3rd Annual ESG/Impact investing & Sustainable Finance Summit 2022- Speakers Announced
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Johannesburg | South Africa | May 10 2022. The speakers for the much anticipated 3rd Annual Africa Impact Investing & Sustainable Finance Summit- Southern Africa Forum to be hosted at the Mdluli Safari Lodge | Kruger National Park |?South Africa on the 26-27 May 2022 have been announced. The speakers drawn from the continent and beyond include industry thought leaders, subject matter experts, researchers, impact investors, Development Finance professionals, charities and foundations and many others. The summit in its 3rd year and which is part of our Africa series will bring together key stakeholders in the impact investing & sustainable finance space with a key focus on Impact Investing, Sustainability, Green Finance and Climate change. Coming in the backdrop of COP26, the summit will address critical and necessary interventions that investors, asset owners and managers will need to deploy towards achieving the UN sustainable development goals as well as to mitigate against climate related risks?
The summit will also explore the role of Institutional Investors, Development FInance Institutions, Governments, Faith-based organisations, Financial services providers, Foundations and charities plus NPOs, regulators, asset owners and managers in impact investing across the African continent?and will examine critical approaches and strategies towards climate action and social impact.?
Some of the Confirmed Speakers: ( a new list with all provisional speakers will be updated this week)
Event Overview:
The global push towards sustainable investing is gaining momentum and investors and asset owners are increasingly facing immense pressure to incorporate sustainable considerations which include Environmental, Social and Governance within all their investment decisions. ESG related risks pose and present new challenges to organisations, businesses and?economies -ranging from compliance issues, reporting, risk management and disclosures. Climate risk is now real and eminent -and investors and world leaders will have to play a pivotal role to drive the narrative towards sustainability through their actions and investment decisions.?Climate transition poses material risk to the sustainability of economies, businesses and investments across the globe.?
Covid 19 and Sustainability
Although Vaccine rollouts globally have had a positive impact in containing the spread Covid19, the pandemic has wrought havoc to global economies, disrupted livelihoods and changed how we live and interact. Covid19 has also exposed key vulnerabilities in key sectors; including healthcare, Food security, transport , education and trade- exposing millions to new realities, unanticipated new challenges and ushered in a new normal. Although the pandemic has not spared anyone, it has hit the most vulnerable groups in society hardest with the forced lockdowns, constrained movements leading to redundancies, retrenchments and reduced economic activity.?
This state of affairs has once again demonstrated the relevance of Impact Investing especially in view of some of the key sectors that resilience and preparedness was key in battling a global pandemic such as healthcare, education, agriculture, food production, logistics and transport, water and sanitation and energy. Africa Insights and Its industry partners will again host the annual Africa Impact Investing summit in March 2022 in South Africa and bring together key industry stakeholders to deliberate and discuss strategic approaches for mobilising and scaling up deployment of the much needed capital towards impact Investing in a Covid19/Post Covid19 era.?
?Key Themes & Topics:
The following topics and themes will be covered plus other various and relevant sub-themes;
? Impact Investing in Africa
? Impact Investing Post Covid19
? Impact measurement
? Gender lens investing
? Impact Risk
? Transformation
? Policy, legal & regulatory guidelines for impact investing
? Tech for Impact
? Mission Investing
? Impact risk/return trade-offs
? Impact/Green washing.
? Millennials, Activism and Impact Investing
? Social entrepreneurship, poverty alleviation and job security
?Target Sectors:
The summit will focus on Impact investments and ESG in key sectors such as;
? Climate Change
? Healthcare
? Education
? Agriculture & Food Security
? Energy
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? Water & Sanitation
? Sustainable Infrastructure
? Financial Services
? Housing
? Mining & Manufacturing
? Technology
? etc
Why Mdluli:
Why host the summit at Mdluli: -Mdluli safari lodger located at the majestic Kruger?National Park has achieved ICA +Impact Sustainable Development Goal Investment Grade core rating of AA+)..??
?SPEAKING AND PRESENTATION OPPORTUNITIES:
We welcome industry leaders and stakeholders, specialists and thought leaders to participate in one way or another for the success of this event especially given the circumstances global economies and communities find themselves in due to the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaker presentations should provide thought leadership and practical interventions that target one or a number of the sustainable Development goals (SDGs) or case studies on Impact Investing /ESG.
?PRESENTATION/ PAPER SYNOPSIS/ABSTRACT:
For consideration, we require a suitable and relevant paper with title/topic/theme within the broad impact investing themes/sub-themes and a 200-300 word max synopsis highlighting key talking points/highlights and summary key points of the paper/presentation. Our team of production specialists and industry knowledge partners will then have a look and revert for further details.
?FORMAT:
Indicate paper format-i.e, Standard Presentation, Case study, Academic Paper, Research, Survey etc as well as presentation option- ( Live contact or Virtual or Hybrid ). We have set the event as hybrid (live and virtual) but the virtual option will depend on the number of virtual participants we will receive by the end of registration period.
?DURATION:
We have allocated between 25-3O Minutes for standard solo presentations and key notes.
?PRESENTER/SPEAKER /AUTHOR BIO
Kindly also submit a brief summary bio with specific highlights on impact/esg/responsible investing related experience, qualifications and engagements. Company/organisation brief profiles may also be provided with the presenter bios.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Deadline to receive paper synopsis/abstract and topic is set for the 13th of MAY 2022 but presenters still have additional time to work on their presentations.
?We look forward to your submission.
?To partner or register email [email protected]?
Registration link: https://africa-insights.com/product-category/esg-impact-investing-sustainable-finance-summit-2022/
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