10:30 GMT
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Central banks – what do they think of green bonds?
11:00
PANEL: EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan and the EU Green Bond Standard – updates on implications for the sustainable fixed income market
- What can the rest of world learn from the EU taxonomy and its proposed green bond standard?
- What harmonisation is needed to unleash the potential for green bond issuance on a global scale?
- Navigating the technical complexities
- How can investors and issuers ensure alignment with the taxonomy?
11:45
PRESENTATION: Bondholder engagement
12:00
EF Bond Database market insight
13.00
PANEL: Impact reporting – achieving standardisation
- What are the main barriers to greater standardisation and transparency in green bond reporting at an issuer and fund level?
- How are green bond impact reports evolving?
- How investors communicating impact reporting requirements to issuers and supporting their impact reporting practices?
13.45
PRESENTATION: The future for second-party opinion providers
14.00
Meet a sponsor – one-on-one or group zooms to discuss an important topic
14:30
PRESENTATION: Green bond and ESG indices – what are the key trends and opportunities?
15:00
PANEL: ESG ratings
- Can ESG rating methodologies be more transparent and standardised?
- How are investors using ESG ratings when making investment decisions?
- Ratings process and methodologies – from the corporate and ratings agencies' perspective
15.45
Meet a sponsor – one-on-one or group zooms to discuss an important topic
