2015 Program

2015 may well go down as the biggest year yet for responsible investment.

 

Consumer interest in responsible investment is surging whilst ESG factors are driving investment valuations like never before.

 

As a result, more financial advisers are being asked about responsible and ethical investment options, superfunds are hearing ever more frequently from their members, foundations, charities and families are aligning their investments with their beliefs, and importantly capital is shifting towards those companies and assets that are best managing financial and ESG issues.

 

As the second wave of responsible investment continues to gain momentum, the actions of responsible investors is being noticed – across media, government, the public, NGOs and beyond.

 

This complex and changing world is challenging to navigate, which is why this year’s Responsible Investment Conference is essential for those wanting to stay abreast of the issues that are driving change across capital markets – from financial advisers, dealer groups, platform providers, fund managers, listed companies, super funds, insurance companies, as well as charities, not for profits and beyond.

PROGRAM

Note this program is subject to change.

WEDNESDAY 18th NOVEMBER

5:30pm – 7:00pm

Networking Drinks (open to registered delegates via RSVP – limited numbers)

Tank Stream Bar, Sydney CBD

THURSDAY 19th NOVEMBER

8:30am

Registration Opens

9:00am – 10:30am

PLENARY 1

Welcome Address

Simon O’Connor, RIAA CEO

 

Keynote Addresses:

Martin Skancke – Chair of Principles of Responsible Investment, formerly Head of Asset Management Department of Norwegian Ministry of Finance, responsible for Government Pension Fund.

Responsible investors – in particular large asset owners –are increasingly being asked to respond to issues well beyond mere financial returns. With an ever more complex world, Martin will discuss the role of asset owners and responsible investors more broadly, he will provide insights into the Norwegian Pension Fund’s decision to selectively divest fossil fuels, including the role of ethics for all investors, and will address the role of regulation and political engagement for responsible investors.

 

Adrian Orr – New Zealand Superfund, CEO

Adrian will explore what long term investment really means for a large asset owner in an age where these organisations are rapidly becoming some of the world’s largest economic actors with the influence to shape society with their investment decisions. Adrian will also provide an insight into the global discussion around inequality, and the risks that it can present for economies off the back of his involvement in the Inclusive Capitalism initiative in the UK.

10:30am – 11:00am

MORNING TEA

 

11:00am – 12:00pm

PLENARY 2

Communicating responsible investment to engage your members and clients.

70% of Australians agree that superfunds should make responsible investments and avoid harmful investments, and yet only 2.5% are actively choosing responsible options.

  • What do we know about what members and clients want?
  • How do we connect and engage with members and clients?
  • What tools can help with better and deeper engagement?

Anastasia Cammaroto, BT Financial Group, Chief Information Officer
Jenni Mack, Sunsuper Trustee and Superannuation Consumers Centre Director

Kirby Rappell, SuperRatings, GM – Research

Samantha Duncan, LeapFrog Investments, Head of Impact

 

12:00pm – 12:30pm

In Conversation: Geoffrey Cousins AM on NGO’s, Investors & Business

With more of the NGO community focusing their attention on the investment community, Geoff Cousins will offer his view from both sides of the fence as to how and why investors and NGO’s should engage for strong constructive outcomes.

 

Geoffrey Cousins AM, Australian Conservation Foundation President and Telstra Non-Executive Director

 

12:30pm – 1:45pm

NETWORKING LUNCH

 

Side Room: PRI Australia Network Lunch

All PRI Members are invited to attend.

 

Liza McDonald, First State Super

Alice Prudhoe, Local Government Super

Arti Prasad-Nadu, QIC

Martin Skancke, PRI

 

1:45pm – 2:45pm

SESSION 3A

Emerging ESG Issues: Where does responsibility end for companies?

A look at supply chains, human rights and other emerging risks from a business and investor lens

 

Måns Carlson-Sweeny, Ausbil (Moderator)
Richard Boele, KPMG-Banarra
Dr Devra Davis, Environmental Health Trust (US)

Gershon Nimbalker, Baptist World Aid
Shalini Samuel, ACSI
Armineh Mardirossian,Woolworths Sustainability Manager

 

1:45pm – 2:45pm

SESSION 3B

How are Foundations getting more out of their endowments through mission aligned investing and impact investments?

 

Will Richardson, Impact Investment Group (Moderator)

Kylie Charlton, Australian Impact Investments

Gemma Salteri, Cages Foundation

Elena Mogilevski, Myer Foundation

 

 

2:45pm – 3:45pm

SESSION 4A

ESG opportunities: Where are the great opportunities to invest?

A look at the best assets, companies and strategies for long term value

 

Bill Hartnett, Local Government Super (Moderator)
Arisa Kishigami, FTSE Russell
David Deverall, Hunter Hall
Christina Zimmermann, Wellington Management

Steve Hatfield-Dodds, CSIRO

2:45pm – 3:45pm

SESSION 4B

A legal perspective: ‘Best interests duty’
What does it mean for advisers providing ethical and responsible advice?

 

Mike Josephson, Ethical Investment Services (Moderator)
Greg Chipman, EY
Martijn Wilder, Baker & McKenzie

3:45pm – 4:15pm

AFTERNOON TEA

 

4:15pm – 4:30pm

PLENARY 5

Launch of RIAA’s Discussion Paper on Policy for Responsible Financial Markets

 

Simon O’Connor, RIAA
Mamadou-Abou Sarr, Northern Trust Asset Management

4:30pm – 5:15pm

PLENARY 6

The Modern Fiduciary

What is expected of the fiduciary to remain focused on the long term in a world of increasingly engaged consumers, rising ethical expectations, ESG risks impacting investment outcomes and ever more pressing systemic risks.

 

Amanda Wilson, Regnan Governance Research & Engagement, MD (Moderator)

Matthew Kiernan, Inflection Point Capital Management, CEO
Anthony Rodwell-Ball, NGS Super, CEO
Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical Investments, MD

5:15pm – 5:20pm

Closing remarks
Pablo Berrutti, Chair of RIAA and Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Head of

Responsible Investment Asia-Pacific

5:20pm – 7:30pm

Post-conference Reception – drinks and canapes

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