ESG
& SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
& SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ONLINE + OFFLINE
23 APRIL 2021
23 APRIL 2021
Conference sponsor:
Companies that do or plan to deal with international debt and equity investors need to be particularly concerned with how they manage and report on ESG risks.
The amount of funds managed by institutional investors who signed up to the Principles for Responsible Investment at the end of 2020 exceeded 100 trillion. US dollars. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are essential to businesses around the world as the legal and regulatory environment changes and the expectations of investors, customers, employees and other stakeholders for ESG agenda grow.
Increasing number of investors and funds are using ESG as an additional consolidated investment metric in their investment decisions and expect this trend to continue. The preference for ESG-compliant shares is high, and the lack of attention to sustainability and environmental issues already reduces the pool of investors to whom the company can offer its shares.
Obviously, companies will have to adhere to ESG principles in order to maintain access to global capital markets. Companies that do or plan to deal with international debt and equity investors need to be especially concerned with how they manage and report on ESG risks. Investment attractiveness and the opportunity to receive additional financing are a significant factors for the companies to make the ESG agenda as a part of long-term development plan.
In the next few years, the ESG agenda will become one of the central elements in companies' strategies. Regent Capital Communications invites you to take part in the conference: «ESG and Sustainable Development 2021». The event will be held in a hybrid format on April 23.
Increasing number of investors and funds are using ESG as an additional consolidated investment metric in their investment decisions and expect this trend to continue. The preference for ESG-compliant shares is high, and the lack of attention to sustainability and environmental issues already reduces the pool of investors to whom the company can offer its shares.
Obviously, companies will have to adhere to ESG principles in order to maintain access to global capital markets. Companies that do or plan to deal with international debt and equity investors need to be especially concerned with how they manage and report on ESG risks. Investment attractiveness and the opportunity to receive additional financing are a significant factors for the companies to make the ESG agenda as a part of long-term development plan.
In the next few years, the ESG agenda will become one of the central elements in companies' strategies. Regent Capital Communications invites you to take part in the conference: «ESG and Sustainable Development 2021». The event will be held in a hybrid format on April 23.
Topics include:
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Modern disclosure practices in the field of ESG reporting and sustainable development
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What do companies need to know when preparing and disclosing an ESG? Defining drivers of the ESG agenda
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Socially responsible investing: Criteria, metrics and investor requirements
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Automation of ESG reporting and compliance
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How should ESG be included in investment and reporting processes
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Laws, standards, initiatives and ESG compliance and corporate obligations in Russia
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State regulation of ESG in Russia: Where are we today?
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How has the pandemic affected the sustainable development agenda?
Speakers
- Andrey MarchenkoPartnerSINAI Capital
- Jean-Claude KnebelerHead, Sustainable Development Department
International & Comparative Law Research Center
Independent Member of the Group Sustainability CouncilGazprombank - Ekaterina ChernovaPartner
CFC Management
Member of the Board of DirectorsPJSC «Russian Aquaculture» - Tatiana MitrovaMember of the Board of Directors
Schlumberger
Independent DirectorPAO NOVATEK - Denis SpirinCorporate Governance DirectorProsperity Capital Management
- Vladimir SklyarExecutive Director, Utilities ResearchVTB Capital
- Ekaterina GorbunovaDeputy General Director,TRINFICO
- Anton ZhigalovHead of SustainabilityMoscow Exchange (MOEX)
- Kirill NikitinAdvocate, Head of Environmental ServicesVEGAS LEX
- Andrey YakushinHead of the Corporate Relations Development Division of the Corporate Relations DepartmentBank of Russia
- Daria GrigorievaHead of Sustainable DevelopmentCJSC Polyus
- Victoria BlatovaDirector of Sustainable Development DepartmentAFK «Sistema»
- Daria GoncharovaChief Sustainability OfficerPolymetal
- Olga MayorovaCorporate Sustainability and ESG LeadPetropavlovsk PLC (London)
- Elena KorotkovaSenior Investor Relations ManagerSeverstal
- Maria ShipitsynaHead of Sustainable DevelopmentEnel Russia
- Kristina PopilyukDeputy head of IR, ESGLUKOIL
- Elena DeevaHead of Sustainable DevelopmentLSR Group
Conference Agenda
23 April / Friday
09:00 – 09:30
09:00 – 09:30
Registration
09:30 – 11:00
09:30 – 11:00
ESG: INVESTORS' PERSPECTIVE
Andrey Marchenko, Partner,
SINAI Capital
Denis Spirin, Corporate Governance Director,
Prosperity Capital Management
Tatiana Mitrova, Member of the Board of Directors, Schlumberger,
Independent Director, PAO NOVATEK (Online)
Ekaterina Gorbunova, Deputy General Director,
TRINFICO
Vladimir Sklyar, Executive Director, Utilities Research,
VTB Capital
SINAI Capital
Denis Spirin, Corporate Governance Director,
Prosperity Capital Management
Tatiana Mitrova, Member of the Board of Directors, Schlumberger,
Independent Director, PAO NOVATEK (Online)
Ekaterina Gorbunova, Deputy General Director,
TRINFICO
Vladimir Sklyar, Executive Director, Utilities Research,
VTB Capital
- Socially responsible investing: Criteria, trends, drivers, metrics and investor requirements
- What are investors looking at in ESG reporting and information disclosure?
- How should ESG be included in investment and reporting processes
- How investors valuate sustainable investments
- What are foreign investors looking at? How does the ideal ESG metric look like from investor's perspective ?
- Is it possible to get reduced interest rates from banks when you have ESG in place in your company?
- Including ESG factors in your valuation metrics
- What should you about the Sustainability Standards Boards proposed by IFRS in 2020? Where may it lead?
11:00-11:20
11:00-11:20
LATEST REGULATORY ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF ESG AS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS FOR INCREASING THE INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS OF RUSSIAN COMPANIES: DEFINING CURRENT STATUS, RISKS, PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Kirill Nikitin, Advocate, Head of Environmental Services,
VEGAS LEX
VEGAS LEX
- Current environmental challenges and tightening regulation of ecology and environmental protection. Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The main trends in judicial practice in the field of ecology and environmental protection. New Law enforcement approaches in assessing environmental damage and issues of liability for its infliction
- Fiduciary responsibility of management in light of compliance with ESG standards. Possibility and prospects of legislative regulation of the principles of due conduct
- Legislation of ESG reporting regulation: Possible regulatory models and tools
11:20 – 11:50
11:20 – 11:50
Coffee break
11:50 – 12:50
11:50 – 12:50
ROLE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jean-Claude Knebeler, Head, Sustainable Development Department,
International & Comparative Law Research Center,
Independent Member of the Group Sustainability Council, Gazprombank
Ekaterina Chernova, Partner, CFCManagement,
Member of the Board of Directors, PJSC «Russian Aquaculture»
International & Comparative Law Research Center,
Independent Member of the Group Sustainability Council, Gazprombank
Ekaterina Chernova, Partner, CFCManagement,
Member of the Board of Directors, PJSC «Russian Aquaculture»
- Tools and guidance to understand the business impact of ESG risks and how boards can address those issues as part of their primary risk oversight role.
- How can BoDs manage environmental, social and corporate risks?
- What is the best way to prepare for the next ASM by focusing on hot topics that can be raised by activists and your shareholders?
- Defining and measuring business value of sustainable development practices.
12:50 – 13:30
12:50 – 13:30
LATEST INITIATIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BANK FOR RUSSIA AND MOEX: ESG REPORTING LANDSCAPE
Andrey Yakushin, Head of the Corporate Relations Development Division of the Corporate Relations Department, Bank of Russia
Anton Zhigalov, Head of Sustainability,
Moscow Exchange (MOEX)
Anton Zhigalov, Head of Sustainability,
Moscow Exchange (MOEX)
- What support initiatives and recommendations from the Bank of Russia do exist or are planned in the near future time
- Issuer guidelines: How to meet sustainable development best practices
13:30 – 14:30
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 17:30
14:30 – 17:30
CASE STUDIES AND BEST PRACTICES:
ESG IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN THE COMPANY
ESG IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN THE COMPANY
Maria Shipitsyna, Head of Sustainable Development,
Enel Russia (Online)
Daria Goncharova, Chief Sustainability Officer ,
Polymetal
Kristina Popilyuk, Deputy head of IR, ESG,
LUKOIL
Daria Grigorieva, Head of Sustainable Development,
CJSC Polyus
Victoria Blatova, Director of Sustainable Development Department,
AFK «Sistema»
Elena Korotkova, Senior Investor Relations Manager,
Severstal
Elena Deeva, Head of Sustainable Development,
LSR Group
Olga Mayorova, Corporate Sustainability and ESG Lead,
Petropavlovsk PLC (Online)
Enel Russia (Online)
Daria Goncharova, Chief Sustainability Officer ,
Polymetal
Kristina Popilyuk, Deputy head of IR, ESG,
LUKOIL
Daria Grigorieva, Head of Sustainable Development,
CJSC Polyus
Victoria Blatova, Director of Sustainable Development Department,
AFK «Sistema»
Elena Korotkova, Senior Investor Relations Manager,
Severstal
Elena Deeva, Head of Sustainable Development,
LSR Group
Olga Mayorova, Corporate Sustainability and ESG Lead,
Petropavlovsk PLC (Online)
- How to avoid pitfalls when implementing ESG reporting within the company
- How do companies manage ESG risks: Case studies
- Modern disclosure practices of sustainable development and ESG reporting
- Managing sustainable business development and arranging ESG Reporting
- Developing integrated approach and process automation
- Legal aspects and regulatory requirements of ESG reporting
- How company management and IR teams interact with ESG investors How should companies disclose ESG-related issues and how to communicate with investors about these initiatives?
- Lessons learned from COVID that can be applied in environmental, social and corporate risk management
- How to implement the latest trends related to ESG reporting in your own company processes
- How to ensure the advanced development of the ESG function
- How does the increased investor interest in social and human capital affect IR, corporate governance and sustainability activities?: Setting goals and gaining support from management team
- Best practices and lessons learned in the field of sustainable development
17:00
17:00
End of the Conference
Conference sponsor
The VEGAS LEX Law Firm was founded in 1995. By today, it has pulled together more than 100 lawyers whose expertise is proved by individual and corporate ratings of leading international and Russian publications.
The head office of the firm is located in Moscow; its regional offices operate in Volgograd and Krasnodar. The firm works together with a number of Russian regional partners as well as partners in CIS and other countries.
Both among business people and in the professional legal community, VEGAS LEX is reputed as the company that can handle the most challenging legal tasks and a participant of large-scale and difficult projects.
For more information: https://www.vegaslex.ru/en
The head office of the firm is located in Moscow; its regional offices operate in Volgograd and Krasnodar. The firm works together with a number of Russian regional partners as well as partners in CIS and other countries.
Both among business people and in the professional legal community, VEGAS LEX is reputed as the company that can handle the most challenging legal tasks and a participant of large-scale and difficult projects.
For more information: https://www.vegaslex.ru/en
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The upcoming event will provide you with answers related to regulation and corporate compliance with ESG, the businesses is facing today, and will serve as a platform for exchange of best practices.
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— Includes coffee breaks and lunches
— Access to presentations at the end of the conference
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— Chat of participants
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