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irishfunds.ie Welcome & Introductions Steve Tennant Head of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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irishfunds.ie Welcome & Introductions Steve Tennant Head of Financial Services, Grant Thornton #Sustainathon2020 irishfunds.ie #Sustainathon2020 irishfunds.ie Agenda Panel discussion and Q&A Importance & Challenges of
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Agenda
- Panel discussion and Q&A – Importance & Challenges of
sustainability for the industry
- Challenge detail and next steps
- Closing remarks
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Panel Discussion and Q&A – Importance & challenges of sustainability for the industry
Alison Manley, Managing Director, Goodbody Fund Management Tara Doyle, Partner and Head of Asset Management and Investment Funds Department, Matheson Keith Mangan, Managing Director; BlackRock Renewable Power, Head of UK and Ireland Investments. Moderator – Brian Murphy, Tax Partner, Grant Thornton
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Challenge detail and next steps
Wing Yip Chief Operating Officer of Financial Services, Grant Thornton
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Sustainathon 2020
- Collaborative event aimed at creating solutions to the sustainability challenges
faced by the Irish Funds Industry
- Centred around the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals
- Participants will be asked to assess and identify achievable and impactful
steps that the Irish Funds Industry could take
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- 2020 Focus Area 1: Climate Action
e.g. climate governance & measurement / regulation & taxation / climate data and knowledge gaps / taxonomies / sustainable investing
- 2020 Focus Area 2: Affordable & Clean Energy
e.g. smart buildings / de-carbonisation / renewable energy Solutions could be corporate initiatives, new technologies, product innovations, new platforms for engagement, regulatory changes
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15 January Information event – registrations open for four weeks 25 February Challenge launch event 17 April Submission deadline 24 April Entries shortlisted 6 May Dragon’s Den 21 May Irish Funds Annual Conference
Timeline
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Registering
Register here by 12 February: https://www.grantthornton.ie/insights/blogs/sustatainathon-submission-form/ You will be asked to select your preferred theme when registering. Initiatives will be based around the following themes:
- 1. Policy – Initiatives requiring regulatory or policy changes in order to drive greener behaviors
- 2. Process – Improving how we do things so they are done in a manner more aligned to sustainability
- 3. Innovation – Introducing new methods, ideas, or products to improve sustainability
- 4. Technology – Investing in technology in order to enhance green credentials
- 5. Empowerment – Utilising the industry's scale and resources to drive positive change across
Financial Services
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Getting involved
- Event on 25 February to kick off the challenge
- Six weeks to work on your initiative
- Teams will work with a mentor
- Teams will be provided with an approach to enable them to validate their idea and to create a
robust business case → centered around Design Thinking and Business Model Canvas
- Submissions will be scored based on pre-defined criteria: ease of implementation, relevance to
the industry, scalability, impact
- Grant Thornton will support the winning initiative to bring it to implementation.
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