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TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER
07.30 - 09.00	Registration
09.00 - 10.30	Signatory General Meeting
10.30 - 11.00	PRI Awards 2019
11.00 - 11.40	Break
11.40 - 11.50	Welcome to PRI in Person
11.50 - 12.00	Welcome from Lead Partner Jean Raby, CEO, Natixis Investment Managers
12.00 - 12.30	Opening Keynote Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy and Finance, France
12.30 - 12.45	CFO SDG Spotlight Cécile Cabanis, CFO, Danone In conversation with Eva Halvarsson, CEO, AP2
12.45 - 14.00	Lunch
14.00 - 15.15	1A. What global policy developments mean for responsible investors In recent months, the EU Commission has published its proposal for a sustainability taxonomy. The US Congress has held its first hearing on ESG and climate disclosures. Most policy makers accept that markets are not adequately incorporating sustainability issues, in particular climate change. As such, responsible investment-related regulation is on the rise almost everywhere. This session will: • explore policy reform in major markets, including the US, so far the non-mover ‘elephant in the room’; • ask regulators how investors are helping or hindering their policy reform efforts, and what they expect from PRI signatories; • discuss key regulatory developments, such as the EU taxonomy and the UK green finance strategy. Keynote: Rob Jackson, Commissioner, SEC Jérôme Brouillet, Head of Unit for Financial Stability, Accounting and Corporate Governance, French Treasury Satoshi Ikeda, Chief Sustainable Finance Officer, FSA Martin Spolc, Head of Sustainable Finance and Fintech, European Commission Directorate General for Financial Services Barbara Zvan, Chief Risk and Strategy Officer, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Moderated by Heather Slavkin Corzo, Head of US Policy, PRI Closing remarks by Will Martindale, Director of Policy and Research, PRI	1B. Boosting investor action to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion With diversity increasingly recognised as beneficial for businesses and in turn investments, this session will identify the lessons learnt and the impact of current initiatives to achieve a more diverse workforce, including: • why investors should care about diversity, and how to think of other strands beyond gender; • how investors can help to drive diversity in investee companies; • how the financial sector can work to eliminate social biases; • the role of legislation in driving diversity. Runa Alam, Co-Founding Partner and CEO, Development Partners International Sandra Kerr, Race Equality Director, Business in the Community Michael McAfee, President and CEO, PolicyLink Stuart Wilson, Head of Responsible Investment, Sunsuper Soliane Varlet, Women Leaders Equity Fund Manager, Mirova Moderated by Elena Espinoza, Manager, Social Issues, PRI	1C. The PRI signatory journey: Getting started Hear from signatories who recently joined the PRI, including: • why they joined; • their views on RI in their market; • how they are implementing RI practices across their portfolios; • the challenges they have encountered in this effort and how they overcame them; • the tools and guidance they have found most helpful as they develop their RI expertise. Florent Combes, Chief Risk Officer, Garance Juan Luis Rivera, Portfolio Manager, Moneda Asset Management Lorenzo Saà, Chief Signatory Relations Officer, PRI Miyuki Zeniya, General Manager, Responsible Investment, Dai-ichi Life Insurance Moderated by Matthew McAdam, Director of Asia-Pacific, PRI
	1D. TCFD: from reporting to using climate-related disclosures Support for TCFD is building critical mass. Officially backing it are over 800 companies and financial institutions, six governments and, thanks to the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), 36 central banks and financial supervisors. This session will: • discuss how to interpret the quality of reporting against indicators based on TCFD; • establish how useful disclosures are or could be in engaging with corporates and investment strategies; • provide updated analysis on 2019 responses to the PRI climate risk indicators. Francis Condon, Senior Sustainable and Impact Investing Research Analyst, UBS Hiromichi Mizuno, CIO, GPIF Curtis Ravenel, Head of Sustainability and Finance, Bloomberg Hilde Roed, VP Sustainability, Equinor Moderated by Martin Skancke, Chair, PRI; member, TCFD; board member, Storebrand	1E. The future for the PRI reporting framework A look at the headline findings of the PRI's 10-week reporting and assessment consultation, including: • what the main objectives of reporting and assessment should be; • how reporting outputs can be improved; • how outcomes and issues-based reporting fit into the Reporting Framework. David Atkin, CEO, Cbus Jon Duncan, Group RI Lead, Old Mutual Frankie Fang, Founding Managing Partner, Starquest Capital Elizabeth Seeger, Director, Head of Sustainable Investing, Kohlberg Kravis Robers & Co LP Faith Ward, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership Moderated by Fiona Reynolds, CEO, PRI	1F. Ensuring the private equity structure supports responsible investment What are the characteristics of private equity that support ESG integration, and why aren't they being leveraged? A candid assessment of industry progress, including: • how are industry shifts aiding the advancement of ESG integration in private equity? • the current market challenges facing LPs with responsible investment strategies, and how they are tackling them; • what is the fiduciary duty of private company board directors to consider ESG risks and opportunities? • how LPs and GPs can ensure their ESG interests are aligned. Michael Cappucci, Senior VP, Compliance and Sustainable Investing, Harvard Management Co. Philippe Poletti, CEO of Ardian France and Head of Buyout Activity, Ardian Chloë Sanders, Director, ESG & Legal, CVC Capital Partners Anders Stromblad, Head of External Management, AP2 Simon Witney, Special Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton Moderated by Jennifer Choi, Managing Director, Industry Affairs, ILPA
15.15 - 16.00	Break
16.00 - 17.30	2A. The role of central banks and supervisors in achieving the objectives of the 2015 Paris climate agreement At the Paris “One Planet Summit” in December 2017, eight central banks and supervisors established a Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS). Since then, the NGFS has grown to 36 Members and 6 Observers, representing 5 continents. This session will ask: • what is the role for Central Banks in the near-term regarding climate risk? • what are the implications for institutional investors? • how can investors support Central Banks in their climate mitigation activities? Lauren Anderson, Senior Advisor for Green Finance, Bank of England Rafael Del Villar Alrich, Chief Advisor to the Governor, Banco de México Morgan Després, Deputy Head, Financial Stability Department, Banque de France Olaf Sleijpen, Director of Insurance Supervision, De Nederlandsche Bank Moderated by Nathan Fabian, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, PRI	2B. Academic lecture: Carbon pricing in portfolios This lecture will discuss: • how carbon pricing should respond to the four fundamental types of uncertainty; • the components of the risk-adjusted carbon price and the expected discount rate of future damages associated with global warming; • some CAPM analysis of the implication of global warming externalities for trends in climate asset volatility. Rick van der Ploeg, Professor of Economics, University of Oxford	2C. The 10 billion people challenge: Building a sustainable global food system With the global food system under pressure from a burgeoning population and issues such as climate change, stakeholders are taking action and supply chains are changing. This session will consider: • the environmental and social issues in agricultural supply chains; • the efforts by companies and investors to transform these sectors so they are fit for purpose; • the obstacles to a sustainable global food system and how to overcome them. Rizal Ali, Vice President, Responsible Investment, KWAP Anand Chandani, Regional Director EECA MENA & Co-Head Agriculture Debt Financing, ResponsAbility Céline Soubranne, Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer, AXA Corporation Peter van der Werf, Director, Active Ownership, Robeco Yann Wyss, Senior Public Affairs Manager, Nestlé Moderated by Danielle Carreira, Senior Manager, Environmental Issues, PRI
	2D. Raising climate ambition through 2020 and beyond Taking stock of the Paris Agreement 2020 country pledges, this session will cover: The Investor Agenda: Xander den Uyl, Board Member, ABP Kristian Fok, Chief Investment Officer, Cbus Moderated by Joy Williams, Senior Advisor, Climate Strategy, Education and Finance, Mantle; Chair, Decarbonization Advisory Panel, New York State Common Retirement Fund Climate Action 100+: Emily Chew, Global Head of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance Research & Integration, Manulife Investment Management Kelly Christodoulou, Listed ESG & Stewardship Manager, Investments, AustralianSuper Anne Simpson, Director of Board Governance and Strategy, CalPERS Laetitia Tankwe, Advisor to the President of the Board of Trustees, Ircantec Moderated by Stephanie Maier, Director of Responsible Investment, HSBC Global Asset Management	2E. ASSET OWNER SESSION The crucial role of asset owners in mobilising responsible investment By implementing their commitments to responsible investment with sufficient scale and depth, asset owners can accelerate the development of responsible investment through the investment chain. This session will: • discuss how asset owners can create a multiplier effect throughout the investment market; • explore two best-practice case studies with an investment manager and a company. Nico Aspinall, Chief Investment Officer, B&CE Liza McDonald, Head of Responsible Investment, First State Super Soňa Stadtelmeyer-Petrů, Global ESG & Responsible Investing Lead, Allianz Investment Management SE Roger Urwin, Global Head of Investment Content, Willis Towers Watson Jimmy Yan, Special Counsel to the Chief Investment Officer, Office of NYC Comptroller Moderated by Will Martindale, Director of Policy and Research, PRI	2F. Artificial Intelligence and ESG: how is technology being used by hedge funds? This session will present the newly established OECD recommendations on artificial intelligence, which contributed to the endorsement this year of the 2019 G20 AI Principles. Additionally, from the World Economic Forum perspective, the session will present what opportunities the use of AI offers to investors and investment managers. A panel discussion will then explore how AI is used by hedge funds to respond to investor demands to consider ESG factors in their investment decisions, covering: • how technology is being used by hedge fund managers, with practical examples; • the governance and ethical issues surrounding the use of these technologies in ESG. Katherine Brown, Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing Initiatives, World Economic Forum Robert Furdak, Chief Investment Officer for ESG, Man Group Dr. Mathilde Mesnard, Deputy Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD Dr. Marina Niessner, Vice President, AQR Capital Management Dr. Gareth Shepherd, Managing Partner, G Squared Capital LLP Moderated by Marisol Hernandez, Head of Asset Owners, PRI
18.15	Transportation to Welcome Reception
19.00	Welcome Reception

Wednesday 11 September
08.00 - 09.00	Registration
09.00 - 10.45	Plenary: The transition to a net-zero emissions economy
	Aliénor Martin-Péridier, Co-Organiser, Wake-up Call on the Environment
	Keynote address Brune Poirson, Secretary of State attached to the Minister of State, Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, France
	Keynote address Dr. Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank
	Keynote interview Ben van Beurden, CEO, Royal Dutch Shell In conversation with investors from Climate Action 100+
	Michael Sabia, President and CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec Dr. Günther Thallinger, Member of the Board of Management, Allianz SE In conversation with Fiona Reynolds, CEO, PRI
10.45 - 11.00	CFO SDG Spotlight Alberto de Paoli, CFO, ENEL In conversation with Eva Halvarsson, CEO, AP2
11.00 - 11.45	Break
11.45 - 13.00	3A. The inevitable policy response: Preparing financial markets for climate-related policy and regulatory risks As teenagers march on parliaments, the pressure for climate-related policy increases from all angles – environmental, social and economic. Simultaneously, the levers for action are enabled by advances in technology. A forceful policy response with implications for the real and financial economy is thus highly likely. To prepare markets, the PRI will release a realistic forecast of this Inevitable Policy Response (IPR). This session will profile new research on: • policy levers for the IPR; • the need for business certainty and a just transition; • technology trends as drivers of policy. Kingsmill Bond, New Energy Strategist, Carbon Tracker Morgan Després, Deputy Head, Financial Stability Department, Banque de France Jason Eis, Executive Director, Vivid Economics Mark Fulton, Founding Partner, Energy Transition Advisors Sharon Hendricks, Chair, CalSTRS Moderated by Sagarika Chatterjee, Director of Climate Change, PRI	3B. The role of finance in human rights: What should investors be concerned about and what can they do? As the investment community increasingly recognises it has a role to play in ensuring that investee companies are addressing human rights issues, this session will: • outline the relevance of human rights due diligence to investors; • explore the avenues through which investors can facilitate real-world positive impact; • discuss how investors can identify and manage potential and actual negative human rights impacts within their portfolios. Seema Joshi, Director, Global Thematic Issues, Amnesty International Wilhelm Mohn, Head of Sustainability in Corporate Governance, Norges Bank Investment Management Maria Anne van Dijk, Global Head of Environmental, Social and Ethical Risk, ABN AMRO Moderated by Bettina Reinboth, Head of Social Issues, PRI	3C. Tailings in the mining sector: Opportunities for investor action With health and safety concerns about the management of tailings in the limelight, this session will look at how investors can proactively identify ESG gaps in the mining sector. In this session, we will: • discuss how to address the fact that the full extent of ESG risks posed by tailings dams in the mining sector is unknown; • explore how new technologies are impacting business models and improving safety standards, as well as opening new income streams; • identify other gaps in governance practices that investors should consider. Froydis Cameron-Johansson, Group Head of International and Government Relations, Anglo American Jaime Gornsztejn, Director, Hermes EOS John Howchin, Secretary-General, Council of Ethics of the Swedish National Pension Funds Moderated by Elena Espinoza, Manager, Social Issues, PRI
11.45 - 13.00	3D. Active Ownership 2.0: Refocusing on outcomes In an age of widespread institutional greenwashing, this session will: • present a vision for the future of active ownership, where activity is centred on achieving a sustainable financial system; • discuss the key issues raised and the implications for asset owners, managers and society at large. Nathan Fabian, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, PRI Hiromichi Mizuno, CIO, GPIF Susheela Peres da Costa, Head of Advisory, Regnan Dr Ellen Quigley, Advisor to the Chief Financial Officer (Responsible Investment), University of Cambridge; Research Associate (Climate Risk & Sustainable Finance), Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Endowment Asset Management, Cambridge Judge Business School Sacha Sadan, Director of Corporate Governance, LGIM Moderated by Paul Chandler, Director of Stewardship, PRI	3E. Integrating ESG factors in developed and emerging market sovereign debt Asset managers are formalising approaches to systematic ESG integration across all asset classes – and sovereign debt is no exception. The PRI’s new Practical Guide to ESG Integration in Sovereign Debt will form the basis of discussions on: • integrating ESG factors at the research, security and portfolio levels; • the data sources and materiality of ESG factors in emerging and developed markets; • the role of ESG engagement for sovereign debt investors. Claudia Gollmeier, Senior Global Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, Colchester Global Investors Nicolas Jaquier, Emerging Market Strategist, Allianz Global Investors James Lockhart Smith, Head of Financial Sector Risk, Verisk Maplecroft Michal Shinwell, Policy Analyst, OECD Moderated by Anna Georgieva, Manager, Investment Practices, PRI
13.00 - 14.15	Lunch
14.15 - 15.30	4A. Incorporating the Sustainable Development Goals into investment strategies The SDGs are becoming a well-known acronym in the responsible investment lexicon. But what do investors do once they have mapped their portfolios to the 17 goals? This session will: • explore the role of institutional investors in achieving the SDGs; • give examples of how institutional investors and PRI signatories are working towards the goals. Henk Groot, Head of Investment, Pensioenfonds Detailhandel Claudia Kruse, Managing Director, Global Responsible Investment and Governance, APG Asset Management Ritu Kumar, Director, Environmental and Social Responsibility, CDC Group Will Pomroy, Director, Engagement, Hermes Investment Management Moderated by Nathan Fabian, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, PRI	4B. ESG and passive investments: Are they compatible? AUM in ESG passive strategies investments have grown rapidly in the last five years, but there is still debate over whether ESG is compatible with passive investing. This session will: • look at the challenges – and opportunities – in considering ESG issues in passive strategies; • consider the issues relating to index construction; • cover frequently-asked questions about passive ESG strategies, with a focus on how to improve outcomes for asset owners. This will be a workshop-style session, with moderated table discussions. David Harris, Group Head of Sustainable Business, London Stock Exchange Group; Head of Sustainable Investment, FTSE Russell Catherine Howarth, Chief Executive, ShareAction	4C. Acting in concert rules: Regulations in key jurisdictions As investors increasingly engage with companies collaboratively, rules governing market power will become more relevant. This session will: • provide an overview of acting in concert (or concert party) regulations in markets including the US, UK and Japan; • outline what is permissible without declaration or regulatory sign off; • explain the process if a group of investors wishes to proceed with an action that may be deemed to be acting in concert. Peter Bevan, Partner, Global Practice Head Financial Regulation Group, London, Linklaters Satoshi Ikeda, Chief Sustainable Finance Offer, FSA Kalina Lazarova, Head of Governance, BMO Global Asset Management (EMEA) Takeshi Wada, Stewardship Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Moderated by Paul Chandler, Director of Stewardship, PRI
14.15 - 15.30	4D. ESG metrics in executive pay: The benefits and challenges This session will look at how ESG factors can be integrated into executive remuneration to incentivise and reward long-term performance, including: • whether investors should ask companies to consider ESG performance when determining executive pay; • how ESG factors can be tied to incentives. Benjamin Yeoh, Senior Portfolio Manager, RBC Scott Zdrazil, Senior Investment Officer, Corporate Governance, LACERA Moderated by Vaishnavi Ravishankar, Research Manager, PRI This session will be a debate, followed by roundtable discussions.	4E. Managing physical climate risk in infrastructure investments The impacts of climate change are no longer a distant phenomenon. 2018 was again a costly year for natural disasters in the US, Europe and Asia at $155bn, following a record-breaking year of losses in 2017. Together with members of the PRI Infrastructure Advisory Committee, this session will ask: • how should investors assess the future trajectory of potential risk? • What frameworks and tools are available to assess infrastructure and help inform investor decision making? • Is there a need to look at a stressed case for physical climate risk, and if so, how could this be done? Kate Bromley, Head of Responsible Investment, QIC Isabelle Combarel, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, SWEN Capital Partners Masaaki Nagamura, General Manager, Tokio Marine Jean-Yves Wilmotte, Manager, Financial Services, Carbone 4 Moderated by Simon Whistler, Senior Specialist, Investment Practices, PRI	4F. Investir en Afrique : opportunités et défis pour une finance durable ? Investing in Africa: opportunities and challenges for sustainable finance En partenariat avec Finance for Tomorrow Pour garantir une croissance africaine inclusive, résiliente et durable, le secteur financier a un rôle clé à jouer. Pour présenter différentes approches et solutions, cette table ronde confrontera les points de vue: • d’établissements financiers publics; • d’un investisseur privé en infrastructure; • d’une place financière qui entend jouer un rôle de catalyseur sur le continent. Boutheina Ben Yaghlane, Directrice Générale, Caisse des Dépôts de Tunisie Thierry Deau, President, Meridiam Lamia Merzouki, Directrice Générale Adjointe, Casablanca Finance City Authority Moderated by Lionel Zinsou, Co-fondateur, SouthBridge (delivered in French, with English translation available)
15.30 - 16.15	Break
16.15 - 17.30	5A. ESG in credit risk and ratings: From disconnects to action Aimed at participants with an intermediate knowledge of ESG consideration in fixed income assets, this interactive session will explore: • how ESG in credit risk analysis is evolving; • how ESG factors may affect credit evaluations and investment decisions differently; • practical case studies demonstrating the nuances of ESG assessments. Sara Anzinger, Director, Sustainable Finance Group, Fitch Ratings Hendrik Garz, Director, ESG Rating Products, Sector & Thematic Research, Sustainalytics Mitch Reznick, CFA, Head of Research and Sustainable Fixed Income, Hermes Investment Management Moderated by Carmen Nuzzo, Head of Fixed Income, PRI	5B. Innovative investor solutions for the low-carbon transition As society adjusts to a world in which low-carbon technologies are becoming the norm, investors too need to adapt in order to survive and thrive. This session will discuss: • key disruptive technology trends, from 3D printing to electric vehicles; • how institutional investors can harness the opportunities of the low-carbon transition; • examples of new technologies and how to tap into their potential. Seb Henbest, New Energy Outlook & Head of EMEA, Bloomberg Wayne Liubinskas, Co-Founder, Village Energy Henry McLoughlin, Director, Strategy, Capricorn Investment Group Juan Vicén, Co-founder and Chief Communications Officer, Zeleros Moderated by Bertille Knuckey, Head of Sustainable & Responsible Investment, Sycomore Asset Management	5C. ESG data challenges: Getting the most out of financial information The TCFD has shown that there are more than 400 reporting standards just for climate-related issues. For ESG in general, there are even more, which is not in the interest of either companies or investors. This session will explore: • the need for a global, standardised and comparable ESG reporting standard; • the PRI asset owner consultation and the work of the PRI with CFA, both indicating that the quality of ESG data is now the major obstacle for responsible investment; • the high level ESG reporting principles outlined in a recent paper published by a group of 7 investor organisations. Patrick de Cambourg, President, Autorité des normes comptables Lila Karbassi, Chief of Programmes, UN Global Compact Tim Mohin, CEO, GRI Egon Vavrek, Director, APG Asset Management Asia Moderated by Kris Douma, Director of Strategic Projects, PRI
16.15 - 17.30	5D. ASSET OWNER SESSION Choosing an asset manager and building the relationship There is no one-size-fits-all approach to selecting, appointing and monitoring asset managers. To help investors ensure that ESG mandates are met, this session will cover: • how asset owners should approach the task of selecting asset managers that can fulfil their ESG mandate; • how to ask the right questions to detect and cut through greenwashing; • how asset owners can get more out this relationship in terms of ESG service provision. This will be a workshop-style session, with moderated table discussions.	5E. Realising the SDGs: investment opportunities in emerging markets While most SDG funding needs are in developing countries, investors generally have a relatively small allocation to emerging or frontier markets. This session will: • provide an overview of why investments in emerging markets are critical to achieving the SDGs; • map investment opportunities in emerging markets; • give examples of successful SDG investments in emerging markets. Carla Chízmar, Head of ESG, Cifi Dewi Dylander, Deputy Executive Director, ESG, PKA Stanislas Pottier, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Amundi Lupin Rahman, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Sovereign Credit, PIMCO Moderated by Danielle Chesebrough, Senior Analyst, Investor Relations, PRI	5F. Finance responsable et formation : quels enjeux et solutions pour les investisseurs institutionnels et détenteurs d'actifs Responsible finance and education: what are the challenges and solutions for Francophone asset owners? En partenariat avec Swiss Sustainable Finance Ce panel échangera sur le besoin de l’accès à l’information des investisseurs institutionnels francophones , notamment: • Compréhension du rôle des investisseurs dans les marchés financiers • Comment définir une stratégie d’investissement ESG cohérente ? • Comment mettre en place la structure adéquate pour implémenter la stratégie ESG ? Sophie Elkrief, CIO, MAIF Anne-Catherine Husson-Traore, Directrice Générale, Novethic Jean Laville, Directeur général adjoint et Responsable éducation, Swiss Sustainable Finance Daniel Simard, CEO, Batirente Moderated by Marie Luchet, Director of Continental Europe, PRI (delivered in French, with English translation available)
18.15	Transportation to Dinner (subject to confirmation of attendance)
19.00	Networking Dinner (subject to confirmation of attendance)

Thursday 12 September

08.30 - 09.00	Registration
09.00 - 10.15	6A. Identifying and measuring company impact – lessons from public markets With the arrival of the SDGs and the Paris agreement, investors are facing more questions on the impact of their investees. As impact investing gains traction in private markets, there are key opportunities for public market investors to share their experience of tracking the impact of portfolio companies. In this session, the PRI, three institutional investors, and the Impact Management Project will: • showcase examples from investors in public markets – focusing on listed equity • outline approaches to measure, manage and report company impact • clarify the impact of companies, using Impact Management Project’s three categories of impact Jonathan Bailey, Head of ESG, Neuberger Berman Clara Barby, CEO, IMP Léa Dunand-Chatellet, Portfolio Manager, Head of Responsible Investment, DNCA Finance Piet Klop, Head of RI, PGGM Moderated by Kaori Shigiya, Head of SDGs, PRI	6B. Ensuring a just transition to a low-carbon economy inclusive of workers and communities The shift to a resilient, low-carbon economy will boost prosperity and be a net driver of job creation. However, there will be transitional challenges for workers, communities and countries if this shift is not inclusive and sustainable. In this session we will discuss: • what a just transition means in practice, focusing on the extractives, power and transport sectors; • how investors can help to ensure that the transition is inclusive and fair; and • how the outlook for a just transition differs across industries. Eniko Horvath, Senior Researcher, Business and Human Rights Resource Center Nick Robins, Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance, LSE Alison Tate, Director of Economic and Social Policy, ITUC Mario Tremblay, Chief Regulatory Compliance Officer and Vice-President of Public Affairs, Corporate Affairs and Communications, Fonds de Solidarité FTQ Hélène Valade, Head of Sustainability, Suez and President, ORSE Moderated by Nabylah Abo Dehman, Manager, Social Issues, PRI	6C. Plastic and the circular economy: Connecting the value chain The plastic value chain is extremely complex and changes to the system cannot be made by one player alone. Hosted by members of the PRI Plastic Investor Working Group, this session will explore: • the complexities of the plastic value chain and how it can work with the circular economy vision; • the risks and opportunities at different stages of the plastic packaging value chain for companies and investors; • how to effect positive changes across the plastic value chain. Michiel De Smet, Finance Programme Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation Pierre Hirtzberger, Directeur Général des Services Techniques, Syctom Gilles Swyngedauw, Marketing, Innovation & Sustainability Vice President, Albéa Peter Williams, CEO, INEOS Technologies Moderated by Gemma James, Head of Environmental Issues, PRI
	6D. Strategic asset allocation’s big challenges: Plugging the SDG and climate finance gap This session will consider how global themes such as the energy transition, climate-related risk and the SDGs can be incorporated into SAA decisions. Specific areas of focus will include: • whether the SDGs can provide a framework for integrating ESG issues into SAA; • the role of institutional investors in financing the SDGs and the goals of the Paris Agreement; • how this can be done without sacrificing long-term returns. Helga Birgden, Global Business Leader, Responsible Investment, Mercer Helena Charrier, Head of RI, CDC Madhu Gayer, Head of Investment Analytics & Sustainability, APAC, BNP Paribas Securities Services Craig Mackenzie, Head of Strategic Asset Allocation, Aberdeen Standard Investment Michael Waldron, Senior Energy Investment Analyst, International Energy Agency Moderated by Toby Belsom, Director of Investment Practices, PRI	6E. The EU taxonomy: What is it, and how should it be used? The taxonomy proposes a list of economic activities that are considered environmentally sustainable for investment purposes. This session will: • outline what the taxonomy is, and the methodology used to determine it; • discuss how the taxonomy can be applied to service lines, and what to do next; • explore test cases on using the taxonomy in practice. This session will be held under Chatham House rules. Fouad Benseddik, Director, Vigeo Eiris Nathan Fabian, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, PRI; Rapporteur, Taxonomy, EU Technical Expert Group Alyssa Heath, Head of EU & UK Policy, PRI Brenda Kramer, Senior Advisor, Responsible Investment, PGGM; Member, EU Technical Expert Group Helena Viñes Fiestas, Deputy Head of Sustainability, BNP Paribas Asset Management; Member, EU Technical Expert Group	6F. Devoir de vigilance et chaine d'approvisionnement : enjeux pour les investisseurs responsables Duty of care and the supply chain: issues for responsible investors En partenariat avec le Forum pour l’Investissement Responsable La France s’est doté d’une loi pionnière en matière de RSE : la loi sur le devoir de vigilance. Le premier exercice a montré que les entreprises découvrent le risk management de leur filière d'approvisionnement. Pour les investisseurs le sujet est clé car une partie majoritaire des risques qui pèsent sur les grandes entreprises proviennent précisément de leur chaine d’approvisionnement. Pour éclairer sur ce thème, le FIR a publié en juin 2019 un Cahier sur ce thème. Sophie Gaudeul, Confederal Secretary, CFDT Delphine Lalu, CSR Director, AG2R La Mondiale Dominique Potier, Member of the French Parliament Patrick Viallanex, Associate Director, A2 Consulting Moderated by Frédéric Vuillod, Fondateur, Mediatico (delivered in French, with English translation available)
10.15 - 11.00	Break
11.00 - 11.15	CFO SDG Spotlight
11.15 - 12.20	Plenary: The role of finance in addressing social issues James Cockayne, Director, Centre for Policy Research, United Nations University James Kofi Annan, President, Challenging Heights Timea Nagy-Payne, Founder, Timea's Cause Inc. Dante Pesce, Chair, UN Working Group on Business & Human Rights Moderated by Fiona Reynolds, CEO, PRI
12.20 - 12.50	Closing Keynote Address
12.50 - 13.00	Closing remarks Fiona Reynolds, CEO, PRI
13.00 - 13.30	'Grab and go' lunch
13.30	Close of conference

* Agenda is subject to change

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