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ESG as a Core Driver of Institutional Portfolio Performance

OCTOBER 30, 2017
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10 ON THE PARK
60 COLUMBUS CIRCLE
NEW YORK, NY

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AGENDA

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agendas that are diverse, not only in areas of thought and experience,
but in the broad range of attending speakers.

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Time Description
8:00-8:30 AM Registration & Networking Breakfast
8:30-8:45 Welcome Remarks
Christopher P. Skroupa, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Skytop Strategies
8:45-9:15 Opening Keynote
ESG Acceptance versus Application: Trends in Institutional Investor Asset Allocation
9:15-9:55 Kickoff — Pension Fund Roundtable
Pension Fund Appetite for ESG-Investments: Financial Valuation, Portfolio Allocations, Engagement and Voting Practices
Moderator:
Yovanka Bylander, Executive Director, ISS
Panelists:
Travis Antoniono, Investment Officer, Corporate Governance, California State Teachers’ Retirement System
Chris Fowle, Associate Director, Americas, UNPRI (Unconfirmed)
Gianna McCarthy, Director, Corporate Governance, NYS Office of the Comptroller
9:55-10:35 Development and Valuation of Human Capital and Corporate Citizenship: How They Factor into ESG Performance
Moderator:
James Maloney, Vice President, Public Affairs, American Investment Council
Panelists:
Geoffrey Burger, CEO & Founder, Portfolio Manager, Culture Capital, LLC
Robert McGarrah, Corporate Sustainability Attorney, Robert E. McGarrah, Jr., Esq.
10:35-10:50 Networking Break
10:50-11:30 Investment Consultant, Investment Advisory Panel
Research on ESG Generated Alpha: Benchmark Selection, Performance Measurement and Risk Assessment
Moderator:
Panelists:
Sylvain Château, Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder, Beyond Ratings
11:30-12:10 ESG Screening: Best Practices in Building the Investment Case, Building Off of Established Screening Platforms
Moderator:
Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane, Executive Director, Thirty Percent Coalition
Panelists:
Ulrika Hasselgren, Global Head of RI Strategy, ISS
Mark Tulay, Director, Strategic Investor Initiative, CECP
12:10-12:30 From ESG to SDGs: Pensions and Supranationals Shifting the Trillions
Presenter:
M Nicolas J Firzli, Director-General, World Pensions Council
12:30-1:30 Networking Luncheon
1:30-2:10 Company and Institutional Investor Panel
Structuring Valuation Models: Demonstrating Return on Capital Through Green-Related Premiums, ESG-Related Cost Reductions and Risk Mitigation Efforts
Moderator:
Louis Coppola, Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, G&A Institute
Panelists:
Chris Pinney, President and Chief Executive Officer, High Meadows Institute
2:10-2:40 Presentation
Topic TBA
Presenters:
Robert Dornau, Director, Senior Manager Sustainability Services, RobecoSAM
Martina Macpherson, Global Head of Sustainability Indices, Product Management, S&P Dow Jones Indices
2:40-3:20 The Use of Indexes in ESG-Related Performance: Assessing and Managing Risk, Volatility and Other Considerations Facing Institutional Investors
Moderator:
Panelists:
Raman Subramanian, Managing Director and Head of Equity Applied Research for the Americas, MSCI
3:20-4:00 Portfolio Management Panel, Part 1
ESG Investment Process: A Review of Best-of-Breed Portfolio Construction Practices
Moderator:
Panelists:
4:00-4:40 Portfolio Management Panel, Part 2
ESG Investment Process: An Analysis of a Portfolio Performance, Monitoring and Balancing
Moderator:
Panelists:
Bruce Kahn, Portfolio Manager, Sustainable Insight Capital Management
Mariela Vargova, Senior Vice President, Sustainability and Impact Investments, Rockefeller & Co.
4:40-5:00 Networking Break
5:00-5:30 Closing Keynote
Accounting for ESG: Taking Brand Value, Human Capital, and IP Valuation from “Intangibles” Into the Mainstream
Presenter:
David Post, ESG Research and Portfolio Management, SASB
5:30 Summit Wrap-Up
5:35 Networking Reception
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