Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

Environmental Finance's 14th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 23 April.

With over 600 delegates registered, the event will focus on upcoming trends, key issues, and strategies to grow the green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds and loans markets in the region.

The agenda features three tracks covering sustainable debt market trends, development and sovereign finance, and a spotlight on labels.

Delegates will also join speakers from throughout the day at roundtables that discuss the conference topics in more interactive format, whilst networking and meeting other delegates.

Some of the agenda highlight include:

Morning keynote interview:

Vanessa Havard-Williams, Senior Leader at Transition Finance Council, will discuss the pathway for scaling credible transition finance.

Afternoon keynote interview:

• Marjan Divjak, Director General of the Treasury Directorate at the Ministry of Finance of Slovenia will discuss the link between sovereign sustainability transformations and debt
• Moderated by Luke Davies, Senior Director – Sustainable Debt Capital Markets at Barclays.

Panel: Sustainable debt at a crossroads – a pivotal moment for redefining purpose in today's market

Featuring:

• Annabel Ross, Head of Sustainable Capital Markets at Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets
• Alban de Faÿ, Head of Fixed Income SRI Processes and Credit Portfolio Manager at Amundi
• Ashwin Joshi, Global Head of Sustainable Fixed Income at BlackRock
• Patricia Gentile, Group Head of Finance & Insurance at A2A
• Rahul Ghosh, Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Finance at Moody's Ratings.

Panel: Transition finance – what will it take to move from rhetoric to reality

Featuring:

• Paula Weiss, Managing Director and Head of Corporate Sustainable Bonds at Société Générale CIB
• Aïda Hemery, Sustainability Analyst at BNP Paribas Asset Management
• Aldo Romani, Head of Sustainable Finance at the EIB
• Jurand Drop, Undersecretary of State at Poland's Ministry of Finance
• William Attwell, Director – Research at Sustainable Fitch.

Panel: Business continuity amid a seismic shift in real-world priorities

Featuring:

• Anjuli Pandit, Global Head of Sustainable Capital Markets at HSBC
• Angela Brusas, Director of Funding & Investor Relations at Nordic Investment Bank
• Jason Mortimer, Head of Sustainable Investment – Fixed Income at Nomura Asset Management
• Jean-Baptiste Giacomuzzo, Sustainable Structurer and Portfolio Manager at Bpifrance; 
• Nicole Della Vedova, Executive Finance Director at Snam.

Panel: How the sustainable debt market can support and accelerate the transition

Featuring:

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

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

Featuring:

• Elise Balliauw, Vice President of EMEA Sustainable Solutions at Bank of America
• José Gamito Pires, Sustainable Finance and Blue Finance Consultant at IFC Financial Institutions Group
• Vijay Singh Bains, Group Chief Sustainability Officer and Group Head of ESG at Emirates NBD.

For more information on the full agenda, speaker line up, and registration, please visit the conference website.

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