Seminars & events

EIRIS events are free to investors. As part of our remit to increase awareness of environmental, social and governance issues EIRIS regularly organises seminars, often with strategic partners, on a variety of responsible investment topics.

Here you can find details of EIRIS' events for responsible investors, as well as information on conferences where we will be presenting. Please note that attendance at some events is by invitation only.

 

 

Investing Sustainably: Rio+20 and Beyond

How can investors invest sustainably to reduce risk and identify investment opportunities?

 

Date: 19 March

Time: 16.00 - 16.15 registration, 16.15 - 18.30 event, including drinks and canapés

Venue: The Great Hall, 20 Aldermanbury, London, EC2V 7HY

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Join us at this free event and find out how leading investors are approaching sustainability. Explore current and future sustainability concerns and discover how to integrate sustainability issues into your portfolio.

 

Keynote speaker: Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director & Trustee, Forum for the Future

 

Further speakers include:

• Adam Frost, Head of Governance, and Environmental and Social Research, Sarasin & Partners

• Alexis Krajeski, Director, Governance and Sustainable Investments, F&C Investments

• Amanda Young, SRI Officer, Newton Investment Management

• Stephanie Maier, Corporate Responsibility Manager, Aviva Investors

• Carlota Garcia-Manas, Head of Research, EIRIS

• Peter Webster, Executive Director, EIRIS

 

Key themes:

• Which sustainability themes are relevant to investors, and why?

• What does a sustainable investment strategy look like?

• How can investors integrate sustainability issues? How best to overcome some of the challenges involved?

• What should investors be asking for at the Rio+20 Earth Summit?

 

Why attend this event? Learning benefits:

• Gain insight into thought-leadership on sustainability
  
• Learn how leading investors are integrating sustainability into their portfolios
• Find out about EIRIS' Sustainability Ratings service and the philosophy behind our research
• Debate and take forward investor ideas for what to ask for at Rio+20 and beyond.

 

Space is limited for this free investor event. To register, please email events@eiris.org .

 

EIRIS is also organising a sustainability roadshow of events in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Paris and Stockholm in April 2012. Further details on these events to follow. If you would like to register your interest and to receive more information in due course, please email events@eiris.org.

For more information on EIRIS' Sustainability Ratings service please click here.

 

 

Your Management, Their ESG Mandate - What Do Asset Owners Really Want?

 

Date: 23 April

Time: 16.00 - 16.15 registration, 16.15 - 18.30 event, including drinks and canapés

Venue: The Great Hall, 20 Aldermanbury, London, EC2V 7HY

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This free investor conference explores stewardship and the resources available to help asset managers with meeting their ESG mandates and reporting requirements. Hear how asset managers can distinguish themselves from peers around ESG mandates.

 

Speakers include:

• Peter Montagnon, Senior Investment Advisor, Financial Reporting Council

• Dr Paul Cox, Adviser, The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)

• Diandra Soobiah, Senior Research Analyst, The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)

• Mairead Hancock, Head of Client Services, EIRIS

 

Key themes:

• What do asset owners really think of how asset managers manage and report on the ESG aspects of their mandates?

• What ESG reporting requirements exist and what resources are available to help meet these? 

• Best practice in meeting and reporting on ESG issues.

Space is limited. To register please email events@eiris.org .

 

 

 

New Series: EIRIS Analyst Conversations

Held to coincide with lunchtime in Europe and breakfast in North America, EIRIS Analyst Conversations give you our analysts' perspectives on the latest thinking on ESG issues.

 

Each EIRIS Analyst Conversation focuses on a specific ESG theme and provides an opportunity for you to put your questions to our analysts. Through radio-programme style interviews, hear how EIRIS analysts look at key ESG risk issues, how their knowledge helps them identify best practice and what analysts think are likely future developments in key ESG risk areas.

 

13.00 - 13.00 GMT

08.00 - 08.30 EST

14.00 - 14.30 CET

 

Upcoming Conversations:

• 28 February - Sustainability in the Food & Beverage Sector

  with Ran Sanghera (Research Analyst in the Consumer Goods & Services Team, EIRIS)
  

• 5 March - Human Rights Risks

  with Louise Tippett (Head of Resource & Pharma Team, EIRIS)

• 23 May - Fukushima Update: where next for the nuclear industry?

  with Alessandro Bracaglia (Research Analyst in the Industrials Team, EIRIS)

• 26 June - How to Track Global News Coverage of ESG Issues

  with Josh Brewer (Acting Head of Financials & Technology Team, EIRIS)

• 2 August - Sustainability in the Consumer Goods & Services Sector

  with Molly Betournay (Senior Research Analyst, USA Boston Office, EIRIS)

 

Have you got a question for an analyst? Email us your questions in advance or post it during the Analyst Conversation. We will try to answer all questions submitted, either during or after the conversation.

Conversations are open to investors. Space is limited.

 

 

Working Lunch: Taxation and Responsible Investment

organised by Christian Aid, in association with the EIRIS Foundation

 

Date: Friday 24th February

Time:12.00-14.00

Venue: St Mary-le-Bow Church,Cheapside, London EC2V 6AU

 

This working lunch will bring together responsible investment analysts, investors and NGOs to explore ways in which investors can encourage companies to adopt fairer, better and more transparent tax payment practices.

 

Tax avoidance has become a high profile issue on the political agenda. What is the relationship between corporate responsibility and taxation? What is the role of RI community in contributing to this debate?

 

Key themes:

• What tax issues are relevant to the responsible investment community?

• Find out about Christian Aid’s paper on tax and responsible investment

• What can investors do on the tax avoidance issue?

Attendance at the roundtable is by invitation-only.  If you would like to be considered for an invitation, please click here.

For more information please contact Dr David McNair, Principal Economic Justice Adviser, Christian Aid.

 

 

External Speaking Engagements

 

EIRIS and our partner organisations regularly speak at high-profile external conferences and events. Please see below for information on forthcoming engagements:

 

Date	Conference	EIRIS or Partner Representative	Location	More Information
2 February	Rumbo Responsable radio interview	Luisa Montes (Director, Ecovalores)	online	Click here to listen via the internet
13 - 15 February	New Ventures Impact Investment Forum	Luisa Montes (Director, Ecovalores)	Mérida Yucatán, Mexico	Luisa Montes will be speaking about responsible investment in emerging markets. More information
29 February	IMUG Company Day, "Nachhaltigkeit von Bankanleihen"	Stephen Hine (Head of Responsible Investment Development, EIRIS)	Hannover, Germany	More information.Stephen Hine will be speaking about the 'EIRIS Platform: competence, internationality, engagement'

 

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