Dear John,
Check out the following events and webinars we've got lined up for you. We hope we'll see you at one or more of these sessions where you can hear from Ceres experts on a variety of sustainability topics. |
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UPCOMING CERES EVENTS & WEBINARS | |
Colorado's Clean Truck Future: The Benefit to Businesses
March 24, 2022, 2pm ET | 12pm MT
Transportation remains the leading and growing source of GHG and harmful air pollutant emissions in the U.S. Businesses of all sizes can benefit from the transition to electric vehicles. Many leading businesses and their investors are especially curious, recognizing a huge opportunity to make progress on their own sustainability goals, while saving money on gas and maintenance. However, the availability of electric commercial trucks has been slow to develop. Colorado is considering innovative policies that would bring clean trucks to Colorado: Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) and the Heavy-Duty Omnibus (HDO) rules. Join Ceres, E2, and Good Business Colorado
to deep dive into how the proposed Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) and the Heavy-Duty Omnibus (HDO) rules would work and breakdown what it means for businesses to purchase and operate electric trucks. |
ESG: Navigating the Board's Role
Last chance to register for the updated Spring 2022 session of ESG: Navigating the Board’s Role—a short online course co-developed by Ceres and the University of California Berkeley School of Law. Registration closes on April 4, and the new content launches on April 5.
Topics include:
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Engaging with investors on ESG
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Building ESG competency and fluency on the board
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Structuring board committees for ESG oversight
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Aligning executive compensation with ESG performance
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Identifying, assessing, and mitigating ESG risks
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Disclosing ESG risks and opportunities
The updated course involves 6-8 hours of required work, and offers supplemental materials and live discussions as well. The content incorporates practical insights and cutting-edge research from Berkeley Law faculty and Ceres industry-leading reports. Upon completion, participants receive a certificate from Berkeley School of Law. |
 Accounting for Climate
April 12, 2022, 5am ET (Asia/UK) & 12pm ET (US/UK)
The state of climate-related data has improved in the past decade but disclosure for how climate is considered in preparing financial accounts lags. The Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark will include a new indicator to assess how well companies are reporting on the impact of climate to financial performance. |
Briefing on the SEC Climate Disclosure Rule, with SEC Chair Gary Gensler
April 12, 2022, 2pm ET
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just released a proposed rule requiring mandatory climate disclosure from all U.S. public companies, called the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors. Public comments will be accepted until at minimum, May 20. The mission of the SEC is to protect investors; maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets; and facilitate capital formation. With this proposed rule, the SEC is responding to the need by investors for clear, consistent and comparable reporting from companies to produce useful investment insights and ensure financial markets can properly price and act on the physical and transitional risks
and opportunities of climate change. |
All of our past events and webinars are listed here to view at your leisure. Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions. |
 P&I Conferences: ESG Investing
April 5, 2022 | San Francisco, CA
April 7, 2022 | Boston, MA
April 12, 2022 | New York, NY
April 19, 2022 | Virtual
ESG Investing will see institutional allocators discuss practical ways they are implementing ESG strategies across their portfolio to meet a variety of different needs and risk profiles. Register today.
Join Lindsey White, Director of Ceres Investor Network on April 7th in Boston at 9:10am ET on panel: Big Picture Takeaways: Implementation of Values-Based Investing in the ESG, Sustainable and Impact Investing Spaces. |
 Reuters Events: Responsible Business USA 2022
April 19-20, 2022
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, USA
Responsible Business USA 2022 will help you create the blueprint for a commercially successful transition that ensures your whole business, and value chain, is aligned with a 1.5C pathway, that investments are made in the areas that scale impact and bring new innovations to market, that take stated promises into both immediate and long-term actions, and that key stakeholders understand and trust your ambition. Learn more and register today.
On April 19th, join Mindy Lubber, Ceres CEO and president at 10:15am ET for the Climate Finance Keynote: How Investors Can Help Decarbonize the US Economy. At 4:30pm, join Amit Bando for session: Humanizing Your Business: Focusing on the S in ESG within Leadership.
On April 20th at 11:30am, Dan Saccardi joins Workshop: Developing and Disclosing a Net Zero Transition Plan that Has Milestones and Stands to Scrutiny, and Steven Rothstein joins session: Finding a Common Language for ESG Investors and Sustainability Executives at the same time. |
 Sustainable Investment Forum Europe 2022
Part 1 & 2: April 26, 2022, Hilton, Bankside, London, in-person and online
Part 3 & 4: May 4-5, 2022, online
Returning to an in-person hybrid format, Climate Action will host the 5th Annual Sustainable Investment Forum Europe as a 4 part event series, in official partnership with UNEP FI. The Forum will build on the momentum generated at COP26 on sustainable finance by exploring the need for central governments to direct capital for a greener, inclusive recovery and redirect fiscal policy towards resilient, sustainable growth.
Join Amit Bando, Ceres' Chief Economist and Senior Advisor for Just and Inclusive Economics, on April 26th at 9:25 GMT for panel: Net Zero Finance: Is green finally going mainstream?
You can attend in person with a 20% discount using Partner20, or Institutional Investors are eligible for a complimentary VIP pass. Can't attend in person? Register for free online. |
Aspen Ideas Climate Conference
May 9-12, 2022
Miami Beach, FL
A collaboration with the Aspen Institute, the City of Miami Beach, and a diverse group of partner institutions in and beyond South Florida, Aspen Ideas: Climate will take place from May 9-12, 2022 in Miami Beach, Florida. We are enlisting global policymakers, scientific experts, corporate leaders, inventors and innovators, artists, young leaders, and engaged members of the public to participate in this multi-day event which will feature main stages, breakout and roundtable sessions, tours of local and historic resilience points of interest, as well as fashion, food, art, and music activities. Aspen Ideas: Climate is designed to offer the public a chance to interact, learn, and collaborate
with thinkers and do-ers whose actions are critical to addressing our collective future around the realities of a changing climate.
Mindy Lubber joins Aspen Ideas to speak on panel: Role of Active Investors in Driving Corporate Climate Action. Register today. |
New York Energy Capital Assembly
May 17, 2022
New York Stock Exchange, New York, NY
Ceres is partnering with the Energy Council ahead of the New York Energy Capital Assembly,
taking place at the New York Stock Exchange in May. The agenda is designed to approach the energy industry through the investor lens, examining the sustainability of the business model, with a particular focus on the business resilience and competitive positioning of energy from a long term perspective to win over and educate the generalist investor. In the wake of COP26, we will explore how institutional investors can better engage with O&G operators to help them to implement a strategy that will enable them to meet their methane emissions reduction & net zero targets, in line with the long term goals of the Paris Agreement.
Download the full agenda here. The Energy Council is offering institutional investors across Ceres’ network complimentary access to attend the Assembly. If you would like to take advantage of this offer and join us at the NYSE, please contact Ben West. |
GreenFin 22
June 28-29, 2022
New York, NY GreenFin 22 (June 28-29, New York City) will convene an invitation-only audience of sustainability, finance and investment leaders to share insights, improve communication, address the key challenges and showcase leading sustainable financial products and services. Request an invitation here.
Join Steven Rothstein, Ceres' Managing Director, Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, on June 29th, at 2:25pm ET for session: How Banks Should Engage Clients on Energy Transition. Anne Kelly, Vice President, Government, will also speak on June 29th, at 2pm for session: ESG, meet SEC: A Key Decision Made for the Decisive Decade. |
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