Invitation: Investor approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals – Thursday, 13 June

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Join us on 13 June
In March, Pensioenfonds Detailhandel selected a custom FTSE Russell ESG benchmark as the basis of its new €5.8bn developed market passive equity fund, managed by BlackRock. 

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The index, which is the result of a close collaboration between FTSE Russell, Pensioenfonds Detailhandel and BlackRock, has been designed to align a broad market equity benchmark with aspects of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).*EVENT DETAILS

DATE: 
Thursday, 13 June

TIME: 
08:30 – Registration and breakfast
09:00 – Conference begins
11:30 – Close

LOCATION: 
The Dylan
Keizersgracht 384
1016 GB Amsterdam

Please JOIN US IN AMSTERDAM on Thursday, 13 June for an educational seminar to hear industry experts, along with Pensioenfonds Detailhandel, discuss the evolving ways in which investors can capture the SDGs in their investment processes.

speakers:  Henk van der Kolk – Chairman, Detailhandel Maurice Versaevel – Investment Strategist, PGGM Aled Jones – Head of Sustainable Investment, Europe, FTSE Russell
The FTSE Custom Developed Ex Korea SDG Aligned index is designed to help investors align a broad market benchmark with selected UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – specifically Goals 8, 12, 13 and 16. Company weights within the index are ’tilted’ using sustainable investment themes that have been identified as aligning with specific aspects of the four targeted SDGs. These themes include: Anti- Corruption, Climate Change, Human Rights & Community, Labour Standards and Pollution & Resources. Further tilts aligned with SDG 13 are applied based on company exposure to three key climate change considerations: carbon emissions, fossil fuel reserves and green revenues.