GFIA is delighted to announce that we will be hosting a Breakfast Seminar on ‘Sustainable Investing: Strategic Minerals’ with Dr Daniel Wild, a highly respected thought leader within the sustainable asset management industry.
Minister Cortes, Minister for Environment will be opening the session for guests.
Event Details:
Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024
Time: 9am – 10.30am (Breakfast served from 9am)
Venue: Sunborn Hotel, Gibraltar
Cost: £35 members / £50 non-members (You will be invoiced once you register)
Dr Wild’s talk will outline the key considerations for investors when it comes to sustainable investing, and demonstrate approaches to address climate and biodiversity risks in investments.
Content
In the main part of the seminar we will cover the controversial topic of ‘Strategic Minerals’ as society transitions toward a greener future, which is highly dependent on the mining industry and value chain. Dr. Wild will discuss sustainability challenges linked to this secular trend and highlight opportunities within equity and commodity markets to build exposures whilst dealing with environmental and social shortcomings.
Topics covered:
Sustainable investing: general introduction (rationale, concepts, significance, markets)
Creating a sustainable investable universe: industry approaches to ESG methodology, handling climate and biodiversity risks, JSS proprietary tools
Overview on update on the latest developments in EU SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation)
Key Topic: Strategic Minerals. Solving the conundrum of the energy transition and the increased need for mining and metals under sustainability considerations.
Speaker
Daniel Wild has been Chief Sustainability Officer at Bank J. Safra Sarasin since March 2022. He is responsible for further developing the existing sustainability strategy and the proprietary ESG analysis, and coordinates all sustainability-related processes and product offerings. Daniel Wild has held leadership roles for over 20 years in sustainability and investment management. Before joining the Bank, he was Credit Suisse’s Global Head of ESG Strategy for two years. In 2018, Daniel Wild was promoted to Co-CEO of RobecoSAM AG, after having headed the Sustainability Investing Research and Development team for 11 years. In addition, he was an advisory member of the Executive Committee at the Dutch parent, Robeco. Prior to this, he led infrastructure financing programs in Southeastern Europe and Asia for the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) from 2004 to 2006 after having headed the Environmental Technology Department at EBP since 1999.
Daniel Wild holds a Master’s in Chemical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich. He earned his PhD in Environmental Engineering from ETH Zurich, followed by postdoctoral research at Stanford University, USA.
Daniel Wild gave lectures on sustainability investing at the European Business School and AZEK University, and served in various advisory functions at organizations such as Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) or United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). Furthermore, he is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Swiss Climate Foundation, the Focus Group Regulatory of Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF), and the Expert Commission Sustainable Finance of the Swiss Banking Association (SBA).