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Monday, March 9
 

4:00pm GMT

Adaptation and Resilience Infrastructure Round Table
Monday March 9, 2026 4:00pm - 7:00pm GMT
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,...
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Monday March 9, 2026 4:00pm - 7:00pm GMT
London
 
Tuesday, March 10
 

8:30am GMT

Sustainable Investment Briefing: Balancing Risk, Impact and Returns in an Unpredictable World 
Tuesday March 10, 2026 8:30am - 10:30am GMT
Add this event to your schedule and the event host will confirm your place.Join 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. Agenda08:30-09:00 – Breakfast / networking09:00-09:20 – Context setting including a...
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Moderators
avatar for Antony Ireland

Antony Ireland

Founder, Better Insurance Network
Antony Ireland is the founder of Better Insurance Network, a global community of insurance professionals driving sustainability best practices, implementation and innovation through knowledge sharing, networking, mentoring and education. Key achievements include developing Sustainability... Read More →
Event Hosts Speakers
avatar for Graham Kirk

Graham Kirk

Managing Director, NEAM
Employed in the investment industry since 2002, Graham is currently Managing Director of NEAM Limited and Portfolio Manager, working with UK and European insurance companies to develop investment strategies for their investment portfolio that support their individual strategic objectives... Read More →
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Kasha Mleko

Head of Sustainability, New England Asset Management Ltd.
Employed in the investment industry since 2010, Kasha is currently Head of Sustainability at NEAM Limited. As Head of Sustainability, Kasha supports global insurance companies in developing responsible investment strategies and surveillance frameworks for their investment portfolio... Read More →
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Sufen Lim

VP, Head of M&A strategy, Investments and Business Transformation, Tokio Marine Kiln

avatar for Todd Isaac

Todd Isaac

Chief Investment & Treasury Officer, Hiscox
Tuesday March 10, 2026 8:30am - 10:30am GMT
London
 
Wednesday, March 11
 

10:00am GMT

Flooding: Before, During and After
Wednesday March 11, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am GMT
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.

Finally we will explore some of the ways we help mitigate flooding, including our investment into natural flood management (NFM).
Event Hosts
avatar for Alex Martin

Alex Martin

Head of Environmental Risk, Admiral
Alex Martin is the Head of Environmental Risk at Admiral. As an actuary, his focus is on quantifying environmental risk to allow leaders in the organisation to make better decisions, driving better outcomes for our customers. In addition to his role he is heavily involved in sustainability... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Alex Martin

Alex Martin

Head of Environmental Risk, Admiral
Alex Martin is the Head of Environmental Risk at Admiral. As an actuary, his focus is on quantifying environmental risk to allow leaders in the organisation to make better decisions, driving better outcomes for our customers. In addition to his role he is heavily involved in sustainability... Read More →
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Ned Augbaya

Surge Response Lead, Admiral

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Owen Balmont

Sustainability & ESG Risk Manager, Admiral

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Sonia Hensley

Group Sustainability Manager, Admiral

Wednesday March 11, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am GMT
Online
 
Thursday, March 12
 

8:30am GMT

Mentor Networking - What Does Insurance Sustainability Mean in 2026?
Thursday March 12, 2026 8:30am - 10:30am GMT
Places are limited. Add this event to your schedule and the event host will confirm your place.Work 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:The...
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Moderators
avatar for Antony Ireland

Antony Ireland

Founder, Better Insurance Network
Antony Ireland is the founder of Better Insurance Network, a global community of insurance professionals driving sustainability best practices, implementation and innovation through knowledge sharing, networking, mentoring and education. Key achievements include developing Sustainability... Read More →
Event Hosts Speakers
avatar for Bethany Thomas

Bethany Thomas

Head of Sustainability, Allianz UK

avatar for Lucia Williams

Lucia Williams

Consultant, Clyde & Co

avatar for Marina Soares

Marina Soares

Associate, Kennedys (and Co-Chair LVF Sustainability Committee)

avatar for Toby Behrmann

Toby Behrmann

Head of London Market and PPP, AXA Climate

avatar for Verena Schmitz

Verena Schmitz

Head of ESG, Munich Re Specialty Global Markets

Thursday March 12, 2026 8:30am - 10:30am GMT
London
 
Monday, March 16
 

2:00pm GMT

Insurance Opportunities in Carbon Markets
Monday March 16, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm GMT
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.The 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...
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Event Hosts Speakers
avatar for Alek Pillay

Alek Pillay

Head of Underwriting, Kita
Alek Pillay is the Head of Underwriting at Kita, the carbon insurance specialist. Kita’s purpose is accelerating investment into high quality carbon sequestration projects with insurance products that reduce transaction risk and safeguard the performance of carbon credit investments... Read More →
avatar for Charlie Pool

Charlie Pool

Head of Carbon Advisory, Howden
Charlie Pool leads the Howden Carbon Advisory practice at the global insurance broker’s Capital Advisory and Placement business.
Charlie began his career at JPMorgan where in 2006 he started the Environmental Markets desk. Charlie focused on the origination, structuring and sales of carbon credits and built a successful global team with a profitable carbon portfolio generating hundreds of millions in revenue... Read More →
avatar for Suraj Vanniarachchy

Suraj Vanniarachchy

Vice President Global Carbon, Macquarie Carbon Markets
Suraj Vanniarachchy is a forestry and environmental science specialist with more than 13 years’ experience in international carbon project development. He is currently Vice President for the Global Carbon team at Macquarie Bank. Born and educated in Sri Lanka, he began his career... Read More →
Monday March 16, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm GMT
London
 
Wednesday, March 18
 

10:30am GMT

From Vulnerability to Resilience: Insurable infrastructure lessons from the Pacific
Wednesday March 18, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm GMT
From vulnerability to resilience: Insurable infrastructure lessons from the Pacific Pacific 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...
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Moderators
avatar for Amir Sethu

Amir Sethu

Head of Sustainability, MS Amlin

Event Hosts Speakers
avatar for Irene Lai

Irene Lai

Group Head of Underwriting Governance & Sustainability, QBE

avatar for Jamie Pollard

Jamie Pollard

Disaster Risk Finance Lead, Global Parametrics

avatar for Saoirse Jones

Saoirse Jones

Global Head of Public Sector Solutions, Zurich Resilience Solutions, Zurich

avatar for Thomas Kessler

Thomas Kessler

Principal Disaster Risk Insurance & Finance Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Wednesday March 18, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm GMT
Online

12:30pm GMT

Commercial Benefits of Carbon Credits: From Offsets to Assets and De-Risking Mitigation
Wednesday March 18, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm GMT
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.In 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...
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Event Hosts
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Nature Broking

Client Advisory Manager, Nature Broking


Wednesday March 18, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm GMT
Online

4:30pm GMT

InnSure Climate Event with Scout Insurtech
Wednesday March 18, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm GMT

Event Hosts
Wednesday March 18, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm GMT
Online
 
Thursday, March 19
 

4:00pm GMT

GARP Webcast: Breaking the Barriers to Climate Risk Innovation
Thursday March 19, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm GMT
Add this event to your schedule and the event host will confirm your place.Join 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.Finance 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...
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Event Hosts Speakers
avatar for CEO, Asia Green Fund Management Michael Sheren is a Global Green Finance, Governance and Policy Leader. He is a Former B

CEO, Asia Green Fund Management Michael Sheren is a Global Green Finance, Governance and Policy Leader. He is a Former B

CEO, Asia Green Fund Management
Michael Sheren is a Global Green Finance, Governance and Policy Leader. He is a Former Bank of England Senior Advisor and G20 Co-Chairman of the Sustainable Finance Study Group. He is a Fellow at the Cambridge University Institute of Sustainable Leadership, a Senior Advisor to the... Read More →
avatar for Holly Roberts-Harry

Holly Roberts-Harry

Sustainable Finance Solutions Lead, Howden Capital Advisory and Placement
Holly joined Howden in 2024 as a Director in Howden’s Financial Institutions business leading on Sustainable Finance Solutions. Working with banks and the broader finance community, Holly identifies and structures risk transfer solutions that enable greater and more efficient capital... Read More →
avatar for Ingrid Holmes

Ingrid Holmes

Deputy CEO, Green Finance Institute
Ingrid Holmes is Deputy CEO of the Green Finance Institute. She joined GFI in 2021 from Federated Hermes, where she was a Director in the Responsible Investment Team and led the development of the firm’s first Nero Zero Policy. She previously held roles at dedicated low carbon asset... Read More →
avatar for Jo Paisley

Jo Paisley

President, GARP Risk Institute
As President of GARP Risk Institute, Jo Paisley helps lead research and thought leadership for GARP and the broader risk community.Jo Paisley’s career began at the Bank of England where she worked in various economist roles, ran the Statistics Division and spent the last part of... Read More →
avatar for Maiko Schaffrath

Maiko Schaffrath

Head of The Greenhouse Accelerator, Undaunted
Maiko is Head of Undaunted’s Greenhouse Accelerator, supporting early-stage ClimateTech startups as they scale from lab to market. Undaunted is the UK’s leading climate innovation hub, founded by Imperial College London and The Royal Institution.He has co-founded and been part... Read More →
Thursday March 19, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm GMT
Online
 
Monday, March 23
 

1:00pm GMT

Building Resilience: Developing new (re)insurance markets & products to support the climate transition
Monday March 23, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm GMT
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.
Moderators
avatar for Henry Sanderson

Henry Sanderson

Head of Innovation and Emerging Risk, Guy Carpenter
Henry Sanderson is a senior reinsurance broker focusing on Cyber and Head of Innovation & Emerging Risks for Global Specialties, Guy Carpenter. Henry started in the (re)insurance industry in 2012 and has worked across claims, underwriting and broking. He has significant experience... Read More →
Event Hosts Speakers
avatar for Glenn O’Halloran

Glenn O’Halloran

Underwriter, Oak Re
Glenn is an underwriter at OAK Re Syndicate, specialising in innovation and transition risk classes. He joined OAK from Howden, where he led the environmental insurance practice and later established a new broking division focused on driving product innovation in climate and transition... Read More →
avatar for Lara Whitmore

Lara Whitmore

Carbon Credits Strategic Advisor, Marsh
Lara Whitmore is Carbon Credits Strategic Advisor within Marsh’s FINPRO practice, which is leading the business’ global carbon credits initiative. She advises clients on insurance solutions designed to manage the risks associated with buying, selling, developing, and investing... Read More →
avatar for Matthew James

Matthew James

Commercial Director, UK & Ireland, Descartes Underwriting
Matthew is Commercial Director, UK & Ireland, for climate MGA, Descartes. He leads business development, working closely with brokers and clients to leverage Descartes’ cutting-edge parametric products to protect corporates and cedents against natural catastrophes and the growing... Read More →
avatar for Sima Adhya

Sima Adhya

Oka, Active Underwriter
Sima Adhya is Active Underwriter with Oka, the Carbon Insurance Company. She has 17 years’ experience working with Lloyd’s companies in deeply technical sectors, through which she has accumulated a wealth of experience in product development — and in meeting complex challenges... Read More →
Monday March 23, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm GMT
Online

2:00pm GMT

PRA SS 5/25 - What do insurers need to achieve, and how much by 3 June 2026?
Monday March 23, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm GMT
The PRA's SS 5/25 marks a step change in how insurers must identify and address climate risk. This 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.More specifically, it will cover:The direct, transitional and litigation climate risks that relate to insurersBackground and introduction to SS 5/25The...
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Event Hosts Speakers
avatar for Abhay Srivastava

Abhay Srivastava

Head of ESG, Weightmans
Abhay works as Head of ESG at Weightmans LLP, where he is responsible for supporting key clients on ESG & Sustainability matters with his technical expertise, while leading the firm’s own ESG strategy and integration into the operating model. Abhay is credited with co-authoring... Read More →
avatar for Aidan Thomson

Aidan Thomson

Partner, Weightmans
Aidan is an environmental and sustainability law specialist. He works for clients across many industry sectors, in particular insurance.
 
His work across these sectors has exposed him to the full range of environmental liability and compliance issues, and the full range of conte... Read More →
avatar for Alex Koukoudis

Alex Koukoudis

Senior Executive, Lloyd's Market Association
Alex joined the LMA in April 2023 as Senior Executive for the Finance & Risk team, specializing in prudential risk, Corporate Sustainability & climate risk. In this capacity, he acts as the primary executive liaison for the Chief Risk Officers Committee (CROs) and is the key contact... Read More →
Monday March 23, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm GMT
Online
 
Tuesday, March 24
 

10:00am GMT

ESG in Insurance: What Does Best Practice Look Like?
Tuesday March 24, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am GMT
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.

Event Hosts Speakers
avatar for Abhijay Sood

Abhijay Sood

Senior Research Manager, ShareAction

avatar for Ben Murphy

Ben Murphy

Insurance Engagement and Campaign Manager, ShareAction

avatar for Regula Hess

Regula Hess

Financial Sector Engagement lead, Deputy Head, WWF

Tuesday March 24, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am GMT
Online

2:00pm GMT

Addressing Insurability Challenges
Tuesday March 24, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm GMT
A webinar tackling the critical topic of how insurance can innovate to address rising insurability challenges. This 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...
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Event Hosts Speakers
avatar for Cory Anger

Cory Anger

Managing Director, Guy Carpenter Securities
Cory is a Managing Director at GC Securities leading origination and structuring efforts within the capital markets team and has experience working on over 175 144A cat bond transactions totaling more than $43B of risk capital placed (in addition to private cat bonds, collateralized... Read More →
avatar for Sandra Hansen

Sandra Hansen

Head of International Peril Advisory & Climate Lead, Guy Carpenter
Sandra leads a team of scientific experts developing deep natural catastrophe peril insight for the insurance industry, including evaluating catastrophe models, developing model adjustments, researching impacts of climate change and supporting live event response.Relevant Skills and... Read More →
avatar for Shilpita Mathews

Shilpita Mathews

Climate and Sustainability Manager, Marsh Risk
Shilpita is a Project Manager in Marsh’s Global Climate & Sustainability Strategy team leading projects on climate resilience. She is currently on secondment to the World Economic Forum working on the topic of insurability.
avatar for Swenja Surminski

Swenja Surminski

Managing Director Climate and Sustainability, Marsh
Swenja is Managing Director Climate and Sustainability at Marsh, working on innovative risk solutions with colleagues from Marsh Risk, Mercer, Oliver Wyman and Guy Carpenter.  She is also Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute, part of the London. School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where she set up the private... Read More →
Tuesday March 24, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm GMT
Online

4:00pm GMT

Building trust through partnership: Mitigating the financial impacts of disasters and accelerating long-term resilience in a resource-contracting world
Tuesday March 24, 2026 4:00pm - 6:00pm GMT
Join Hiscox and guests for a panel discussion on humanitarian insurance, closing the gap and building resilience, with networking opportunities. Facilitator: Panay Koulovasilopoulos, Head of Climate and Resilience, Hiscox Speaker: Kipkorir Koskei, Director Strategic Partnerships and Policy, Insurance Development Forum Speaker: Alastair Norris, Climate and Disaster Risk ConsultantSpeaker: Anna...
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Moderators
avatar for Panay Koulovasilopoulos

Panay Koulovasilopoulos

Head of Climate and Resilience, Hiscox

Event Hosts Speakers
avatar for Alastair Norris

Alastair Norris

Climate Consultant

avatar for Anna Farina

Anna Farina

Head of Crisis Anticipation and Disaster Risk Financing, START Network
Head of Crisis Anticipation and Disaster Risk Finance team at Start Network. Worked for 7 years at Syria Relief as Head of Office in London. Previously Vice President in the Corporate Restructuring and Advisory Team at Barclays Capital and Director at Landsbanki in Portfolio and Restructuring... Read More →
avatar for Kipkorir Koskei

Kipkorir Koskei

Director Strategic Partnership and Policy, IDF

Tuesday March 24, 2026 4:00pm - 6:00pm GMT
London
 
Wednesday, March 25
 

9:00am GMT

The Sustainable Insurance Summit
Wednesday March 25, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm GMT
View the complete agenda and register for The Sustainable Insurance Summit 2026 here: https://sustainsummit2026.sched.com/The 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.The agenda features panel discussions and interactive workshops on topics...
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Wednesday March 25, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm GMT
London

2:30pm GMT

The Frontline of Green Risk in Insurance
Wednesday March 25, 2026 2:30pm - 5:00pm GMT
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.The session will start at 3pm promptly and aims to finish at 5pm. It will be a speed-round table format.Attendees will be exclusively students from Bayes Business...
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Wednesday March 25, 2026 2:30pm - 5:00pm GMT
London
 
Thursday, March 26
 

5:00pm GMT

Convex Clean Tech Event
Thursday March 26, 2026 5:00pm - 7:30pm GMT
Join us to hear from three speakers at the forefront of Clean energy technology and Insurance. Speakers: 1. Steve Whiddet, Exec Director Aon who led the award winning Carbon Capture and Storage insurance placement for two UK industrial sites (which Convex underwrite). 2. Alistair Blundy, CEO ATA Insurance specialising in electric aviation (eVTOL) and other new tech insurance3....
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Moderators
avatar for Rachel Delhaise

Rachel Delhaise

Chief Sustainability Officer, Convex
Rachel Delhaise is Group Head of Sustainability at Convex Insurance with responsibility for developing and implementing the sustainability strategy across the group. Prior to joining Convex in April 2021, she was Chief Risk Officer of Starstone Group for six years where she developed... Read More →
Event Hosts Speakers
avatar for Alistair Blundy

Alistair Blundy

CEO & Lead Underwriter, Advanced Technologies Assurance (ATA)
Alistair Blundy is Chief Executive Officer and Lead Underwriter at ATA, a pioneer of insurance for data centers & AI infrastructure, semiconductors, commercial robotics, autonomous vehicles, electric aviation, unmanned aircraft systems, emerging aviation, lithium-ion batteries, autonomous... Read More →
avatar for Sarah MacKintosh

Sarah MacKintosh

Director, Clean Tech for UK
Sarah is the Director leading the Cleantech for UK initiative, building a coalition of cleantech and policy leaders to scale up sustainable innovation in the UK. Before joining Cleantech Group, Sarah spent 11 years working in the UK civil service, primarily on energy and innovation... Read More →
avatar for Steve Whiddet

Steve Whiddet

Executive Director, Aon
Steve has been a broker in the energy sector for 20 years with a focus on upstream oil and gas.
In recent years, he has been actively involved in energy transition solutions and has been responsible for the development of most of Aon’s products in this space.
When it comes to CO2 capture and the associated transportation and storage industry, this was initiated by the participation in an insurance working group for the UK government and then, subsequently, engagement by the “track 1” project developers.  Other advisory and placeme... Read More →
Thursday March 26, 2026 5:00pm - 7:30pm GMT
London
 
Wednesday, May 6
 

2:00pm BST

From Risk Assessment to Resilience: How Insurers Are Responding to Rising Physical Risk
Wednesday May 6, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Physical climate risk is no longer a distant scenario - it is reshaping underwriting, capital allocation and client relationships today. The 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...
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Event Hosts Speakers
avatar for Butch Bacani

Butch Bacani

Head of Insurance, UNEP Finance Initiative
Butch Bacani is the Head of Insurance at the United Nations EnvironmentProgramme (UNEP) and leads the UN Principles for Sustainable InsuranceInitiative (PSI), the largest collaboration between the UN and the insuranceindustry. Endorsed by the UN Secretary-General and insurance industry... Read More →
avatar for David Carlin

David Carlin

Founder, D.A. Carlin & Company
David Carlin advises governments and executives on how to thrive in a changing and volatile future. He is a globally recognized thought-leader on sustainability, finance, and innovation. He is the CEO of D.A. Carlin and Company, which provides future-proof tools and skills to organizations... Read More →
avatar for Pam Palena

Pam Palena

Insurance Research Lead, MSCI
Pam Palena is a sustainability and climate risk researcher specializing in the insurance sector, with over a decade of experience spanning ESG analysis, impact investing, and asset management across public and private markets. At MSCI, she leads insurance sector research, drives ESG... Read More →
Wednesday May 6, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
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