Agenda

Welcome

Thomas Gottstein, Chief Executive Officer, Credit Suisse
Pascal Besnard, Head Region Geneva, Credit Suisse

Introduction

Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse

UN Sustainable Development Goal 17 Partnership: Finance as a Force for Good

Chantal Line Carpentier, Chief, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) New York Office of the Secretary-General
Ketan Patel, CEO and Founder, Greater Pacific Capital

Moderator: Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse

Keynote: Partnerships in Impact Investment for the Humanitarian World

Robert Mardini, Director-General, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Partnerships Driving Sustainability Progress

Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board, Nestlé S.A, and Co-Chair, 2030 Water Resources Group Governing Council 
Thomas Gottstein, Chief Executive Officer, Credit Suisse
Dr. Juergen Voegele, Vice President, Sustainable Development, World Bank, and Co-Chair, 2030 Water Resources Group Governing Council

Moderator: Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse

Closing remarks

Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse

Opening Keynote: Fireside Chat with Mike Bloomberg

Mike Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg LP & Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Chair, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Moderator: Lydie Hudson, CEO Sustainability, Research and Investment Solutions (SRI), Credit Suisse

Global Markets Outlook: Investing for Sustainable Growth

Jingdong Hua, Vice President & Treasurer, World Bank
Rob Kapito, President, BlackRock
Angela Rodell, Chief Executive Officer, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation
Michael Strobaek, Global Chief Investment Officer, Credit Suisse

Moderator: Francine Lacqua, Anchor & Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg TV

Innovating for Impact: Initiatives and Investments to Protect Brazil’s Environment 

Luis Felipe Adaime, Co-Fouder and CEO, Moss.Earth
Fabio Alperowitch, Partner and Co-Founder, FAMA Investimentos

Moderator: José Olympio Pereira, CEO, Credit Suisse Brazil
 

Deploying Capital to Solve the Global Biodiversity Crisis

Avril Benchimol, Senior Financial Specialist, The Global Environment Facility
E.J. Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford
Paul Milton, Founder, Milton Group

Moderator: Oliver Withers, Biodiversity Lead, Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse


 

Innovating, Adapting and Investing in the Future

Rodrigo Garcia, CTP®, AIF®, Deputy State Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer, Illinois State Treasury
Dr. Geetha Murali, Chief Executive Officer, Room to Read
Kristin Groos Richmond, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Revolution Foods
Shankar Vedantam, Host and Executive Editor, Hidden Brain

Moderator: Mindy Silverstein, Senior Advisor to the CEO and Head of Client Strategy & Partnerships, Credit Suisse

Closing Keynote: Fireside Chat with Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE

Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder, The Jane Goodall Institute, and United Nations Messenger of Peace

Moderator: Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse

The Different Aspects of Sustainable Investing

Jeroen Bos, Head of Specialised Equity & Responsible Investing, NN Investment Partners
Professor Elroy Dimson, Chairman of Centre for Endowment Asset Management, Cambridge Judge Business School
Jonathan Golub, Head of U.S. Equity Strategy and Quantitative Research, Credit Suisse
Jessica Ground, Global Head of ESG, Capital Group

Moderator: Eugène Klerk, Head of Global ESG Research, Credit Suisse

Impact Investing Master Class

Dr. James Gifford, Head of Sustainable and Impact Advisory and Thought Leadership, Credit Suisse
Florian Heeb, Researcher, Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth at the University of Zurich

Opening Keynote: Reaching our Net Zero Ambitions

Mark Carney, Finance Adviser to the Prime Minister for COP 26 and UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance

Moderator: Lydie Hudson, CEO Sustainability, Research and Investment Solutions (SRI), Credit Suisse

Unscrambling the Alphabet Soup of ESG Reporting

Henry Fernandez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MSCI
Mary Schapiro, Vice Chair for Global Public Policy & Senior Adviser to the Founder, Bloomberg, and Head of Secretariat, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
Robert K. Steel, Co-Chair of the Board, Value Reporting Foundation, and Chairman, Perella Weinberg Partners

Moderator: Gillian Tett, Chair of Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large, US, Financial Times

Inside Views on Transition and Sustainable Bond Best Practices: Preparation, Planning and Pitfalls

Benjamin Cliquet, Head of Second-Party Opinions, Vigeo Eiris/Moody’s ESG
Michelle Horsfield, Climate Transition Manager, Climate Bonds Initiative
Adam Matthews, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, The Church of England Pensions Board & Chair, Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI)

Moderator: Dana Barsky, Global Head of Sustainable Finance, Credit Suisse

Energy Transition Across Corporates

Elisabeth Brinton, Executive Vice President, Renewables & Energy Solutions, Shell
Dr. Andrew Forrest, AO, Chairman and Founder, Fortescue Metals Group, Fortescue Future Industries, Minderoo Foundation and Tattarang Group
Dr. Lucas Joppa, Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft

Moderator: Tom Greenberg, Co-Head Global Energy and Infrastructure, and Head of ESG Advisory, Capital Markets and Advisory, Credit Suisse

People, Purpose, Planet: A Lens on Economic & Social Development Trends

Aron Betru, Managing Director, Center for Financial Markets, Milken Institute
Dr. Nannette Hechler-Fayd’herbe, Chief Investment Officer of International Wealth Management and Global Head of Economics & Research, Credit Suisse 

Moderator: Doug Beal, Partner and Director, Sustainable Financial Institutions, Finance, and Investing, Boston Consulting Group

Partnerships Driving Sustainability Progress

Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board, Nestlé S.A., and Co-Chair, 2030 Water Resources Group Governing Council 
Thomas Gottstein, Chief Executive Officer, Credit Suisse
Dr. Juergen Voegele, Vice President, Sustainable Development, World Bank, and Co-Chair, 2030 Water Resources Group Governing Council

Moderator: Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse

China’s Pathway to Net-zero and Hydrogen’s Role in this Energy Transition

Phineas Glover, Head of ESG, Asia Pacific, Securities Research, Credit Suisse
Horace Tse, Head of Asia Pacific Energy Securities Research, Credit Suisse
Gary Zhou, China/Hong Kong Utilities and Solar Analyst, Securities Research, Credit Suisse

Moderator: Erica Poon Werkun, Head of Securities Research, Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse

Opening Keynote: Fireside Chat with Darren Walker

Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

Moderator: Iris Bohnet, Member and Sustainability Lead of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Sustainability Advisory Committee, Credit Suisse, and Academic Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School

Disruptors: Feeding the future

Lou Cooperhouse, President & CEO, BlueNalu
Arvind Gupta, Partner, Mayfield
Jessica Vieira, PhD, Senior Director of Sustainability, Apeel Sciences

Moderator: Ryan Shadrick Wilson, Chairperson, Feeding Change, Milken Institute

The 'S' Factor - Social Sustainability on the Move

Jennifer Grancio, Chief Executive Officer, Engine No. 1
Martin Whittaker, Chief Executive Officer, JUST Capital

Moderator: SoVonna Day-Goins, Global Head of Social Sustainability, Credit Suisse

Technology Disruption

Bonin Bough, Chief Growth Officer, Triller, and Co-Founder, Bonin Ventures
Jennifer “JJ” Davis, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Dell Technologies
Katie Hill, Global Director of Business Operations & Power Management, Liquid Telecom
Karen Page, General Partner, B Capital Group

Moderator: Laura Barrowman, Group Chief Information Officer, Credit Suisse

 

Insights on the New Biden Administration’s Climate Action Plan

Dan Levy, Head of US Autos & Auto Parts Research, Credit Suisse
Maheep Mandloi, Renewables Search, Credit Suisse
John Walsh, Head of US Electrical Equipment & Multi-Industry Research, Credit Suisse
Mike Weinstein, Head of US Utilities and Renewables Research, Credit Suisse

Moderator: Betty Jiang, Head of US ESG Research, Credit Suisse

Closing Keynote: Fireside Chat with Roger Federer

Roger Federer, Philanthropist and Credit Suisse Global Brand Ambassador

Moderator: Sir António Horta-Osório, Chairman, Credit Suisse

 

China’s Carbon Goals - What do they mean to the Future of Our Planet?

David Murphy, Head of China Quantitative Insight (CQi), Credit Suisse

Moderator: Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse