Education

Meet the organisations ICGN works with to provide training and education:

Columbia University

ICGN is pleased to endorse SIRI’s Sustainable Finance Stewardship Academy (SFSA) and Sustainable Business Stewardship Academy (SBSA).

Designed for corporate directors, executives and senior managers, the academies provide practical knowledge and training to help participants develop effective stewardship strategies and navigate today’s complex business environment.

ICGN members receive 10% off one place, or 20% off five or more places on either course. Discount codes have been emailed to members. Please events@icgn.org for more details.

ecoDa

ecoDa is an independent actor and a unique umbrella organization representing the main national institutes of directors in Europe. Their member institutes cover in total about 50,000 individual directors across 21 countries, sitting on the board of companies of all sizes and sectors.

ICGN is proud to announce its partnership with ecoDa in providing an investor perspective to its flagship training programme for Directors.

The ICGN module, The dialogue between boards and shareholders, will next take place on 16th October 2026.

Autumn Conference 2026

4–5 November 2026
Toronto

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Will Farrell

Federated Hermes
Assistant Manager, EOS
London

Will co-leads the climate change theme at EOS, the stewardship arm of Federated Hermes Limited, where his coverage includes companies in Europe and Australia, primarily financial services, energy, chemicals, and materials. Prior to joining EOS, Will worked in the energy and infrastructure investment banking team at Macquarie Capital, where he specialised in renewable energy. Before that, Will held a number of roles across the UK climate policy space, including as a parliamentary researcher for Rt. Hon. Chris Skidmore MP on climate and energy issues, and as a climate and economic policy analyst at a diplomatic institute. He was appointed as a voluntary adviser to Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP, President of COP26, on preparations for COP26 after co-founding a Westminster climate policy group in 2019, which engaged MPs and Members of the House of Lords to advocate for more ambition on climate action in public policy. Will has a Bachelor’s degree (1st Class Honours) in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.