The ECGI’s Responsible Capitalism project brings together the best thinking from academics, companies, investors, and policy-makers to provide fresh and meaningful perspectives on responsible capitalism and related issues. In this inaugural event, we will consider the role of companies, investors and policymakers in supporting responsible capitalism through the lens of the most systemic issue facing society: climate change.

Using high-quality academic evidence and deep practitioner insight, we will discuss: How can board leadership and governance enable a positive contribution from the corporate sector? To what extent are markets pricing systemic risks and so directing capital flows towards solutions? What role can regulators play? What are the opportunities for investors to drive change through recognition of their clients’ non-financial as well as financial goals? How can policymakers mitigate transition risk?

(Only registration is required and free to attend)

Confirmed sessions are as follows:

• MITIGATING CLIMATE RISK: HOW MARKETS AND COMPANIES CONTRIBUTE
• REGULATORY LEADERSHIP: THE US PERSPECTIVE 
• CAN SHAREHOLDERS RESCUE CAPITALISM? PART 1, 2 and 3
• POLICY CONCLUSIONS

Confirmed Speakers:

• Patrick Bolton, Professor of Finance and Economic, Imperial College Business School, ECGI Fellow
• Hans De Cuyper, Group CEO, Ageas
• Caroline A. Crenshaw, Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission
• Eilis Ferran, Professor of Company and Securities Law, University of Cambridge, ECGI Fellow 
• Oliver Hart, Nobel Laureate 2016, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard University, ECGI Fellow
• Sophie L’Helias, Chair, Suez, Founder & President, LeaderXXchange, Member of the Board, ECGI
• Jonathon Zytnick, Professor of Law, Georgetown University
• Bart De Smet, Chair, Federation of Belgian Enterprises
• Lieve Mostrey, CEO, Euroclear Group
• Carine Smith Ihenacho, Chief Governance and Compliance Officer, Norges Bank Investment Management
• Tom Gosling, Executive Fellow, ECGI and LBS
• Catherine Howarth, Chief Executive, ShareAction
• Cas Sydorowitz, Global CEO, Georgeson
• Philipp Krüger, Professor of Responsible Finance, University of Geneva (GSEM, GFRI) and ECGI Research Member
• Vassiliki Lazarakou, Chair, Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC)
• Carmine Di Noia, Director, OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs 
• Ernst Ludwig von Thadden, Professor of Microeconomics and Finance, University of Mannheim, Chair, European Corporate Governance Research Foundation (ECGRF)
• Baron Herman Daems, Chair, ECGI and BNP PAribas Fortis
• Marco Becht, Executive Director, ECGI and Professor of Finance, Solvay Brussels School