Date: Tuesday, 6 May 2025
Time: 10:00 - 18:00 CEST
Location: The Hague, Netherlands
Format: In-person
Audience: Asset owner signatories
This exclusive, in-person event will provide a platform for peer-to-peer discussions on the most pressing challenges facing asset owners today. Through interactive roundtables, participants will explore key opportunities and practical solutions on topics including human rights, biodiversity, decarbonisation, and EU policy developments.
This free-to-attend forum is designed in collaboration with asset owner signatories to ensure discussions are forward-looking, impactful, and relevant to the rapidly evolving sustainability landscape. The event is designed for senior sustainability leaders and a maximum of two delegates from the same organisation can attend.
Why attend?
✔ Learn from and build new connections with other asset owner signatories.
✔ Participate in practical, action-oriented discussions tailored to your needs.
✔ Ideate innovative solutions to shared challenges and barriers to RI progress.
Networking drinks on 5 May
In addition to the opportunities for peer exchange during the forum on 6 May, the PRI is organising networking drinks on 5 May in The Hague for attendees arriving the evening before. Located at the Ultramarijn Bar, this relaxed gathering will take place between 19:00-21:00 CEST. If you would like to attend, please let us know in your application form.
Agenda
Please find below the forum programme. More speakers to be confirmed soon.
| TIME | SESSION |
|---|---|
|
10:00 |
Registration & refreshments |
|
10:30 |
Welcome & introduction Cambria Allen-Ratzlaff, Chief RI Ecosystems Officer, PRI |
|
10:50 |
Workshop 1: Impact and outcomes In this workshop, participants will explore the tools that asset owners can leverage to drive sustainability outcomes and achieve real economy objectives. The session will start with practical insights from asset owner peers, followed by discussions and brainstorming. Leanne Clements, Head of Responsible Investment, People’s Pension |
|
12:00 |
Networking lunch |
|
13:00 |
Fireside Chat: The importance of asset owner engagement with policy making in 2025 This session will discuss the latest developments in EU sustainable finance policy, what they mean for investors and highlight how asset owners have been getting involved. Elise Attal, Head of EU Policy, PRI |
|
13:45 |
Short refreshment break |
|
14:00 |
Workshop 2: Human Rights This interactive session will take the form of group discussions and will explore how peer asset owners integrate human rights considerations in their investments and navigate emerging regulations. The session will cover digital & AI ethics, defence, inequalities and conflict-affected areas. Daniela Bosnjak, Programme Officer, PeaceNexus |
|
15:15 |
Networking & refreshment break |
|
15:45 |
Workshop 3: Nature and Biodiversity In this workshop, asset owners will share how they assess nature-related risks, set expectations on Investment Managers and integrate those expectations into the selection, appointment and monitoring of Investment Managers. Sofia Bartholdy, Responsible Investment Integration Director, Church Commissioners for England |
|
16:50 |
Wrap up & close |
|
17.00 |
Drinks reception |
|
18:30 |
Event end |
We would like to thank Aegon Group for hosting this event
Venue
The Hague, Netherlands
Organiser
PRI | Contact: [email protected]
