BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:sustainfestival2026 X-WR-CALDESC:Event Calendar METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//Sched.com SUSTAIN Festival 2026//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260309T160000Z DTEND:20260309T190000Z SUMMARY:Adaptation and Resilience Infrastructure Round Table DESCRIPTION:A discussion on investment opportunities for institutional investors to support climate adaptation and resilience through infrastructure in Latin America\, Asia\, and Africa and share some experience from the recently launched Infrastructure Resilience Development Fund (IRDF) initiated by the Forum. Participants will discuss opportunities and challenges of infrastructure in emerging markets\, including the use of blended finance for de-risking and the achievement of positive social\, development and climate-related outcomes. \n\nFurther information on the IRDF is available here: https://lnkd.in/dAsXkEPB CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSION LOCATION:London SEQUENCE:0 UID:ff2cb58521951b7a5e286900ae1f29c9 URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/ff2cb58521951b7a5e286900ae1f29c9 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260310T083000Z DTEND:20260310T103000Z SUMMARY:Sustainable Investment Briefing: Balancing Risk\, Impact and Returns in an Unpredictable World  DESCRIPTION:Add this event to your schedule and the event host will confirm your place.\n\n\nJoin us for insights on managing climate risk within investment strategy and how Lloyd's insurers can support the climate transition while generating attractive returns. Plus an update on the regulatory and macroeconomic landscape. \;\n\nAgenda\n08:30-09:00 – Breakfast / networking\n09:00-09:20 – Context setting including a recap on PRA SS4/25\n09:20-10:10 – Panel discussion on sustainable investment challenges and opportunities in the London Insurance Market \;\n10-10-10:30 \;– \;Coffee / networking\n\nTopics under discussion include: \;\n💡What the PRA's SS5/25 means for insurance investment strategy💡Managing climate risk in an insurance investment portfolio💡Navigating sustainable investing in the turbulent macroeconomic environment 💡Returns and opportunities in 'green' and impactful unlabelled assets within the constraints of Lloyd's\n💡Aligning investment strategy with the underwriting objectives of the business\n\n CATEGORIES:BREAKFAST BRIEFING LOCATION:London SEQUENCE:0 UID:5230b8ad9b7268a751d5417b4193ab19 URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/5230b8ad9b7268a751d5417b4193ab19 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260311T100000Z DTEND:20260311T110000Z SUMMARY:Flooding: Before\, During and After DESCRIPTION:What happens on the day of a flood? How do insurers respond? This talk will look at the instant response mechanisms of home insurers in flooding. In addition to supporting our customers\, we look at how we deploy emergency aid\, and the pitfalls we need to watch out for. \n\nFinally we will explore some of the ways we help mitigate flooding\, including our investment into natural flood management (NFM). CATEGORIES:WEBINAR LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 UID:d12e7de1540d985b22dec6c40f1870ba URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/d12e7de1540d985b22dec6c40f1870ba END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260312T083000Z DTEND:20260312T103000Z SUMMARY:Mentor Networking - What Does Insurance Sustainability Mean in 2026? DESCRIPTION:Places are limited. Add this event to your schedule and the event host will confirm your place.\n\nWork in insurance and want to take action on tackling climate change and building a more sustainable future\, but don’t know where to start? This panel discussion\, small group mentoring and networking event gives insurance professionals the chance to meet and learn from sustainability leaders on:\n\nThe roles of insurance in climate/resilience/SDGsOpportunities and examples of sustainable insurance innovationStrategic sustainability priorities for insurers in 2026How individuals can drive change through ideas and actionsHow to bring sustainability into your role and/or career pathHow to engage colleagues and win senior buy-in on this topicIdeas on how to counter the negative noise around sustainability CATEGORIES:MENTOR NETWORKING LOCATION:London SEQUENCE:0 UID:8bbc1e4101e9477fa6474247d03adbd4 URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/8bbc1e4101e9477fa6474247d03adbd4 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260316T140000Z DTEND:20260316T153000Z SUMMARY:Insurance Opportunities in Carbon Markets DESCRIPTION:Join us for this panel discussion on carbon markets - specifically\, the role of insurance in driving them and what carriers can do today to get ahead.\n\nThe event will be moderated by Canopius (representing insurance carriers)\, while our speakers will come from across the carbon markets value chain. You will hear the latest on the opportunities in the space from experts at Kita\, Howden and Macquarie Global Carbon.\n\nWe will focus on practical questions and leave attendees with a tangible understanding of: \nWhat insurers can bring to the table in supporting the development of carbon marketsWhy insurers should be spend time on developing their capabilities in this spaceWhat \;real client needs and opportunities are already there todayWhat insurers can do to get better informed\, more comfortable with the market and start to get exposure to it CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSION LOCATION:London SEQUENCE:0 UID:91cc12618dbe50e764f565ea85ac8977 URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/91cc12618dbe50e764f565ea85ac8977 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260318T103000Z DTEND:20260318T120000Z SUMMARY:From Vulnerability to Resilience: Insurable infrastructure lessons from the Pacific DESCRIPTION:From vulnerability to resilience: Insurable infrastructure lessons from the Pacific\n \;\nPacific Island countries face some of the world’s toughest conditions for developing resilient\, insurable infrastructure. High exposure to natural hazards\, fragmented risk management systems\, and limited insurance capacity have made infrastructure projects increasingly difficult to insure and sustain.\n \;\nThis webinar explores how a project moved from problems to recommendations to implementation\, transforming the Asian Development Bank’s Guide to Insurable Infrastructure in the Pacific into a practical facility designed to operate across the full infrastructure lifecycle.\n \;\nDrawing on a multi‑year regional process involving 14 Pacific Island Countries\, the session will unpack how the facility was developed\, the outcomes achieved\, key lessons learned\, and how this model could serve as a blueprint for other regions facing similar resilience and financing challenges.\n\n CATEGORIES:WEBINAR LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 UID:170b17fb7ad8b556e300850dea67d66f URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/170b17fb7ad8b556e300850dea67d66f END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260318T123000Z DTEND:20260318T133000Z SUMMARY:Commercial Benefits of Carbon Credits: From Offsets to Assets and De-Risking Mitigation DESCRIPTION:The conversation around carbon credits is rapidly shifting - from a compliance burden and necessary cost to a strategic asset that can strengthen your balance sheet\, reduce future liabilities\, and de-risk your Net Zero pathway.\nIn this webinar\, we will break down Clyde & Co’s pioneering work championed by Nature Broking that enables the reframing of carbon credits from cost centres into recognisable assets. We’ll break down the commercial drivers\, emerging legal frameworks\, forward purchase strategies\, and new models like Buyers Clubs that enable organisations to secure high integrity credits at lower risk.\nWhy attend?\nYou’ll walk away with a clear view of how leading organisations are:\nprotecting themselves from rising mitigation costs and tightening standards\ntransforming carbon credits from offsets into strategic assets\nusing robust legal and accounting frameworks to create enterprise value\npositioning today’s mitigation investments as tomorrow’s competitive advantage\nIf you are a CSO\, CFO\, ESG executive\, Sustainability Manager\, or simply looking to turn sustainability into real enterprise value\, this session is for you.\n\n CATEGORIES:WEBINAR LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 UID:2f91f00d469c1b744c18ed9dfabc2315 URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/2f91f00d469c1b744c18ed9dfabc2315 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260318T163000Z DTEND:20260318T173000Z SUMMARY:InnSure Climate Event with Scout Insurtech DESCRIPTION:\n CATEGORIES:WEBINAR LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 UID:5d7f13dff01d7c38bc6b05921bd836c5 URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/5d7f13dff01d7c38bc6b05921bd836c5 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260319T160000Z DTEND:20260319T170000Z SUMMARY:GARP Webcast: Breaking the Barriers to Climate Risk Innovation DESCRIPTION:Add this event to your schedule and the event host will confirm your place.\n\nJoin our panel of experts as we explore the key barriers to climate risk innovation in the financial sector\, and what can be done to break them.\n\nFinance has a critical role to play in enabling the transition to a more resilient\, sustainable\, low carbon world. The transition offers huge opportunities for insurers\, banks and asset managers. However\, as physical risks escalate and a disorderly transition appears increasingly likely\, innovation has a potentially transformative role in both mitigating and managing those risks.\n\nIn this webcast\, we will explore the climate risk innovation ecosystem and identify key barriers to adoption and implementation in the financial sector. We will hear from a range of stakeholders – from innovators to financial practitioners to policy experts – as we holistically consider the available actions that will help shape the future of the risk management in this critical sector.\n\nModerator\nJo Paisley\, President\, GARP Risk Institute\n\nSpeakers\nIngrid Holmes\, Executive Director\, Green Finance Institute\nHolly Roberts-Harry\, Sustainable Finance Solutions Lead\, Howden Capital Advisory and Placement\nMaiko Schaffrath\, Head of The Greenhouse Accelerator\, Undaunted\nMichael Sheren\, CEO\, Asia Green Fund Management\n\nThis event will be hosted online on the ON24 webcast platform. CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSION LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 UID:fa2f3975260caa8f9f7e2a596488cc0c URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/fa2f3975260caa8f9f7e2a596488cc0c END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260323T130000Z DTEND:20260323T140000Z SUMMARY:Building Resilience: Developing new (re)insurance markets & products to support the climate transition DESCRIPTION:The panel session\, comprising distinguished experts in climate (re)insurance\, will examine emerging products spanning from carbon credit insurance to parametric insurance. It will also address the pivotal role that brokers and underwriters play in advancing the development of these innovative solutions to strengthen future climate resilience. CATEGORIES:WEBINAR LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 UID:c76379d41082d336ab9b029e524c14e6 URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/c76379d41082d336ab9b029e524c14e6 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260323T140000Z DTEND:20260323T150000Z SUMMARY:PRA SS 5/25 - What do insurers need to achieve\, and how much by 3 June 2026? DESCRIPTION:The PRA's SS 5/25 marks a step change in how insurers must identify and address climate risk. \n\nThis session will lay out the regulator's expectations of insurers over the near and longer terms\, including what insurers must demonstrate by 3 June 2026.\n\nMore specifically\, it will cover:\n\nThe direct\, transitional and litigation climate risks that relate to insurersBackground and introduction to SS 5/25The key aspects of SS 5/25Reorientation of governance to cater for climate riskUse of climate scenario analysisDealing with data gapsPractical insights into these aspects \;The immediate prioritiesWhat must be achieved by the 3 June deadlineWhat will then happen after 3 June\nSpeakers\nAidan Thomson - Partner\, Weightmans\nAbhay Srivastava - Head of ESG\, Weightmans\nAlex Koukoudis - Senior Executive\, Lloyd's Market Association CATEGORIES:WEBINAR LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 UID:b56b8f71d03283fb17bbcdaa6dd868ac URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/b56b8f71d03283fb17bbcdaa6dd868ac END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260324T100000Z DTEND:20260324T110000Z SUMMARY:ESG in Insurance: What Does Best Practice Look Like? DESCRIPTION:Join responsible investment NGO ShareAction for a discussion on ESG standards in insurance and what emerging best practice looks like across underwriting and investments. Drawing on benchmarking research and practitioner engagement\, we’ll explore where the sector is progressing\, where gaps remain\, and discuss what practical steps can help move the industry forward.\n\n CATEGORIES:WEBINAR LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 UID:57a643bb910be8649e194c74bd7acb2e URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/57a643bb910be8649e194c74bd7acb2e END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260324T140000Z DTEND:20260324T150000Z SUMMARY:Addressing Insurability Challenges DESCRIPTION:A webinar tackling the critical topic of how insurance can innovate to address rising insurability challenges. \;\n\nThis session will include \;key statistics from Guy Carpenter's annual broker survey on how reinsurance markets are responding to climate change\, and case studies of how resilience is being embedded into risk financing. \;Some examples will include Marsh’s collaboration with the World Economic Forum on insurability\, as well as the recently issued resilience bond for North Carolina\, which incorporates disaster-resilience features. CATEGORIES:WEBINAR LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 UID:88b58b627a5baac44394145abb0945ac URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/88b58b627a5baac44394145abb0945ac END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260324T160000Z DTEND:20260324T180000Z SUMMARY:Building trust through partnership: Mitigating the financial impacts of disasters and accelerating long-term resilience in a resource-contracting world DESCRIPTION:Join Hiscox and guests for a panel discussion on humanitarian insurance\, closing the gap and building resilience\, with networking opportunities. \;\n\nFacilitator: Panay Koulovasilopoulos\, Head of Climate and Resilience\, Hiscox \nSpeaker: Kipkorir Koskei\, Director Strategic Partnerships and Policy\, Insurance Development Forum \nSpeaker: Alastair Norris\, Climate and Disaster Risk Consultant\nSpeaker: Anna Farina\, Head of Crisis Anticipation and Disaster Risk Financing\, START Network\n\nBuilding trust through partnership: Mitigating the financial impacts of disasters and accelerating long-term resilience in a resource-contracting world\; \;\n\nLocations with high exposure to natural hazards\, limited insurance market capacity and fragmented risk management practices have made it difficult for local and regional contractors to obtain adequate insurance coverage for donor-funded infrastructure projects or disaster relief. These challenges threaten both the financial and climate resilience of critical infrastructure and the communities they serve.\n\nWe have seen some dramatic changes in the donor funding landscape over the past year or so. How can insurance support closing the gap?\n CATEGORIES:PANEL DISCUSSION LOCATION:London SEQUENCE:0 UID:a152ff8b053a3fdcc167cb6b95e0b4a6 URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/a152ff8b053a3fdcc167cb6b95e0b4a6 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260325T090000Z DTEND:20260325T170000Z SUMMARY:The Sustainable Insurance Summit DESCRIPTION:View the complete agenda and register for The Sustainable Insurance Summit 2026 here: https://sustainsummit2026.sched.com/\n\nThe flagship event of SUSTAIN Festival\, bringing together the leading minds in risk and insurance to discuss mission-critical challenges\, opportunities and actions in a rapidly changing risk landscape.\n\nThe agenda features panel discussions and interactive workshops on topics including insurability\, resilience\, product innovation\, AI\, nature\, engaging with high emitting sectors and more\, plus a unique opportunity to network with 100+ insurance sustainability innovators. \; CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE LOCATION:London SEQUENCE:0 UID:75b404a87297c598120d8ea9b5b8393f URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/75b404a87297c598120d8ea9b5b8393f END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260325T143000Z DTEND:20260325T170000Z SUMMARY:The Frontline of Green Risk in Insurance DESCRIPTION:The Bayes Actuarial\, Insurance\, Risk and Quants (AIR-Q) Club in conjunction with the WCI Sustainability Working Group are hosting the “Sustainability in Insurance” event as part of the Better Insurance Network SUSTAIN festival 2026.\n\nThe session will start at 3pm promptly and aims to finish at 5pm. It will be a speed-round table format.\n\nAttendees will be exclusively students from Bayes Business School and speakers will include members from the WCI Sustainability Working Group and industry professionals.\nPlease note if you have registered here\, you unfortunately will not be able to attend unless explicitly stated by the AIRQ society. This is a private event. \;\n\nConfirmed speakers are:\nSophie Draper - Axis - Renewable Energy Risk Engineer\nNalan Senol Cabi - Arch - Head of Catastrophe Modelling\nSimon Johnson - CygnusERI - Owner Cygnus ERI and former Senior Manager Environmental Insurance\nLloyd Richards - CroweUK - Director & Head of Actuarial\nAvani MandlikPandey - AIG - Construction Underwriter\n\nConfirmed \;Event timeline for session:\n14:30 – 15:00 Arrive at Bayes Business School\, get set up\n15:00 – 15:25 Event Start and introduction from WCI Sustainability Working Group\, AIRQ and speakers\n15:30 – 15:50 Round table 1st iteration\n15:50 - 16:00 Break\n16:00 – 16:20 Round table 2nd iteration\n16:20 - 16:40 Round table 3rd iteration\n16:40 - 17:00 Close and final networking opportunity\n\n CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE LOCATION:London SEQUENCE:0 UID:d6bcc6879a5f78dd4c584cb092b88f24 URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/d6bcc6879a5f78dd4c584cb092b88f24 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260326T170000Z DTEND:20260326T193000Z SUMMARY:Convex Clean Tech Event DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear from three speakers at the forefront of Clean energy technology and Insurance.\n \nSpeakers: \;\n1. Steve Whiddet\, Exec Director Aon who led the award winning Carbon Capture and Storage insurance placement for two UK industrial sites (which Convex underwrite). \n2. Alistair Blundy\, CEO ATA Insurance specialising in \;electric aviation \;(eVTOL) \;and other new tech insurance\n3. Sarah Mackintosh\, Director Cleantech for UK\, a UK industry and government initial to promote innovative technology \n\nThursday \;26th March - 5.15pm to 7.15pm. Speakers starting promptly at 5.30pm. CONVEX LEVEL 34\, Presentations will last for 30 mins followed by 15 mins Q&A then drinks.\n\nAdd this event to your schedule and the event host will confirm your place.\n\n CATEGORIES:EVENING NETWORKING LOCATION:London SEQUENCE:0 UID:848ddb707754ac56492bd76b3a92b056 URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/848ddb707754ac56492bd76b3a92b056 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260512T213025Z DTSTART:20260506T130000Z DTEND:20260506T140000Z SUMMARY:From Risk Assessment to Resilience: How Insurers Are Responding to Rising Physical Risk DESCRIPTION:Physical climate risk is no longer a distant scenario - it is reshaping underwriting\, capital allocation and client relationships today. \;\n\nThe MSCI Institute’s latest research\, What the Market Thinks: How Global Insurers Are Responding to Rising Physical Risk\, synthesizes insights from more than 50 of the world’s largest insurers on how the industry is adapting to escalating extreme weather and climate-related hazards.\n \;\nJoin David Carlin\, Founder D.A.Carlin and Company\, Pam Palena\, Insurance Research Lead\, MSCI\, alongside Butch Bacani of the UNEP Finance Initiative for a virtual discussion as we unpack:\nInsurers’ perspectives on the industry’s readiness for rising physical risk.Emerging commercial opportunity in resilience advisory services and parametric productsThe growing shift toward layered intelligence and geospatial analyticsThe fundamental challenges of forward-looking analytics. \;What the next phase of physical-risk integration looks like in underwriting\, pricing and capital allocation \;\nTogether we will examine what the findings mean in practice and discuss how insurers can move from risk assessment toward resilience leadership in an era of intensifying physical risk.\n\n CATEGORIES:WEBINAR LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 UID:882e08ae066a8d90cd62ef17e13c0dfb URL:http://sustainfestival2026.sched.com/event/882e08ae066a8d90cd62ef17e13c0dfb END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR