UNEP FI hosted its Regional Roundtable on Sustainable Finance for Asia Pacific as a virtual event on 1–3 June 202, with the support of DB Insurance and RepRisk. The virtual event helped define the role of banking, insurance and investment in shaping ambitious responsible and sustainable strategies to proactively address the challenges and opportunities of a green recovery whilst transitioning to a low-carbon, inclusive and sustainable future in Asia Pacific.
UNEP FI’s biennial Regional Roundtable for Asia Pacific, part of its major five regional event series on sustainable finance, showcased responses from the Asia Pacific region to the emerging global trends in ESG. Held under the theme of “Acceleration of Sustainable Finance in Asia Pacific”, the event welcomed over 600 finance professionals to deepen insight into leading market practice in areas such as financing the net zero transition, Sustainable Development Goals and the blue economy as well as cutting edge thinking on environmental liability insurance. The Roundtable was also be the platform for the premier launch of the new UNEP FI Impact Analysis Tools for Investment Portfolios & Real Estate as well as a study on physical risks of climate change for property.
Read the panel summaries here.
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Agenda
Languages available: English, Korean in all sessions. Japanese in 1 session.
| 1 June - Day 1 | ||
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| Geneva - 08:00 Bangkok - 13:00 Beijing/KL- 14:00 Seoul/Tokyo - 15:00 | Welcome & Opening remarks • Eric Usher - Head, UNEP FI |
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| Geneva - 08:10 Bangkok - 13:10 Beijing/KL- 14:10 Seoul/Tokyo - 15:10 | Advancing Sustainable Finance in Asia Pacific English and Korean • Jacki Johnson - Advisor Climate and Sustainability, Insurance Australia Group Limited and Co Chair Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI), and Co-Chair of UNEP FI Global Steering Committee • Siobhan Toohill - Co-Chair of Banking Board, UNEP FI and Group Head of Sustainability at Westpac • Edward Moncreiffe - CEO of HSBC Insurance (Asia) & HSBC Life (International) and Board Member of UNEP Principles for Sustainable Insurance • Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon - Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, RepRisk • Moderator: Yuki Yasui - Regional Coordinator for Asia Pacific, UNEP FI |
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| Geneva - 09:00 Bangkok - 14:00 Beijing/KL - 15:00 Seoul/Tokyo - 16:00 | Financing the net zero transition in Korea English and Korean • Sung-Hyun Park - Vice-President, Shinhan Financial Group • Jin-Young Kim - Managing Director, ESG Division, KB Financial Group • Han-Seung Kum - Director General, Climate Change Policy Bureau, Ministry of Environment in Korea • Dae Woong Lim - Regional Coordinator for Korea, UNEP FI • Sang-Chun Han - Chief Writer, Korea Economic Daily |
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| Geneva- 04:00 Bangkok - 09:00 Beijing/KL- 10:00 Seoul/Tokyo - 11:00 | Addressing physical risks of climate change for real assets English and Korean • Jim Clayton - Director and Timothy R. Price Chair, Brookfield Centre in Real Estate & Infrastructure • Mervyn Tang - Senior Director, Global Head of ESG Research, Sustainable Finance, Fitch Ratings • Carlos Sanchez - Director of Climate Resilient Finance, Willis Towers Watson • Moderator: Matthew Ulterino - Property Working Group Coordinator, UNEP FI |
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| Geneva - 08:00 Bangkok - 13:00 Beijing/KL- 14:00 Seoul/Tokyo - 15:00 | Impact Analysis for investment portfolios and real estate: New tools by UNEP FI English and Korean • Takahiro Kogi - ESG Manager, Nomura Real Estate Asset Management Co. • Angela Wiebeck - Head of UBS in Society Program Office, UBS • Jani Maenpaa - Portfolio Manager, LHV • Ivan Rodriguez - Sustainability Director, Property Funds, Bridges Fund Management • Moderator: Careen Abb - Positive Impact Lead, UNEP FI |
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| Geneva - 09:00 Bangkok - 14:00 Beijing/KL - 15:00 Seoul/Tokyo - 16:00 | Accelerating sustainable finance and its vision in Japan English, Japanese and Korean • Tsukasa Kanai - Chief Sustainability Officer, Mitsui Sumitomo Trust & Banking Corporation • Shinichi Tsunoda - General Manager, Sustainable Business Promotion Office • Akane Enatsu - Head of Nomura Research Center of Sustainability (NRCS), Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research (NICMR) • Moderator: Yuki Yasui - Regional Coordinator for Asia Pacific, UNEP FI |
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| Geneva- 04:00 Bangkok - 09:00 Beijing/KL- 10:00 Seoul/Tokyo - 11:00 | Mapping ocean finance for a new decade: Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Chinese, English and Korean • Lucy Holmes - Senior Programme Manager Seafood Finance, WWF • Mitsuno Inada - Deputy General Manager/Manager, Sustainability Division, Corporate Planning Department, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd./Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. • Francis Chen - Senior Manager, Green Finance, Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. (CIB) • Melissa Walsh - Program Manager, Ocean Finance Initiative, Asian Development Bank (ADB) • Moderator: Dennis Fritsch - Program Coordinator, Blue Economy Finance Initiative, UNEP FI |
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| Geneva - 08:00 Bangkok - 13:00 Beijing/KL- 14:00 Seoul/Tokyo - 15:00 | Environmental liability insurance - Preliminary outcomes of a study English and Korean • Seok Ryu - Executive Director, DB Insurance • Judith Golova - Head of Environmental Insurance, Marsh • Lauren Clarke-Wiest - Innovation and Co-creation Lead, Enterprise Client Group. Aon • Dylan Bryant - Consultant, UNEP Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative • Moderator: Butch Bacani - Programme Lead, UNEP Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) |
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| Geneva - 09:00 Bangkok - 14:00 Beijing/KL - 15:00 Seoul/Tokyo - 16:00 | What finance institutions need to know about UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 15) Chinese, English and Korean • Dechen Tsering - Regional Director, Asia Pacific, UN Environment Programme • Elizabeth Mrema - Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) • Peiyuan Guo - Chairman of SynTao Green Finance and UNEP FI Advisor in China • Ryan Bjorkquist - Director, Environmental & Social Risk Management, Standard Chartered Bank • Rosemary Bissett - Head of Sustainability Governance & Risk, National Australia Bank • Moderator: Jessica Smith - Ecosystems Lead, UNEP FI |
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