Sustainable Debt EMEA 2026

Track one:

Sustainable debt market trends

Track two:

Development and sovereign finance

Track three:

Spotlight on labels

Panel: Sustainability in vanilla bonds – integration beyond labels

Moderator: Ahren Lester, Assistant Editor, Environmental Finance

Jake Goodman, Senior Sustainability Investment Analyst, Federated Hermes
Jonathan White, Head of Credit Analysts, USS
Josephine Bellman, Senior Sustainable Investing Research Analyst and Impact Lead, Invesco
Martijn Hesterman, Lead Portfolio Manager Credits, Achmea IM

Panel: The new rules of the game for development finance in a shifting geopolitical landscape

Moderator: Barbara Oldani, Lead, Sustainable Sovereign Debt Hub

David Katimbo-Mugwanya, Head of Fixed Income, EdenTree Investment Management
Emma Raiteri, Policy Analyst, Private Finance for Sustainable Development Team, OECD
Sebastien Duquet, Director, Development, Blended finance, DFI, Foundations, Mirova 

Panel: Backing nature – turning biodiversity and nature into scalable investments

Moderator: Michael Hurley, Deputy Editor, Environmental Finance

Simone Utermarck, Senior Director, Sustainable Finance,
International Capital Market Association (ICMA)
Isobel Edwards, Global Head of Green, Social and Impact Bond Research, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Martijn Vlutters, Vice President, Business Development and Investor Relations, VGP
Michael Edward Malewicz, Senior ESG Engagement Advisor, Ørsted

Fireside chat: Innovations in loans and private markets as transition comes into view

Moderator: Marie-Bénédicte Beaudoin, Executive Director, Head of Sustainable Finance Business Development, ISS-Corporate

Gemma Lawrence-Pardew
Head of Sustainability, Loan Market Association
Laurie Chesné, Co-Head of Green & Sustainable Financing & Advisory EMEA, Natixis

Fireside chat: Risk-return-resilience – will 2026 be the turning point for adaptation finance?

Moderator: Peter Cripps, Editor, Environmental Finance

Caroline Haas, Head of Sustainable Finance Advisory, NatWest
Josephine Richardson, Managing Director, Head of Research, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII)

Fireside chat: Issuer case studies

Moderator: Annabelle Palmer, Content Strategist, Environmental Finance

12:20-12:30 Daniela Antonini, Head of Sustainable Funding & Advisory, BancoBPM

12:30-12:40 Agnese Ozolkāja, Member of the Board, Rīgas ūdens

12:40-12:50 Elina Beale, Group Treasurer, Tideway

Debate: Does the EU GBS label add value?

Moderator: Annabelle Palmer, Content Strategist, Environmental Finance

Eileen Hügle, Head of Treasury, Eurogrid
Nesrin Taraf, Financing and Bank Relations Manager, Group Treasury and Tax, Norsk Hydro

Please note that the views expressed in this debate are for the purposes of argument and exploration only, and do not necessarily reflect the personal opinions or positions of the speakers or their organisations.

Fireside chat: Are we at a watershed moment for blue bonds, water and resource risks?

Moderator:
Elise Balliauw, Vice President, EMEA Sustainable Solutions, Bank of America

José Gamito Pires, Sustainable Finance and Blue Finance Consultant, IFC Financial Institutions Group
Vijay Singh Bains, Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Group Head of ESG, Emirates NBD

Debate: Sustainability-linked instruments are headed towards a revival

Moderator: Peter Cripps, Editor, Environmental Finance

Kris Atkinson, Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, Fidelity International
Imane Kabbaj, Head of Sustainable Investments Specialist, Carmignac

Please note that the views expressed in this debate are for the purposes of argument and exploration only, and do not necessarily reflect the personal opinions or positions of the speakers or their organisations.

Panel: Turning metrics into meaning – the evolution of impact reporting and disclosure

Moderator: Ben Smith, Head of Product Strategy, Environmental Finance Data

Betina Vaz Boni, Senior Sustainability Investment Officer, Cardano
Lucas Rabiot, Head of LGX Operations, Luxembourg Stock Exchange
Isabelle Laurent, Deputy Treasurer & Head of Funding, EBRD
Daniela Antonini, Head of Sustainable Funding & Advisory, BancoBPM

Panel: Frontier finance – unlocking impact at speed in emerging markets

Moderator: Louis Bourgeois, Senior Impact Manager, BlueOrchard

Claire Meier Underhill, Investor Director, ASCOR
Christina Reifschneider, Group Chief Financial Officer, Baobab
Simon Cooke, Head of Impact Debt, Ashmore
Nicolas Jaquier, Portfolio Manager, Ninety One 

Panel: A decade of social bonds – lessons, impact, and the road ahead

Moderator: Antonina Scheer, Deputy Director, Policy, TPI Global Climate Transition Centre

Anne Flori, Senior Funding Officer, Council of Europe Development Bank
Clemens Lukitsch, Funding & Investor Relations, Deutsche Kreditbank
David Zahn, Head of European Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Investment Management
Julia Haake, Managing Director, Head of ESG Rating Agency, EthiFinance 

• Strategies for success in impact reporting
  Host: Isabelle Laurent, Deputy Treasurer & Head of Funding, EBRD

• Biodiversity investment: what is the potential in fixed income?
  Host: Isobel Edwards, Global Head of Green, Social and Impact Bond Research, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

• Blended finance: Can it drive market growth?
  Host: Emma Raiteri, Policy Analyst, Private Finance for Sustainable Development team, OECD

• Social co-benefits: How can social co-benefits be achieved in sustainable debt in a way that is credible to investors?
  Host: Anne Flori, Senior Funding Officer, Council of Europe Development Bank
  

• Energy security and defence: how can we reconcile changing geopolitical priorities within evolving frameworks and standards?
  Host: Angela Brusas, Director, Funding & Investor Relations, Nordic Investment Bank  

• Double materiality: what are investors asking for?
  Host: Elisabeth Vishnevskaja, Head, Fixed Income, UNPRI

• Bondholder engagement: does it work?
  Host: Louis Bourgeois, Senior Impact Manager, BlueOrchard

• Innovation for sovereigns: the potential for transition-linkers or performance-linked debt to hedge transition risk, achieve greater impact and lower cost of capital
  Host: Marjan Divjak, Director General of the Treasury Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Slovenia

• Resilience finance and avoided losses: how could they be monetised?
  Host: Josephine Richardson, Managing Director, Head of Research, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII)

• The untapped potential of SMEs and private credit
  Host: Michael Kashani, Head of Sustainable Credit & Platforms, Apollo Global Management