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Join UNEP FI virtually this October for its 17th Global Roundtable (GRT), a major global agenda-setting event on sustainable finance. Held under the theme of “Transforming Finance, Accelerating Change”, this online event will bring together decision-makers, experts and thought leaders on a virtual event platform to help shape approaches to integrating sustainability across the banking, insurance and investment industries
UNEP FI’s Global Roundtable consistently serves as a pivotal event in finance industry action, providing attendees an opportunity to collaborate with peers, demonstrate leadership, and learn from global financial leaders; the event in 2020 convened over 4500 finance professionals, corporates, policymakers, scientists, and civil society representatives. This year’s Global Roundtable, held in partnership with Climate Action, will provide a platform for systemic impact and address critical emerging topics, including portfolio alignment, adaptation, impact management and connectivity between the finance sector and the real economy.
Speakers for the GRT2022 include:

Inger Andersen
Executive Director, UN Environment Programme

Oliver Bäte
CEO, Allianz SE

Mark Carney
Special Envoy on Climate Change & Finance, United Nations

Emmanuel Faber
Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)

Christiana Figueres
Convenor, Mission 2020

Al Gore
Former US Vice President and Founding Partner and Chairman of Generation Investment Management

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
Executive Secretary, UN CBD Secretariat

Ravi Menon
Chair, NGFS and Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore
Time (CEST) |
Sessions – 10 October |
12.00 | Start of UNEP FI Global Roundtable (Day 1) |
12:00 – 12:05 | Opening remarks
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12:05 – 12:15 | Welcome address
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12:15 – 12:25 | Opening Keynote
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12:25 – 12:50 | High-level Dialogue
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12:50 – 13:35 | Panel: Transforming finance for real economy change
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13:40 – 14:25 | Panel: Delivering a sustainable financial system
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14:30 – 15:15 | Panel: Next steps to mainstreaming impact management
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End of Day 1 |
Time (CEST) |
Sessions – 11 October |
12.00 | Start of UNEP FI Global Roundtable (Day 2) |
12:00 – 12:05 | Keynote
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12:05 – 12:50 | Panel: From commitments to action: target setting for climate
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12:50 – 13:35 | Panel: From physical risks to adaptation alignment
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13:40 – 14:25 | Panel: Pathways to net-zero: Next steps and alignment for sectors
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14:30 – 15:15 | Panel: Disrupting sustainable finance through innovation
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End of Day 2 |
Time (CEST) |
Sessions – 12 October |
12.00 | Start of UNEP FI Global Roundtable (Day 3) |
12:00 – 12:25 | High-Level Dialogue: Rethinking ESG and sustainability goals
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12:30 – 12:45 | Launching the Principles for Responsible Banking Academy
Keynote opening:
Panellists:
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12:50 – 13:35 | Panel: Principles for Responsible Banking in action
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13:40 – 14:25 | Panel: Scaling blended finance
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14:30 – 15:15 | Panel: Data challenges and solutions
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End of Day 3 |
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Sessions – 13 October |
12.00 | Start of UNEP FI Global Roundtable (Day 4) |
12:00 – 12:45 | Panel: Insuring the Net-Zero Transition: Evolving tools and methods
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12:50 – 13:35 |
Panel: Insuring the first- and last- mile
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13:40 – 14:25 | Panel: Nature positive insurance: next steps
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14:30 – 15:15 | Panel: Addressing social risks through finance
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End of Day 4 |
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Sessions – 14 October |
12.00 | Start of UNEP FI Global Roundtable (Day 5) |
12:00 – 12:20 | High-Level Dialogue: Ensuring stronger and clearer standards for net-zero emissions
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12:20 – 12:50 | High-Level Dialogue: Exploring intersections between climate and nature
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12:50 – 13:45 | Panel: Financing nature-based solutions
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13:50 – 14:45 | Tackling plastic pollution through circular economy for insurers and banks
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14:50 – 15:00 | Closing remarks
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End of Day 5 |
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Sessions – 5 OctoberFocus: Africa & Middle East |
09:00 – 09:55 | Middle East & North Africa (MENA) focus:
Climate action in the MENA finance industry: On the road to COP27 and COP28 Speakers:
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10:00 – 10:55 | Sub-Saharan Africa focus:
Mobilising climate finance for loss and damage in Africa Speakers:
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Sessions – 6 OctoberFocus: Asia Pacific and Europe |
09:00 – 09:55 | Asia Pacific focus:
Implementing climate targets in APAC across Net-Zero Banking Alliance priority sectors Speakers
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10:00 – 10:55 | Asia Pacific and Europe focus:
Aligning international taxonomies on sustainable finance Speakers:
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11:00 – 11:55 | Europe focus:
EU Sustainable Finance Regulation, state of play and way forward: the impact on financial institutions Speakers:
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End of Day |
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Partners:
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UNEP FI and Building Bridges are joining forces to bring together two weeks of sustainable finance events in October for the international finance community. Building Bridges will take place from 3-6 October at the Centre International de Conférences Geneva (CICG) and online, showcasing dynamic approaches to align financial products with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 2022 edition will open with a high-level Summit, exploring finance for nature and climate change, innovation in sovereign debt management, as well as agriculture and land use. Find out more about Building Bridges Week here.
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Careen Abb
SDGs and Impact Lead

Nate Aden
Finance Sector Lead, Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)

Timothy Afful-Koomson
Chief Climate Finance Officer, African Development Bank

Sheila Aggarwal-Khan
Director, Industry and Economy Division, UNEP

Sara Jane Ahmed
Managing Director and V20 Finance Advisor, Climate Vulnerable Forum and V20 Finance Ministers

Walid Ali
General Manager, Sustainability Department, Central Bank of Egypt

Raidan AlSaqqaf
United Nations Economist, UAE UN Resident Coordination Office

Inger Andersen
Executive Director, UN Environment Programme

Jesica Andrews
Investment Lead

Nuran Atef
Regional Lead, Africa & Middle East

Butch Bacani
Head of Insurance

Shargiil Bashir
Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Vice President, First Abu Dhabi Bank

Oliver Bäte
CEO, Allianz SE

Andreas Berger
CEO Corporate Solutions, Swiss Re

Hans Biemans
Head of Sustainable Markets, ING

Romina Boarini
Director, Centre for Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE), OECD

Daniel Bouzas
Regional Lead, Europe

Ross Brooks
Investment Director, Katapult Ocean

Mark Carney
Special Envoy on Climate Change & Finance, United Nations

Dominic Charles
Director, Finance and Transparency, Minderoo Foundation

Koushik Chatterjee
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Board, Tata Steel Group

Jeong-hoon Cho
Head of ESG division, Shinhan Financial Group (South Korea)

Ernesto Ciorra
Chief Innovability Officer, Enel Group

Chris Clubb
Managing Director, Convergence

Samantha Cook
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank Group

Susana Cordeiro Guerra
Sector Manager, Institutions for Development, IADB

Bouke de Vries
Advisor to the Board on Public Affairs, Rabobank

Alejandra Díaz
Chief Sustainability Officer, Banco Davivienda and Seguros Bolívar (Colombia)

Johanna Dichtl
Implementation Guidance Team Lead

Dimitrios Dimopoulos
Head of ESG, Piraeus Financial Holdings

Tanya dos Santos-Ford
Global Head of Sustainability, Investec

Anne-Claire Ducrocq
Head of ESG Reporting, BNP Paribas

Emmanuel Faber
Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)

Christiana Figueres
Convenor, Mission 2020

Remco Fischer
Climate Lead

Jochen Flasbarth
German State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Bradley Foster
Global Head of Enterprise Content, Bloomberg

Katherine Foster
Executive Director, Green Digital Finance Alliance

Al Gore
Former US Vice President and Founding Partner and Chairman of Generation Investment Management

Jeremy Gray
Technical Director, The Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri)

Marianne Haahr
Nature-related Finance Lead, Global Canopy

Elliott Harris
Former Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development and Chief Economist, United Nations

Frank Hawkins
Policy Advisor, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Petra Hielkema
Chairperson, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

Andreas Hoepner
Professor Operational Risk, Banking & Finance, University College Dublin

Yvonne Holmes
Chief Sustainability Officer, AIB

Kristin Hughes
Director, Global Plastic Action Partnership, and Member, Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

Tomohiro Ishikawa
Chief Regulatory Engagement Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)

Liza Jansen
Head of Responsible Investment, Prudential

Patty Karuaihe-Martin
Managing Director, NamibRe (Namibia)

Masahiro Kato
Head of Responsible Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

Elmar Kriegler
Head, Research Department Transformation Pathways, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Fabien Le Tennier
Policy Expert, Sustainable Finance, European Banking Authority (EBA)

Diony Lebot
Deputy CEO, Societe Generale

Amanda Lee
Executive Manager, ESG, Suncorp Group

Peggy Lefort
Pollution & Circular Economy Lead

Josh Ling
Actuary and Disaster Risk Finance Specialist, Global Shield Solutions Platform and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Giel Linthorst
Executive Director, Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)

Celina Padilla Maerdi
President, Banco Hipotecario de El Salvador

Juvencio Maeztu
Deputy CEO and CFO, IKEA

Antti Malava
Head of Sustainability Insights & Analytics, Danske Bank

Mireille Martini
Taxonomy Outreach Manager, Climate Bonds Initiative

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
Executive Secretary, UN CBD Secretariat

Brandon Mathews
Global Coordinator, V20 Sustainable Insurance Facility

Tracey McDermott
Chair, NZBA and Group Head Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance, Standard Chartered

Catherine McKenna
Chair, UN Secretary-General’s High-level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments

Ravi Menon
Chair, NGFS and Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Andreas Merkl
Senior Advisor, Minderoo Foundation

Ellen Moeller
Head of Europe, Watershed

Dr Renosi Mokate
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF)

Randa Mounir
Africa and Middle East Engagement Lead, UNFCCC Climate Champions Team

Ivo Mulder
Head, Climate Finance Unit, UN Environment (UNEP)

Lesley Ndlovu
CEO, African Risk Capacity

Jenny Mathilde Nordby
Head of Partnerships and Third-Party Distribution, RepRisk

Vanessa Otto-Mentz
Partner, Deloitte

Joana Pedro
Social Lead

Krassimira Peicheva
Head of Group Environmental Management and Impact Reporting, ProCredit Group

Nehru Pillay
General Manager, Research and Intelligence, Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa

Rosa Pritchard
Lawyer, Plastics, ClientEarth

Hacina Py
Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Societe Generale

Andreas Rajchl
Policy Expert in Sustainable Finance, DG FISMA, European Commission

Roman Roehrl
Climate Change Specialist, European Investment Bank

Holger Schmid
Chair of the Board, NatureFinance

Gian Sandosh Semadeni
Head, Disaster Risk Finance, CelsiusPro

Truman Semans
Founder & CEO, OS-Climate

Paul Smith
Senior Consultant, Climate

Jessica Smith
Lead, Nature

Celine Soubranne
Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer, AXA Group

Martin Spolc
Head of Sustainable Finance and Fintech Unit, European Commission

Candice Stevens
Chair, Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition

Maria Tapia
Global Lead Climate Finance, the Global Center on Adaptation

Sven Teske
Associate Professor and Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Günther Thallinger
SE Board Member, Allianz & Chair, UN convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

Simon Thompson
Managing Director, Global Capacity Building Coalition (GCBC)

Siobhan Toohill
Chief Sustainability Officer, Westpac Group & Co-chair, UNEP FI Banking Board

Eric Usher
Head, UNEP Finance Initiative

Liesel van Ast
Deputy Head

Joost van Dun
Director, Circular Economy, ING

Helena Viñes Fiestas
Co-Chair, Taskforce on Net Zero Policy and Chair, EU Platform on Sustainable Finance

Ulrich Volz
Founding Director of the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance

James Wallace
Executive Director, Corporate and ESG Reporting, Novartis

Reuben Wambui
Regional Coordinator, Africa

Martin Weymann
Head Group Sustainability, Emerging & Political Risk Management, Swiss Re

Sheri Wilbanks
Head of GRM P&C Climate and Sustainability, AXA

Eugene Wong
CEO, Sustainable Finance Institute Asia

Coby Wong
Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Institutional Banking Group, DBS Bank

Elin Wrzoncki
Department Director, Human Rights and Business, the Danish Institute for Human Rights

Yuki Yasui
Managing Director, Asia Pacific Network, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

Amanda Zillig
Human Rights Lead, ING