Agenda
A selection of case studies from Environmental Finance's 2021 Bond Awards
12:00 BST /7:00 EDT
PANEL: Market trends and innovation spotlight
- Perspectives from a selection of the issuers, investors and service providers who won and judged Environmental Finance's 2021 Bond Awards
- What are the main market challenges and trends that that recent innovations have sought to overcome?
- Which issues are front of mind and what's on to-do lists for 2021 and beyond?
- What winning criteria have been acknowledged and what does this spell for the direction of the market in general?
Moderator:
Ahren Lester, Senior Reporter, Environmental Finance
Panellists:
Bram Bos, Lead Portfolio Manager Green Bonds, NN Investment Partners
Sanna Petersson, Head of Responsible Investment, Captor Fund Management
John Uhren, Head of Sustainable Finance, Products and Strategy, BMO
12:45
MARKET INSIGHT: Mizuho’s initiatives towards sustainability
Speaker:
Sachie Ii, Head of the Sustainable Finance Office, Mizuho Securities
13:05
CASE STUDY: Financing Daimler’s electric vehicle push
Moderator:
Annabelle Palmer, Content Strategist, Environmental Finance
Speaker:
Alexander Vollmer, Senior Manager, Investor Relations, Daimler
13:25
CASE STUDY: Region Stockholm's Health impact bond
Moderator:
Annabelle Palmer, Content Strategist, Environmental Finance
Speaker:
Disa Hammar, Debt Manager and Investor Relations, Region Stockholm
13:45
Speed Networking
14:00
PANEL: Fireside chats with key personalities in the sustainable bond markets
- What are their hopes and predictions for the sustainable bond markets?
- Which market trends are they keeping an eye on why?
Panellists:
Isabelle Vic-Philippe, Head of Euro Aggregate, Amundi
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
Paul Bérard, Deputy General Manager, Finance, Région Île-de-France
Aldo Romani, Head of Sustainability Funding, EIB
15:00
MARKET INSIGHT: Accessing and developing emerging market green bonds
Speaker:
Florian Grohs, Managing Director, Symbiotics Netherlands
Dirk Dijksma, Head of Innovation Investments, Symbiotics
15:20
MARKET INSIGHT: External assessment and second-party opinions
Speaker:
Heather Lang, Executive Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions, Sustainalytics
15:40
Speed networking
15:50
CASE STUDY: AIM’s approach to impact reporting and project level data collection
Moderator:
Annabelle Palmer, Content Strategist, Environmental Finance
Speaker:
Katie House, Analyst, Sustainability & Impact, Affirmative Investment Management
16:10
MARKET INSIGHT: ICMA’s innovation in the market
Speaker:
Nicholas Pfaff, Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Finance, ICMA
16:30
PANEL: North American innovative structures and opportunities ahead
- What are the key innovations that have taken place in the North American sustainable bond markets?
- What different bond structures and use of proceed models are being designed and implemented?
- What opportunities and new directions have been created as a result?
- What innovative developments are investors looking for?
Moderator:
Annabelle Palmer, Content Strategist, Environmental Finance
Panellists:
Michael Brown, Environmental Finance Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Jan Whittington, Associate Professor, Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington
John Anderson, Global Head Corporate Finance & Infrastructure, Manulife
Drew Smith, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Head of Treasury, City of Boston