Urbano Engage Speaker Panel event on Impact Investing with EQ Investors

Urbano is London's leading independent business networking community, connecting companies of all sizes and sectors from PLCs to SMEs, in London, the UK and beyond. 

Urbano hosts a calendar of different events each week, from speaker breakfasts to seminars and workshops, networking lunches and evenings, designed primarily to bring together those representing companies from our different business Communities: Build, Media, Finance, People, Host, Tech, and UWACTE (Urbano Women In Architecture, Construction, Technology and Engineering).

Our #urbanoengage Speaker Panel Events use an interactive format to examine key themes of interest to businesses. For this event, we are proud to be partnering with long-standing Urbano Members and newest Supporters, EQ Investors on Impact Investing.

This event is timed with EQ Investors' 2020 edition of their annual review of Impact Investing and how it has benefitted in key areas like waste reduction, zero carbon technology, alternative energy, access to mobile technology, healthcare and elsewhere. It also focuses on the opportunity to build back better in a post-pandemic world.

GUEST SPEAKERS - LOUISIANA SALGE & DALE SCORER

Louisiana Salge is EQ's resident Impact Specialist. She leads our research on impact funds, our impact reporting, and co-ordinates strategic engagements with fund managers to spread best practice on sustainable investing.

She will be talking us through the report highlights and how using a positive impact approach can drive valuation creation, in the sense of maximising financial returns and societal impact. 

Some of the features of the report and Louisiana's presentation explore:

• How companies with Positive Impact Portfolios are helping to fight the coronavirus now and set the stage for a green economic recovery.
• An in-depth focus on climate change, using scenario analysis to show how investments are aligned to the Paris Agreement.
• Details on how EQ has enhanced its impact investing standards, identifying how its investments support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and collaborated with a wide variety of stakeholders to enhance its engagement efforts.

Louisiana will be joined by Dale Scorer, a Chartered Financial Advisor and Planner at EQ Investors. Dale's career started in South Africa and she has now been working in financial services for over 10 years. Dale’s focus is on communication without the jargon, ensuring clients have a very clear understanding and feeling that they are well informed to make their financial decisions. 

This event coincides and supports the objectives of Good Money Week 24th-30th October - helping everyone find sustainable and ethical options for banking, pensions, savings and investments.

Participants can submit their own  questions in advance or during the session. The online link to the event will be sent out nearer the event.

** PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS FREE FOR ALL TO ATTEND AND THE USUAL RESTRICTIONS ON NON-MEMBERS ATTENDING URBANO EVENTS DO NOT APPLY FOR #URBANOENGAGE EVENTS **