The shifting sands of ESG

Get direct access to Australia’s leading experts – listen, ask your questions and engage

The world is about to change – for investors, financiers, developers, corporates and their professional advisers. Not to mention governments at all levels and all the people who design and deliver buildings and cities. 

ESG mandates are on the move.

You’ll have heard that powerful legal and regulatory obligations are about to hit your C-suite. Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure, the nature positive rules, scope 3 emissions disclosures, just to start.

But are your advisers and responsible entities up to speed? Do you know the scope of impact or what the timelines are?

And what do you know about that much more uncertain driver - expectations?

Think social media backlash and uncomfortable news clips. That offshore wind farm won’t harm whales, but who’s to stop weaponising whales, Trump-style?.

The Fifth Estate is proud to again bring you Australia’s most trusted experts to answer your questions and engage with your concerns, in an intimate online setting. With takeaways.

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Meet the experts

Zoe Whitton - presenter

Managing director of Pollination is one of Australia’s outstanding leaders in the field. She's a board member of the Investor Group on Climate Change and the Centre for Policy Development, the Steering Committee of the Australian Climate Governance Initiative, and the Technical Advisory Group of the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute, and she is also a member of the Sydney Environment Institute's Advisory Group.

Estelle Parker - presenter

Co-chief executive officer at Responsible Investment Association Australasia and was previously a diplomat with the Department of Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade where she held various roles over seven years developing strong skills in negotiating changing environments.

Samuel Allam – presenter

Samuel is a Special Counsel in Baker McKenzie's Environment and Climate Change practice. For the last decade, he has concentrated on laws relating to the whole of environment, from biodiversity conservation to emissions controls, sustainability, First Nations rights and environment protection.

Liam Timms - co-host with TFE

Co-founder of Headland Partners and former fund manager of $5 billion International Towers at Barangaroo, which won a number of accolades including World's Most Sustainable Office Fund by GRESB 2020 and 2021, and carbon neutral (scope 1, 2 & 3).