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Pioneering Gender and Climate Investment: Lessons at the Leading Edge (B)

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The adoption of a dual gender and climate lens in our investments will be crucial if we are to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement by 2050. Across sectors, in both developed and emerging markets, this approach offers amplified impacts and returns. How might we unlock its potential at the pace and scale that’s needed? And what can we learn from our experiences so far, to help investors hit the ground running? This session explored what’s working and what’s not, with a deep dive into the ‘how’ of gender and climate investment.

Speakers
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Rachel Whittaker CFA®, MSc

Rachel Whittaker is Head of the Sustainability Investing Research Team at Robeco. She previously worked for Robeco from 2015 to 2017 as a Senior SI Analyst, and now leads a growing international team of SI analysts. Her team’s responsibilities include identifying the impact ESG has on business fundamentals, increasing and broadening SI sector knowledge and further developing the SDG framework for mapping and measuring SDG contributions across all investment portfolios. Before rejoining Robeco in 2021, she worked at UBS as SI strategist in the CIO Office of the global wealth management arm. Prior to joining Robeco in 2015, she worked in various SI roles for the UN PRI, Vontobel Asset Management, and Mercer’s Investment Consulting business. She started her career in 2000 as a sell-side equity research analyst. Rachel earned her undergraduate at the University of Cambridge, and an MSc in Corporate Environmental Management at the University of Surrey, UK. She is a CFA® charterholder.

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Laurie J. Spengler

Laurie is an impact investment banker, board member and active contributor to the impact investing industry. Among her currentboard engagements, she serves as a non-executive director of the CDC Group (the UK DFI), the UK Impact Investing Institute, Global Partnerships and Bridges Insights.

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Marco Serena

Marco provides leadership on driving sustainable development impact across PIDG companies. He oversees the early stage impact assessment of all PIDG investments, the process for monitoring and evaluating their impact and PIDG programmatic work to deepen sustainable development impact including on gender and climate.

Earlier Event: May 17
Pioneering Gender and Climate Investment: Lessons at the Leading Edge (A)
Later Event: May 19
Expert Hour: Gender Data in Public Markets and Shareholder Engagement