09:30 – 09:32 EDT

14:30 - 14:32 BST

Chair Opening Remarks

Presenter: Noel Hillmann

09:32 – 09:55 EDT

14:32 - 14:55 BST

Clarity AI Presentation- Maximising visibility in ESG regulatory reporting through the investment chain

Thomas Willman, Senior Product Specialist (Regulation), Clarity AI

09:55 – 10:55 EDT

14:55 - 15:55 BST

Panel Discussion: Maximising visibility in ESG regulatory reporting through the investment chain

Wendy Walford, Head of Climate Risk, Legal & General

Glen Yelton, Head of ESG Client Strategies, North America and EMEA, Invesco

Hannah Herold, Director of Sustainable Research, American Century Investments

Natalia Back, Associate Director, ESG Regulations, Private Markets, ManuLife Investment Management

Thomas Willman, Senior Product Specialist (Regulation), Clarity AI

QUESTIONS

1. Can you give us a brief introduction to your role, remit, and relevance of the topic to your day-to-day operations?
2. Are the FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels a real blueprint for the future of the ESG industry? Where is there room for growth?
3. Alternatively, is there any danger of these regional regulatory approaches becoming a detriment to the global investor? How can they better prevent greenwashing and other concerns?
4. Can a common definition of "sustainable investments" be achieved and how so? How can the term be better leveraged for reporting purposes?
5. How can investors have confidence that existing reporting structures and processes work – especially when it comes to determining how close portfolio companies are to their net zero goals?
6. How can emerging technology be better utilised to improve the accuracy of sustainability reporting outcomes? What are the pain points and potential remedies in this area?