CFA UK Sustainability Community’s online networking meetup: Planning for a sustainable future: Transition plans for investors and companies

Tuesday 21 January 2025 | 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar

This event has been organised by the CFA UK Sustainability Community and hosted by James Doyle, Evelyn Partners, Sustainability Community Champion

Meet your speaker, our community member James Hulse, Director, Hindsight Consultancy.

With 20 years in finance as a trader and fund manager, James pioneered the world’s first climate change fund in 2008. After leaving the City, he earned a master’s in environmental technology and spent six years working with NGOs, including CDP, where he led the forest program and developed expertise in sustainability. For the past eight years, he has run his own consultancy, specialising in deforestation, data sourcing for ESG, and climate policy.

A recognised expert in deforestation, he has authored key guidance on disclosures (ISSB, TNFD, CSRD) and collaborated on transition plan frameworks as part of the Transition Task Force. His work also includes advising the African Development Bank on creating an ESG hub for African data and working with a major credit rating agency to integrate ESG considerations.

James will make a presentation, we will then have a Q&A followed by moderated networking breakout rooms.

Key Discussion Points:

• Why Transition Plans Matter: The role of transition plans in managing climate risk, aligning with regulatory frameworks, and supporting long-term sustainability.

• Getting Started with Transition Plans: Practical steps for asset managers and companies to design and implement effective transition strategies.

• Best Practices and Standards: Overview of the UK Transition Plan Taskforce's recommendations and their integration into the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), with insights on what makes a transition plan robust and credible.

Timings

Registration: 12:55 
Event: 13:00 - 14:00 

Speaker

James Hulse, Director, Hindsight Consultancy

James is an industry expert in climate risk, having set up the world’s first climate change hedge fund in 2007.

After almost 20 years working in finance as a trader and fund manager, he spent 6 years with not-for-profits in the climate sector before setting up Hindsight Consultancy in 2016.  

James has written extensively on climate risk, natural capital and ESG and is a regular speaker at business and climate conferences.

James Doyle, Director, Green Finance, Evelyn Partners

James is a senior risk and compliance professional with over 25 years industry experience implementing regulatory change, governance, accountability and risk management arrangements in financial services firms.

He is the sustainable finance regulatory lead within Investment Management at Evelyn Partners, responsible for interpreting UK and EU sustainable finance regulatory requirements for discretionary wealth and portfolio management, and assists the Responsible Investment Transition Team in implementing changes to the investment process and sustainability related disclosures.

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