LGT CP ESG Academy – investing with outcomes
3 – 5 June 2024 / 9 – 11 September 2024
LGT CP ESG Academy – investing with outcomes
Join us for this opportunity to meet other investors and industry experts to dive deeply into topics such as the SDG's, climate action and impact investing.
Speakers include industry experts both from academia and investment management. The LGT CP ESG Academy aims to facilitate active discussion and interaction, with the goal to enable an open dialogue and learning.
The LGT CP ESG Academy includes accommodation for two nights as well as all meals during the event days.
We are hosting the Academy on two dates:
3 – 5 June 2024
9 – 11 September 2024
As space is limited, we ask you to confirm your participation at your earliest convenience to secure a spot. Registrations will be handled on a first come first serve basis.
Agenda
Day 1
| 17.30 – 19.00 | Arrival | |
| 19.00 – 21.00 | Dinner |
Day 2
| 08.30 – 09.00 | Welcome and introduction | |
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Fiduciary duty, global developments | |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Coffee break | |
| 10.30 – 11.45 | The real science behind climate change | |
| 13.00 – 14.15 | Lunch | |
| 14.15 – 14.30 | Intro afternoon topics | |
| 14.30 – 15.15 | Round 1 - Innovation lab workshops in smaller groups (future technologies around climate solutions) | |
| 15.15 – 16.00 | Round 2 - Innovation lab workshops in smaller groups (future technologies around climate solutions) | |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Coffee break | |
| 16.30 – 17.30 | The future of ESG and impact data – Alexander Zanker | |
| 17.30 – 18.00 | Questions, conclusions and wrap-up | |
| 18.00 – 19.00 | Individual leisure time | |
| 19.00 – 20.30 | Dinner | |
| 20.30 – 22.00 | After dinner drinks |
Day 3
| 07.30 – 08.15 | Breakfast | |
| 08.15 – 08.45 | Reflections day 1/intro day 2 | |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Coffee break | |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Impact investing, a practitioner’s perspective, intro case studies | |
| 11.00 – 12.00 | Group work, discuss conclusions together | |
| 12.00 – 12.15 | Wrap-up | |
| 12.15 | Lunch and end of program |
*subject to change
External Speaker
We are pleased to announce that one of our external speakers will be the well-known Prof. Dr. Reto Knutti.
Prof. Dr. Reto Knutti is head of the Climate Physics Group at the Institute for Atmosphere and Climate of the Department of Environmental Sciences at ETH Zurich. He is part of ETH's Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) competence center and is one of the leading minds when it comes to objectively representing climate change. He and his research group are studying how increasing emissions of greenhouse gases are affecting the global climate. Using a variety of climate models, the researchers are developing methods to quantify future impacts on climate and to specify the uncertainties that exist regarding them. In 2018, Prof. Dr. Reto Knutti was awarded the Dr. J.E. Brandenberger Foundation Prize, one of Switzerland's highest foundation prizes, for his outstanding achievements in climate change research and for communicating his findings to the public.
Internal Speakers
Hanna Edström is an Executive Director and responsible for Liquid Markets ESG at LGT Capital Partners in Pfaeffikon, Switzerland. In this capacity, she drives the ESG agenda for the liquid markets including investments, communication and education. Ms. Edström is a member of the ESG committee for LGT Capital Partners. She originally joined the firm in 2008 and spent her first years on the investment side focusing on multi-asset portfolios. In 2017, she moved to Shanghai to work on a range of start-up projects, and then rejoined the firm in 2019. Ms. Edström then moved to the client relationship side, mainly covering Nordic clients before taking on the ESG role. Ms. Edström started her career as an investment officer at IKB Credit Asset Management. She holds an MSc in Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics and an MSc in International Management from the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS). Ms. Edström is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and is fluent in Swedish, English and German.
Keimpe Keuning is a Principal at LGT Capital Partners in Pfaeffikon, Switzerland, and he chairs the Private Markets ESG Subcommittee. Prior to joining the firm in 2018, he was portfolio manager for sustainable private equity at RobecoSAM in Zurich, a boutique investment firm focusing on sustainable and responsible investing. Earlier in his career, he worked for Fortis Bank as an associate director in investment banking in Amsterdam. Mr. Keuning holds a Msc in Tax Law from Leiden University and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA). He is fluent in Dutch, English and German.
Tycho Sneyers is a Managing Partner at LGT Capital Partners Ltd., where he has served on the Executive Management Team since 2001. He has initiated and led the firm‘s ESG efforts since 2002. He has chaired the ESG Committee since its inception and has steered the firm‘s efforts in deeply embedding ESG principles in the investment processes for its various asset classes. Mr. Sneyers currently serves on the board of directors of the UN PRI. Prior to joining the firm in 2001, Mr. Sneyers co-founded Altgate Capital, a research and advisory firm dedicated to alternative investments. Before that, he worked at Goldman Sachs in the Equities and Investment Banking divisions in London and New York. Prior to that, Mr. Sneyers worked at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in the Financial Services Strategy group, where he focused on international banking and insurance projects in Brussels, Luxembourg and Paris. Mr. Sneyers holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MA in Economics from the University of Antwerp. He is a Belgian/Swiss national, who is fluent in English, Dutch and French, and conversant in German and Spanish.
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