Environmental Bonds 2011 Presentations

8.45 Chairman's introduction
Michael Mainelli, Director, Z/Yen Group

9.00 INTRODUCTION: What are environmental bonds?
Sean Kidney, Executive Chair, Climate Bonds Initiative

9.30 ISSUERS PANEL: Differing goals and structures for different issuers e.g. governments, multilaterals, corporates, municipalities
Michael Bennett, Lead Financial Officer, Capital Markets Division, Treasury, World Bank
Helen Taylor, Ambassador, Ecotricity
Christoph Harwood, Partner, Marksman Consulting
Tanguy Claquin, Head of Sustainable Banking, Credit Agricole CIB

10.20 Morning break & networking

10.50 INVESTORS PANEL: Institutional vs retail demand – potential demand from pension funds, insurance companies etc
Ole-Petter Langeland, Head of Fixed Income, Second Swedish National Pension Fund, AP2
Stuart Kinnersley, Chief Investment Officer, Nikko Asset Management Europe
Colin Purdie, Manager, Sustainable Future Corporate Bond Fund, Aviva Investors

11.40 Carbon bonds – bringing fixed income investors into the carbon markets 
Simone Ruiz, European Policy Director, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

12.15 Lunch & networking

13.30 Forest bonds – attracting long-term funds to support forestry projects
Simon Petley, Director, EnviroMarkets

14.05 Green infrastructure bonds – opportunities for bond markets to finance clean energy projects
Paul-Michael Rebus, Partner, Eversheds

14.40 Defining ‘green’ – who decides? How to monitor bonds’ environmental effectiveness 
Sean Kidney, Executive Chair, Climate Bonds Initiative

15.15 Afternoon break & networking

15.45 The role of rating agencies
Regulatory risk problems for ‘green’ returns (when income depends on subsidies, regulations, incentive schemes etc)
Michael Wilkins, Managing Director, Carbon Markets, Standard & Poor's

16.20 INTERACTIVE BRAINSTORMING SESSION: “Bringing down the barriers” – what needs to be done to promote greater uptake?    
Peter Sweatman, CEO & Founder, Climate Strategy
Michael Mainelli, Director, Z/Yen Group
Matthias Kopp, Head Low Carbon Business & Finance, WWF Germany/Climate Programme

16.55 Potential role of green investment banks
- Creating the market
- Acting as insurer or purchaser?
Ingrid Holmes, Programme Leader, Low Carbon Finance, E3G

17.40 End of Conference