Sustainable investing

Webinarium Mon 6 September 2021
time and place

Monday 6 September 2021, 16:00–17:00

Interest in sustainable investing continues to grow, and the pressure is on from end-clients and regulators for investment organizations to move toward a sustainable investing model.

Welcome to a webinar with Georg Kell who will talk on the future of sustainable investing in the context of decarbonization, digitalization and a changing geopolitical environment. He will share his thinking on the next stage of development, as well as on innovation in investment thinking and practice.

Erik Ljungberg, Head of Group Brand, Communication and Sustainability, Swedbank and Gustav Martinsson, Associate Professor in Financial Economics, KTH will also participate in the webinar.

Georg Kell is the founding director of the UN Global Compact and served as its director from 2000 to 2015. He oversaw the launch and buildup of a number of global initiatives, including the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the Principles on Responsible Management Education (PRME). Today, Georg Kell is the chair of the board of Arabesque, a tech company that uses AI and big data to assess sustainability performance for investment analysis and decision making. He is also the co-chair of the DWS ESG Advisory Board and spokesperson of the VW Sustainability Council.

The webinar will be led by Mia Horn af Rantzien, CEO at SNS.

The meeting is part of the seminar series SNS Sustainability Talks.

Registration

The meeting will be conducted as a webinar in Zoom. It is open to SNS members*, specially invited as well as press and it is free of charge. You can register by clicking on “Register here” above. You will receive an e-mail with a link to the webinar 1-2 hours before the meeting.

Participants can ask questions during the meeting, through the function “Raise Hand”, or in writing, through “Q&A”.

*List of SNS members/Information about membership

Warmly welcome!