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Moderator: Erika Karp, Managing Director and Head of Global Sector Research, UBS
Speaker: Kevin Parker, Sustainable Insight Capital Management
Speaker: John Fullerton, Founder and President, Capital Institute 

Description:
Is perpetual global economic growth possible within a finite biosphere? How can financial instruments be structured and deployed to nurture sustainability? Leading financial thinkers, with extensive experience at Wall Street firms, will discuss how they now approach investment analysis and explore what sustainable finance means today.

Speakers:
Dinah Koehler, Senior Research Manager, Deloitte Research
Linda-Eling Lee, PhD, Global Head of ESG Ratings Research, MSCI ESG Research
Lucas Mansberger, Institutional Investment Consultant, Pavilion Advisory Group (moderator)
Mike Mufson, Managing Partner, Redwood Investments

Description:
This panel will explore how environmental, social and corporate governance metrics are used to enhance shareholder value in terms of corporate practices, how those practices are measured and tracked by independent third parties, and how they are then analyzed from a fundamental financial research perspective to drive superior financial performance at the security and portfolio levels.

Speakers:
Peter Coffin, President, Breckinridge Capital Advisors
Stephen Liberatore, Managing Director, TIAA-CREF
Jennifer Christian Murtie, COO, Federal Street Advisors (moderator)
Brian Upbin, Global Head of Benchmark Index Research and Product Development, Barclay's
Barbara VanScoy, Founder, Chair & Senior Portfolio Manager, Community Capital Management

Description:
Incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into the investment process has been associated primarily with equity strategies, but this is changing as other asset classes begin adopting ESG strategies. Specifically there has been a surge in the fixed income arena. This panel will introduce three major sectors of the bond market – Corporates, Municipals, and Government/Agency bonds – that can be utilized as part of an ESG/Impact Investing strategy.

Speakers:
Tony Campos, Executive - Responsible Investment, FTSE Group
Holmes Hummel, Senior Policy Advisor for Policy and International Affairs, US Department of Energy (moderator/speaker)
Mijo Vodopic, Program Officer for Housing in US Programs, MacArthur Foundation
Karen Weigert, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago


Description:
Economic considerations are driving real estate developers toward energy efficient design and construction, and tenants are pushing demand. States and municipalities are launching energy efficiency and infrastructure initiatives, some available to institutional investors, that are providing jobs and addressing water, transportation and energy needs in local communities.  These developments have driven the market for investable products in green real assets. This panel will explore how the demand and market for green investments is changing, and where investors can play a role.

Speakers:
Bennett Freeman, Senior Vice President, Sustainability Research and Policy, Calvert Investments
Lisa Hayles, Head of Client Services, North America, EIRIS 
Heather Lang,  Director, Research Products, North America, Sustainalytics (moderator)
Amol Mehra,  Director, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable
Mark Nordstrom, Senior Counsel - Labor and Employment Law, General Electric Company

Description:
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are the most authoritative due diligence tool for identifying human rights-related risk across asset classes and portfolios. Endorsed by the United Nations in mid-2011, they continue to gain momentum. Panelists will discuss the Guiding Principles and a new guide from the Institute for Human Rights and Business, done in collaboration with Calvert Investments and the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility, that shows investors how to effectively integrate human rights into investment decision-making and corporate engagement.

Speakers:
Richard Eidlin, Director of Public Policy and Business Engagement, American Sustainable Business Council (moderator)
John Hodges, Director, Financial Services, BSR
Trisha Miller, Senior Advisor on Sustainable Housing and Communities, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Deborah Nisson, Director, Institutional Sales, ULLICO

Description:
This panel will focus on new developments, opportunities and complexities in private investment to finance public services, including public-private partnerships, infrastructure investments, and pay-for-success models. Participants will discuss how to evaluate models for investor and public needs, how public-private partnerships work in the United States and globally, and emerging areas of investor interest and concern.

Speakers:
Stephanie Braming, Partner, William Blair & Company
Maria Lettini, Head of Signatory Relations & Outreach, Principles for Responsible Investment (moderator)
John McCareins, Practice Lead & Senior Investment Program Manager, Northern Trust
Ciaran Murphy, Senior Relationship Manager - Institutional Asset Management, Neuberger Berman

Description:
In the last few years, several large investment firms have signed the Principles for Responsible Investment or otherwise made commitments to consider environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) criteria in investment decisions. Each firm’s culture, investment style and approach, internal resources, and goals influence the way it integrates ESG factors into the investment process. In this session the speakers will answer the following questions: Why go down this path? What role is client demand playing? How are firms approaching ESG integration and implementing the principles, and what challenges do they confront?