08:50 ET/ 13:50 BST
Opening Remarks by the chair
Ahren Lester, Assistant Editor, Environmental Finance
09:00
PANEL: The future of sustainable finance in fixed income
- How will the sustainable finance markets evolve over the next 5-10 years?
- How will sustainable finance cope with economic cycles involving prolonged instability or uncertainty?
- How will emerging ESG regulatory trends shape the global sustainable finance market?
- To what extent will sustainable finance markets coalesce or further divide over the next 5-10 years?
Moderator:
Aaron Franklin, Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Finance, SMBC
Panellists:
Stephen Liberatore, Head of ESG/Impact, Global Fixed Income, Nuveen
Tiffanie Wong, Director, Fixed Income Responsible Investing Portfolio Management, Alliance Bernstein
Tracy Patel, Senior Vice President, Capital Markets, Prologis
Ryan M Hershberger, Director, Global Funding and Capital Markets, Ford Motor Company
09:45
PANEL: Are sustainability-linked bonds raising or lowering the bar for ESG issuance?
- What are the advantages and constraints of SLBs in the Americas markets vs. Transition bonds?
- What are investors looking for in SLBs?
- Should the Use of Proceeds model be combined with SLBs?
- What are main structuring considerations to make SLBs most impactful?
- When are sustainability linked products right for high emitting sectors?
- What make SLBs suitable for high yield markets?
Moderator:
Anne van Riel, Head of Sustainable Finance Capital Markets Americas, BNP Paribas
Panellists:
Mayur Mukati, Associate Director, Sustainable Finance, Morningstar Sustainalytics
Fernando Reiter, Corporate Finance Director, Cemex
Andrea Vigo, Senior Funding Director, The Dow Chemical Company
Simone Andrews, Responsible Investment, Governance Manager, APG
10:30
Networking Break
11:00
Fireside Chat
With Mr Stan Magidson, Chair, Canadian Securities Administrators
KEYNOTE Interviewer:
Courtney Alexander, ESG Solutions Group, TD Securities (USA) LLC
11:30
Panel: Bondholder engagement
- Setting clear paths to escalate engagement and measuring ESG outcomes
- How do GSS principles enable investors to engage with issuers?
- How can bond investors and use of proceeds stimulate discussions around the Paris agreement and the SDGs?
- What is holding bondholders back from being more proactive in this regard?
- How can issuers facilitate engagement?
- Does it drive motivation to issue?
Moderator:
Gianluca Spinetti, Head of ESG Analysts and Head of Product Development, Sustainable Fitch
Panellists:
Alessia Falsarone, Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing, Portfolio Strategy and Risk, Pinebridge Investments
Elizabeth Aceituno, Sustainable Finance, WWF Finance
Michelle McCulloch, Senior Director, Head of ESG Ratings, Americas, Sustainable Fitch
Ronald van der Wouden, Managing Director, The Rock Creek Group
12.15
FIRESIDE CHAT
With Soren Halverson, Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Environment & Climate Change Canada
Interviewer:
Jason Taylor, Managing Director, Sustainability Advisory & Finance, National Bank of Canada
12:45
LUNCH
13:40
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ESG in Fixed Income Stream |
GSS Bonds Stream |
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Panel: Real Estate and Asset Backed Securities |
Panel: Greenwashing - beyond business as usual |
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14:25
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ESG in Fixed Income Stream |
GSS Bonds Stream |
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Panel: ESG integration: applying transparency and risk analysis |
Panel: Issuing and investing in green social bonds: What is driving the further growth in GSSS bonds? |
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15:10
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ESG in Fixed Income Stream |
GSS Bonds Stream |
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Panel: Investor Perspectives on ESG across the Americas |
The Rise of Sustainable Finance in the US Municipal Market |
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15:55
Networking Break
16:15
Panel: Corporates’ transition on the journey to net zero
- How do issuers demonstrate their transition strategy?
- Considering company assets at risk and mitigation strategies over the long term
- New technologies? New business models?
- Time horizons and demonstrating materiality of the strategy and its levers
- Are the bond markets a way for corporates to action and finance their transition strategies?
- How does M&A and divestiture impact transition plans? Are they beginning to play a material role in transition strategies?
- Driving supply chain engagement to accelerate transition strategies
- Investor' evaluation on the credibility of issuers' transition strategies and progress
Moderator:
Robert White, Managing Director, Head of Green & Sustainable Hub, Americas, Natixis CIB
Panellists:
Grover Burthey, Executive Vice President, Head of ESG Portfolio Management, PIMCO
Viola Lutz, Head of Climate Solutions, ISS ESG
Jeanne-Mey Sun, Vice President, Sustainability, NRG
17.00
How can the fixed income market help deliver President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act?
- Can green bonds play a role in helping to build the green infrastructure required by the act?
- Will there be a role for PACE bonds, muni bonds, or ABS?
- What other kinds of instruments or innovation or blended finance may be needed?
- A focus on global taxonomies and eu regulation relevance abroad
- How can we ensure innovation continues?
- What does the inclusion of hydrogen, nuclear in sovereign frameworks mean for regulation?
Moderator:
Peter Cripps, Editor, Environmental Finance
Panellists:
Anjuli Pandit, Head of Sustainable Bonds, EMEA and Americas, HSBC
Susan C Morth CEO, EIC PACE
Stephen Liberatore, Head of ESG/Impact. Global Fixed Income, Nuveen
17:30
Chair’s Closing Remarks
17:35-18:30
Drinks reception