Sustainable1 Summit 2024

Registration Opens

Summit Opens

• Lindsey Hall, Global Head of ESG Thought Leadership, S&P Global Sustainable1

CEO Welcome Remarks

• Douglas L. Peterson, President and CEO, S&P Global

Keeping pace with evolving sustainability standards – Executive Keynote

• Sue Lloyd, Vice-Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board

Seizing the Transition Opportunity – Executive Panel

The heightened urgency of the climate crisis has accelerated calls to action for a global industrial transformation. Join a panel of executives from across the global value chain to discuss the risks and opportunities in transition, and the role they play in their industry in accelerating transition.

• Budha Bhattacharya, Head of Systematic Research, Lombard Odier Asset Management
• Sagarika Chatterjee, Department Director, Climate Finance, Climate Champions
• Dia Desai, Global Head of Sustainability Disclosures & Insights, HSBC
• Lauren Smart, Chief Commercial and Market Engagement Officer, S&P Global Sustainable1

Networking Break

Manage Sustainability Risk

Investors are facing increased pressure to assess the impacts of physical climate risk and incorporate nature and biodiversity into their portfolio decision making. What are the methodologies to quantifying sustainability risks, and how can investors build off of the guidance of TNFD to effectively account for nature and biodiversity?

• Christopher Johnstone, Partner, Oliver Wyman
• Tim Rawlings, Co-Head Climate Hub, Bank of England
• Rachel Whitakker, Head of Sustainable Investing Research, Member of the Executive Committee, Robeco Switzerland
• Chris Perceval, Senior Market Engagement Director, S&P Global Sustainable1

Finding Clarity in the Transition

The transition to a net-zero, nature-positive, sustainable economy offers market opportunities at unprecedented speed and scale, together with complex multifaceted challenges. S&P Global brings a suite of solutions and knowledge through its divisions. Hear perspectives on global market transformation from each of the divisions and how they collaborate to bring clarity to the transition with specialist opinions, market outlooks and in-depth data intelligence providing new insights to:

• Accelerate the Transition discovering value in market opportunities while managing asset-level climate and nature transition risks
• Manage Sustainability Risk in your unique context
• Report with Confidence as the global patchwork of sustainability reporting requirements expands and consolidates

• Anoop Desai, Executive Director, S&P Global Mobility
• Paul McConnell, Head, Outlooks and Scenario Analysis, S&P Global Commodity Insights
• Annette O’Hanlon, Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer, S&P Global
• Geert Arlman, EMEA Commercial Head of Sustainable Finance, S&P Global Ratings
• Jaspreet Duhra, Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainability Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Celebrating Sustainability Leadership

S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook Distinctions 2024

The connection between sustainability and business strategies is increasingly clear, and the Corporate Sustainability Assessment has been leading the field in enabling companies to benchmark performance on a wide range of industry-specific economic, environmental, and social criteria that are relevant to the growing number of sustainability-focused investors and are expected to be financially relevant to success.

To celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the Sustainability Yearbook, the only analysis of its kind based on the Corporate Sustainability Assessment, United Kingdom companies that perform in the Top 1% in their industries will be recognized for their dedication to sustainability.

• Robert Dornau, Head of Corporate Engagement, S&P Global Sustainable1
• Alicia Ayars, Director, Corporate Engagement Europe, S&P Global Sustainable1

Executive Luncheon

Discussion Group

New for 2024! Our Sustainable1 Summit Discussion Groups provide a space for attendees to share challenges and success stories with industry peers, aligned to our event themes:

Three discussion groups will be hosted simultaneously, and each discussion group will be held twice with a different focus each time. You’ll be able to ask pioneering thought leaders your questions on each topic, and you’ll then break into deep dive discussions on these market transitions with your peers.

Session #1 (choose one to attend) - 2:00-3:10pm

1. Accelerate the Transition: Future Energy Outlooks, Critical Minerals, and Sustainable Supply Chains [Cross-Industry]
2. Manage Sustainability Risk: People Focus - From Human Capital to Human Risks [Corporates]
3. Report with Confidence: Common Challenges and Pitfalls in Reporting Financed Emissions [Investors and Banks]

Session #2 (choose one to attend) - 3:20-4:30pm

1. Accelerate the Transition: Balancing Transition Risks and Opportunities [Cross-Industry]
2. Manage Sustainability Risk: Environmental Focus – From Net Zero to Nature Positive [Cross-Industry]
3. Report with Confidence: Quantifying the Financial Impacts of Climate Risk [Corporates]

Afternoon Keynote Fireside

• Dr. Steve Howard, Vice Chair Sustainability, Temasek
• Mona Naqvi, Global Head of Sustainable Capital Markets, S&P Global Sustainable1

Summit Closing Remarks

• Lindsey Hall, Global Head of ESG Thought Leadership, S&P Global Sustainable1

Networking Reception 

Registration Opens

Summit Opens

• Cheryl Chen, President, S&P Global Foundation & Senior Director, Social Sustainability, S&P Global
• Chris Heusler, President, S&P Global Sustainable1

CEO Welcome Remarks

• Douglas L. Peterson, President and CEO, S&P Global

Supporting Sustainable Financial Markets – Executive Keynote

• Satoshi Ikeda, Chief Sustainable Finance Officer, Government of Japan

Seizing the Transition Opportunity – Executive Panel

The heightened urgency of the climate crisis has accelerated calls to action for a global industrial transformation. Join a panel of executives from across the global value chain to discuss the risks and opportunities in transition, and the role they play in their industry in accelerating transition.

• Yumi Otsuka, Chief Sustainability Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation
• Kahori Miyake, ESG Strategy and Solutions, Executive Manager, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Co-Chair, Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership
• Tatsuro Yuzawa, Head of Japan, RI Ecosystems, Principles for Responsible Investment
• Lauren Smart, Chief Commercial and Market Engagement Officer, S&P Global Sustainable1

Networking Intermission

Discussion Group

New for 2024! Our Sustainable1 Summit Discussion Groups provide a space for attendees to share challenges and success stories with industry peers, aligned to our event themes:

Two discussion groups will be hosted simultaneously, so you can choose one to attend. You will hear from pioneering thought leaders and have the opportunity to share your challenges and ask key questions. Engagement and participation is encouraged.

Workshop #1: Reporting with Confidence
With increasing pressure on reporting requirements and data standardization, financed emissions calculations are becoming mandatory in many jurisdictions for baseline greenhouse gas foot printing across a multitude of asset classes. How should financial institutions approach these reporting requirements, given various methodologies and gaps in available data? Join S&P Global and PCAF for a conversation to address data quality, disclosed and estimated data; and overcoming these challenges.

• Frida Panayi, Associate Director, Sustainable Finance, Metrics Credit Partners, member, PCAF Global Core Team
• Olivier Trecco, Regional Head, Sustainability Solution Sales, AP MEA, S&P Global Market Intelligence
• Gautam Gupta, Associate Director, Financial Institutions Analytics, S&P Global Sustainable1
• Tiange Wei, Asia-Pacific Lead, PCAF & Managing Consultant, Guidehouse
• Sonia Kim, Managing Director, Global Head of Product, S&P Global Sustainable1

Workshop #2: Accelerate the Transition
To achieve a multi-dimensional and sustainable energy transition, market dynamics must be considered. What is the balance between affordability, security, and sustainability?

• Hirota Daisuke, Director, Energy Supply and Demand Policy Office and Director, Research and Public Relations Office, METI
• Anoop Desai, Consulting Executive Director, S&P Global Mobility
• Prerna Divecha, Global Lead, Climate-Linked Credit & Risk Solutions, S&P Global Market Intelligence
• Akihiro Ota, Associate Director, S&P Global Ratings
• Kaori Tachibana, Director, Carbon & Scenarios, S&P Global Commodity Insights
• Koji Omachi, Head of Japan, S&P Global Sustainable1
• Jason Ye, Director, Factors and Thematic Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Networking Intermission

Executive Fireside Chat with the Global Compact Network Japan

• Minoru Matsubara, Chief Sustainability Officer, Managing Executive Officer, Resona Asset Management
• Eisuke Nakajima, Sustainability Solutions Director, S&P Global Sustainable1

Managing Sustainability Risk

Investors are facing increased pressure to assess the impacts of physical climate risk and incorporate nature and biodiversity into their portfolio decision making. What are the methodologies to quantifying sustainability risks, and how can investors build off the guidance of TNFD to effectively account for nature and biodiversity?

• Hirotaka Hideshima, Counsellor on Global Strategy to President and the Board of Directors, Norinchukin Bank, Taskforce member, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
• Kenji Fujii, GFANZ-Japan
• Kubota Yasuhiro, Chief Executive Officer, Think Nature Inc
• Takayuki Mamabe, Director, Corporate Engagement ESG, S&P Global Sustainable1

Keynote Fireside Chat: Keeping Pace with Evolving Sustainability Standards

• Hiroshi Komori, ISSB Member
• Lauren Smart, Chief Commercial and Market Engagement Officer, S&P Global Sustainable1

Closing Remarks

• Koji Omachi, Head of Japan, S&P Global Sustainable1

Networking Reception