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- Registration Opens
- Iwi Welcome
- Welcome from RIAA
Simon O'Connor
Simon O'Connor
CEO of Responsible Investment Association Australasia
- A Stewardship Code for New Zealand
Jorge Waayman•Erica Miles•Philip Houghton-Brown•Nicola SwanThe eagerly-awaited Stewardship Code will be launched at RI Aotearoa NZ 2022, providing guiding principles around stewardship for responsible investors in Aotearoa. Hear from experts involved in developing the Code about how it will drive stronger investor ownership practices to protect and enhance long-term value.
Jorge Waayman
Manager, ESG Research at Harbour Asset Management
Erica Miles
Director of West Nine Consulting Limited
Philip Houghton-Brown
Head of Investment Solutions at BT Funds Management NZ
Nicola Swan
Partner at Chapman Tripp
- The changing face of disclosure
Paul Gregory•Susan Quinn•Dr Amelia Sharman•Lee WhiteWith ESG and sustainability disclosures on the radar for regulators globally, including the development of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), being ready for the future of disclosure is now essential for companies and investors. Hear from regulators and standard setters on how the world is shaping up for consistent, comparable sustainability reporting.
Paul Gregory
Director of Investment Management and Acting Director of Capital Markets at Financial Markets Authority
Susan Quinn
Head, Policy and Advocacy at Responsible Investment Association Australasia
Dr Amelia Sharman
Director Sustainability Reporting of External Reporting Board
Lee White
Executive Director of IFRS Foundation
- Morning tea break
- Losing social licence
Victoria Harris•Frances Sweetman•Hamish McNicol•Steffan BerridgeThe response from investors was swift for DGL. What was achieved, and what can be learned to help us have a greater impact into the future?
Victoria Harris
Portfolio Manager at Devon Funds
Frances Sweetman
Head of Sustainable Investment and a Portfolio Manager of New Zealand equities at Milford Asset Management
Hamish McNicol
Co-Editor at National Business Review
Steffan Berridge
CIO at Kiwi Invest
- Te Ao Māori Investing-An Aotearoa New Zealand approach to responsible investment
Jo Kelly•Jodi Hayward•Fonteyn Moses-Te KaniThis session will explore Te Ao Māori. How acknowledging the interconnectedness and interrelationship of all living and non-living things can apply more broadly to investment finance and investment markets. We will showcase work with Māori communities to improve economic outcomes, efforts to scale up Te Ao Māori view within economics and finance, applying the unique Te Ao Māori view to investing.
Jo Kelly
Chief Executive at Toitū Tahua-Centre for Sustainable Finance
Jodi Hayward
Chief Executive Officer at Te Pai Roa Tika o te Taitokerau
Fonteyn Moses-Te Kani
Head of Maori, Iwi, Diversity and Inclusion at Westpac New Zealand Limited
- Lunch break
- Collaborating for impact
Katie Beith•Simon O'Connor•Conor RobertsIn response to the March 2019 Christchurch mosque terror attacks that killed 51 and injured 40 people, New Zealand’s government-owned investors, supported by 105 global investors representing approximately NZD$13.5 trillion, began a collaborative effort to engage the world’s three largest social media companies (Facebook, Alphabet and Twitter). Their aim was to strengthen controls to prevent the livestreaming and dissemination of objectionable content.
Katie Beith
Head of ESG at Forsyth BarrSimon O'Connor
CEO of Responsible Investment Association Australasia
Conor Roberts
Senior Communications Strategist at New Zealand Superannuation Fund
- Ending Modern Slavery: what’s next for investors in Aotearoa New Zealand
Gary Shaw•Måns Carlsson OAM•Arti Prasad•Min Wah VoonModern slavery is one of the top ESG issues for investors around the world. Now that Aotearoa New Zealand has held a consultation on a legislative response to modern slavery and worker exploitation, forced labour, people trafficking and slavery, what can investors expect? What can we learn from the experience in other jurisdictions? What role can investors play to strengthen our collective efforts to end modern slavery?
Gary Shaw
Social Impact Manager at KMD Brands
Måns Carlsson OAM
Head of ESG at Ausbil Investment Management
Arti Prasad
Senior Investment Strategist at NZ Superfund
Min Wah Voon
Program Manager at RIAA
- Afternoon tea break
- Conflict, war and the challenges for ESG – RIAA's Human Rights Working Group
Fauve Kurnadi•Pablo Berrutti•John BerryRussia's invasion of Ukraine has laid bare risks to investors in a world of constant geopolitical challenges. Companies and corporate executives are being prosecuted for being complicit in war crimes in other jurisdictions. This session will provide an introduction to corporate risk and responsibility under international humanitarian law, providing investors with all they need to know about doing responsible business in a situation of armed conflict, and what best practice looks like under the laws of war.
Fauve Kurnadi
Legal Adviser - International Humanitarian Law at Australian Red Cross
Pablo Berrutti
Senior Investment Specialist at Stewart Investors
John Berry
CEO of Pathfinder Asset Management
- Fuelling the transition. Insights from a CEO on financing emission reductions
Mike Fuge•Craig StentOn the couch discussion with Contact Energy CEO Mike Fuge. Unpacking the innovation required to move a carbon heavy organisation towards reduced emissions and Paris alignment.
Mike Fuge
Chief Executive Officer at Contact Energy
Craig Stent
Head of Equities at Harbour Asset Management
- Conference wrap up
Matthew Mimms
Matthew Mimms
Director of The Investment Store
- Official close of conference-Karakia
