UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative Regional Roundtable: 17 October 08.00 – 18.00, at the Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG Geneva)
Sustainable finance leaders will meet in Geneva for UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative’s first Regional Roundtable to address the priorities of Europe-based banks, insurers and investors on integrating sustainability into financial markets.
The roundtable will explore how financial institutions can increase their resilience and generate economic growth through leading-edge responsible business opportunities while helping achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Experts will share best practices in integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in lending, insurance and investment; discuss innovation in financing the SDGs; and assess sustainable insurance market developments. Participants will find out more about energy efficiency financing; the shift towards integrative approaches to human rights; advances in evaluating environmental-related financial risks; and related policy developments.
Participants will discuss the next steps to advance sustainable finance at a European level, including the implications of initiatives such as the European Commission’s High-level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG) and implementation by European financial institutions of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations.
Speakers include:
Elliott Harris, UN Assistant Secretary-General
Olivier Rousseau, Executive Director, Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (The French Pension Reserve Fund)
Jean Boissinot, Senior Advisor/Director, DG Trésor/French Treasury
Philippe Zaouati, CEO of Mirova and chair of Paris’ Finance for Tomorrow initiative
Fiona Reynolds, Managing Director, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
Sabine Doebeli, CEO, Swiss Sustainable Finance
Scott Vaughan, President & CEO, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
David Pitt-Watson, Former Co-Chair, UNEP FI
Roland Dominicé, CEO, Symbiotics
Johnny El Hachem, CEO, Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity
Jane Wilkinson, Head of Sustainable Finance, Luxembourg Stock Exchange
Richard Mattison, CEO, Trucost
Maria Anne van Dijk, Head of Environmental Social & Ethical Risk & Policy, ABN AMRO
Marc Bichler, Ambassador-at-Large for Climate Change & Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign & European Affairs, Luxembourg
René van de Kieft, CEO, MN
From UN Environment: Eric Usher, Head UNEP FI and Nick Robins, Co-Director UN Environment Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System
+ representatives from many UNEP FI members including Denis Childs of Société Générale, Leonie Schreve of ING Bank, Christian Thimann of AXA and James Vaccaro of Triodos Bank
UNEP Finance Initiative contact: Sally Wootton sally.wootton@un.org, Office: 022 917 8591, Mobile: 079 855 5355
For more information, visit unepfi.org/rrt2017. To register to attend the event, please contact Sally Wootton.
