13:30 BST/8:30 EDT
Chair’s opening remarks
Ahren Lester, Assistant Editor, Environmental Finance
13:35
PANEL: Financing the climate transition and net zero pathways
- What financing options are available? Which lend themselves to transition pathways?
- How are issuers accounting for net zero claim and science-based targets when issuing green/transition/SL bonds? What are the key success factors and market requirements?
- Defining net zero pathways, science-based targets and assessing the metrics involved
- To what extent do different targets and commitments align toward net zero ambition? How do the different benchmarks for transition fit together?
Moderator:
Laurie Chesné, Co-Head of Green & Sustainable Financing & Advisory EMEA, Natixis
Speakers:
Remi Daudin, Vice President, Sustainable Transformation, Faurecia
Romain Poivet, Coordinator, ACT Initiative, ADEME
Nancy Saich, Chief Climate Change Expert, EIB
14:20
KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: Repsol’s sustainability roadmap and financing strategy
Moderator:
Ahren Lester, Assistant Editor, Environmental Finance
Speaker:
Antonio Lorenzo, CFO, Repsol
14:50
Let's chat – networking session
15:05
Break
15:15
PANEL: Investing in transition strategies
- How are investors categorising and classifying investments that support the climate transition?
- In the absence of a transition taxonomy, what will investors support and where are they focusing their efforts?
- Are sustainability-linked bonds ambitious enough for investors?
- Why haven't transition bonds taken off?
Moderator:
Amy West, Managing Director & Global Head of Sustainable Finance & Corporate Transitions, TD Securities
Speakers:
Bram Bos, Lead Portfolio Manager Green Bonds, NN Investment Partners
Sean Kidney, Co-founder and CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
Matt Borys, Treasurer & Head of Capital Markets, Atlas Corp
16:00
SUSTAINABILITY TALKS: ING and Cemex on building a pathway to low-carbon cement
Moderator:
Ana Carolina Oliveira, Head of Sustainable Finance, Americas, ING
Speaker:
Vicente Saiso, Head of Global Sustainability, CEMEX
16:30
PANEL: Hard to abate sectors: ensuring a credible transition
- How do investors approach these sectors in an ESG investment portfolio?
- How can ESG investors invest credibly in these areas?
- Who is active and seeking to achieve innovation in this space?
- Brown sector issuers: what are their transition strategies and what has been the investor response to such issuances?
- Are oil and gas companies locked out of the market?
Moderator:
Delphine Queniart, Global Head of Sustainable Finance and Solutions for Global Markets, BNP Paribas
Speakers:
Stephen Liberatore, Managing Director, Head of ESG/Impact – Global Fixed Income, Nuveen
Samuel Mary, Senior Vice President, ESG Research, PIMCO
17:15
Chair’s closing remarks
17:20
Close of conference