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Investor panel: ESG risks and opportunities for mining companies and investors
• Environmental, social and governance best practices are no longer niche – how can mining turn a corner to attract new sources of capital and co investment from ESG mandated funds?
• How could a global pandemic and financial markets fall out change corporate and investor mindsets towards ESG? Will it be lower on the list than delivering shareholder value?
• How can miners justify their position in a portfolio: clearer social purpose; human rights due diligence; provenance; minimising environmental impacts
• Where do ESG indices and funds get the data they base their investment decisions on? Issues with multiplication of standards
• Could ESG risk become commoditised and how can industry safeguard against that?
• How can mining better communicate it’s societal benefits? Is the promise of decarbonisation and a tremendous infrastructure rebuild the story mining should latch onto?
Moderators:
Carole Cable, Partner, Brunswick Group
Panellists:
Jessica Fung, Vice President, Pala Investments
Alan Knight, General Manager Corporate Responsibility, ArcelorMittal
Adam Matthews, General Manager Corporate Responsibility, Church of England Pension Board
Kieran Laird, General Partner – Public Law & Regulation Team, Gowling WLG
Jon Samuel, Group Head of Responsible Business Partnerships, Anglo American