The Best Conferences and Networking Events for Impact Investing
Online + physical events to boost your skills and your network
Hello Impact Nation,
Impact investing is much more than its ROI (Return on Investment).
It’s a life calling.
It’s a revolution.
But you can’t create a revolution all by yourself. Nobody can. We need a community.
That’s why today’s newsletter (and one newsletter every quarter) will be all about cool conferences and networking events in impact investing.
And, if we've missed a cool event you know about (we probably did), just let us know by replying to this email or writing to our brand new Twitter account @ImpactInTech.
Enjoy!
This Week We Are Diving Into:
1. The Best Upcoming Conferences in Impact Investing
2. Good Gossip
3. News & Opportunities
4. Coming Soon: Interview with Nisa Amoils
Elisa
The Impact Lady
The Best Upcoming Conferences in Impact Investing
🏢 = Physical event
🌐 = Online event
🌐 Financial Inclusion Virtual Summit 2022
Where: Online
When: 31 May 2022
The upheaval of the last two years has altered nearly every aspect of our lives, and how we interact with our finances is no exception. But despite all the progress that has been made in the fight to facilitate access to financial services, the work is far from over. This Financial Inclusion Summit looked at how we can help promote financial resilience.
🏢 ESG Summit 2022
Where: Dublin (Ireland)
When: 31 May 2022
Featuring leading content, panel debates, keynotes and discussions, this inaugural summit will focus on transforming business for good. Aimed at business leaders, policy-makers and investors, this inaugural ESG Summit will explore how ESG matters translate into meaningful business decision-making and what it will take for responsible and resilient businesses to succeed in the long run.
🏢 European ESG property forum
Where: Warsaw (Poland)
When: 1 June 2022
Property Forum’s upcoming event in Warsaw will focus on sustainable development in real estate. Environmental, social and governance factors, alongside financial factors, are playing an increasingly important role in the investment decision-making process for many companies. Leading international experts representing investors, developers, bankers and advisors will come together at this event to discuss sustainable real estate strategies for the future and to provide a deeper insight by going beyond the buzzwords.
🌐 UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2022
Where: Online
When: 1-2 June 2022
Join this event virtually for over 24 hours of inspired conversation, purposeful networking, and meaningful takeaways. United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit brings together thousands of forward-thinking business leaders, SDG stakeholders, activists, policymakers and emerging leaders from across the globe who are taking action on SDGs and shaping the future.
🌐 ESG Integration Forum Asia
Where: Online
When: 1-9 June 2022
The ESG Integration Forum brought together investor relations, finance, sustainability, governance, risk and compliance experts to explore the underlying factors that have driven the rise of ESG, learn about investor expectations on ESG, deepen shareholder engagement, help companies identify and act on material risks, and better manage shareholder proposals.
🌐 Decarbonisation Summit 2022
Where: Oline
When: 7-8 June 2022
Covering topics such as solar energy, low emissions heating, plant-based diets, e-mobility and more, the Decarbonisation Summit will expand its scope and bring together national leaders across the world to make a tangible difference and propel the UK towards net zero.
🏢 Forum 2022
Where: Albuquerque (USA)
When: 7-8 June 2022
FORUM 2022 offers a unique opportunity to network with leaders of the sustainable investment community and to learn about new approaches, trends and policy developments in the field. This Annual Conference attracts hundreds of professionals including representatives of investment management and advisory firms, asset owners, research firms, financial planners and advisors, broker-dealers, and community development institutions and other nonprofits, along with policymakers and corporate leaders.
🏢 CBI Conference Series: Achieving Net-Zero
Where: London (UK)
When: 7-8 June 2022
Join this free event to gain insights on how the UK's net-zero strategies must adapt to the current global economic context, hear practical advice from decarbonisation experts, and contribute to the network of company leaders, policymakers and change-makers who will make it happen.
🏢 Responsible Investment Forum: Tokyo 2022
Where: Tokyo (Japan)
When: 8-9 June 2022
Join this event to dissect current allocation trends contributing to positive change. Reconnect with Japanese investors, global fund managers, and strategic partners to map out responsible and impact investment frameworks for positive growth in 2022 and beyond.
🏢 ESG FinTech Summit 2022
Where: London (UK)
When: 14 June 2022
Join this summit if you are senior financial services professionals who are driving their organisations to reach industry best practices in sustainability, social responsibility and governance.
🏢 Energy & Sustainability Summit
Where: Dubai (UAE)
When: 21-22 June 2022
The Summit looks at critical developments in the Alternative Energy space, examines key initiatives in the quest for Net-Zero, and seeks to understand what it means to be Sustainable in the Construction Sector. The event will feature leading industry experts and voices sharing their experiences and work in facilitating the region’s energy transition. A selection of landmark projects will be in focus as pioneering examples of how large-scale developments can lead the way in showcasing how sustainability and development can go hand in hand.
🌐 Environmental Finance Asia 2022 - Virtual Conference
Where: online
When: 21-23 June 2022
This event will focus on bringing together investors, asset managers, issuers, regulatory and policy professionals to discuss opportunities and challenges in environmental finance in Asia.
🌐 Responsible Business Asia 2022
Where: online
When: 22-23 June 2022
The Summit will help you achieve internal alignment on sustainability starting from proving the business case and achieving internal alignment on your ESG goals, to helping the attendees deliver a resilient supply chain, while navigating the regulatory landscape and ensuring strong stakeholder engagement.
🏢 Sustainable Investment Festival 2022
Where: London (UK)
When: 22-23 June 2022
Join this event if you are fund selectors, financial advisers, pension consultants, trustees, and scheme managers. The agenda is built to help them better integrate ESG into their investment portfolios and provide solutions for clients and investors that want to make a positive impact on nature, society, and the planet.
🌐 Sustainable FM Virtual Summit 2022
Where: Oline
When: 23 June-24 June 2022
Facility Management (FM) not only manages our built environment, contributing to our quality of life, but can embrace a range of social justice issues. IFMA’s Sustainable FM Virtual Summit will focus on FM’s relationship to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, as well as contribute to our expanding body of FM knowledge.
🏢 London Climate Action Week 2022
Where: London (UK)
When: 25 June-3 July 2022
London Climate Action week is harnessing the power of London for global climate action. LCAW is the annual event bringing together world-leading climate professionals and communities across London and beyond to find practical solutions to climate change.
🏢 Greenfin 2022: The Premier ESG Event
Where: New York (USA)
When: 28-29 June 2022
Corporate ESG ratings are now synonymous with reduced risk and higher returns. Meanwhile, loans and bonds linked to firms’ sustainability performance are skyrocketing. But the ESG marketplace faces a lack of definitions and standards and more than a little criticism. GreenFin 22 will convene an invitation-only audience of sustainability, finance and investment leaders to share insights, address the key challenges and showcase leading sustainable financial products and services.
🏢 Climate Investment Summit 2022
Where: London
When: 28-29 June 2022
We look forward to welcoming you to the premier Summit welcoming cross-sector leaders to present market opportunities, transformative policies and green investments for the accelerated achievement of the transition to a climate and energy safe future for all whilst reaching 2030 climate targets and a net-zero transition by 2050.
🌐 Invest Africa - Redefinition of Agriculture
Where: Online
When: 30 June 2022
This event is about Africa’s agricultural sector. The well-developed commercial farming in Africa is the backbone of the continent’s agricultural economy. Agriculture plays a key role in food security in Africa and plays a crucial role in the economic sector, accounting for between 40%-65% of the continent's jobs.
🌐 Africa Sustainability Summit 2022
Where: Online
When: 30 June 2022
Join this Summit to connect with like-minded business leaders, investors, industry experts, professionals, stakeholders, innovators and entrepreneurs, to learn opportunities, and gain the latest updates, economic trends, insights, perspectives, strategies and practical best practices.
🏢 ESG Central Summit
Where: Chicago (USA)
When: 30 June 2022
The ESG Central Summit is a one-day meeting of 100+ institutional investors from across the midwest. Attendees include CIOs from public and private pension plans, foundations, endowments, and consultants. Join leading institutions for a day of panel discussions, presentations, and Q&A on issues across Sustainability, the Transition from Stewardship to Integration, Impact Investing, Greenwashing, Proper Disclosures, Responsible Investing and more.
Good Gossip
Congrats to …
Eimear Palmer ↪ has been appointed Partner and Global Head of ESG at Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor
Monica Vinay ↪ has been appointed Interim CFO at Myers Industries, Inc., a leading manufacturer of a wide range of polymer products for industrial, agricultural, automotive, commercial and consumer markets.
Kelly Stark-Anderson ↪ has been appointed Board of Directors at Mountain Province Diamonds Inc., a Canadian diamond company.
Weihao (Michael) Chen, Jun Liu, Qianli Liu and Shaoqiang (Gary) Liu ↪ have been appointed to the Board of Directors at Luckin Coffee Inc., a coffee company and coffeehouse chain.
Flowcarbon ↪ raised a total of $70M to tokenize carbon credits and build an on-chain market. Lead investors: a16z crypto, General Catalyst, Samsung Next, Invesco Private Capital, 166 2nd, Sam and Ashley Levinson, Kevin Turen, RSE Ventures, and Allegory Labs. Other investors: Fifth Wall, Box Group, and the Celo Foundation.
Pachama ↪ raised $55M in a Series B funding to advance the scale and integrity of carbon markets and the role of technology in accelerating deployment. Lead investors: Future Positive. Other Investors: Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and Lower Carbon Capital, Ellen Degeneres, Portia De Rossi, Plus Capital, ReGen Ventures, 20VC, and Alexis Ohanian.
Formally ↪ raised $2.3M in a pre-seed round to build a legal collaboration and data-sharing platform that makes legal work simple, transparent, and secure. Lead Investor: Bessemer Venture Partners
Volvo Cars ↪ raised €500 million to become a fully electric carmaker by 2030 and climate-neutral and circular by 2040. Investment tool: 6-year fixed-rate senior unsecured green bond was issued under Volvo Cars’ Euro Medium Term Note Program.
News & Opportunities
Applications are open for the Global Good Fund Fellowship program. The Fellowship is a 12-month program training and supporting social enterprise leaders across the globe.
Deutsche Bank forces vendors to provide ESG ratings. The business of ESG rating companies is headed for exponential growth.
BlackRock and UN Women to Promote Gender Lens Investing. BlackRock and UN Women - the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and women’s empowerment - have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the growth of gender lens investing.
U.S. regulator SEC increases disclosure requirements for ESG funds. The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed two rule changes to prevent misleading or deceptive claims by U.S. funds on their environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) qualifications and increase disclosure requirements for those funds.
Austria issues EUR green bond. While other EU countries have targeted long-term green debt (e.g. Italy issued €8.5 billion of 20-year green bonds), Austria aims to issue 20% of its bond in short-term debt.
🚀 COMING SOON
The Toolbox For Impact Investing in Metaverse - With Elisa Giudici, Co-Founder of Impact Investing in Tech
Video interview available from Thursday - Stay tuned
It should not be necessary to add any disclaimer but … Let’s say it anyway! This is not financial or tax advice. This newsletter is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. DYOR - Do Your Own Research!