This event, organised by the Responsible Investment Club and Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment, both at Imperial College London, will address how the urgent need to control greenhouse gas emissions, which are causing global warming, can bring about real financial opportunities for investors.
Large amounts of capital are at risk within current asset portfolios of institutional investors, which is difficult to eliminate through diversification. Experts, such as those at Imperial’s Centre for Climate Finance & Investment, expect a shift in investment from large-cap companies to smaller companies as new low-carbon industries emerge in sectors such as cleantech and digitalization. However, this change will require significant policy support, along with the legislative stability to reduce risk for long-term infrastructure investment.
Come to hear industry experts introduce the regulatory, technological and financial drivers that can promote investment in the technological and societal changes that can limit global warming to the Paris Agreement target of 2 °C, and demonstrate the future potential of a low-carbon economy.
Joining us on the panel will be:
- Meryam Omi – Head of Sustainability and Responsible Investment Strategy, Legal and General @LGIM
- Mark Campanale – Founder of the Carbon Tracker Initiative @CampanaleMark; @CarbonBubble
- Michele Giddens – Co-founder and Partner of Bridges Fund Management @BridgesFundMgmt
- Seb Beloe – Head of Research, Wheb Ventures @SebBeloe; @WhebSustainable
Moderator: Guy Turner @guyturner
Meryam Omi – Head of Sustainability & Responsibility Investment Strategy
Meryam is responsible for engaging on sustainability themes globally and developing responsible investment product solutions. She leads on the project to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects into the fundamental research of mainstream funds and to carry out sector/theme specific engagements on key sustainability topics, such as climate change, water and corporate tax policy.
Mark Campanale – Founder of the Carbon Tracker Initiative
Mark is the Founder of the Carbon Tracker Initiative and commissioned and was editor of Unburnable Carbon – Are the World’s Financial Markets Carrying a Carbon Bubble? In November 2011, which launched the ‘unburnable carbon’ capital markets thesis. More recently, Mark founded and is Chair of the Fish Tracker Initiative – www.fish-tracker.org – which focuses on limits to growth in the fisheries space. Mark is responsible for management strategy, board matters and developing their capital markets framework analysis. Their goal is to align capital markets with natural ecological limits to growth.
Michele Giddens – Co-founder and Partner of Bridges Fund Management
Michele co-founded Bridges Fund Management along with Philip Newborough and Sir Ronald Cohen in 2002. The firm is dedicated to sustainable and impact investment and has raised more than £800m across three types of funds: Sustainable Growth, Property and Social Sector funds.
Seb Beloe – Head of Research at WHEB
Seb is Head of Research and a member of WHEB’s investment team, where he leads the integration of sustainability analysis within the investment process, as well as overseeing engagement activities. Previously, he held senior roles at Henderson Global Investors and at the think-tank and consultancy SustainAbility. He has published several reports on sustainable business, and has been a member of numerous corporate advisory boards and awards panels.
If you are interested in finding out more abour Responsible Investment Club, then email Nick Spooner and Sarah Clements at responsible.investment@imperial.ac.uk to hear about upcoming meetings.
Read a blog by Nicholas Spooner and Sarah Clements “Financing the future through responsible investment”
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