ICE Climate and Capital Conference
Agenda & Speakers
Opening
8 - 9 a.m.
Breakfast & Registration
9 - 9:05 a.m.
Opening Remarks
- Elizabeth King, President, Sustainable Finance & Chief Regulatory Officer, ICE
Adaptation
9:05 - 9:20 a.m.
Opening Keynote Address
- David Craig, Co-Chair, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
9:20 - 9:50 a.m.
Valuing Nature: The Importance of Biodiversity in Assessing Investment Risk
Attributing economic value to natural capital comes with inherent tension given its worth goes far beyond money. However, ensuring that the capital markets understand the interaction of natural capital, and specifically biodiversity, with investment risk and opportunity necessitates a common language. This panel convenes asset managers at various stages of integrating these concerns into their investment processes and engagement strategies, covering how new standards will influence their approach and how these topics impact different types of issuers and investors.
- Penelope Jackson, Director of Business Development, Gitterman Asset Management (Moderator)
- Shanu Mathew, Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Analyst, Lazard
- Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability, North America, Schroders
- Ingrid Kukuljan, Head of Impact & Sustainable Investing, Federated Hermes
9:50 - 10:10 a.m.
Fireside Chat: Using Debt Markets to Fund Adaptation and Transition
- Elizabeth King, President, Sustainable Finance & Chief Regulatory Officer, ICE (Moderator)
- Kamran Khan, Managing Director, Head of ESG for Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank
10:10 - 10:35 a.m.
Adapting to climate through Transition planning
What are the tangible steps companies can take to build resilience and improve company performance? Charlene from AT&T will describe efforts ranging from improved internal climate risk management to innovative partnerships aimed at building community resilience. Spencer Gordon from Probable Futures will provide a broader perspective on the areas of greatest risk/opportunity.
- Eric Olson, North America Sustainability Strategy Lead, Managing Director, Accenture (Moderator)
- Charlene Lake, Chief Sustainability Officer, Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, AT&T Foundation Chair, AT&T Services
- Spencer Glendon, Founder, Probable Futures
10:35 - 11:05 a.m.
Morning break
11:05 - 11:25 a.m.
Energy Infrastructure, Climate and Adaptation
- Brian Matt, Head of ESG Advisory, NYSE (Moderator)
- Lisa Larroque Alexander, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer, SEMPRA
Innovation
11:25 - 11:45 a.m.
Opening Address for Innovation
- Jeffrey Ubben, Founder & Managing Partner, Inclusive Capital Partners
- Hanh Nguyen, Vice President Global Sustainability, OCI Global
11:45 - 12 p.m.
Energy Transition Market Liftoff and the Role of Private Capital
- Leslie Biddle, Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy
12 - 1 p.m.
Lunch
1 - 1:30 p.m.
How Do Carbon Credits Fit into the Climate Finance Toolkit?
- Gordon Bennett, Managing Director, Utility Markets, ICE
- Michael Greenstone, Climate Vault Co-founder, Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago
- Dr. Jennifer Jenkins, Chief Science Officer, Rubicon Carbon
- Tommy Ricketts, CEO and co-founder, BeZero Carbon
1:30 - 2 p.m.
Building Planet Positive Portfolios
- Girish Narula, Head of Climate Transition Finance, ICE (Moderator)
- Mamadou-Abou Sarr, Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, V-Square Quantitative Management
- Philippe Zaouati, CEO, Mirova
- Bogolo Kenewendo, Special Advisor, Africa Director, High Level Climate Champions Team
2 - 2:30 p.m.
The Crucial Intersection Between Climate Risk and Socioeconomic Vulnerability
- Carling Hay, Director of Climate and Social Impact Analytics, ICE
- Homero Radway, Senior Analyst, Activest
- Erika Smull, Municipal Credit Analyst at Breckinridge Capital Advisors
- Daniel Blackman, Civil Rights Leader & Activist
2:30 - 3 p.m.
Climate Adaptation & Innovation Potential
Where innovation is meeting increasing need for adaptation. Ultimately asset managers integrate all three major themes into a coherent investment philosophy and approach.
- Jessica Skolnick, Director of Investments, Gitterman Asset Management (Moderator)
- Ariane Mahler, Chief Investment Officer, Veridien Global Investors
- Padrig Sheehy, Senior Vice President, Business Development & Client Services, KBI Global Investors
- Matt Diserio, Co-Founder and President, Water Asset Management LLC
3 - 3:30 p.m.
Innovations in Physical Risk Data
- Evan Kodra, Senior Director, Climate & ESG, ICE
- Jason Burnett, Co-founder and CEO, Crosswalk Labs
- Dr. Ron Dembo, Chief Executive Officer, riskthinking.AI
- Chris Hartshorn, Adviser, NatureAlpha and FlintPRO
3:30 - 4 p.m.
Afternoon break
4 - 4:30 p.m.
Fixed Income Panel
- William Atcheson, ESG and Sustainable Investing, Jefferies (Moderator)
- Laura Payne, Vice President, Public Markets / ESG, Builders Asset Management
- Kurt Tan, Portfolio Manager and Managing Director, NY, Artesian
- Colleen Denzler, Head of ESG, Loomis
Regulation
4:30 - 4:50 p.m.
Digital Transformation for Effective ESG reporting
How are companies getting ready for disclosures? Taking a transformation lens to ESG solutions, companies are building foundational data & technology architecture to deliver audit ready, decision relevant information that drives quality disclosures.
- Vrushali Gaud, Managing Director, North America ESG Measurement, Analytics & Performance, Accenture (Moderator)
- Renae Kezar, VP Global Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs, Johnson Control Int. (JCI)
- Manoj Gupta, Sr. Director, Mondelēz International
- Angela Ortiz, PSEG
4:50 - 5:20 p.m.
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Reporting Panel
- Rebecca Palmer, Director, Sustainable Finance Data, ICE (Moderator)
- Emily Pierce, Chief Global Policy Officer & Associate General Counsel, Persefoni
- Marc Rotter, Counsel, Ropes & Gray
- Abigail Panitz, Principal, Jennison Associates, PGIM
5:20 - 5:30 p.m.
Education Resources and Columbia Executive Program
- Caroline Flammer, Professor of International and Public Affairs and of Climate, Columbia University
Closing
5:30 - 5:50 p.m.
Closing Fireside Chat
- Tanner Foust, NEOM McLaren Extreme E Driver
Closing Remarks
- Elizabeth King, President, Sustainable Finance & Chief Regulatory Officer, ICE
Drinks Reception
6 - 7 p.m.
Speakers
Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago
