We are delighted to invite you to our inaugural Climate Innovation Community Interest Group, hosted by Pensions for Purpose, in partnership with SAIL Investments.
As climate and nature risks reshape global markets, investors are being challenged to rethink how and where capital is deployed. While clean energy has dominated the transition to date, the next phase of climate innovation lies in transforming food, agriculture and natural capital systems –essential to both global resilience and long-term growth.
This session will explore how institutional investors can adapt to a rapidly changing investment landscape by financing real-economy transition pathways that deliver measurable climate and nature outcomes alongside attractive, risk-adjusted returns.
Objective
To equip asset owners with actionable insights on deploying capital into climate opportunities beyond mitigation – capturing structural growth in private credit via nature-based solutions that also strengthen portfolio resilience and support fiduciary responsibility.
Outcome
Delegates will gain real-world insights to inform allocation decisions – financing climate innovation through nature-based solutions that deliver tangible economic value and attractive, risk-adjusted returns.
Who is this event for?
This meeting is open to Pensions for Purpose members, including asset owners, advisers, consultants, professional trustees, legal professionals and government representatives.
If your organisation is yet to join Pensions for Purpose you may attend one meeting before becoming a member.
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Speakers
Gjermund Grimsby, Chief Advisor Climate Change, KLP
Gjermund is responsible for the climate investment strategy at KLP, Norway’s largest private pension fund. He also serves on the board of Norsif, the Norwegian Forum for Responsible and Sustainable Investment. Before joining KLP, he was a Partner at Menon Economics, where he headed the advisory team on green transition and industrial policy.
Gjermund holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Oslo, with a research focus on 'competent capital.' He also holds a professional master’s degree from the University of Oslo, UC Berkeley, and Humboldt University in Berlin.
Michael Schlup, Chief Sustainability Officer, SAIL Investments
Michael is the Chief Sustainability Officer of SAIL Investments, and a member of SAIL’s investment committee. He has over 25 years of experience, having previously worked for Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of chocolate and cocoa products, including managing the Cocoa Horizons Foundation. At global agribusiness and food company Bunge, he oversaw Africa for their asset management and environmental markets team. He was the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Gold Standard Foundation, a non-governmental organisation that established quantification and impact maximisation standards.
Michael’s career began by advancing sustainable energy financing at the United Nations and working as a management consultant. He is a trained scientist and holds Master’s degrees in Geography from the University of Basel, Switzerland, and in Industrial Environmental Economics from Lund University, Sweden.
Lisa Sachs, Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CSSI)
Lisa is the Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), a Center of Columbia Climate School at Columbia University; Associate Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Climate School; and Director of Columbia's M.S. in Climate Finance. Since joining CCSI in 2008, she established and oversees CCSI’s interdisciplinary research and advisory work on the alignment of investment law, practice, and policy with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She is a globally recognised expert in the ways that laws, policies and business practices shape global investment flows and affect sustainable development. She works with governments around the world, regional and international development organisations, financial institutions, companies, civil society organisations and academic centers to understand the inter-relations of investment flows and sustainable development, and to influence investment policies and practices to promote the SDGs and the Paris Agreement. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Harvard University, a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School, where she was a James Kent Scholar and recipient of the Parker School Certificate in International and Comparative Law.
Host
Karen Shackleton, Chair & Founder, Pensions for Purpose
Karen has worked in the finance sector for over 30 years. As well as being Founder of Pensions for Purpose, she is Chair of the Strategic Investment Board for the Ministry of Justice, and a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Board of Resonance Ltd, a social impact investment company. She sits on the Advisory Council of the Impact Investing Institute.
Karen also provides independent investment advice to the London Boroughs of Islington and Camden through Apex Group. She was the Chief Executive/Managing Director of AllenbridgeEpic Investment Advisers from 2010 to 2013. Before that, she had 10 years’ experience as a fund manager and director for County NatWest and BZW Investment Management (now BlackRock).
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