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?