| 8:30 AM | Registration, networking and morning coffee |
| 9:00 AM | Chair’s opening remarks Emma Harvey-Smith, Chief of Staff, Green Finance Institute |
| 9:05 AM | Keynote address – The role of green finance in catalysing the transition to net zero The Rt Hon. The Lord Mayor, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli |
| 9:15 AM | Keynote address – Investment opportunities in the UK’s renewable energy and climtech sectors Lord Dominic Johnson of Lainston CBE, Minister of State (Minister for Investment), Department for Business and Trade |
| 9:35 AM | Keynote address – The net zero agenda in the U.S. The Hon. Sarah Bloom Raskin, Co-Chair of the UN Net Zero and Accountability Framework Review, Former Deputy Treasury Secretary and currently Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke University |
| 9:50 AM | Setting the context: growth prospects for sustainable finance and investment post-COP28 What was agreed at COP 28? The implications for sustainable finance. How can the financial services industry best facilitate energy transition? Accelerating investment in renewable energy and climate tech.
Dr José Viñals, Group Chairman, Standard Chartered
Sonja Laud, Chief Investment Officer, Legal & General Investment Management
Mercedes Vela Monserrate, CEO, Global Climate Finance Centre (GCFC)
William Vereker, Chair, Santander UK Group Holdings plc and Santander UK plc |
| 10:30 AM | Networking and morning coffee |
| 11:00 AM | International financial regulation on climate and biodiversity: towards convergence or divergence? How effectively are national regulators coordinating their policy initiatives in this area? Which are the most challenging issues? Progress towards global consistency to avoid regulatory arbitrage.
Taylor Francis, Co-founder, Watershed
Sacha Sadan, Director of Environment, Social and Governance, Financial Conduct Authority
Christy Goldsmith Romero, Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Emma Howard Boyd CBE, Chair, Green Finance Institute, Global Ambassador, Race to Resilience & Race to Zero |
| 11:40 AM | Climate change acceleration: implications for climate adaptation, best practice transition plans and risk management 2023 was the hottest year on record and suffered the most serious adverse weather events. What’s next? Can we adapt fast enough? How to manage the risks. Challenges for transition planning.
Bruce Carnegie-Brown, Chairman, Lloyd’s of London
The Baroness Vere of Norbiton, Treasury Lords Minister, HM Treasury
Julie Page, EMEA CEO, Aon
The Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS FMed Sci, Chair of Adaptation Committee, UK Climate Change Committee |
| 12:20 PM | Investor stewardship and portfolio diversification: recognising the interdependencies between climate change and biodiversity Climate and nature are two sides of the same coin. Decisions about one affect the other, making portfolio diversification more complex. How asset managers can meet the challenge.
Karen Ellis, Chief Economist, WWF UK
Jason Mitchell, Head of Responsible Investment Research, Man Group plc
Stephanie Maier, Global Chief Sustainability Officer, GAM |
| 1:00 PM | Networking and lunch |
| 2:00 PM | Fireside chat - Bending the emissions curve - Transition finance focused on emissions reductions |
| 2:30 PM | Fireside chat In conversation with:
Elaine Grunewald, Chief Sustainability Officer, President of TONOMUS Venture Studio, TONOMUS.NEOM |
| 2:45 PM | Corporate reporting and disclosure – will the new ISSB Sustainable Standards lead to an integrated TCFD/TNFD model? What are the differences and implementation challenges of TCFD and TNFD reporting? Can they be integrated? Will the ISSB’s coming work on nature-related standards provide the solution? How does all this fit with the European Sustainability Reporting Standards? The challenge of reporting on Scope 3 (supply chain) emissions. The future for ESG ratings providers. Data – the latest initiatives.
Panel:
Alan Vallance, CEO, ICAEW
David Craig, Co-Chair, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
Sue Lloyd, Vice-Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) |
| 3:25 PM | International carbon markets – the evolving relationship between voluntary and compliance markets Effective carbon pricing is essential for the energy transition. Is a revised, high integrity VCM the solution? Will governments opt for more compliance markets? Is there scope for interplay between the two? Is ‘Carbon Insetting’ the next major development? Impact of EU, UK and potentially other countries’ carbon border adjustment mechanism taxes.
Moderator:
Marisa Buchanan, Senior Vice President, Low Carbon Solutions, Trading & Shipping, BP
Panel:
Annette L. Nazareth, Chair of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market
Dr Allister Furey, CEO and Co-Founder, Sylvera
Dharshan Wignarajah, UK & Europe Director, Climate Policy Initiative |
| 4:05 PM | Chair’s closing remarks Emma Harvey-Smith, Chief of Staff, Green Finance Institute |
| 4:10 PM | Networking drinks reception and close of proceedings |
