Sustainable Debt Americas 2026

17 September 2026, 8:00 AM

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Agenda

08:00

Registration & coffee

08:50

Chair’s opening remarks

09:00

Panel: Financing the energy transition across the Americas

Matthew Kuchtyak, Senior Vice President – Sustainable Finance, Head of Assessments, Americas, Moody's Ratings

09:45

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

10:30

Fireside chat

11:00

Morning networking break

11:30

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

Isobel Edwards, Head of Sustainable and Impact Fixed Income Research, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Braeden Mayer, Co-Founder, Enosis Capital  

12:15

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

Moderator: Mary Beth Gallagher, Director of Engagement,
Domini Impact Investments

Allison Glansberg, Credit Analyst, Community Capital Management
Roraj Pradhananga, Chief Investment Officer, Veris Wealth Partners

Fireside chat: Blue finance and water resilience 

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

Aaron Johnston, Treasury Director, Xylem
Matt Lawton, Head of Impact Fixed Income, Portfolio Manager, T Rowe Price

12:45

Lunch

13:45

Track one: Debt as a tool for impact

Track two: The future of labelled debt

Panel: Growth of private markets in sustainable finance

Moderator: Thatyanne Gasparotto, Head of Green & Sustainable Hub Americas, Natixis

Aiman Elnahas, Director, Private Debt Lead, University Pension Plan Ontario
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

Moderator: Julie Efremoff, Managing Director, Head of Americas Debt Advisory and Sustainable Solutions, Bank of America

Charles Melko, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, HASI
Simone Andrews, Senior Responsible Investment Manager, APG Asset Management
Simone Utermarck, Senior Director, Sustainable Finance, International Capital Market Association

14:30

Fireside chat: Seeking outcomes and impact in sustainable debt structuring

Michael Bennett, Head of Market Solutions and Structured Finance, World Bank
Stephen Liberatore, Head of ESG/Impact, Global Fixed Income, Nuveen

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

 

15:00

Networking coffee break

15:30

Issuer case study: From early adopter to large green bond issuer – best practices in labelled bonds today and how SFPUC is preparing for the next phase of sustainable finance

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

15:50

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

Cameron Parker, Senior Vice President of Treasury, STACK Americas
Jonathan Schildkraut, Chief Investment Officer, Compass Datacenters

16:20

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

Humberto Rodriguez, Chief Financial Officer, Central American Bank for Economic Integration
Laura Fan, Head of Funding, Treasury Division, Inter-American Development
Steffen Reichold, EM Economist and Head of Sustainability, Stone Harbour

17:05

Chair’s closing remarks

17:10

Close of conference