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A new way to bring ideas together.
Designed specifically for Finance Pros
New, innovative voices on a huge topic
Our Community is acutely aware of the climate crisis, and the opportunity they have to make a difference.
GoodStock is not just a sustainability conference, it is a three year project to change the face of financial planning conferences in the UK.
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The GoodStock conference will not only give a platform to new ideas and new voices so that we can talk the talk, it will walk the walk by moulding a new conference format to last decades.
Fun, friendly & engaging format
09:30AM
Registration & Coffee
09:55AM
Welcome
10:00AM
We have a problem
Dominika Sieradzka-MacCuirc, RIE Solutions
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Dr Dominika Sieradzka-MacCuirc is an insightful business and operations consultant, who works with UK based financial planning firms. In 2022, together with her husband, Eoin, Dominika bought a five acres farm with a house and farm buildings in Poland, which they are currently transforming into a land of abundance for ecological inspiration, immersion, and education. The farm is a sanctuary for all beings. In 2018, she founded RIE Solutions, which helps firms master practice management, offering operational guidance and mentorship. Since joining the Financial Services profession in 2003, Dominika has helped countless organisations innovate their business practices. Additionally, Dominika holds a Doctorate in Psychology, is a certified practitioner of multiple alternative therapies, is a qualified yoga teacher, instructs the GetGrowing course which encourages self-reliance by cultivating organic vegetables at home, and is an environmental enthusiast.
Many people will know Dominika as a prominent operations specialist in the financial planning profession. Fewer will realise that she also runs a farm in Poland where she is farming sustainably and in ways that rejuvenate the soil. Dominika has to deal with the challenges of the climate crises every season and in this powerful keynote she will give a first-hand account of the day-to-day impact of climate change.
10:30AM
Panel Discussion: How can finance professionals act to address the risks that climate change brings to the financial system and our clients?
Dominika Sieradzka-MacCuirc, Chris Welsford, Alan Whittle, Louisiana Salge & Laurentius van den Worm
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11:00AM
Coffee & Networking
11:15AM
Is finance part of the problem or part of the solution?
Barry Fisher, CEO, Keep Scotland Beautiful
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Barry Fisher is CEO of environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful. The charity has a vision of a clean, green sustainable Scotland and works to inspire action to combat climate change, tackle litter and waste, restore nature and biodiversity and improve places. Barry has extensive experience in the youth sector. He joined Keep Scotland Beautiful from the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, where he held the role of Scotland Director. Prior to this Barry worked with the Ocean Youth Trust Scotland. The environment has always played a massive part in all his past employment roles as he sought to engage young people with activities dependent on clean, healthy environments. He has a BA Honours in management and tourism from the University of Glasgow/SRUC. Barry currently lives in Perthshire and is a Trustee of Remembering Srebrenica Scotland and St Fillan's Development Trust.
We must do more to normalise how we discuss climate change. In this keynote, Barry will discuss the behavioural science behind how we improve engagement with the topic of climate change and how the investment and wealth management profession can be part of that.
11:45AM
Panel Discussion: How do finance professionals maximise the positive change they create?
Barry Fisher, Anne Johnstone, Alan Whittle, Nick Stoop, Peter Dalgliesh, Lucy Hancock
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12:15PM
Finance can fix it
Jack Chellman, The Global Returns Project
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Jack Chellman is Chief Project Officer at the Global Returns Project: a UK charity helping financial advisers introduce clients to high-impact climate and nature charities. Jack focuses on the commercial case for incorporating philanthropy and sustainability advice into financial planning. He came to the UK from America on a two-year Marshall Scholarship, during which he earned an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History from the University of Cambridge.
Clients care about philanthropy and sustainability. But for the most part, financial advisers are missing vital opportunities to meet client demand and grow their business – all while accelerating incredible solutions to the environmental emergencies we face. In this session from the Global Returns Project, Jack Chellman offers an evidence-based overview of why advisers should connect clients with climate and nature charities as a part of normal financial planning. In the process, Jack will debunk commonly held myths around philanthropy advice and provide actionable strategies for initiating these conversations with clients.
12:45PM
Panel Discussion: How are people and projects moving the dial right now?
Clem Chatelin, Charlie French, Monica Paplyczk, Sinead McGurk & Anna Hutchinson
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1:15PM
Lunch & Networking
2:00PM
Are you in?
Julia Davies, Green Angel
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Julia Davies is a true impact investor, lawyer, philanthropist and environmental campaigner dedicating her time, skills and resources to tackling the climate and environmental crises and inter-connected social issues. Julia works under the mantra We Have The POWER (Protect Our World - Educate Restore). Julia's mission is to catalyse practical action by investing in start-up companies offering sustainable products and services, and providing philanthropic loan finance to accelerate regeneration, including to conservation groups acquiring land for nature restoration and to community energy companies. Julia has a particular focus on the circular economy and is on a mission to turn down the tap on new through promoting reuse. Julia is a founding member of Patriotic Millionaires UK - campaigning for tax on high level wealth.
In this keynote, Green Angel, Julia Davies will discuss how, both individually and collectively we have the power to create lasting change.
2:30PM
Panel Discussion: How do we get buy in from the profession to create sustainable change?
Julia Davies, Scott Sneddon, Cleona Lira, Nduka Amadi & Jonathan Griffiths
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3:00PM
Coffee & Networking
3:15PM
Solutions & Next Steps
Daniel Godfrey, Chair, The ASG Group
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Daniel is Chair of the FCA’s Advisers’ Sustainability Group (ASG). The ASG is developing Good Practice recommendations for the incorporation of Sustainability risks and opportunities into conversations with clients and the development of their financial plans . He is also a member of the Independent Governance Committee for the Legal & General DC pension. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Global Systems Institute of Exeter University, which researches system-wide solutions that can help to build a sustainable future for people and planet. He is an adviser to the Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Asset Owners Network a Member of the Advisory Board of the IoD’s Centre for Corporate Governance, and a Member of the independent Advisory Panel of the Financial Reporting Council. He has previously held CEO roles at City trade associations, including the Investment Association.
In this keynote, Daniel will share an update of the work of the FCA ASG Group and discuss the role of the profession in combating climate change.
3:45PM
Panel Discussion: What actionable points can delegates take away to implement right now?
Simon Evans, Daniel Godfrey, Steve Watters, Hannah Underwood, Julian Parrot, Peter Dalgliesh
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4:15PM
Closing Comments
4:30PM
Close
Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
For GoodStock we have chosen a World Class science venue and planetarium that is focused on sustainability and provides our attendees with an immersive experience that will encourage collaboration and innovation.
Great Transport Links
World Class Science Centre Focused on Sustainability
Access to local expertise in sustainability
Delegate ticket revenues will go to local environmental & social impact
All ticket revenue from this event will go towards a regenerative farm -Lauriston Farm.
By attending GoodStock, you will be contributing directly to making a difference in the local area. All ticket revenue generated from this event will be given to the Lauriston Agroecology Farm in Edinburgh. This is a hundred acre farm, run by a workers cooperative that is focused on food growing, biodiversity, and community.
This event is exclusively for those who are passionate about green investing.
GoodStock offers a safe space to have meaningful conversations with your peers about this very important topic in our profession.
Our event is centered around new ideas, innovation and thinking about the future, with no judgment allowed.
19th September 2024
You can purchase your ticket using our ticket link below. Tickets are very limited and once we are at capacity, that's it!
We want this event to be as sustainable as possible, so to encourage as many attendees to take public transport as we can, we have reduced the ticket price from the usual £150 + VAT to just £30 + VAT.
This will hopefully help more people to select a sustainable travel option. On top of that, we are donating the ticket revenue to Lauriston Agroecology Farm.
Tickets are £30 + VAT
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