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He works to design and deliver Alibaba cloud solution for European companies, with a special focus in data, AI and finance. Education Chris was educated at Bristol Grammar School before studying history at Oxford, where he continued with postgraduate research. She is also been named as one of the world's top female transactional lawyers in IFLR Women Leaders for for debt capital markets and banking.
Anna-Marie has extensive experience advising banks and other companies in a wide range of corporate finance and securities transactions, including high-yield debt offerings, green bonds, tender offers, debt buybacks, refinancings and securities transactions, such as Rule A and Regulation S debt and equity offerings, as well as mezzanine debt investments and senior credit facilities. He was knighted for services to economics in , made a cross-bench life peer as Baron Stern of Brentford in , and appointed Companion of Honour for services to economics, international relations and tackling climate change in Rhian began her banking career at Barclays Investment Bank in , and spent 10 years in Leveraged Finance and Financial Sponsors coverage before holding a succession of leadership roles across Barclays Corporate Bank and Barclaycard.
Simon has been Chief Executive of the Chartered Banker Institute since , leading its growth to 33, members in 87 countries. He chairs the Global Education Standards Committee recently established by a group of leading international banking institutes, and is a former Vice President of the European Bank Training Network.
Chris was born in Cardiff. Chris is a yachtsman which allows him to combine his love of technology, and the natural environment with experiencing new local cultures. He is an active Christian and has a particular interest in how all faith communities can work together to benefit mankind and our natural environment.
In she set up and managed the first green finance policy team in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, where she launched the Green Finance Taskforce and helped deliver the Green Finance Institute. Liesel is responsible for engagement with banks, insurers and investors, regional coordination, communications and training.
She developed a technical work programme and raised funds for collaborative projects with banks and investors to strengthen management of environmental risks. She managed projects to develop innovative tools and methodologies to integrate natural resource and environmental issues into financial products and services.
From , Liesel was Research Editor at Trucost, the environmental research provider. His research is driven by a deep interest in analysing a wide range of social and economic problems by exploiting data science approaches. His research interest lies in the broad areas of artificial intelligence, blockchain, fintech, and social networks. More specially he is interested in deep learning in finance, blockchain and green token, machine learning in transition risk, social sentiment analysis and financial market, trading behaviours and performance evaluation. Prior to Oxford, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
He was involved in research to analyse a large number of real-world data on social networks in an effort to optimise decentralised communications. He is the key person to organize the international forum on green finance and technology innovation in Jun in Guiyang China. In the past years, Mike has participated in more than cross-border cases on behalf of Chinese investors.
He is also working for various EU clients in investments in and business expansion to China. Steve leads Aviva Investors' Global Responsible Investment team, which is responsible for integrating environmental social and corporate governance ESG issues across all asset classes and regions. He was also part of the expert group that wrote the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Steve is a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst institute, with a degree in Economics and a PhD in sustainable finance.
Hugh has written extensively on investment, corporate and sustainability issues for national newspapers including The Observer and The Financial Times.
He has interviewed some of the biggest names in global institutional finance and sustainability. Our vision is to be the most progressive global law firm. For us, "progressive" is a mindset, an approach to how we do things. We instinctively take a fresh perspective on situations, exploring whether there are better ways of delivering practical, commercial solutions to the challenges our clients face in today's rapidly changing business landscape.
With more than 1, partners and lawyers working across 10 different time zones, we are able to respond to our clients wherever and whenever they need us. Ashurst's knowledge and experience in the Green Finance market spans a variety of industries and jurisdictions and covers acting for borrowers, lenders, arrangers and investors across a broad range of financing transactions.
This means that we are ideally placed to advise on any aspect of green financing.
Green Investment Group Limited GIG is a specialist in green energy principal investment, project delivery and the management of portfolio assets and related services. The business was acquired by Macquarie Group in The track record, expertise and capability of the combined business make GIG a global leader in green investment, supporting the growth of the global green economy.
Macquarie Group is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services. Founded in , Macquarie employs more that 14, people in over 25 countries. The Firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management.
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Focusing on business-critical news and data, Responsible Investor is the leading dedicated news and events service covering responsible investment, ESG and sustainable finance for institutional investors globally. See www. Please bring a form of ID with you. Alderman Peter Estlin, Rt Hon. Greater investment and action is needed to deliver on climate change commitments in the transition to a low-carbon, resilient economy. The recent IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1. Governments, investors and corporations are committed to tackling climate change but how can we accelerate action on a global scale?
This session explores how a holistic responsible investment approach is required to incorporate climate change across all financial systems. To address climate change, the financial sector needs access to improved climate risk management - with advanced Climate and Environmental Risk data and predictive analytics. This panel discusses possible solutions, innovations and next steps to bridge this gap.
How can financial institutions implement climate analytics in mainstream risk and asset valuations? In there were strong moves towards green and sustainable finance around the world. Strong UK partnership with China on green finance has been followed by bilateral collaboration with other countries including India and Japan. This session asks where UK and international green finance trends will go next. An orderly transition to a net zero future will require major reforms across all major sectors of the real economy. Considerable work is already underway within corporates to transform - to shift from high emission brown to net zero green.
In this session we will hear from the companies leading their sectors in the transition, and the banks who have financed their efforts to decarbonise.
A transformational shift is reshaping the investment landscape. Individuals are increasingly asking where their pensions and savings are invested, and why. With interest in green and ethical products accelerating fast, what questions should we be asking our asset managers, and how should they respond? This panel focuses on the democratisation of finance and how each of us can contribute to a more sustainable world. Poor energy efficiency in buildings is an endemic problem in the UK and many other countries - delivering unnecessarily high utility bills and emissions.
We cannot achieve a net zero future without retrofitting millions of homes and commercial properties. This panel asks a simple question: what is the role of finance in supporting and driving the retrofit revolution? Sustainable and smart technology has a central role to play towards a low carbon transition - both as a disruptive force for change, and as a driver of value creation.
But how can we accelerate the adoption of those technologies, particularly in emerging markets? Through reference to case studies and technologies, this panel will explore key sectoral focus, existing solutions and required and the role of investment in scaling technologies for a more sustainable future.
The purpose of this session is to demonstrate the role private finance can play in unlocking new investment that will support growth and materially reduce the funding gap for the UN Sustainable Development Goals SDGs. Delegates will learn about the innovate financial products and solutions being structured and tested by the private sector to encourage more capital to flow from London into emerging markets.
Panellists should refer to real-life case studies. FAQ Policy. About this book Environmental finance, particularly energy efficiency and renewable energy EERE finance, can and should serve as an interface to other sub-sectors of financial sector promotion such as microfinance, housing finance or agricultural finance. Show all.
Pages Schubert, Renate et al. Show next xx. Recommended for you. Tregidgo believes that capital markets are poised to take on a new challenge—filling the huge need for environment and climate finance. If Tregidgo is correct in his optimism about capital markets, future investments to mitigate climate change, reduce pollution, and conserve natural capital will be driven, at least partly, by the buying and selling of equity and debt instruments.
To satisfy growing demand, new financial instruments, such as green bonds and carbon market instruments, are being established, along with new financial institutions, such as green banks and green funds. Together, these instruments and institutions constitute green finance. In simple terms, green finance involves engaging traditional capital markets in creating and distributing a range of financial products and services that deliver both investable returns and environmentally positive outcomes. This involves internalizing environmental externalities and adjusting risk perceptions in order to boost environmentally friendly investments and reduce environmentally harmful ones.
Promoting green finance on a large and economically viable scale helps ensure that green investments are prioritized over business-as-usual investments that perpetuate unsustainable growth patterns. The focus can be on greening of existing infrastructure spending or mobilizing additional investments in key sectors, such as clean energy, sustainable transport, natural resources management, ecosystem services, biodiversity, sustainable tourism, and pollution prevention and control.