Name: PRI European Asset Owner Forum 2025
Start: 2025-05-06
Location: Aegon Group

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Date: Tuesday, 6 May 2025
Time: 10:00 - 18:30 CEST
Location: The Hague, Netherlands

This exclusive, in-person event provided a platform for peer-to-peer discussions on the most pressing challenges facing asset owners today. Through interactive roundtables, participants explored key opportunities and practical solutions on topics including human rights, biodiversity, decarbonisation, and EU policy developments.

This free-to-attend forum was designed in collaboration with asset owner signatories to ensure discussions were forward-looking, impactful, and relevant to the rapidly evolving sustainability landscape. The event was created for sustainability specialists and leaders within asset owner organisations.

Why attendees attended

✔ To learn from and build new connections with other asset owner signatories.

✔ To participate in practical, action-oriented discussions tailored to your needs.

✔ To ideate innovative solutions to shared challenges and barriers to RI progress.

Networking drinks on 5 May
In addition to the opportunities for peer exchange during the forum on 6 May, the PRI organised networking drinks on 5 May in The Hague for attendees arriving the evening before.

Agenda

TIME	SESSION
10:00	Registration & refreshments
10:30	Welcome & introduction Cambria Allen-Ratzlaff, Chief RI Ecosystems Officer, PRI Frans de Beaufort, Global Head of Corporate Sustainability, Aegon Group David Atkin, CEO, PRI
10:50	Workshop 1: Impact & Outcomes In this workshop, participants explored the tools that asset owners can leverage to drive sustainability outcomes and achieve real economy objectives. The session started with practical insights from asset owner peers, and was followed by discussions and brainstorming. Leanne Clements, Head of Responsible Investment, People’s Pension in conversation with Cambria Allen-Ratzlaff, Chief RI Ecosystems Officer, PRI Patrick Peura, Head of Investment Stewardship and Engagement, Allianz and ex- Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance Track Lead
12:00	Networking lunch
13:00	Fireside Chat: The importance of asset owner engagement with policy making in 2025 This session discussed the latest developments in EU sustainable finance policy, what they mean for investors and highlight how asset owners have been getting involved. Elise Attal, Head of EU Policy, PRI Xavier Michel, Director of Public Affairs France & EU, Aéma Groupe Sonia Artuso, ESG Investment Integration Manager, Generali
13:45	Short refreshment break
14:00	Workshop 2: Human Rights This interactive session took the form of group discussions and explored how peer asset owners integrate human rights considerations in their investments and navigate emerging regulations. The session covered digital & AI ethics, defence, inequalities and conflict-affected areas. Daniela Bosnjak, Programme Officer, PeaceNexus Emma Douglas, Sustainable Investment & Stewardship, Brightwell Pensions Fredric Nyström, Head of Sustainability and Governance, AP3 Nathalie van Toren, Head of Responsible Investment, NN Group
15:15	Networking & refreshment break
15:45	Workshop 3: Nature & Biodiversity  In this workshop, asset owners shared how they assess nature-related risks, set expectations on Investment Managers and integrate those expectations into the selection, appointment and monitoring of Investment Managers. Sofia Bartholdy, Responsible Investment Integration Director, Church Commissioners for England
16:50	Wrap up & close Brunno Maradei, Global Head of Responsible Investment, Aegon Asset Management Cambria Allen-Ratzlaff, Chief RI Ecosystems Officer, PRI
17.00	Drinks reception
18:30	Event end