Reuters, the world’s largest multimedia news provider, today announced the release of the two-day agenda-setting Reuters Events: ESG Investment Europe 2022 summit, uniting all corners of the European ESG Investment community to discuss how to balance their fiduciary responsibilities with the needs of a world in crisis. 

From 22-23 November 2022, Reuters Events: ESG Investment Europe will bring together more than 300 in-person attendees to hear from the most influential asset owners, asset managers, policy makers, standard setters, regulators, solution providers, and NGOs from across finance and government as they reimagine what’s possible through sustainable, socially conscious investing.

Developed in collaboration with Reuters award-winning newsroom, Reuters Events: ESG Investment Europe 2022 will take place in London with an industry-leading array of panels, presentations, workshops, and fireside chats designed for the European financial community, by the European financial community, to respond to the growing set of demands the world is now placing upon their shoulders.

The in-person summit is built upon five core, intersecting pillars: Charting the Course of a Just Transition; Shining a Spotlight on Accountability; Responding to a Changing Regulatory Landscape; Overcoming Issues Inherent to Data and Metrics; and Maximising Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement. Leading speakers at the annual summit include:

• Catherine Howarth, CEO, ShareAction
• Sarah Gordon, CEO, Impact Investing Institute 
• Magnus Billing, CEO, Alecta
• Rachel Elwell, CEO, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership 
• Maxfield Weiss, Executive Director – Europe, CDP
• Victor van Hoorn, Executive Director, Eurosif
• Marg Franklin, CEO, CFA Institute 
• Innes McKeand, Head of Equities, Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)
• Richard Gröttheim, CEO, Sjunde AP-Fonden (AP7)
• Mark Fawcett, CIO, Nest 
• David Craig, Co-Chair, TNFD
• Leanne Clements, Head of Stewardship – UK/EU, Carbon Tracker Initiative
• Robert Adamcyzk, Senior Advisor; Member of the EFRAG expert working group on CSRD and EU Platform for Sustainable Finance, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• Rossitsa Stoyanova, CIO, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO)
• Elise Attal, Head of EU and UK Policy, United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI)
• Mardi McBrien, Managing Director, IFRS
• Bahar Malavan Naryndji, Head of Compliance, Andra AP-Fonden (AP2)
• Nicolette Barlett, Chief Impact Officer, CDP
• Kerrie Warring, CEO, ICGN
• Clara Barby, Senior Partner; CEO of Impact Management Project; Project Lead for the Establishment of the ISSB, Just Climate 
• Jessica Ground, Global Head of ESG, Capital Group 
• Councillor Roger Phillips, Chair of Advisory Board, Local Government Pension Scheme 

Bahar Malavan Naryndji, Head of Compliance at Andra AP-Fonden and former UN Human Rights Council Delegate, said Reuters Events: ESG Investment Europe 2022 offers a “truly impressive program with so much valuable content that touches upon the merger of the ESG factors in sustainability success”.

The inaugural virtual summit in 2021 had 3000+ attendees and over 40 speakers including: Magnus Billing, CEO, Alecta; Deanne Stewart, CEO, Aware Super; Allan Polack, Group CEO, PFA Pension; Dame Elizabeth Corley, Chair, Impact Investing Institute; Niklas Ekvall, CEO, Fjarde AP-Fonden; Kristin Magnusson Bernard, CEO, Första AP-Fonden; Simon Pilcher, CEO, Universities Superannuation Scheme Investment Management; Denis Duverne, Chairman of the Board, AXA; Chris Rule, CEO, Local Pensions Partnership Investments; Peter Harrison, Group CEO, Schroders; Valérie Baudson, CEO, Amundi; Dr. Guido Fürer, Group CIO, Member of the Group Executive Committee, Swiss Re; Philippe Brassac, CEO, Credit Agricole; Chuka Umunna, Head of EMEA ESG, JP Morgan; John Howchin, Secretary General, Council of Ethics for Swedish Pension Funds; Bahar Malavan Naryndji, Head of Compliance, Andra AP-Fonden; Pontus Von Essen, Head of FI/FX & Alpha, Sjunde AP-Fonden; Curtis Ravenel, Secretariat, TCFD; Sarah Gordon, CEO, Impact Investing Institute; Marg Franklin, President and CEO, CFA Institute; Alexander Stafford, MP, Chair of the APPG for ESG, UK Government; Maxfield Weiss, Executive Director, Europe, CDP; Erik Eliasson, Head of Sustainable Investments, Danske Bank.