In partnership with the Emerging Markets Investor Alliance and the Future Horizons Institute
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This panel explores the global race for transition minerals and its implications for a just transition – focusing on social and environmental risks borne by marginalised communities in the Global South, and the role investors and industry can play in addressing them.
The panel includes perspectives from emerging market policy and trade experts, leading institutional investors with established responsible mining practices, mining companies, and industry standard-setters.
Meet our speakers
Claudia Melim-McLeod is Director at Future Horizons Institute. She has over 20 years’ experience across consulting, research, and advisory roles with organisations including UNDP, UNEP, UNREDD, the African Development Bank, UNECA, Norad, KPMG, and Rainforest Foundation Norway. Her areas of expertise are climate change, climate and nature-related financial risk, sustainable finance, ESG standards, and political economy analysis. She has worked in over 40 countries and is a former fellow at the University of Edinburgh Business School and the London School of Economics.
Cecilia Mattea is the Europe Regional Lead at the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA). She leads work in the region, focusing specifically on policy developments. Cecilia also supports building partnerships with civil society and mining-impacted communities at IRMA. Prior to this, Cecilia was leading the responsible sourcing work at environmental NGO Transport & Environment focusing on automotive supply chains and regulatory frameworks and worked in the automotive industry.
Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara is the Executive Director of CELIOS, an Indonesia-based economic think tank. He previously worked as an economist and expert staff member at the Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and also served as a consultant for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom. His research focuses on energy transition, sustainable finance, and the restorative economy.
Daniela da Costa Bulthuis is the Executive Director at Robeco Asset Management. With over 25 years of experience in capital markets, Daniela worked in Brazil and the UK in asset management and investment banking before joining Robeco in 2010. She manages two of Robeco’s sustainable strategies: the Robeco Global Engagement Fund and the Robeco Emerging Markets Climate Transition Fund. In addition to her fund manager role, Daniela represents the fundamental equities team at Robeco’s SDG and Climate and Nature committees. She is also a board member of the Brazilian Investor’s Association (AMEC) and has been an active voice within listed companies in emerging markets for best sustainability and governance practices.
Chaired by Carmen Nuzzo, Professor in Practice and the Executive Director of the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre (TPI Centre).
This event is being held as part of London Climate Action Week 2026.