Guest: Vanessa Söderberg, Sustainability Director at Intrum

In this session, we will focus on how companies can work in practice to respect human rights. Joining us is Vanessa Söderberg from Intrum, a market leading credit management company, who will tell us about how Intrum has worked to implement human rights due diligence in business operations. In particular, Vanessa will go through the method and results of the human rights impact assessment carried out together with Ethos, and share lessons learned along the way.

This session will give insight into Science-Based Targets and how it can inform an organization's climate and business strategy.  We will cover current best practices on how an organization can develop a climate strategy that is achievable and aligned with international and scientific ambitions. We will present what a Science-Based Target is, what the benefits are for organizations to set a SBT and how you go about setting a SBT. This session will give you enough knowledge and inspiration to raise the bar for your organization’s climate ambitions.  

Guest: Christin Hertzberg, Head of ESG, Catella

Besides minimizing the risk of backlash from income inequalities, DEI strategies are great business opportunities for companies. You get to expand your board, executive, and staff talent pool to conquer new markets and strengthen existing one while also helping the communities you operate in progress and tackle inequalities. But how does DEI policy move from good intention to active implementation? What are the hurdles Swedish companies facing when implementing a DEI strategy, and how are some of them overcoming these challenges? Join this 30 minute session featuring Ethos´DEI strategist Dimitry Léger in conversation with the human resources director of Catella as they unpack Catella´s sustainable DEI goals and challenges.

This session will walk you through the best practices on how to transparently report on sustainability data. We will show you how you can simplify and increase accuracy of data collection through a digital partner as well as leverage sustainability data towards your stakeholders. Joining us on this session is Maria Mähl from Arabesque, a global group of financial technology companies offering sustainable investment, advisory, and data services through advanced ESG and AI capabilities. We will also give the participants a glimpse on our on-going development of a joint solution between Ethos and Arabesque.

Global supply chains were halted during the pandemic. This prevented many companies from doing their accurate due diligence and audit their suppliers. As society is opening up again, stakeholders and the market expects this backlog to be addressed. This 30 minute session will introduce you to the process of sustainable supply chain and how to minimize risk in all tiers.

Guest: Ulrika Renstad from Nasdaq
‍Having a strong ESG management can elevate your position significantly towards both institutional and retail investors. By early showcasing your sustainability impact in accordance to global standards, newly listed companies can quickly compete for the investors attention. During this session we will, together with Nasdaq, talk about the various steps to take as well as how to use the Nasdaq recommendations for business success

Just like Linnaeus classification system for flora and fauna revolutionised the sciences, the EU Taxonomy's classification of what can be considered a "green, sustainable investment" is revolutionising ESG and impact investing.
Join us to discuss how you as a company or financial actor can assess your taxonomy alignment by reviewing which economic activities within your organisation or fund are covered by the EU taxonomy, whether or not those economic activities are substantially contributing to an environmental objective, not doing harm, and fulfilling minimum safeguards in relation to human rights and corruption.

More information to come.