Make your money work for the planet
Join a twenty-minute drop-in session to discover the power you have as an individual investor and learn how your financial choices can help to save the planet. The TPI Global Climate Transition Centre in the Global School of Sustainability will present their latest research and data on banks and companies to help you to consider climate-conscious choices for your savings and investments.
Meet our workshop facilitators
Algirdas Brochard is a Policy Officer and Project Lead at the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre (TPI Centre). Algirdas leads the Centre's work on assessing banks’ progress on the low-carbon transition. Before joining the TPI Centre, Algirdas worked at McKinsey and Company, primarily advising banks on their decarbonisation strategy. Algirdas holds an MSc in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment at UCL and an MSc in Public Administration and Government at LSE and Peking University. He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at King’s College London.
Giorgia Monsignori is a Policy Officer at the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre (TPI Centre). She works on the sovereign (ASCOR) project, focusing on climate policy on fossil fuels, sectoral transitions and just transition. Before joining the TPI Centre, Giorgia worked at the Chamber of Commerce in Italy on Blue Economy projects. She interned at the UN Economic Commission for Europe, covering environmental topics. Giorgia holds a Master’s in International Security from the University of Groningen with a specialisation in energy and environmental security and natural resources.
Hayeon Cho is a Policy Officer at the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre (TPI Centre). She contributes to Carbon Performance assessments and sectoral methodology development. Before joining the TPI Centre, Hayeon worked on carbon finance projects, managing the allocation of carbon credits for the Korean Emissions Trading Scheme. She also worked on mobilising climate finance for sub-Saharan African countries at the UNDP. Hayeon holds an MSc in Environmental Management at Peking University and an MSc in Environment and Development at LSE.
Kay Patalano is the Strategic Outreach Manager at the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre (TPI Centre). Kay leads the Centre’s outreach and communications strategy, supporting engagement with key stakeholders, including investors, policymakers and civil society.Kay has extensive experience as a Director in multi-regional strategic planning, complex initiatives, market research and investment marketing at Merrill Lynch, Bank of America and Credit Suisse in the USA and Europe. Kay holds an MBA with a focus on finance and marketing from the NYU Stern School of Business.
More about this event
This event is part of the LSE Festival: How to save the planet running from Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June 2026. This year's Festival explores how existential threats including the climate crisis, conflict and AI are affecting all parts of the world, transforming the way and where we live, and how our societies function. With a series of events asking what can we be doing to save the Earth, its people and environment? Booking for all Festival events will open on Monday 18 May.
Established in June 2022, the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre (TPI Centre) is a research centre at LSE dedicated to producing independent and forward-looking research and data on the progress of corporate and sovereign entities in addressing climate change. Its work equips investors with the insights needed to encourage and support the transition to a low-carbon economy and net zero.
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