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International Symposium on Directors’ Duties and Liability Exposures for Climate Change Damages Four Seasons The Westcliff, Johannesburg, South Africa 16th January 2018

International Symposium on Directors’ Duties and Liability Exposures for Climate Change Damages

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The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) is organising two high-level symposia in South Africa on the legal basis for directors and trustees to consider, manage, and report on climate change-related risk, and the circumstances in which they may be liable for failing to do so. These events are relevant to a wide range of organisations working on or interested in climate change issues. It is now clear that climate change presents material – if not unparalleled – economic risks and opportunities. The Bank of England Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, together with others, have recently warned of the potential liability exposure of company directors for i) their company's contribution to anthropogenic climate change, ii) a failure to adequately manage the risks associated with climate change, and iii) inaccurate disclosure or reporting of these factors. These emerging exposures have implications for corporate governance in climate-risk exposed industries (from financial services to mining, infrastructure, agriculture, and beyond), and for the insurance sector (in terms of professional indemnity and directors' and officers' insurance). Despite these risks, there remains little in-depth analysis of how prevailing corporate governance laws and fiduciary duties facilitate – or constrain – the actions of company directors confronted with complex climate change challenges. In light of this and related developments, the CCLI has been established as a research, education, and outreach project by the University of Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, HRH The Prince of Wales’s Accounting for Sustainability Project, and ClientEarth. CCLI is initially focused on four Commonwealth countries (Australia, Canada, South Africa, and the United Kingdom) and is examining the legal basis for directors in common law countries to take account of physical climate change risk and societal responses to climate change, under prevailing statutory and common (judge-made) laws.


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Agenda Johannesburg Tuesday, 16th January 2018 09:30 – 10:15 Arrival and Registration at Conference Venue 10:15 – 10:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks 10:30 – 11:45 Session I: The financial and business implications of climate change in South Africa

Chair: Ben Caldecott, Founding Director, Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme, Smith School, University of Oxford

Panelists:� Joanne Henstock, ED - Governance, IR & Sustainability, EY South Africa John Oliphant, Chairman, Code for Responsible Investing in South Africa (CRISA) Professor Coleen Vogel, Professor, Global Change Institute, University of the

Witwatersrand 11:45 – 13:00 Session II: Duty to adapt - company directors� Chair: David Cooke, Lawyer, Company and Financial Project, ClientEarth Panelists:��

Christine Reddell, Attorney, Corporate Accountability & Transparency Programme, Centre for Environmental Rights Prof. Derick De Jongh, Director, Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership University of Pretoria Linda de Beer, Independent Director Sue Lund, General Manager, Growth & Diversification, Transnet SOC Ltd

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch� 14:00 – 15:15 Session III: Duty to adapt - investors�

Chair: Tracey Davies, Head of Corporate Accountability and Transparency Programme, Centre for Environmental Rights

Panelists:� Mzila Mthenjane, Executive head: Stakeholder Affairs, Exxaro Johan Thyse, Vice President: Group Regulatory Services, Sasol

Lindie Engelbrecht, Executive Director: Members & Global Alliances, SAICA


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15:15 – 15:45 Tea/Coffee 15:45 – 17:00 Session IV: Corporate disclosures and misrepresentation� Chair: Jessica Fries, Executive Chairman, The Prince of Wales’s Accounting for Sustainability Project�Panelists:� Loshni Naidoo, Project Director, Integrated Reporting, SAICA Tini Laubscher, Senior Technical Manager, Auditor-General South Africa

Shameela Soobramoney, Senior Manager: Group Strategy and Sustainability, Johannesburg Stock Exchange

17:00 – 17:45 Closing Keynote� Mervyn E. King, SC, Advisor, Arbitrator, Mediator; Former Justice of the Supreme Court of South Africa 17:45 – 18:45 Drinks Reception 18:45 – 20:30 Dinner

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Chair)&)Speaker)Biographies)!Chairs:#!

Dr.)Ben)Caldecott)is!the!founding!Director!of!the!Oxford!Sustainable!Finance!Programme!at!the! University! of! Oxford! Smith! School! of! Enterprise! and! the! Environment.! The! Oxford!Sustainable! Finance! Programme! is! a!multidisciplinary! research! centre!working! to! be! the!world's!best!place!for!research!and!teaching!on!sustainable!finance!and!investment.!He!is!concurrently! an! Academic! Visitor! at! the! Bank! of! England,! a! Visiting! Scholar! at! Stanford!University,!a!Senior!Advisor!at!Highmore!LLC,!and!a!Senior!Associate!Fellow!at!Bright!Blue.!Dr.!Caldecott!specialises!in!environment,!energy,!and!sustainability!issues!and!works!at!the!intersection!between!finance,!government,!civil!society,!and!academe,!having!held!senior!

roles!in!each!domain.!!

David)Cooke!joined!the!London!ClienEarth!office!in!March!2015!as!Company!and!Financial!Lawyer.! Prior! to! joining! ClientEarth,! David! worked! as! a! commercial! lawyer! with! the!international! law! firm! Denton!Wilde! Sapte! and!more! recently! as! a! climate! change! and!sustainability!consultant!focusing!on!carbon!accounting!and!reporting.!He!is!qualified!as!a!solicitor! in! England! and! Wales! and! graduated! with! distinction! from! an! MSc! at! the!University! of! Surrey! in! Sustainable! Development.! David’s! work! focuses! on! company!reporting! and! identifying! opportunities! for! legal! interventions! to! improve! corporate!

transparency!in!relation!to!climate!change.))

Tracey) Davies! is! an! attorney! and! head! of! the! Centre! for! Environmental! Rights’! Corporate!Accountability! and! Transparency! Programme.!Her! team! focuses! on! the! role! of! the! private!sector! in!upholding!and! fulfilling!environmental! rights! in!South!Africa.!The!CER’s!corporate!accountability!work!is!pioneering!new!methods!to!improve!transparency!and!accountability!around! the! detrimental! impacts! of! polluting! corporates! on! our! environment! and! people,!including! through! analysis! of! company! disclosures,! criminal! prosecution! and! shareholder!activism.! Tracey! is! admitted! as! an! attorney! in! South! Africa! and! a! solicitor! in! England! and!

Wales.!She!holds!a!BA!LLB!from!UCT!and!an!LLM!from!New!York!University.!After!qualifying!in!South!Africa,!Tracey!worked!as!a!criminal!and!corporate!litigator!in!London!before!joining!the!Centre!in!2013.!!

Jessica)Fries! is!currently!Executive!Chairman!of!The!Prince’s!Accounting!for!Sustainability!Project!(A4S),!established!by!The!Prince!of!Wales!to!“help!ensure!that!we!are!not!battling!to!meet!21st!Century!problems!with!what!are,!at!best,!20th!Century!decisionPmaking!and!reporting!systems”,!following!four!years!as!Director!of!A4S!from!2008!to!2012,!seconded!to!the!Project!from!PwC.!While!at!A4S,!she!is!responsible!for!establishing!the!International!Integrated!Reporting!Council!(IIRC)!and!running!the!IIRC!as!its!Executive!Director!during!its!first! 15! months! of! operation! to! October! 2011,! successfully! transitioning! the! IIRC! to! an!independent! organisation.! Director! on! the! IIRC’s! Board! and! Deputy! Chairman! of! its!

Working!Group!until!September!2015.!!#Speakers#(Session#1):#!

Joanne)Henstock! (Executive!Director!at!EY!Africa;!Chartered!Accountants!Australia!and!New!Zealand)!is!a!chartered!accountant!with!solid!background!in!auditing!and!assurance,!accounting,! governance! and! risk! management.! Previous! role! with!PricewaterhouseCoopers! in!New!Zealand,!and!current! role!with!EY!Africa,!consolidates!this!set!of!prior!experience!and!skills!in!technical!roles!supporting!quality!delivery!in!the!public! practice! environment.! Key! areas! of! focus! are! the! assurance! and! corporate!governance!spheres,!regulatory!relationship!management!and!building!bridges!between!the!assurance!service!provider!and!user!communities.!Her!specialities!are!auditing!and!

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assurance,! governance,! riskPmanagement! and! compliance,! regulatory! relationship!management! as!well! as!international!auditing!and!assurance!standards,!standardPsetting!and!international!convergence.!!

John)Oliphant! is!the!Chairman!of!Third!Way!Investment!Group,!Executive!Director!and!Founding! Partner! of! Third! Way! Investment! Partners.! He! is! also! the! Chairman! of! All!Weather!Capital! –! a!boutique!hedge! fund!manager!with!assets!under!management!of!R5.5! billion.! He!was! the! youngest! CEO! of! a! JSE! listed! company!when! he!was! at! GAIA!Infrastructure!Capital.! John! is!the!former!Principal!Executive!Officer!(PEO)!of!the!GEPF,!the! largest!Pension!Fund!in!Africa!with!assets! in!excess!of!R1.6!trillion.!He!was!the!key!driver!behind!GEPF’s!leading!investment!policies!and!strategy.!Working!closely!with!the!

board,! the! assets! of! the! GEPF! doubled! in! less! than! 5! years! during! his! tenure! and! in! one! of! the! toughest!economic!environment! in! recent!history.! John!also!serves!on!a!number!of!key!strategic! industry! initiatives!including!being!the!Chairman!of!the!Code!for!Responsible!Investing!in!South!Africa!(CRISA),!as!well!serving!as!a!member!of!the!PRI!Advisory!council.!He!was!key!to!the!establishment!of!CRISA,!which!is!hailed!as!one!of!the!best!in!the!world.!He!was!recognised!by!Batseta!Council!of!Retirement!Funds!(previously!known!as!POA)!as!Industry!Person!of!the!year!in!financial!services!in!2012.!In!the!same!year,!he!was!recognised!by!The!Mail'and'Guardian!as!one!of!the!Top!200!young!South!Africans!for!his!contribution! in!the!world!of!Pensions.! In!2013!he!was!named!Africa’s!Top!Emerging! leader!by!Africa! Investor.! John!holds!a!BSc! (Actuarial!Science!&!Mathematical!Statistics),!BSc!(Hons)!Advanced!Mathematics!of!Finance,!and!MSc!Finance!(Economic!Policy).!!

Professor) Coleen) Vogel! based! at! the! Global! Change!Institute! (GCI)! at! University! of!Witwatersrand.!She! is!a!climatologist!by! training!and!has!undertaken!research! in!climate!change,! climate! vulnerability! and! adaptation,! with! a! particular! focus! on! disaster! risk!reduction!and!climate!variability.!She!was!one!of!the!key!contributors!to!the!writing!of!the!Green! and! White! Papers! on! South! African! Disaster! Management! and! was! a! major!contributing! author! for! the!Disaster!Management!Act.!She!was!one!of! the!Chapter! Lead!Authors! of! the!Africa! Chapter! for! the! Intergovernmental! Panel! on! Climate! Change,! IPCC!

4th!Assessment!Report! and!was! also! an! author!of! the! Synthesis! Report! for! Policy!Makers!of! the!4th! IPCC!Assessment! Report.! Coleen! is! currently! project! lead! on! the! City! of! Johannesburg! Adaptation! and! climate!change.! Passionate! about! youth! development! she! is! very! involved! in! mentoring! students! (both!undergraduate!and!post!graduate)!helping! to!advance!both! theory!and!praxis! in!various!practical! research!projects!with! valuePadd! impacts.! In! addition! to! being! an! adaptation! specialist,! Coleen! is! also! undertaking!research!into!transdisciplinary!research!approaches!in!various!African!contexts.!!##Speakers#(Session#2):#!

Christine)Reddell) joined)the!Centre!for!Environmental!Rights!as!an!attorney!in!May!2015!as!part! of! the! Corporate!Accountability!&!Transparency! Programme.! She!holds! a! BA,! LLB! and!LLM!(Marine!and!Environmental!Law)!from!the!University!of!Cape!Town.!While!undertaking!her!LLM!in!2011,!Christine!interned!at!the!Centre.!She!then!went!on!to!complete!her!articles!of!clerkship,!was!admitted!as!an!attorney!of!the!High!Court!in!2014!and!started!practising!at!a!dedicated!environmental!law!firm.!!

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Professor) Derick) de) Jongh! is! the! Director! of! the! Albert! Luthuli! Centre! for! Responsible!Leadership!at!the!University!of!Pretoria.!His!academic!qualifications! include!BCom,!BCom!(Honours)! and! MCom,! majoring! in! Industrial! Psychology! at! the! University! of! Pretoria.!Derick!completed!his!DCom!in!Marketing!and!Communications!Management!through!the!University!of!Pretoria!in!July!2003.!The!title!of!his!dissertation!was:!Indicators!of!Corporate!Social! Performance! in! South! Africa.! Derick! is! also! a! founding! member! of! the! 50+20!“Management! Education! for! the! World”! initiative! and! member! of! the! World! Business!

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School!Council!for!Sustainable!Business!–!a!UN!PRME,!GRLI!initiative!besides!being!member!of!the!Board!of!Trustees!of!the!Exxaro!Chairman’s!Fund!and!Foundation!as!well!as!the!JSE!SRI!Index!Advisory!Council.!!

Linda) de) Beer! is! serving!as! an! independent!nonPexecutive!director!on!boards,! trains!and!advises!boards!of!directors!on!corporate!governance!and!reporting.!She!has!also!been! involved! in! local! international! standardPsetting! and! was! a! visiting! professor! in!financial!accounting!at!the!University!of!the!Witwatersrand.!She!acts!from!time!to!time!as! expert! witness! and! mediator! on! matters! within! my! area! of! expertise.! She! is!currently!a!member!of!The!Investor!Advisory!Group!of!the!Public!Company!Accounting!Oversight!Board! (PCAOB)! in! the!United!States,!established! in! terms!of! the!SarbanesP

Oxley! Act;! The! Financial! Reporting! Investigations! Panel! of! the! JSE! (chairman);! The! King! Committee! on!Corporate! Governance! in! South! Africa! and! member! of! the! King! IV! Task! Team;! The! Issuers'! Regulation!Advisory!Committee!of!the!JSE;!The!Quality!Control!Assessment!Committee!of!the!AuditorPGeneral!SA.!!

Sue) Lund! is! General! Manager,! Growth! &! Diversification! in! the! Chief! Business!Development!office!at!Transnet!SOC!Ltd,!South!Africa.!She!joined!Transnet!in!2006!as!General! Manager! for! Public! Policy! and! established! the! company’s! Sustainability!portfolio! in! 2011.! ! Amongst! other! roles,! she! manages! Transnet’s! new! business!development!in!natural!gas!networks.!From!2000P2005!Ms!Lund!was!head!of!Business!Development!and!Senior! Transaction!Advisor! at! the!PublicPPrivate!Partnerships!Unit,!National! Treasury;! and! from! 1995P2000! was! Deputy! DirectorPGeneral,! Department!

Land!Affairs,!South!Africa.!Ms!Lund!is!a!nonPExecutive!Director!at!the!Land!&!Agriculture!Development!Bank!of!South!Africa!where!she!is!Chairman!of!the!Risk!&!Governance!Committee.!She!is!a!member!of!the!Institute!of!Directors!Southern!Africa!and!its!Sustainable!Development!Forum.!Ms!Lund!holds!B.Journ,!BA!(Hons),!MA!(Rural!Development!Planning)!degrees.! !She! is!a!British!Council!scholarship!recipient!and!a!graduate!of!the!Senior!Executive!Programme!at!Harvard!and!Wits!Business!Schools.!!!#Speakers#(Session#3):#!

Mzila)Mthenjane! is! Executive! Head,! Strategy! and! Stakeholder! Engagement! at! Exxaro!Resources.!He! is!a!mining!engineer!with!more! than!20!years’! combined!experience! in!mining!and!investment!banking.!This!includes!seven!years!in!deepPlevel!gold!mining!at!AngloGold!Ashanti!and!Gold!Fields!Limited! in!senior!mine!management!and!corporate!development! roles,! respectively.! Mr.! Mthenjane! has! also! worked! for! six! years! in!investment! banking! at! RMB! and! Deutsche! Bank,! and! over! six! years! as! Executive:!Business!Sustainability!at!Royal!Bafokeng!Holdings!and!Royal!Bafokeng!Platinum!before!joining!Exxaro! in!his!current!role! in!May!2013.!His!qualifications! include!a!BSc!(Mining!

eng)!and!Senior!Management!Development!Programme!(GIMT).!!

Johan) Thyse! is! the! Vice! President:! Group! Regulatory! Services! at! Sasol.! His!qualifications! include! the! BA! Law,! LLB! degrees! obtained! from! the! University! of!Western!Cape;!MAP!from!Wits!Business!School!and!a!Master!in!Laws:!Climate!Change!Law! and! Policy! awarded! with! distinction! from! the! University! of! Strathclyde! in!Scotland.!He!is!a!qualified!attorney!and!joined!Sasol!in!1996!and!occupied!and!led!a!number! of! portfolios!which! includes! being! a! crude! oil! and! products! trader,! having!commercial! responsibility! to! negotiate! key! liquid! fuel! supply! agreements! in! South!Africa!and! leading!the!Strategic!Planning!team!at!Sasol!Oil.! In!2008,!as!part!of!Sasol!

Synfuels!International,!he!was!expatriated!to!Beijing,!China!for!3!years!followed!by!an!18Pmonth!assignment!in!Calgary,!Canada.!He!returned!to!South!Africa!in!late!2012!taking!up!his!current!role,!which!includes!leading!an!interPdisciplinary!team!focused!on!climate!change!!

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Lindie)Engelbrecht! joined!the!South!African!Institute!of!Chartered!Accountants!(SAICA)!in!her!role!as!Executive!Director:!Members!&!Global!Alliances!in!April!2016.!Mrs.!Engelbrecht!

also! serves! as! a!nonPexecutive!director!on! the!Hyprop! Investments! Limited!board!and! is!

Chairman!of!the!Audit!Committee,!a!member!of!the!Risk,!Remuneration,!and!Nominations!

Committees.! Her! previous! roles! include! Director! at! EY! in! the! climate! change! and!

sustainability!services,!Chief!Executive!Officer!of!the!Institute!of!Directors,!and!Director!at!

KPMG! focusing! on! governance! and! assurance.! She! has! also! served! on! various! nonprofit!

organization! boards! and! audit! committees.! Mrs.! Engelbrecht! is! a! member! of! the! King!

Committee!on!Corporate!Governance!and!served!on!the!main!editing!committee!as!main!editor!of!the!South!

African!Report!of!Corporate!Governance!(King!III).!She!also!serves!on!the!King!IV!task!team.!She!has!advised,!

consulted,! and! presented! to! boards! and! audit! committees! in! the! public! and! private! sectors,! presented! at!

local!and!international!conferences,!and!at!tertiary!institutions!on!corporate,!legal,!and!governance!matters.!

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Loshni)Naidoo!is!Project!Director:!Integrated!Reporting!at!the!South!African!Institute!of!Chartered!Accountants!(SAICA).!Prior!to!her!current!position!at!SAICA,!she!was!the!

Director:!Sustainability!&!Integrated!Reporting!at!Grant!Thornton!South!Africa,!Head!

of!PBB!Compliance!GEFs!(Operations,!IT,!GFCCU,!GRES)!at!the!DStandard!Bank!Group!

and! Associate! Director:! Climate! Change! &! Sustainability! Services! at! Ernst! &! Young!

South! Africa.! She! holds! a! Postgraduate! Diploma! in! Future! Studies! (Stellenbosch!

University),!MBA!(University!of!Cape!Town),!BComm(INF)!(University!of!South!Africa)!

and!a!BSc!(Chem!Eng)!(University!of!KwaZuluPNatal).!

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Tini) Laubscher! is!a!senior! technical!manager! in! the!Audit!Research!and!Development!

unit!at!the!AuditorPGeneral!South!Africa.!She!is!responsible!for!research,!development!

and! guidance! to! auditors! in! the! fields! of! the! audit! of! performance! information! and!

other! specialised!audits.! She! is!professionally!qualified!as!a! chartered!accountant!SA,!

with! an! Honours! degree! in! Economics! and! has!more! than! 20! years! of! public! sector!

experience.!She!is!representing!the!AGSA!in!an!INTOSAI!(International!Organisation!of!

Supreme! Audit! Institutions)! working! group! for! the! development! and! audit! of! key!

national! indicators.! She! conducted! several! training! interventions! and! workshops! on! the! topic! of! audit! of!

performance! information! on! behalf! of! SAICA.! ! She! is! further! a!member! of! IRBA! standing! committees! on!

sustainability!and!integrated!reporting.)!

Shameela) Soobramoney! is! the!Senior!Manager:!Group!Strategy!and!Sustainability!

at!the!Johannesburg!Stock!Exchange.!She!joined!the!JSE!in!2007.!Ms.!Soobramoney!

is!responsible!for!advising!the!Executive!Committee!and!Board!of!the!JSE!Limited!on!

corporate! strategy! and! all! aspects! thereof,! at! both! an! operational! and! strategic!

level!with!a!key!need! to!consider!multiple! stakeholders,!global! trends,! regulation,!

customer!needs,!governance!and!competition.!As!a!sustainability!specialist!she!has,!

inter! alia,! been! a! key! contributor! to! the! JSE’s! research! into! climate! change,! the!

potential!for!a!local!market!to!trade!in!carbon!credits!and!environmentPrelated!products,!the!development!of!

a!Green!Bonds!framework,!impact!investing!and!the!JSE’s!sustainability!and!CSI!strategies.!Ms.!Soobramoney!

represents! the! JSE! on! various! industry! advisory! panels! related! to! sustainability! and! climate! change,! and!

offers! development! and! strategy! support! to! the! FTSE! JSE! Responsible! Investment! Index! series.! She! is! a!

trustee!of! the!WWF! (South!Africa)! and! served!on! the!board!of!Directors! as! a! nonPexecutive!director! until!

November!2016.!Her!previous!experience!includes!senior!roles!in!the!banking!and!insurance!industries.!Ms.!

Soobramoney! completed! the!Master’s! Programme! in! Sustainability! Leadership! (MSt)! at! the! University! of!

Cambridge! and! holds! a!Master! of! Business! Administration! (MBA)! from! the!University! of! Pretoria,! Gordon!

Institute!of!Business!Science.!She!is!a!member!of!the!Institute!of!Directors!of!Southern!Africa!(IoDSA).!

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Mervyn)E.)King! is!a!Senior!Counsel!and!former!Judge!of!the!Supreme!Court!of!South!Africa.! !He! is!Professor!Extraordinaire!at! the!University!of! South!Africa!on!Corporate!Citizenship,!Honorary!Professor!at!the!University!of!Pretoria!and!Visiting!Professor!at!Rhodes! University.! He! has! an! honorary! Doctor! of! Laws! from! the! University! of! the!Witwatersrand,!is!Chairman!of!the!King!Committee!on!Corporate!Governance!in!South!Africa,!which!produced!King! I,! II!and! III,!and! is!First!Vice!President!of! the! Institute!of!Directors! Southern! Africa.! He! is! Chairman! of! the! International! Integrated! Reporting!Council! (IIRC),! Chairman! Emeritus! of! the! Global! Reporting! Initiative! (GRI)! and! a!member! of! the! Private! Sector! Advisory! Group! to! the! World! Bank! on! Corporate!Governance.!He!chaired!the!United!Nations!Committee!on!Governance!and!Oversight!

and!was!President!of!the!Advertising!Standards!Authority!for!15!years.!He!has!been!a!chairman,!director!and!chief!executive!of!several!companies!listed!on!the!London,!Luxembourg!and!Johannesburg!Stock!Exchanges.!He! has! consulted,! advised! and! spoken! on! legal,! business,! advertising,! sustainability! and! corporate!governance! issues! in! 53! countries! and! has! received! many! awards.! ! He! is! the! author! of! two! books! on!governance!and!sustainability!and!sits!as!an!arbitrator!and!mediator!internationally.!!!

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List%of%Attendees%

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Michael%Bongani,!Graduate!Student,!University!of!Pretoria!

Bongani%Buhalu,!Investment!Analyst,!Third!Way!Investment!Partners!

Ben%Caldecott,!Director,!Oxford!Sustainable!Finance!Programme,!SSEE!

Pieter%Conradie,!Programme!Director:!Integrated!Reporting,!University!of!Pretoria!

David%Cooke,!Lawyer,!Company!and!Financial,!Clientearth!

Tracey%Davies,!Programme!Head:!Corporate!Accountability!&!Transparency,!Centre!for!Environmental!Rights!

Linda%de%Beer,%Independent!Director,!Corporate!Governance!and!Reporting!Advisor,!IoDSA!

Prof.%Derick%De%Jongh,!Director,!Albert!Luthuli!Centre!for!Responsible!Leadership,!University!of!Pretoria!

Alastaire%Dick,!Director:!Mining!Program,!Rocky!Mountain!Institute,!Carbon!War!Room!

Candace%Dick,!Graduate!Student!(MBA),!University!of!Pretoria!Gordon!Institute!of!Business!School!(GIBS)!

Julie%Dixon,!Governance!Liaison!Manager,!Institute!of!Directors!South!Africa!

Lindie%Engelbrecht,!Executive!Director:!Members!and!Global!Alliances,!SAICA!

Willem%Fourie,!CoPordinator,!South!African!Sustainable!Development!Knowledge!Hub!

Jessica%Fries,!Executive!Chairman,!The!Prince’s!Accounting!for!Sustainability!Project!(A4S)!!

Daryl%Govender,!Executive!Manager,!Project!Development,!Eskom!

Allan%Greenblo,!Editorial!Director,!totrust.co.za!

Shamini%Harrington,!SHE!COE:!Climate!Change,!Sasol!

Joanne%% Henstock,!Executive!Director,!Governance,!IR!&!Sustainability,!Ernst!&!Young!!

Karin%Ireton,!Chair,!Institute!of!Directors’!Sustainable!Development!Forum!

Carmini% Kander,!Formerly!Head!Commercial!Finance!at!JSE!/!Now!Edcon!Johannesburg!Stock!Exchange!(JSE)!

Lerato%Khumalo,!Exxaro!

Mervyn%%King,!Advisor,!Arbitrator,!Mediator,!Independent,!Senior!Counsel!

Tini%Laubscher,!Senior!Technical!Manager,!Auditor!General!of!South!Africa!

Renata% LawtonLMisra,!Senior!Consultant,!Climate!Change!&!Sustainability!Services,!Ernst!&!Young!!

Cl%Lewis,!!Group!Company!Secretary,!Grindrod!Limited!!

Tim%Lloyd,%Attorney,!Centre!for!Environmental!Rights!

Cathy%Loupis,!Owner,!Cal!Consulting!

Sue%Lund,%General!Manager,!Public!Policy!&!Sustainability,!Transet!SOC!Ltd!

Alain%Mahieu,%Assistant!Manager:!Climate!Change!and!Sustainability!Services,!Ernst!&!Young!!

Jayne%Mammatt,!Associate!Director!Governance!&!Sustainability,!PricewaterhouseCoopers!

Edwin% Mavhungu,! Vice! President! (VP):! Energy,!Utilities!&!Building!Management! Systems,! ABSA/Barclays!

Africa!

Moaaz%Mehtar,!Senior!Manager,!Assurance!P!Climate!Change!and!Sustainability!Services,!Ernst!&!Young!

Ahmed%Mokgopo,!Africa!Regional!Divestment!Campaigner,!350.org!

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Dineo%Mokono,!Sustainability!and!Integrated!Reporting!Manager,!Grant!Thornton!

Pearl%Molepo,%Assistant!Manager,!ACTOM!

Aveshen%%Moodley,!Vice!President!P!Corporate!Real!Estate!Solutions!! ABSA/Barclays!Africa!

Nilesh%Moodley,!Founder!and!Social!Entrepreneur,!Global!Reporting!Initiative!and!Sustainability!Synapse!

Ebrahim%Moolla,!Senior!Editor,!CFO.co.za!

Mzila%Mthenjane,!Executive!head:!Stakeholder!Affairs,!Exxaro!

Paulose%Mvulane,!Graduate!Student,!University!of!Pretoria!

Loshni%Naidoo,%Project!Director:!Integrated!Reporting,!SAICA!

Terence%Naiker,!Senior!Legal!Advisor,!Sasol!

Luveshan%Naiker,!Senior!Manager,!Ernst!&!Young!!

Steve%Nicholls,!Head!of!Environment!and!Finance,!NBI!

Lila%Nopasika,!CFO,!Eskom!Pension!and!Provident!Fund!

John%Oliphant,!Executive!Director/Chairman,!Third!Way!Investment!Partners/Code!for!Responsible!Investing!

in!South!Africa!(CRISA)!

Shailendra%Rajkumar,!Senior!Policy!Advisor:!Environment!&!Climate!Change,!Sasol!

Mahadi% Ramarumo,!Senior!Events!Coordinator!and!PartPtime!Photographer,!SAICA!

Lusani%Rathanya,!Project!Analyst,!Acwa!Power!

Christine%Reddell,!Attorney,!Centre!for!Environmental!Rights!

Leigh%Roberts,!Integrated!Reporting!Specialist,!Leigh!Roberts!Consulting!

Madeleine%Ronquest,!Head!of!Environmental!and!Social!Risk!Management,!First!Rand!

Abel%Sakhau,!Manager,!Exxaro!

Sonya%Samson,!School!of!Public!Leadership,!Sustainability!Institute,!University!of!Stellenbosch!

Kim%Schumacher,!Research!Associate,!Oxford!Sustainable!Finance!Programme,!SSEE!

Eric%Smith,%Manager,!SustainAbility!Solutions!Africa!

Shameela%Soobramoney,%Senior!Manager:!Group!Strategy!and!Sustainability,!JSE!!

Sybrand%Stuwig,!Senior!Manager:!Product!Champion!and!Training!Officer,!AGSA!

Johan%Thyse,!Vice!President:!Group!Regulatory!Services,!Sasol!!

Kgomotso%Tshaka,!Executive,!Wesizwe!Platinum!

Thomas%%van%Viegen,!Associate!Director!P!Environmental!Sustainability!Strategy!Lead,!Ernst!&!Young!

Pierre%Venter,!General!Manager,!The!Banking!Association!of!South!Africa!

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