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Welcome to the PEI Responsible Investment Forum: Integrating ESG to build better businesses
The third PEI Responsible Investment Forum is taking place on 5th October 2012 in Amsterdam. Building on the tremendous success of previous year’s events in London and New York, the forum will examine in detail how private equity firms can build better portfolio businesses by focusing on environmental, social and governance issues (ESG).
PEI, the leading publisher for private equity insight, is honoured to be co-hosting the event again with the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), an investor initiative in partnership with UNEP Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact. |
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Building Better Business through ESG best practice: why now?
Institutional investors managing assets worth $22 trillion globally have already signed up to ESG principles and private equity can’t afford to sit on the sidelines. The central belief is that ESG risk factors can have a material impact on long-term shareholders by improving returns.
The Forum will analyse investor thinking around ESG, how returns are affected and how it improves portfolio performance.
Survey snapshot: More than one-third (39%) of LPs who took part in a private equity survey on ESG say they have turned away GPs based on an insufficient grasp of environmental, social and governance issues
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George Roberts,
Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR & Co |
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Who should attend
This exclusive event has been designed for a senior decision-making audience. Delegates are select managing partners from leading private equity firms, their investors and advisors, as well as portfolio company c-suite executives responsible for ESG delivery. If you have received a complimentary invitation to attend, either from us or one of our sponsors, or would like to apply for a place, please apply here |
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Please do not make any travel arrangements until your invitation is confirmed. |
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| LP attendance
The inaugural event last year brought together more than 60 of the biggest and most influential LPs, who together account for more than € 300 billion ( $ 414 billion), as well as 200 of the industry’s most progressive managers.
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Forum Objectives:
• Promote the understanding of ESG best practice among managers and their portfolio companies
• Show how ESG delivery will optimise the financial return at exit
• Offer practical examples and case studies that will deliver straight to the bottom line
• Create an informal networking environment for the most senior practitioners from the GP and LP communities to share ideas and inspiration
• Demonstrate how to integrate ESG into the private equity life-cycle from fund formation to liquidity
• Stimulate engagement with the ESG agenda within the firm and its portfolio
• Identify challenges to ESG adoption and establish ways of working with ESG agenda
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| Photos from the 2011 Forum |
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| What attendees at the 2011 Forum thought: |
“The Private Equity International Responsible Investment Forum is the place where the private equity industry meets to discuss how best practice in environmental, social and governance issues can impact returns for the better. It is helping set the agenda and is a great event for LPs and GPs.”
Dushy Sivanithy, Principal, Pantheon Ventures (UK) LLP
'RI is going up the agenda for both LPs and GPs: the PEI Responsible Investment Forum in Amsterdam provides an excellent opportunity for both LP and GPs to update themselves on the latests developments in this developing area.'
David Russell , Co-Head of Responsible Investment, Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) Ltd.
“If you believe ESG in private equity is important, then you should attend the PEI Responsible Investment Forum.”
Bryan Corbett, Principal, Government and Regulatory Affairs, The Carlyle Group
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| Sponsorship:
If your firm would like to sponsor the PEI Responsible Investment Forum, please contact: Nicholas Lockley, Deputy Director Conferences on T: +44 (0) 20 7566 5450 or E: nicholas.l@peimedia.com |
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