Events

UNEP FI Central and Eastern European Task Force High-Level Meeting

5 April, 2006 | Moscow, Russia

On 5 April, 2006 the UNEP FI Central and Eastern European Task Force held a high-level meeting on sustainable finance in Moscow, Russia. The event included presentations on corporate social responsibility, environmental regulations influencing financial services and environmental risks in project financing. A panel discussion was organised around the theme of sustainable banking products, after first Russian financial institutions have launched green credit cards in the past year.

Speakers included:

• Andrey Sharonov, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
• Alexander Gafin, Member of Board of Directors, Alfa Bank
• Mark Thompson, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Evgeny Shvarts, Director Conservation Policy, WWF
• Dimitry Kabalinsky, Deputy Director, RA Expert

This event was organised in collaboration with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and WWF Russia. Follow up activities to this event will now be discussed within the Central and Eastern European Task Force.

Press

• Joint press release with WWF Russia (Russian) (PDF: 146 KB)
• Article on press conference by WWF (Russian) (PDF: 75 KB)
• Russian Newsinfo (Russian) (PDF: 61 KB)

Presentations

• Инвестиции в экологически обеспеченное развитие Российской Федерации (Russian) (PDF: 1.4 MB)
  Andrey Sharonov, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
• Environmental and social risk management in banks (English) (PDF: 625 KB)
  Mark Thompson, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Sustainability - Risks and opportunities for Russian financial institutions (English) (PDF: 953 KB)
  Paul Clements-Hunt, UNEP Finance Initiative
• Environmental risk management in project finance and the Equator Principles (English) (PDF: 1.9 MB)
  Leo Johnson, Sustainable Finance (delivered by Paul Clements-Hunt)
• От благотворительности к “day-to-day business” (Russian) (PDF: 806 KB)
  Dr. Evgeny Shvarts, WWF

Background documents

• Agenda: High-Level Meeting, 5 April (PDF: 212 KB)