Afore Consulting Sustainable Finance Workshop
Afore Consulting organised the Sustainable Finance Workshop which took place in a virtual format on Wednesday 6 July 2022 from 9:00-13:00 (Brussels time).
With the EU sustainable finance agenda moving towards an implementation phase our workshop aimed to explore the practicalities for corporates to deliver on these policy objectives. This included how to navigate the patchwork of different sustainability reporting frameworks and the prospect for their interoperability. In addition, we explored what is the personal role and obligation of the Board members and senior executives to deliver on the sustainable finance agenda. We were also delighted to have a number of members of the European Commission’s Platform on Sustainable Finance with us.
Joining us on this occasion were representatives from the European Commission, the European Commission’s Platform on Sustainable Finance, EFRAG and ISSB representatives, as well as industry representatives, including from the USA and Japan.
Some of the confirmed speakers include:
- Lara Wolters MEP (S&D, NL), Rapporteur on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
- Pierre Chabrol, Deputy Director of Corporate Financing and the Financial Market, French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and the Recovery plan
- Patrick de Cambourg, Chair of the EFRAG Project Task Force, Honorary President of the Mazars Group, President of the French accounting standard-setting Public Authority (ANC)
- Mireille Martini, Taxonomy Outreach Manager, Climate Bonds Initiative
- Helena Viñes Fiestas, Rapporteur of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, Commissioner of the Spanish Financial Markets Authority
- Sven Gentner, Head of Corporate reporting, audit and credit rating agencies Unit, DG FISMA, European Commission
- Kristina Church, Head of Responsible Strategy for BNY Mellon Investment Management
- Eric Pan, President and CEO, Investment Company Institute (ICI)
- Maurizio Donvito, Chair of the European Contact Group (ECG)
- Jimmy Greer, Vice President ESG, Moody’s ESG Solutions, Moody’s
- Roger Martella, Chief Sustainability Officer, GE
- Christian Hell, EY Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability Services
- Tomohiro Ishikawa, Managing Director & Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)
- Mardi McBrien, Director of Strategic Alliances, IFRS Foundation
- Nickolas Reinhardt, Director, Afore Consulting
Please find here the full programme.