Name: Social Factors as a Credit Risk: The Example of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Start: 2021-06-08T13:00:00Z
End: 2021-06-08T13:01:01.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 4.7

Welcome to the channel for the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). 

Here you will find webcasts about mainstreaming responsible investment from the PRI initiative. 

The PRI is an investor-led initative backed by the United Nations in partnership with UNEP Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact.

For more info visit: www.unpri.org

In this webinar, PRI and the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) will present the annual IPR 2026 Transition Forecast. The Forecast is informed by input from several hundred international climate, policy and sustainable investment experts via our Climate Expert Survey, conducted with Deloitte and undertaken post COP 30 in Brazil.  

The Forecast plays a unique role for investors and policy makers in reflecting global expert & market sentiment on the expected speed and scale of the transition in the short, medium and long-term across the G20. 

Confirmed Speakers: 
- Jakob Thomae, Head of Research, IPR
- Dr Nicole Röttmer, Managing Director - Deloitte Sustainability & Climate
- Alex Griffiths, MD, Head of Corporate Ratings, EMEA, Fitch Ratings
- Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
- Moderated by: Daniel Gallagher Ph.D., Senior Lead, Climate Change, PRI

IPR Transition Forecast 2026: What do global climate experts think the transition will look like?

How are investors turning climate strategies into real-world emissions cuts and climate solutions? Following an in-person presentation at PRI in Person in Sao Paulo, join us for the online launch of the Global State of Investor Climate Action (GSICA) 2025 to unpack the latest data, trends and case studies from across the globe.

Join us to find out:
- The actions investors are taking to address climate risk and opportunities in investor portfolios, corporate engagement, investor disclosure, and policy advocacy;
- The latest climate related trends, including private finance mobilization for resilience in EMDEs, globally and across regions
- Investor perspectives on where implementation gaps remain and how to address them.

Whether you are designing a net-zero strategy, refreshing your transition plan or responding to growing scrutiny from regulators, clients and civil society, this session will equip you with data, investor perspectives and case studies to strengthen your climate strategy.

Speakers:
Mindy Lubber, CEO and President, Ceres
Elizabeth Steiner, Treasurer, Oregon State Treasury 
Daisy Streatfeild, Chief Sustainability Officer, Ninety-One 
Maria Nazarova-Doyle, Global Head of Sustainable Investment, IFM Investors
Rahnuma Chowdhury, Investor Agenda Transition Plans Manager, UNEP FI 
Moderated by: Conor Ritchie, Head, Net-Zero Initiatives, PRI

The Global State of Investor Climate Action

Join PRI experts for a focused session on the 2025 reporting outputs, designed to help signatories make the most of their Transparency and Assessment reports. The webinar will show you how to access and interpret your data, understand assessments and benchmarking and highlight key insights and emerging trends. We’ll also provide a preview of 2026 reporting developments and conclude with a moderated Q&A.

Speakers
Andrew Easton-Fei, Senior Associate, Product Manager
Giulia Scaminaci, Head, Reporting Framework & Assessment, PRI
Toby Belsom, Director, Guidance, PRI

Maximising the value of your 2025 reporting outputs

The Quarter has delivered sharp policy signals for investors: U.S. retrenchment on clean energy, China’s record-breaking renewable deployment, and mounting pressures driving climate policy responses across the G20. These shifts coincide with nations preparing their 2035 NDCs ahead of COP30 in Brazil, submissions that will underscore an increasingly divergent global landscape. 

Adding to these dynamics, the International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July clarifying states’ legal obligations on climate change – with significant implications for domestic regulation, international negotiations, and litigation risks affecting both governments and private actors. 

Against this backdrop, our expert panel will assess the IPR analysis of the quarter’s most consequential policy and transition developments – and their implications for investors monitoring climate risk and opportunity.. 

Confirmed speakers:
Jakob Thomä,  Project Director, Inevitable Policy Response (IPR)
Lily Burge, Policy Manager, Climate Bonds Initiative
Karoline Hallmeyer, Senior Manager for Climate & Biodiversity Strategy, Deloitte
Jennifer Anderson, Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Investment & ESG, Lazard Asset Management
Moderator: Adele Shraiman, Specialist, Climate, PRI

IPR/PRI quarterly briefing – Climate policy signals ahead of COP30

Join PRI leaders and global investment experts for a high-profile session exploring how Pathways, the PRI’s latest offering, addresses the growing demands and complexities of responsible investment. Pathways will be accessible through our new portal MyPRI, which will centralise all PRI tools and insights to support signatories’ investment objectives. The session will also explore the future of PRI reporting and feature a moderated Q&A.

Speakers:
Cambria Allen Ratzlaff, Chief Responsible Investment Ecosystems Officer, PRI
Giulia Scaminaci, Head, Reporting Framework & Assessment
Wendy Cromwell, Vice Chair and Head of Sustainable Investment, Wellington Management

Pathways and MyPRI: providing signatories with better tools, choice and insights

Join PRI leaders and global investment experts for a high-profile session exploring how Pathways, the PRI’s latest offering, addresses the growing demands and complexities of responsible investment. Pathways will be accessible through our new portal MyPRI, which will centralise all PRI tools and insights to support signatories’ investment objectives. The session will also explore the future of PRI reporting and feature a moderated Q&A. 

Speakers: 
Kate Webber, Chief Solutions & Technology Officer, PRI  
Nathan Fabian, Chief Sustainable Systems Officer, PRI 
Takeshi Kimura, Special Adviser to the Board, Nippon Life Insurance  
Wilhelm Mohn, Global Head of Active Ownership, Norges Bank Investment Management

Join us for an in-depth look at the first PRI Advance Progress Report and an overview of key developments within the initiative over the past two years. After a short presentation, a moderated panel discussion will follow, drawing on insights from the report on investor stewardship activities, corporate engagement efforts, and progress of engaged companies. This will also be an opportunity to explore next steps for the initiative. This session will include time for audience Q&A.

You can view the report here - https://www.unpri.org/download?ac=23490.

PRI Advance Progress report: reflections and next steps

In the second briefing for 2025, IPR will assess a quarter marked by positive indications on the economic transition towards net zero in China & negatives from the US as global policy makers navigate trade & climate considerations in the run up to COP 30. 

Panellists will explore IPR's latest analysis of the transition landscape and underlying investor sentiment, amidst divergence across major trading blocs and regions. Speakers will consider how recent developments shape transition investment, and IPR assessment of investor views across G20 and major developing nations. 

Confirmed Speakers:
Jakob Thomä , Project Director, Inevitable Policy Response (IPR)
Magali Van Coppenolle, Global Head of Policy, Climate Bonds Initiative 
Sara Rosner, Senior Vice President and Director of Responsible Investing Research, AllianceBernstein

Moderator:
Daniel Gallagher, Ph.D., Senior Lead, Climate Change, Principles for Responsible Investment

IPR/PRI Quarterly Briefing - Global transition & volatility in Q2 2025

Join us for an informative session designed to guide signatories through the 2025 reporting process. In this webinar, we will provide an overview of the 2025 Reporting Framework, including:

- reporting requirements for signatories;
- new enhancements to the reporting tool; and
- available resources to support you throughout the process this year.

We will also host a moderated Q&A session, where participants can ask questions of our subject matter experts from the Solutions & Technology team.

Speakers:
- Giulia Scaminaci, Head, Reporting Framework & Assessment
- Andrew Easton-Fei, Senior Associate, Product Manager
- Yejin Hur, Senior Associate, Product Manager
- George Jameson, Associate, Product Manager

Streamlined PRI reporting in 2025 - what signatories need to know

In the first of the 2025 Inevitable Policy Response Quarterly Briefing series, the IPR team will present an assessment of major policy developments through the end of Q1 2025 and their long-term implications for the global transition to net zero. 

Panellists will discuss how investors can make sense of the transition as it takes uneven form across geographies, shaped by changing climate and policy landscape in the US, better than expected progress towards halting deforestation in Brazil and other key developments across G20 nations. 

Moderator:
Daniel Gallagher, Ph.D., Senior Lead, Climate Change, Principles for Responsible Investment

Speakers:
Jakob Thomä , Project Director, Inevitable Policy Response (IPR)
Lily Burge, Policy Manager, Climate Bonds Initiative
Luke Sussams, Head of Sustainability & Transition Strategy, EMEA, Jefferies
Dr. Nicole Röttmer, Managing Director - Deloitte Sustainability & Climate

IPR/PRI Quarterly Briefing - Global climate policy developments in Q4 2024 & Q1 2025

In this webinar, PRI and the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) will present the IPR 2025 Transition Forecast, informed by input from several hundred international climate and policy experts. Undertaken post the US election, the forecast will provide investors and policy makers with the latest assessments from IPR on the current and expected pace of climate, land use and nature-related transition in G20+ nations, and outlooks to 2030 & 2050.

Confirmed Speakers:
Jakob Thomae, Head of Research, IPR 
Jennifer Anderson, Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Investment and ESG, Lazard Asset Management
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
Moderated by: Daniel Gallagher, Senior Lead, Climate Change, PRI

Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) - 2025 Transition Forecast

With the federal government shifting from Democratic to Republican Party control, the PRI invites you to a webinar focusing on the upcoming changes in priorities, leadership positions, and implications for US and global investors.  
 
Join the PRI and US policy experts for a look ahead at what to expect from Washington, DC and across the states in 2025 and learn how this transition might impact your organization and responsible investment.

Speakers:
Charlie Schreiber, Principal at Mindset, former Senior Counsel of the House Committee on Financial Services under Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (NC-10)
Graham Steele, Academic Fellow, Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford Law School, former Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury
Heather Slavkin-Corzo, Principal, Mindset, former Policy Director, Securities and Exchange Commission
Moderator: Cambria Allen-Ratzlaff, Chief Responsible Investment Ecosystem Officer, PRI

US policy in 2025 and implications for investors

The PRI invites signatories to join drop-in and feedback sessions to learn more about the future of its emerging and expanding stewardship initiative – the Collaborative Sovereign Engagement on Climate Change.

This initiative was launched as a proof-of-concept pilot in 2022 as has been engaging in the Australian system for two years with the participation of 27 signatories from across the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America.

The initiative enables investors to work collaboratively to support governments to take all possible steps to mitigate climate change consistent with their commitment to the goals of the Paris Agreement, in line with investors’ fiduciary duty to mitigate financial risk and maximize long-term value of assets.

Following the initial success of the pilot, the PRI is now preparing for an initial expansion of the initiative in 2025.

Through these sessions signatories will get further insight into:
- The practice of sovereign engagement
- The Australian engagement
- The investor experience in the initiative
- How the PRI is approaching new market selection
- How the PRI is planning to structure the expanded initiative
- When and how signatories can apply to join

Signatories will have an opportunity to provide feedback and ask questions about the PRI’s plans and approach to market selection ahead of details being confirmed in Q1 2025.

Speakers:
Mariana Jordão, Fixed Income ESG Vice President, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Paul Chandler, Director of Stewardship, PRI
Peter van der Werf, Head of Active Ownership, Robeco
Tamsin Ballard, Chief Investor Initiatives & Collaboration Officer, PRI

Next steps in the PRI’s Collaborative Sovereign Engagement on Climate Change

The PRI invites signatories to join drop-in and feedback sessions to learn more about the future of its emerging and expanding stewardship initiative – the Collaborative Sovereign Engagement on Climate Change. 

This initiative was launched as a proof-of-concept pilot in 2022 as has been engaging in the Australian system for two years with the participation of 27 signatories from across the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. 

The initiative enables investors to work collaboratively to support governments to take all possible steps to mitigate climate change consistent with their commitment to the goals of the Paris Agreement, in line with investors’ fiduciary duty to mitigate financial risk and maximize long-term value of assets.  

Following the initial success of the pilot, the PRI is now preparing for an initial expansion of the initiative in 2025. 

Through these sessions signatories will get further insight into: 
- The practice of sovereign engagement 
- The Australian engagement 
- The investor experience in the initiative 
- How the PRI is approaching new market selection 
- How the PRI is planning to structure the expanded initiative 
- When and how signatories can apply to join 

Signatories will have an opportunity to provide feedback and ask questions about the PRI’s plans and approach to market selection ahead of details being confirmed in Q1 2025.

Speakers:
Claudia Gollmeier, Head of Investment APAC & MEA, Colchester Global Investors
Leilani Weier, Head of Responsible Investment & Sustainability, Rest Super
Tom Arup, Head of Stewardship, Sovereign Engagement, PRI

In this special event following COP29 and the US elections, IPR and PRI will assess the long-term implications for investors of these decisive events in the transition towards net zero. Our panel of policy and investment experts will examine the potential effects of the US election results on the IPR forecast of the transition and implications for responsible investment and climate action in the US.

The webinar will also feature initial results of IPR’s 2024 Climate Pulse survey of climate & sustainability professionals. See what your peers are thinking and share your views on policy and decarbonization trajectories via the 10 quick question pulse survey - https://forms.office.com/r/TqLefk2ASU.

Speakers: 
Gregory Hershman, Head of US Policy, PRI 
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative 
Nicole Röttmer, Partner, Deloitte 
Jakob Thomae, Head of Research, IPR 
Moderated by: Daniel Gallagher, Senior Lead, Climate Change, PRI

Special briefing with IPR: Net zero transition after COP29 & US elections

The 2024 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis is the most comprehensive statement to date. It calls on governments to raise their climate ambition in line with the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C. To achieve these agreed climate goals, the 2024 Global Investor Statement calls for a whole-of-government approach across five critical policy groupings, which will be showcased in this webinar.

For further information or to sign on to the Global Investor Statement 2024, please contact info@theinvestoragenda.com.

To sign up to the 2024 Global Investor Statement, please go to: https://theinvestoragenda.org/focus-areas/policy-advocacy/sign-on/

Call for Policy Action: Building Investor Momentum for a Whole-Of-Government Approach to Climate Change

Call for Policy Action: Building Investor Momentum for a Whole-of-Government Approach to Climate Change

Aligning financial flows with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is crucial for addressing harmful financial practices while upscaling finance that positively impacts nature and biodiversity. Resource mobilization for the GBF involves both public and private sector contributions, with the upcoming COP16 negotiations playing a pivotal role in defining the monitoring framework for the resource mobilization indicator (Indicator D3). This framework will assess the effectiveness of private sector support for biodiversity, ensuring alignment with the GBF’s objectives and contributing to global conservation efforts.

Effective monitoring and alignment of financial flows require a clear understanding of the definitions, frameworks, and practices that qualify as biodiversity finance. This webinar will present two key papers: the UNEP FI and Finance for Biodiversity Foundation’s (FfB) nature-positive paper and the EU Business & Biodiversity Platform’s paper on business models and investment for nature. Additionally, the webinar will provide insights into what to expect at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, and will feature a panel discussion on how financial institutions can enhance and track positive impact finance.

For any related questions, please contact:

 • Natasha Boric, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, natacha.boric@financeforbiodiversity.org
 • Jessica Smith, UNEP FI, jessica.smith@un.org
 • Sylvaine Rols, PRI, sylvaine.rols@unpri.org
 • Anne-Marie Bor, EU Business & Biodiversity Platform, a.bor@nextgreen.nl
 • Martha Bailon, EU Business & Biodiversity Platform, m.bailon@nextgreen.nl

"We need to talk about biodiversity" series. Countdown to Cali. Private sector contributions to resource mobilization.

This webinar will explore how social factors can affect credit risk analysis. Using the pharmaceutical industry as an example, given its high exposure to social risks related to customer relations, responsible production, equal access to products and services, demographic and societal trends, we will hear the approach of sector specialist credit analysts and of a debt issuer on how they consider these factors and assess their financial materiality.

Speakers include (more to be confirmed):
- Robin Usson, Credit Analyst, Federated Hermes
- Michael Levesque, Senior Vice President, Moody’s Investors Service
- Timothy Woodthorpe, Senior Vice President, Group Treasurer, GSK

Social Factors as a Credit Risk: The Example of the Pharmaceutical Industry

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