8:50
Welcoming remarks
Ahren Lester, Assistant Editor, Environmental Finance
9:00
Panel: Outlook for the Sustainable Debt market in 2025: Opportunities for growth and potential headwinds
- Impact of the formal recognition of "Green Enabling" activities and developing market best practice
- The continued growth of taxonomies in the Americas region
- Improvements in methodologies and metrics for avoided emissions
- Enhanced guidance on transition plans
- Potential political risks and how they might impact green infrastructure and the availability of corporate data
Moderator:
Robert White, Managing Director, Head of Green & Sustainable Hub - Americas, Natixis CIB
Panellists:
Ashwin Joshi, Director, Fixed Income ESG Investment, BlackRock
Luciana Costa, Infrastruture, Energy Transition and Climate Change Managing Director, BNDES
Matt Christ, Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets Fixed Income, Ninety One
9:45
Panel: The shifting tides of ESG debate and what it means for the labelled bond market
- How is ESG integrated in your corporate strategy?
- How can issuers and investors meet the demands of increasing integrity without putting an additional layer of burden and cost on the issuers?
- How are you using your sustainability strategy in your discussions with investors, equity or debt investors?
- Taxonomies: How is the market adapting to regionalisation versus global frameworks?
- Where do you see the next innovation coming from?
Moderator:
Anne van Riel, Head of Sustainable Finance Capital Markets Americas, BNP Paribas
Panellists:
Daniel Buza, VP Treasurer, Equinix
Fernando Reiter, Corporate Financing Director, Cemex
Mayela Stuparitz, Global Treasury Director – Strategic Financing, Mars, Incorporated
10:30
Fireside Chat: Sovereign Issuer Case Study - Australia's inaugural Green Bond
Anna Hughes, CEO, Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM)
11:00
Morning networking break
11:30
Track one: Transition, innovation and infrastructure |
Track two: Sovereigns, nature and biodiversity and social impact |
Panel: Financing emerging green and transition technologies |
Panel: ESG investment and engagement strategies for sovereign debt |
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12:15
Fireside chat: Issuer Case Study - Ontario's sustainable bond funding program |
Fireside chat: Blue finance's role in promoting sustainable capital markets in emerging markets and developing economies |
Speaker: Elizabeth Wallace, Senior Manager Funding, Capital Markets Division, Ontario Financing Authority
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12:45
Lunch
13:45
Track one: Transition, innovation and infrastructure |
Track two: Sovereigns, nature and biodiversity and social impact |
Investor panel: Funding a low-carbon future – how ESG investors can make an impact across fixed income |
Panel: Financing biodiversity and natural capital in fixed income |
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14:30
Panel: How to support credible growth for sustainability-linked instruments |
Panel: Sustainable debt's role in tackling the social cost of climate change |
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15:15
Afternoon break
15:45
Fireside chat: Issuer case study
Moderator:
Cindy Jia, Head of Sustainable Finance, Americas, ING
Speaker:
Andrea Vigo, Senior Global Director Capital Markets and Sustainable Financing, Corporate Treasury, Dow Chemical
16:15
Panel: The next frontier – Closing the climate finance gap with sustainable finance and artificial intelligence
- When might there be deeper development of labelled debt in high yield and emerging markets?
- The role of EU-led Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI) and development banks
- How should investors and banks assess emerging markets when it comes to sustainable finance?
- Do ESG metrics lead to an inefficient allocation of capital that only rewards those countries already doing well?
- Making an impact in specific themes: Gender and orange bonds
- What role can A.I. play in evaluating sustainable debt investment decisions and opportunities?
Moderator:
Romina Reversi, Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investment Banking, Americas, Crédit Agricole CIB
Panellists:
Ayelet Perlstein, Head of Investor Relations, IFC
Colleen Keenan, Senior Financial Officer, Capital Markets and Investments, World Bank Treasury
Emily Weng, Vice President, Fundamental Fixed Income ESG Investment, Blackrock
Krista Tukiainen, Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer, ClimateAligned
Monica Landaeta, Lead Funding Officer, IDB Invest
17:15
Close of conference and networking drinks reception