Virtual Conference 2021
ESG Ratings Forum
18 March 2021
08:30 GMT
Bringing together companies, investors & experts to discuss the latest issues in ESG ratings.
Join companies, investors and industry experts
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Learn about and discuss the latest issues in ESG ratings
ESG Ratings Forum
Join industry experts, investors and listed companies to learn about the latest issues in ESG ratings
including how stock performance is related to individual ESG ratings, measuring ESG momentum and how listed companies can improve and optimise their ratings.
Featuring presentations and interactive Q&A sessions with key note speakers and industry experts from the ESG community, this is the essential event for institutional investors, investment managers and sustainability professionals.
Thursday, 18 March 2021
Online from Anywhere
Highlights Include:
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Keynote speakers
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Live interactive sessions accessible from anywhere
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Q&A sessions
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Virtual networking
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On demand access for 3 months
Delegate fee: £295 + VAT
An ESG Investing Virtual Event
ESG Ratings & Metrics
Stock prices & ratings
Measuring ESG momentum
Dealing with divergent ratings
Companies
Improving ESG ratings
Integrating climate scores
Financial materiality
ESG Data
Artificial intelligence
Satellite imagery
ESG & blockchain
08:20
Introduction & Welcome
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08:30
ESG Momentum (1)
ESG Momentum Measurement, Premium & Impact
Pierre Lenders, Capital Fund Management
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09:00
ESG Momentum (2)
Ajeet Manjrekar, River and Mercantile
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09:30
AI & ESG Ratings
Antoine Mach, Covalence
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10:00
Case Study: ESG Ratings & Listed Companies
Matthias Berninger, Bayer
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Break
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10:45
ESG Rating Optimisation for Listed Companies
Varun Sarda, NatWest
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11:45
Divergent ESG Ratings (1)
ESG Rating Disagreement & Stock Returns
Philipp Krüger, University of Geneva
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12:15
Improving ESG Ratings Using Geospatial and Satellite Analytics
Maneesh Sagar, RS Metrics
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Break
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13:00
ESG Integration: Applying Materiality Insights into Portfolios
Andre Bertolotti, BlackRock
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14:00
Divergent ESG Ratings (2)
Stock Price Reactions to ESG News: The Role of ESG Ratings and Disagreement
Aaron Yoon, Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management (Talk based on article that is the winner of the PanAgora Asset Management Dr. Richard A. Crowell Memorial Prize with George Serafeim of Harvard Business School)
14:30
Divergent ESG Ratings (3)
Aggregate Confusion: The Divergence of ESG Ratings
Florian Berg, MIT Sloan School of Management
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15:15
ESG Integration: Assessing Companies in Emerging Markets & China Case Study
