RI Americas 2016Long-term value creation 6-7 December 2016, New York City

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INTRODUCTION

The RI Americas 2016 conference, Response Global Media?s flagship US, Canada and Latin America conference, was another full house with 371 attendees packing out the auditorium on December 6/7 at Bloomberg in New York, which hosts the event.

Keynote interviews at the event included:

- Pet e Grannis, First Deputy Comptroller, Office of the New York State Comptroller, which oversees the $185bn New York State Common Retirement Fund.

- Sarah Keohane Will iam son , Chief Executive Officer at FCLT Global, whose board includes Mark Wiseman, Global Head of Active Equities, BlackRock and Dominic Barton, Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company, talking about how investors and companies can move away from short-term, value-destroying behaviour to long-term value creation.

- St ephanie Leaist , Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), outlining the work of the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, the G20, and the future of corporate and investor financial accounting.

This photo report gives a flavour of the people, panels, networking and ambiance that made for another stellar RI Americas conference. Thank you!

Hugh Wheelan, Managing Editor, Responsible Invest or

For the conference agenda and sl ides visi t : www.responsible-investor.com/ riamericas2016

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?Mat er ial inform at ion on clim at e change needs t o be helpful, consist ent and show whet her com panies are doing t he r ight t h ing.?Pete Grannis, First Deputy Comptroller, Office of the New York State Comptroller

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?We need bankable green inf rast ruct ure project s in em erging m arket s, but it ?s not just a cl im at e issue. One problem is t hat you don?t always know who owns t he land!? Eila Kreivi, Director and Head of Capital Markets, European Investment Bank

Pete Grannis, Office of the New York State Comptroller

Sarah Keohane Williamson, FCLT Global

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?I feel pr ivi leged t o be able t o use m y account ing sk il ls for a bet t er purpose!? Carole M. Laible, CEO, Domini Impact Investing

L to R: Chris Fowle, PRI; Jennifer Sireklove, Parametric; Lisa Woll, US SIF; Cheryl Smith, Trillium AM

L to R: Rob Lake, Rob Lake Advisors; Eric Wetlaufer, CPPIB; Carole Laible, Domini Impact Investing; Anna Snider, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

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?You have t o ask f ir st of al l whet her com panies have a long-t erm business plan on which t hey are basing t heir long-t erm incent ives plans!? Mark Van Clieaf, Partner, Organizational Capital Partners

?We have t aken t he UN Sust ainable Developm ent Goals and t heir applicabil i t y t o com panies in t erm s of how t heir product s are cont r ibut ing or det ract ing f rom t hem .? Ariane de Vienne, Director Business Development North America, Head of New York Office, oekom research

L to R: Francis Byrd, Byrd Governance Advisory; Amy Borrus, Council of Institutional Investors; Michael Kagan, ClearBridge Investments; Edward Kamonjoh, 50/50 Climate Project; Mark Van Clieaf, Organizational Capital Partners

L to R: Geraldine Watson, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Ariane de Vienne, oekom research, Fran Seegull, U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

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Diederik Timmer, Sustainalytics

Laura Nishikawa, MSCI L to R; Hugh Wheelan, Responsible Investor; Tim Smith, Walden AM; Diederik Timmer, Sustainalytics; Laura Nishikawa, MSCI, Steve Godeke, Godeke Consulting

?Com panies w it h bet t er ESG scores have exper ienced fewer credit event s. ESG dat a br ings som et hing t hat is not being capt ured by ot her r isk charact er ist ics.? Lev Dynkin, Head of Quantitative Portfolio Strategy Group, Barclays

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?Millennials m ay not be any m ore responsible t han past generat ions, but t hey are used t o having a lot m ore com parat ive inform at ion.? Manuel Lewin, Head of Responsible Investment, Zurich Insurance Company

?We are shif t ing f rom an exclusion t o an inclusion policy: how do ESG fact ors need t o be assessed in a com pany and com plim ent t he f inancial research.? Anna Pot, Manager, Responsible Investments, APG Asset Management

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Stephanie Leaist, CPPIB

Cynthia Simon, CDP L to R: Marcos Jesus Ramos Martin, Vigeo Eiris; Greg Elders, Bloomberg; David Lunsford, Carbon Delta

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" I t hought your conference was t ru ly excellent . The debat e session was par t icular ly well done and clear ly very engaging for t he audience" Camille LeBlanc, Chief Strategy Officer, Four Twenty Seven Climate Solutions

L to R: Cary Krosinsky, Brown University; Sophie Purdom, Brown University Sustainable Investment Fund

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SPEAKERS AT THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE- Pete Grannis, First Deputy Comptroller, Off ice of t he New York St at e Com pt roller - Nathaniel Bullard, Global Head of Executive Insights, Bloom berg New Energy Finance - Eila Kreivi, Director and Head of Capital Markets, European Invest m ent Bank - Lauren Smart, Executive Director, Trucost - Sarah Keohane Williamson, Chief Executive Officer, FCLT Global - Lisa Woll, Chief Executive Officer, US SIF - Jennifer Sireklove, Senior Investment Strategist, Param et r ic - Lev Dynkin, Head of Quantitative Portfolio Strategy Group, Barclays - Cheryl Smith, Managing Partner & Portfolio Manager, Tr i l l ium Asset Managem ent - Eric Wetlaufer, Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Public Market Investments, Canada Pension Plan

Invest m ent Board (CPPIB) - Anna Snider, Head of Due Diligence, Bank of Am er ica Mer r i l l Lynch - Carole Laible, Chief Executive Officer, Dom ini Im pact Invest ing - Amy Borrus, Deputy Director, Council for Inst it ut ional Invest ors - Michael Kagan, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, ClearBr idge Invest m ent s - Edward Kamonjoh, Executive Director, 50/50 Clim at e Project - Mark Van Clieaf, Partner, Organizat ional Capit al Par t ners - Geraldine Watson, Vice President, Finance & Operations, Rockefeller Brot hers Fund - Fran Seegull, Executive Director, U.S. Im pact Invest ing All iance - Ariane de Vienne, Director Business Development North America, Head of New York Office, oekom research - Diederik Timmer, Executive Vice President, Institutional Relations, Sust ainalyt ics - Laura Nishikawa, Head of Fixed Income ESG Research, MSCI - Tim Smith, Director of ESG Shareowner Engagement, Walden Asset Managem ent - Steve Godeke, Adjunct Professor of Finance, New York Universit y & Founder, Godeke Consult ing - Anna Pot, Manager, Responsible Investments, APG Asset Managem ent - Tracey Rembert, Assistant Director, Catholic Responsible Investing, CBIS - Manuel Lewin, Head of Responsible Investment, Zur ich Insurance Com pany - Lara Yacob, Regional Co-ordinator, North America, UNEP Finance In it iat ive - James Lockhart Smith, Head of Financial Sector Risk, Ver isk Maplecrof t - Tony Campos, Head of ESG Americas, FTSE Russell - Matthew Diserio, President and Co-Founder, Wat er Asset Managem ent - John Chisholm, Global Equity Product Managers, Schroders - Stephanie Leaist, Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing, Canada Pension Plan Invest m ent Board

(CPPIB) - Cynthia Simon, Senior Manager, Investor Initiatives, CDP - Greg Elders, Senior ESG Analyst, Bloom berg - Marcos Jesus Ramos Martin, Product Manager Research Line on Carbon & Energy Transition, Vigeo Eir is - David Lunsford, Head of Development and Co-Founder, CARBON DELTA - Georges Dyer, Principal, Int ent ional Endowm ent s Net work - Sophie Purdom, Co-Editor, Revolutions in Sustainable Investing & Co-Creator of the Brown Universit y

Sust ainable Invest m ent Fund - Reid Capalino, Principal, Aligned Int erm ediary

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- 3Sisters Sustainable Management

- 50/50 Climate Project - AB Global - Academy Securities - Acrux Partners - Aegon USA Investment

Management - AGF Investments - Alberta Investment Management

Corporation - Alfa Bank - Aligned Intermediary - Alt Cap X - Aon Hewitt - Apache Capital - Apache Corporation - APG Asset Management - Aquidneck Partners - Aquiline Capital Partners - Ariane Capital Partners - Artesian Capital Management - B Lab - Bank of America - Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Barclays - Barclays Research - Bard College - Beyond Capital Fund - BHP - Brugger and Partners - Big Path Capital - Bloomberg - Bloomberg New Energy Finance - BlueSky Investment

Management - BMO Financial Group - BNP Paribas - BNY Mellon - Broadwell360 Limited - Brown University - BSR - Byrd Governance Advisory - Caisse de dépôt et placement du

Québec - Canada Pension Plan Investment

Board - Candriam Investors Group - Carbon Delta - Cartica Management - CDP - Ceres - Chartwell Consulting - Christian Brothers Investment

Services - Church Investment Group - Citi - ClearBridge Investments - Climate Action Reserve - Clinton Foundation - Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism - Columbia University - Commonfund - Connecticut Green Bank - Cornerstone Capital Council of

Institutional Investors - City University of New York - Daobridge Capital - Deloitte - Department of Finance Canada

- Department of Finance, NYC - Deutsche Asset Management - Deutsche Bank - Domini Impact Investing - Doris Duke Charitable

Foundation - EcoVadis - Emerging Energy and

Environment Investment Group - Entelligent - Equilibrium Stock Exchange - European Investment Bank - EverHope Capital & Strategy - EverWatch Financial - Excellerate Energy - FAIRR - FCLT Global - Fidelity - Fifth Quadrant Analytics - Figure 8 Investment Strategies - Flat World Partners - Four Twenty Seven - Franklin Templeton Investments - FTSE Russell - Fundación Avenida - Fundo Group - Gaia Advisors - Godeke Consulting - Goldman Sachs - Governance & Accountability

Institute - GRESB - Harbor Road - Harding Loevner - Harvard Management Company - Hong Kong Trade Development

Council - HSBC - ICAP - IHS Markit - Impact Alpha - Impact Assets - Impact Capitalyst - Impax Asset Management - Inclusive Business Associates - Intentional Endowments

Network - Interfaith Centre on Corporate

Responsibility - ISS - Janus Capital - Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited - Jeanensis Capital Markets - Jeremy Coller Foundation - Joele Frank - JP Morgan Asset Management - KPMG - Lazard Asset Management - Lord Abbett - Los Angeles Capital

Management - MacKay Shields - Macquarie - Manulife Asset Management - Martin Currie - Mercer - Mercy Investment Services - Millani Perspectives - Miller/Howard Investments

- Mission Investors - Morgan Stanley Private Wealth

Management - Morgan Stanley Investment

Management - Morgan Stanley Sustainable

Finance - MSCI - MSCI ESG Research - NASDAQ - Natixis Global Asset Management - Natural Capital Finance Alliance - Neuberger Berman - New Holland Capital - New York State Common

Retirement Fund - Nippon Life Global Investors

Americas - Nordea - Office of the New York State

Comptroller - Oakville Community Foundation - oekom research - Office of the New York City

Comptroller - One Planet Ventures - Organizational Capital Partners - Parametric - Paul Ellis Consulting - Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &

Garrison - Pax World Management - PEI Media - Perella Weinberg Partners - PGIM Real Estate - PineBridge - PonValley - Principles for Responsible

Investment - Prudential Fixed Income - PSP Investments - PwC - Quotient Investors - Ramboll Environ - RBC Global Asset Management - RBC Wealth Management - Rob Lake Advisors - Robeco - Rockefeller & Co. - Rockfeller Brothers Fund - Russell Investments - S-Network ESG Solutions - S&P Dow Jones Indices - Saber Partners - Sands Capital - Sarah Cleveland Consulting - Sberbank of Russia - Schroders - Seattle City Employees'

Retirement System - SEIU Master Trust Pension Funds - Sentinel Investments - Signity Financial - Silver Leaf Partners - Simon Fraser University - Solaron Sustainability Services - SRG Consulting - SRI Investor - Stance Capital

- State Street Global Advisors - Stewart Investors - Stone Harbor Investment

Partners - Susman Godfrey - Sustainability Accounting

Standards Board - Sustainable Insight Capital

Management - Sustainable Investments Institute - Sustainable Pte Ltd - Sustainalytics - T-Rex Group - Temporis Capital - Brown University Sustainable

Investment Fund - The Conference Board - The Investment Integration

Project - The Pension Boards-United

Church of Christ - The Wharton School - The World Bank - Third Partners - TIAA Global Asset Management - TIAA Investments - Tokyo Stock Exchange - Toronto Stock Exchange - Treebeard Financial - Treehouse Investments - Trillium Asset Management - Trucost - TruValue Lab - Tufts University - U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency - U.S. Impact Investing Alliance - U.S. Trust - UBS - UBS Asset Management - UBS Wealth Management

Americas - UFCW Capital Stewardship

Program - Ulula - UN Sustainable Development

Solutions Network - UNEP Finance Initiative - Union of Concerned Scientists - United Church Funds - United Nations - Urban Development Consultant - US SIF - Verde Enterprise - Verisk Analytics - Verisk Maplecroft - Vigeo Eiris - Voya Investment Management - Wafra Investment Advisory Group - Walden Asset Management - Water Asset Management - WDA LLC - WE Family Offices - Wespath Investment

Management - William Harris Investors - Woodlake Group - Yum! Brands - Zurich Insurance Company

Companies attending RI Americas 2015:

By type of company:

RI Americas 2016 attracted

371 delegates from

241 companies

Asset owners & their advisors 16%(pension funds, family offices, endowments,foundations, investment consultants)

Asset managers 36%(and suppliers of investmentmanagement services)

Service suppliers 27%(research agencies, indices, data vendors)

Others 21%(corporates, government & regulators, associations, legal, academics, etc)

By Job Level

MD/Director/Business Head/ Principal 29%

Investment Analytics/ Research 12%

Other 17%

Manager 26%

CEO/CIO/CFO/COO/ Executive Director/Partner 16%