Watch: GLS 2013 Panel on the role of capital markets in creating a sustainable economy

Panel overview: Investment is about the future and patterns of investments help determine the type of future we get. As the financial crisis has shown us, bad investment decisions can have a detrimental impact on the real economy. This year, as the UK assumes the one-year presidency of the G8, generating growth and long term prosperity for a stalling global economy will be high on the agenda and responsible investment will be at the heart of this debate.

In this session, the expert panel will address the question what a sustainable economy looks like and ask how we can insure financial markets allocate sufficient capital to enable it?

Chair: Alexis Cheng, Director, Governance & Sustainable Investment, F&C Investment

Panellists:
James Gifford, Executive Director, UNPRI
Ioannis Ioannou, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School
Giles Keating, Head of Research for Private Banking and Wealth Management,Credit Suisse

Watch recorded webcast of this session here

Biography

Professor Ioannou is a leading expert in sustainability leadership and corporate responsibility whose award-winning academic research provides valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities organizations face when developing sustainable business models. An Associate Professor at London Business School, his work focuses on strategic ESG integration and its implications for businesses and investors. He actively engages with leading companies, boards, and executives as a sought-after speaker, advisor, and author. Deeply involved with practice, he serves on advisory boards including the Sustainability Advisory Panel of Merck KGaA and the ESG Advisory Board of DWS Group. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum's Expert Network. Building on his experience advising organizations, he is interested in contributing further as a Non-Executive Director. His research is published in top journals, he is among the most cited scholars in his field, and he teaches popular courses on sustainability leadership and responsible business.

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