Seminars & Webinars

Guest Speaker: Olaf Adam [Senior Manager of Sustainability, Westpac New Zealand]

Presentation Title: Lifting the Hood on Westpac’s Climate Risk Disclosure

Date & Time: Monday 24^th May, 11.00am-11.50am

Venue: Otago Business School Seminar Room 1.17 | Livestream via Microsoft Team Meeting

Guest Speaker: Lucas Kengmana [Senior Investment Strategist, NZ Super Fund] | Joseph Duke Euphrat [Responsible Investment Intern, NZ Super Fund]

Presentation Title: How the NZ Superfund Invests in Climate Change

Date & Time: Friday 11^th June, 11.00am-11.50am

Venue: Biochemistry Building Seminar Room G.13 | Livestream via Microsoft Team Meeting

Guest Speaker: Ross Pennington [General Counsel, P^werFinance]

Presentation Title: Sustainable Investing: Fiduciary Duty and the New Zealand Context

Date & Time: Thursday 5^th August, 12.00pm-12.50pm

Venue: Burns 7 Seminar Room | Livestream via Zoom [password: susinv]

Guest Speaker: John Berry [Co-founder and CEO, Pathfinder Asset Management]

Presentation Title: The ABC of ESG: Unpacking Ethical Investing with John Berry

Date & Time: Thursday 12^th August, 12.00pm-12.50pm

Venue: Burns 7 Seminar Room | Livestream via Zoom [password: susinv]

Guest Speaker: Peter Barnett [Head of Asia Climate and Energy, ClientEarth]

Presentation Title: Climate Change in the Boardroom and Courtroom: Legal Tools for Investor Climate Action

Date & Time: Thursday 26^th August, 12.00pm-12.50pm

Venue: Livestream via Zoom [password: susinv]

Guest Speaker: Mark Tume [Chairman, Infratil and Ngāi Tahu Holdings]

Presentation Title: Sustainable Investments: Lessons from Ngāi Tahu and Infratil

Date & Time: Thursday 9^th September, 12.00pm-12.50pm

Venue: Livestream via Zoom [password: susinv]

Guest Speaker: Caroline Lambert [Head of Trade, Delegation of the European Union to Aotearoa/New Zealand]

Presentation Title: Sustainable Finance and Taxonomies

Date & Time: Thursday 23^rd September, 12.00pm-12.50pm

Venue: Otago Business School Seminar Room G.19 | Livestream via Zoom [password: susinv]

Guest Speaker: Louise Aitken [CEO, The Ākina Foundation]

Presentation Title: The Rise and Opportunity of Impact Investing in Aotearoa NZ

Date & Time: Wednesday 6^th September, 11.00am-11.50am

Venue: Moot Court Lecture Theatre | Livestream via Zoom [password: susinv]

Guest Speaker: Ben McNeil [Co-Founder and Climate Scientist, Emmi]

Presentation Title: Understanding Transition Risk: Beyond Carbon Intensity

Date & Time: Wednesday 6^th April, 11.00am-11.50am

Venue: Livestream via Zoom [passcode: cefgroup]