The 4th Climate Finance Day and the UN Environment Finance Initiative’s biennial Global Roundtable will take place on November 26 – 28, 2018, in Paris, France. UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and Finance for Tomorrow, an initiative of Paris EUROPLACE, are joining forces to stage three days of action on sustainable finance in the city where decisive action on climate change was finally taken in 2015. Finance for Tomorrow and UNEP FI are co-organizing their two flagship events which together will be the major global rendez-vous in 2018 dedicated to mobilizing the financial sector to deliver a sustainable financial system.
The 4th edition of Climate Finance Day will build on the steady and growing financial sector mobilization worldwide and on the political momentum following the Paris Agreement and the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance. The event is the waypoint to take stock of private and public actors’ commitments and major achievements on green and climate finance issues. This year, it will focus on the progress made towards the greening of the global financial system as well as climate action in financial institutions, central banks and supervisors. The event will also highlight the next steps for climate finance development, by showcasing the development and outreach of innovative products, asset classes, and business lines in private equity and green loans.
Speaker Highlights
- Tengku Zafrul Aziz
Group CEO, CIMB Group - Nizar Baraka
President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council of Morocco - Marine de Bazelaire
Head of Sustainability, HSBC Continental Europe - Peter Blom
CEO of Triodos Bank - Jean-Laurent Bonnafé
CEO of BNP Paribas - Tatiana Bosteels
Director Responsibility and Head of Responsible Property Investment at Hermers Investment Management - Thomas Buberl
CEO of AXA - Richard Cantor
Chief Risk Officer, Moody’s Corporation & Chief Credit Officer, Moody’s Investors Service - Danielle Carreira
Senior Manager, Environmental Issues, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) - Yong-byoung Cho
CEO and Chairman of Shinhan Financial Group - Fabio Coelho
Superintendent of Previc, Brasil - Peter Cripps
Editor of Environmental Finance - Augustin de Romanet
Chairman of Paris Europlace - Louis Douady
Head of Environmental and Social Responsibility, Natixis - Denis Duverne
Chairman of AXA - Gerben Everts
Board Member of the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets(AFM) - Shu Gu
President, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) - Elliott Harris
UN Assistant Secretary-General and Chief Economist, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Frank Hovorka
Director of Strategy, Quartus - Fabian Huwyler
Head of Green Solutions, Impact Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse - Dr. Ma Jun
Director of the Center for Finance and Development, Tsinghua National Institute of Financial Research - Rana Kapoor
CEO of Yes Bank - Jung-tai Kim
CEO of Hana Financial Group - Richard Mattison
CEO of Trucost S&P - Greg Medcraft
Director, OECD Directorate on Financial and Enterprise Affairs - Tshokolo Petrus Nchocho
CEO of Land Bank - Fredrik Nilzén
Head of Group Sustainability at Swedbank - Saker Nusseibeh
CEO of Hermes Investment Management - Joshua Oigara
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, KCB Group - Maiko OKUNO
Chief Analyst in Environment and Energy Dept, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co.,Ltd. (MURC) - Frédéric Oudéa
CEO of Société Générale - Josien Piek
Head of EMEA at GRESB - Brune Poirson
Secretary of State, France - Marcos Ramírez Miguel
CEO of Grupo Financiero Banorte - Paula Rey Garcia
Team Leader of European Commission - Nick Robins
Professor of Practice in Sustainable Finance, LSE - Madeleine Ronquest
Head of Environmental and Social Risk Management, First Rand - David Rouch
Partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Nancy Saich
Senior Adviser in Climate and Environment of European Investment Bank - Fernando Alberto Silva Facetti
National Senator of Authentic Radical Liberal Party - Peter Sweatman
CEO of Climate Strategy and Partners - Guenther Thallinger
CEO of Allianz Investment Management - Carlos Torres Vila
CEO of BBVA - Satya Tripathi
Assistant Secretary of General UN Environment - Eric Usher
Head, UNEP Finance Initiative - Casper von Koskull
President and Group Chief Executive Officer of Nordea - Herbert Wigwe
CEO of Access Bank - Philippe Zaouati
CEO of Mirova, Chair of Finance for Tomorrow
Speakers
- Careen Abb
Positive Impact Finance, Programme Lead, UNEP Finance Initiative - Butch Bacani
UNEP Finance Initiative - Simone Dettling
UNEP Finance Initiative - Elodie Feller
UNEP Finance Initiative - Geeda Haddad
Regional Coordinator for Middle East and North Africa, UNEP Finance Initiative - Sabina Timco Iacazzi
Lead, Social Issues and Human Rights, UNEP Finance Initiative - Anders Nordheim
UNEP Finance Initiative - Liesel van Ast
Membership and Regional Co-ordination Manager, UNEP Finance Initiative
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About Climate Finance Day
Climate Finance Day is the annual flagship event of
Finance for Tomorrow which aims to mobilise the international financial
sector on the fight against climate change and to showcase innovative
solutions provided both by public and private market players. The 1st
edition n 2015 at UNESCO Headquarters dedicated to the theme “shift the
trillions” initiated the mobilization of the financial sector ahead of
COP21. In 2016 the second CFD was held in Casablanca, just before
COP22,to move forward especially in Africa. In 2017, the 3rd edition
aimed at accelerating actions and commitments on the eve of the One
Planet Summit held to celebrate the second anniversary of the Paris
Agreement. After the success of the 3 first editions, this Paris
Rendez-Vous will annually take stock of the key achievements and the
most innovative solutions on green finance issues. For more information
go to http://www.climatefinanceday.com
About Finance for Tomorrow
Gathering more than 60 members and international
observers, Finance for Tomorrow is the initiative launch in June 2017
with Paris EUROPLACE to make green and sustainable finance a key driving
force in the development of the Paris Financial Center, in order to
position it as the international point of reference on these issues. The
development of green & sustainable finance should contribute to
redirecting capital flows towards a low-carbon and inclusive economy,
in accordance with the Paris Agreement and the UN’s Sustainable
Development Objectives (SDGs). For more information go to
http://www.financefortomorrow.com
