Sustainable Debt Americas 2026

17 September 2026, 8:15 AM

Agenda

08:00

Registration & coffee

08:50

Chair’s opening remarks

09:00

Morning keynote interview

09:15

Panel: Financing the energy transition across the Americas

Swami Venkataraman, Associate Managing Director - Sustainable Finance, Global Head of Assessments, Moody's Ratings

10:00

Panel: Climate risk and capital allocation – embedding resilience into fixed income

Reshma Kulkarni, Senior Director and Head of ESG Ratings for the US and Canada, Sustainable Fitch

10:45

Morning networking break

11:15

Track one: Debt as a tool for impact

Track two: The future of labelled debt

Panel: Beyond labels – how investors are allocating capital today

Moderator: Michael Ferguson, Managing Director, Sustainable Finance, S&P Global Ratings

 

Panel: Nature finance – moving beyond high-level narratives

 

12:00

Fireside chat: Debt as a tool for influence – why bondholder engagement matters more than ever 

Allison Glansberg, Credit Analyst, Community Capital Management

Fireside chat: Blue finance and water resilience 

Moderator: Michael Bellantoni, Sustainable Finance Capital Markets Americas Director, BNP Paribas

Aaron Johnston, Treasury Director, Xylem

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Track one: Debt as a tool for impact

Track two: The future of labelled debt

Panel: Growth of private markets in sustainable finance

David Klausner, Senior Director, Sustainable Investment Analyst, PGIM Credit
Yvonne Tai, Head of Securitised Products Research, Impax Asset Management

Panel: How to issue a labelled bond in 2026

Simone Utermarck, Senior Director, Sustainable Finance,
International Capital Market Association

14:15

Fireside chat: Seeking outcomes and impact in sustainable debt structuring

Michael Bennett, Head of Market Solutions and Structured Finance, World Bank

Debate: What is the future of the US labelled bond market?

 

14:45

Networking coffee break

15:15

Afternoon keynote interview: Issuer case study

Nikolai Sklaroff, Capital Finance Director, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

15:40

Fireside chat: Powering the digital economy – opportunities for sustainable debt

Jonathan Schildkraut, Chief Investment Officer, Compass Datacenters

16:10

Panel: Emerging markets, development finance and sovereign debt – mobilising capital for resilience

Humberto Rodriguez, Chief Financial Officer, Central American Bank for Economic Integration
Steffen Reichold, EM Economist and Head of Sustainability, Stone Harbour

16:55

Chair’s closing remarks

17:00

Close of conference