Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) Market Event Europe

The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) are joining forces for three days of insight into advances in sustainable finance to address key regulatory and market challenges, the asset management industry’s role in sustainable investment, as well as how capital markets can contribute to a sustainable low-carbon economy.

UNEP FI will hold its 2nd Regional Roundtable for Europe in Luxembourg on 28-29 November 2019, followed by the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on sustainable land use, on 30 November 2019.

Alongside the Roundtable, UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) will host a European Market Event on 29 November.

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10:30-10:45Welcome Remarks
• Butch Bacani - Programme Leader, UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative
10:45-11:15Session 1: What are the implications of the European Commission’s Action Plan on sustainable finance for the insurance industry
• Olav Jones - Deputy Director General, Insurance Europe
• Pamela Schuermans - Principal Expert Insurance Policy, EIOPA
Discussion moderator
•Butch Bacani - Programme Leader, UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative
11:15-11:30Break
11:30-12:20Session 2: After the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit: How can we drive greater climate action and ambition?
Opening perspectives
• Marc Hengen - CEO, Association of Luxembourg Insurers & Reinsurers
• Lasse Wallquist - Senior Sustainability Risk Manager, Swiss Re
Roundtable discussion moderator
• Butch Bacani - Programme Leader, UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative
12:20-13:10Session 3: TCFD and the insurance industry: Evolving market and supervisory practices
Presentations including Q&A session with the audience
• Nicole Röttmer - Partner, PwC Germany
• Jason Eis - Executive Director, Vivid Economics
13:10-14:00Lunch
14:00-15:00Session 4: Managing environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks in non-life insurance business
Opening perspectives
• John Scott - Group Head of Sustainability Risk, Zurich Insurance Group
• Philipp Hasenmüller - Senior Consultant for Corporate Responsibility, Munich Re
Roundtable discussion moderator
• Butch Bacani - Programme Leader, UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative
15:00-16:00Session 5: Developing the sustainability agenda in life & health insurance and pensions
Opening perspectives
• Zelda Bentham - Group Head of Sustainability, Aviva
• Angelique Bayot - Head, SCOR Global Life Strategy
Roundtable discussion moderator
• Butch Bacani - Programme Leader, UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative
16:00-16:20Break
16:20-17:10Session 6: How can the insurance industry help protect natural ecosystems and tackle pollution?
Opening perspectives
• Alice Merry - Plastic Pollution Project Manager, UN Environment
• Chip Cunliffe - AXA XL and Head of Ocean Risk & Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)
• Amandine Favier - Head of Sustainable Finance, WWF-Switzerland
Roundtable discussion moderator
• Butch Bacani - Programme Leader, UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative
17:10-17:15Closing Remarks
• Olivia Fabry - Programme Supervisor, UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative
• Butch Bacani - Programme Leader, UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative