The Importance of Solar for All

During his keynote session, Norton will share his views on the role of solar in creating resiliency and social equality. He will also discuss the importance of distributed energy and how it has come to life through the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust’s Chyulu Carbon Project, which he has been supporting for the past 25 years. One of the project’s newest initiatives focuses on building electric vehicle, energy storage, and solar infrastructure in remote parts of Kenya to help protect wildlife.

In support of this cause, Aurora Solar will donate five dollars to this initiative for every person who registers for Empower 2022, up to $25,000, and will match donations, up to an additional $25,000, made to this cause through the Aurora/MWCT GoFundMe page; donate here.

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Sustainable Landscapes and Commodities Forum
2022-11-01 09:00 - 2022-11-02 16:30 | Hotel Casa Amsterdam, Eerste Ringdijkstraat 4, Amsterdam, 1097, Netherlands
This two day business conference will debate and showcase real world solutions to the most pressing and urgent challenges in commodity supply chains. We’ll look at what’s driving value chain change and how business is working to deliver on increasingly difficult sustainability targets.

The practical steps for business to navigate incoming legislation, engage and incentivise local communities and effectively implement a forest positive approach

The role of business in building resilience in smallholder supply chains and ensuring farmers are prepared for the effects of climate change

How business can enable the transition to regenerative agriculture and drive effective climate action within supply chains

How business can drive sustainable rural development and close the living income gap to ensure economic, social and environmental sustainability

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Clean Fuels Alliance America’s Sustainability Workshop
2022-11-01 08:00 - 2022-11-02 17:00 | Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, 1 S Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri, 63102, United States
Workshop Purpose: To present the latest efforts, data, information, and research relevant to advancing sustainably produced biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuels in the marketplace.

2022 Workshop Objectives: To promote understanding of greenhouse gas emissions accounting and lifecycle analysis (LCA) for various stakeholders, including policymakers and fuel end-users; provide updates on these accounting efforts with a focus on impacts to the clean fuels space; and to identify opportunities to improve the science impacting these efforts.

Target audience: Industry stakeholders, including end-users, policymakers, and anyone involved in the biodiesel, renewable diesel, or sustainable aviation fuel supply chain.

Keynote speaker: Dr. David Babson from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) will offer a keynote address on ARPA-E’s vision for a new carbon economy and how the programs Dr. Babson oversees are working to optimize carbon efficiency and utility.

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ESG Investment North America 2022
2022-11-01 08:00 - 2022-11-02 17:00 | New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, 333 Adams St, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, United States
The Leading Institutional Investor ESG Investment Summit

It’s clear, ESG is here to stay. With materiality now proven and shareholder pressure growing daily, the conversation has moved from ‘WHY´ to ’HOW’. NOW is the time for the institutional investment community to make ESG their number one priority.

Reuters Events ESG Investment North America 2021 is the most respected meeting place for institutional asset owners, asset managers, regulators, standard setters and data providers to discuss how to put ESG at the core of investment strategy.

The industry-led agenda has been designed to deliver both strategic insights and tactical guidance on how to accelerate ESG integration plans, scale innovative sustainable and social products, access verified data, and refine engagement strategy. Join us, as ESG redefines the future of investment.

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Climate Risk Insight Hour
2022-10-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual Event
Recalibrating what it will take to achieve net-zero

The pathway to net zero will take significant time and money. Trillions of dollars in investment will be required to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, with annual spending needing to increase by 60%. The shift to net zero also invites social, political and structural changes. It is estimated to create 200m jobs by 2050, though some 185m jobs may be lost, according to a study by McKinsey & Company.

As more firms work on decarbonisation activities, the opportunities, costs, trade-offs and uneven nature of the transition becomes more apparent. And it is unclear how geopolitical crises, such as the war in Ukraine, may affect the pace of the transition to net zero for companies and countries.

What short- and long-term social and economic adjustments must be made in the transition to net zero? How do these differ across regions, sectors and communities? What has been the effect of recent geopolitical events on decarbonisation strategies? Do shocks like the war in Ukraine threaten to upend the sustainability agenda, or could they hasten its progress? How are business leaders preparing for volatility in the energy sector? And what does this mean for companies’ investment strategies?

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Venice Sustainable Fashion Forum 2022
2022-10-27 08:00 - 2022-10-28 17:00 | Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venezia VE, 30133, Italy
ITC Ethical Fashion Initiative will participate in the Venice Sustainable Fashion Forum 2022. More information to follow.

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Bloomberg Green Docs Film Festival 2022
2022-10-26 21:00 - 2022-10-27 00:30 | Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, California, 90049, United States
About the Event

The Bloomberg Green Docs competition was launched in November 2021 as a platform to encourage more climate-focused storytelling. Filmmakers from around the world submitted their short documentary films to compete for a $25,000 grand prize selected by our nine-member jury.

Our jury is John Fraher and Aaron Rutkoff of Bloomberg Green; actors Ed Begley Jr. and Sam Heughan; filmmakers Eva Orner and Oliver English; climate scientist Deanna Hence; Anna Jane Joyner, founder and director of Good Energy; and Jill Tidman, executive director of the Redford Center.

On Oct. 26, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, we’ll screen the top five films and announce our grand prize winner. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the finalists, the jury, and a community of fellow climate enthusiasts and filmmakers.

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2nd Asia Pacific Environmental Human Rights Defenders Forum
2022-10-25 08:00 - 2022-10-27 17:00 | Virtual Event
Environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) are at the forefront of the triple planetary crises of pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change. All EHRDs, as individuals and groups who, in their personal or professional capacity and in a peaceful manner, strive to protect and promote human rights relating to the environment, including water, air, land, flora, and fauna1, play an essential role in protecting the environment, supporting the rights of communities to participate in environmental decision making and calling out unsustainable development practices and illegal actions causing environmental harm. Their role is central to realizing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: a right that has recently been given universal recognition.

Following a landmark resolution adopted at the Human Rights Council in 20212, on 28 July 2022 the United Nations General Assembly recognized, for the first time, that a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a universal human right3. The General Assembly resolution affirms the importance of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment for the enjoyment of all human rights, and calls upon States, international organizations, business enterprises, and other relevant stakeholders to scale up efforts to ensure a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment for all. There is no time more critical to support and champion the role of EHRDs than now, to ensure that the right to a healthy environment is implemented for everyone everywhere.

Environmental defenders continue to be at the forefront of environmental protection, holding governments and businesses to account for environmental harms and upholding the rights of those most affected by environmental degradation. Environmental defenders fill a vital gap in spotlighting the inaction of primary duty-bearers. Despite the crucial contribution from environmental human rights defenders, they are rarely recognised and often neglected as significant drivers of sustainable and just social and environmental progress. Instead of lauding the actions of EHRDs, they are instead frequently subject to violent attacks and reprisals, stigmatization, arbitrary detention, and lawsuits. Environmental defenders who may be activists, journalists, Indigenous peoples, and members of local communities, who are at the forefront of sustainable development and good environmental governance, are often targeted and harassed.

Among the 615 human rights defender attacks linked to Business and Human Rights tracked in 2021, nearly 70% were against climate, land, and environmental rights defenders4. Data demonstrated that while attacks against EHRDs happen in every region of the world, Asia Pacific was the most affected region in 2021 with 247 cases. Most attacks occurred in India (49) and the Philippines (44).

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Verge 2022
2022-10-25 08:00 - 2022-10-27 17:00 | San Jose Convention Center, 150 W San Carlos St, San Jose, California, 95113, United States
VERGE 22 is the leading climate tech event accelerating solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time.

Join thousands of leaders — from business, government, solution providers and startups — working together to address the climate crisis across six strategic areas: clean energy, sustainable transportation, carbon removal, regenerative food systems, net-zero buildings and the startup ecosystem.

Learn from more than 400 thought leaders and practitioners addressing the climate crisis.

VERGE 22 offers valuable learning and networking opportunities for thousands of professionals from business, government, solution providers and startups.

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Navigating Energy Pathways for Climate Ambition: The implications of 1.5°C scenarios for Paris-aligned energy transitions
2022-10-24 11:30 - 12:30 | Virtual Event
Energy scenarios have a key role to play in guiding the energy system transformation needed to meet the 1.5°C temperature limit under the Paris Agreement. These scenarios can influence investor expectations and policy decisions.

A new IISD report aims to provide policy-makers, investors, and companies with information on how to align energy decision-making with Paris Agreement goals. It conducts an unprecedented analysis of the most influential modelled pathways consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C. The research shows a high level of agreement among these scenarios with implications for the phase-out of oil and gas and the ramp-up of clean energy deployment and investment.

The webinar will provide a first look at the key findings from this authoritative report highlighting the implications of 1.5°C scenarios for fossil fuel phase-out and renewables scale-up, barriers to those transitions and solutions to such challenges, and tools for governments and financial institutions to navigate the current energy crisis while maintaining climate ambition.

Panellists from intergovernmental organizations and the scientific community will reflect on the key findings of the report and discuss its implications for energy decision-making.

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CFA Society New York Sustainable Investing Group Meeting
2022-10-21 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual Event
The Sustainable Investing Thought Leadership Group provides a forum to advance the dialogue around the role of sustainable investing (SI) in today’s markets. Programs focus on current SI issues, including those related to fiduciary responsibility and risk management. Members seek to identify the challenges and rewards of incorporating environmental, social, and governance factors in security analysis.

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Understanding the ABCs of ESG
2022-10-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual Event
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues can have a material impact on investment risk and return. These issues, historically limited to socially responsible investors, are garnering increased attention and moving to the mainstream as more investors recognize their impact on investment performance.

Join us for an in-depth conversation with leading industry experts who will review broad trends across the ESG landscape and provide specific case studies of how incorporating ESG issues informs investment decisions.

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Total Health 2022
2022-10-20 10:00 - 2022-10-21 17:00 | Marriott Marquis Chicago, 2121 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60616, United States
Our healthcare system is unsustainable.

Burnout has reached pandemic levels, demand on services mounts dramatically, the cost of care continues to rise and populations suffer worse than ever from unequal access.

The time for change is now, but uncertainty is rife. While the pandemic showed us the power of what’s possible when the health system unites, healthcare leaders must work out how to embrace data-sharing regulations that provide more choice and power to the patient while transitioning business models toward a system of value-based care. It is paramount to facilitate employer collaborations in line with new standards in working-life, and work hand-in hand with a host of new direct to consumer disruptors that enter the market, vying with incumbent providers or health plans.

At Total Health 2022 CEOs, innovators, disruptors and policy makers will join forces to behind a vital mission: building a resilient health system through innovation to ensure gold standard of health for all.

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ESG & Climate Risk Summit USA 2022
2022-10-20 08:00 - 17:00 | Madison, New York
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Where ESG risk leaders connect, exchange ideas and make vital steps towards the new future of finance.​

The ESG & Climate Risk Summit USA is taking place in New York this October gathering senior ESG risk management and investment decision makers from asset managers, hedge funds, life insurance firms, pension funds and investment banks in the USA.

With an agenda steered by the Risk.net editorial team and our global advisory board and covering the most pressing issues facing ESG risk professionals, you will leave with new ideas, new connections and a new perspective on ESG and climate risk.

Key 2022 themes:

NET ZERO

As the ESG trend continues to grow, more clients want assurance that their portfolios are not contributing to climate change. As a result, banks, asset managers, and funds will want to consider:

Carbon pollution by company Carbon pollution by sector Carbon offsets

CARBON DISCLOSURE

With the growing demand for ESG data in order to become more net-zero, organizations are needed to participate in the climate movement. It is important for companies to give information on their carbon pollution in three tiers:

Scope 1 – direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Scope 2 – indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Scope 3 – indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the value chain of a company

Scope 3 disclosure is the hardest to monitor and we will discuss how to improve all forms of disclosure.

ESG DATA

In addition to carbon disclosure data, there are other aspects of ESG that can inform investors on a company’s impact on the climate and their financial outlook. This includes data such as:

Board/leadership diversity Human rights Water stress levels

CLIMATE RISK MODELING

Whether we like it or not, climate change is already here. What is important at this point is minimizing its impact and determining risk through scenario analysis. Climate risk modeling will help determine impacts on company balance sheets from paying damages, losses, or reductions in future potential profits. These are all impacted by growing:

Extreme weather events Shortages impacting supply chain Sea level rise/flooding

IMPACT INVESTING

Asset owners and investors are choosing to use their capital for the greater good. Companies and individual investors can be influential by:

Divesting from heavy polluters Investing in heavy polluters to influence company decisions from within Investing in climate solutions

POLICY

USA is much more ahead of other global regions when it comes to imposing climate friendly regulations. We will seek to explore what other regulations are expected in the future and how to stay compliant.

Climate Bonds Connect 2022 - Global Conference London
2022-10-19 04:00 - 2022-10-20 13:00 | Virtual Event
Global Conference – 20 October 2022

For the 7th year running, our Climate Bonds annual conference, now part of the Climate Bonds CONNECT event series, continues to frame the global discourse and agenda on climate finance.

As climate impacts batter communities on all continents, scientists agree we are facing a climate emergency and the window of opportunity to align our economies to a safer 1.5-degree pathway is closing fast. With so much volatility – where concerns about our planet’s future and its climate intersect with petrostate wars; food shortages; health pandemics; species extinction; cost of living increases and more, we have to find solutions fast. It will not be easy, but there is hope. The majority of the world’s institutional investors are aware of the risk such volatility poses to their portfolios if action is not taken. They have a mandate to ensure risk is mitigated over the long term – and they want to act.

Under the theme ‘Mobilising $5trillion of Climate Bonds per year by 2025, this year’s Climate Bonds Global Conference will include discussion sessions with opportunity and solutions-driven conversations teasing out the most relevant topics that bridge science, policy and finance. Top speakers, thought leaders, decision-makers and influencers will discuss the challenges and current trends that shape the future of green finance in emerging and developed markets, including topics on taxonomies, policy guidance and transition pathways.

Climate Bonds Connect 2022: Combining the power of in-person and with the reach of online participation

The Global Conference benefits from a hybrid (online and in-person invitation only) format, allowing for a wider global audience to be connected to the discussions.

The event will gather investors; asset owners; governments; banks; issuers; regulators among others and provide ample opportunity for networking and building connections.

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Moody's China ESG Information Disclosure Roundtable and the 7th ESG Webinar
2022-10-18 23:00 - 2022-10-19 01:15 | Virtual Event
11:00Welcome remarks Min Ye, Managing Director, Head of International, Moody’s Corporation

11:05Guest keynote speech: Understanding and integrating ESG into corporate strategy Yue Qi, Deputy Director, International Cooperation & Research, SASAC Research Center

11:15Keynote speech: How Moody’s integrates ESG into credit ratings Brian Cahill, Managing Director, Global Head of ESG, Moody’s Investors Service

11:30Fireside chat: Innovation and practice in green debt financing market Hao Shi, Managing Director, Country Manager for China, Moody’s CorporationNing Han, National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII)

11:50Roundtable discussion and Q&A John Wang, Vice President – Senior Analyst, Moody’ s Investors Service (Moderator)Daniel Wang, Vice President, Product Strategy – APAC, Moody’s ESG SolutionsYixiang Chen, Assistant Director – Senior Product Strategies, Moody’s AnalyticsPeiyuan Guo, Chairman, SynTao Green FinanceJoy Song, Vice General Manager, CECEP Environmental Consulting GroupAthena Ng, General Manager, Corporate Finance Department, China Overseas Land & Investment Co. LtdKatherine Han, Head of ESG Research, ESG Research Department, Harvest FundNan Luo, Chief Representative, United Nations Principles for Responsible InvestmentRebecca Wright, Chief Executive Officer, Asia Investor Group on Climate ChangeEddy Gan, Vice President, BlackRock

13:05Exclusive interview: Thoughts on Chinese financial institutions’ ESG disclosures Jonathan Qian, Director, Solutions Specialist, Moody’s AnalyticLi Xu, Chairman, Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank

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