The UNEP FI Regional Roundtable Asia Pacific was held on 24-25 May in Seoul, South Korea. The event convened 375+ UNEP FI members, policymakers, civil society organisations, and academia to discuss the advancement of sustainable finance, its challenges, and solutions in Asia Pacific.
In addition to having the opportunity to network with the finance community in the region, speakers and participants explored important issues specific to the region, including net zero banking and insurance, ASEAN taxonomies as guiding frameworks for the finance sector, understanding and managing nature-related risks, financial health and inclusion, and more.
You can watch the recordings from the event here.
| Time | Plenary Sessions – Day 1 (Grand Ballroom) | |
| 09:00 | Opening of UNEP FI Regional Roundtable Asia Pacific
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| 09:05 | Welcome Address
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| 09:15 | Opening keynote
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| 09:25 | Welcome keynote
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| 09:35 | Keynote speech
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| 09:45 | Keynote speech
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| 09:55 | Financing the transition towards a sustainable future in Asia Pacific
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| 10:55 | Break | |
| 11:20 | Strengthening the regulatory landscape of sustainable finance in Asia Pacific
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| 12:20 | What does the Global Biodiversity Framework mean for Asia Pacific
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| 12:45 | Lunch | |
| Parallel sessions (Grand Ballroom) | Parallel sessions (Studio1-3) | |
| 13:35 | Deep dive into impact and target setting for banks
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Aligning insurance with climate goals
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| 14:35 | Next steps on adaptation and climate stress testing for financial institutions
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| 15:35 | Networking Break | |
| 16:10 | Need for active client engagement while decarbonizing portfolios
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Managing environmental, social and governance risks in life & health insurance business
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| 17:10 | End of Day 1 | |
| Time | Sessions – Day 2 | |
| Parallel sessions (Grand Ballroom) | Parallel sessions (Studio 1-3) | |
| 09:00 | Opening of Day 2 | Opening of Day 2 |
| 09:05 | Role of data in assessing and managing ESG risk
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Addressing financial health in financial institutions
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| 09:55 | Opportunities and instruments for ESG Investing in Asia
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Sustainable land use and deforestation risks in Asia Pacific
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| 10:45 | Regulatory expectations on climate risk and biodiversity from financial institutions
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Finance perspectives on ocean health and plastics
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| 11:30 | Break | |
| 11:50 | Embedding sustainability into the culture and governance of financial institutions
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Deep dive into nature-related disclosures: TNFD consultation
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| 12:40 | Lunch | |
| Plenary sessions (Grand Ballroom – 3rd Floor) | ||
| 13:30 | Keynote speech
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| 13:40 | Financing sustainable development through a just and inclusive transition: critical for a low carbon economy in Asia
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| 14:15 | Achieving net zero in Asia Pacific
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| 15:15 | The future of responsible banking in APAC
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| 16:05 | Closing remarks
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| 16:15 | End of UNEP FI Regional Roundtable Asia Pacific 2023 | |
Platinum Sponsor:
Shinhan Financial Group (“Shinhan”) is one of the leading financial institutions in Korea in terms of total assets, revenues, profitability and capital adequacy, among others. Incorporated in 2001, Shinhan is the first privately-held financial holding company to be established in Korea. As of June 30, 2022, Shinhan has 16 direct subsidiaries offering a wide range of financial products and services, including commercial banking, corporate banking, private banking, credit card, asset management, brokerage and insurance services. Under its corporate vision that reads “We believe finance should be More Friendly, More Secure, More Creative,” Shinhan is empowering its customers through finance. Shinhan is also further accelerating the pace of ESG management across its strong online and offline channels, which adds to more than 1,700 channels in Korea and 244 channels across 20 countries overseas, to take action against climate change, resolve environmental and social issues, and ultimately “Do the Right Thing for a Wonderful World.”
For more information please visit: http://www.shinhangroup.com/en/crm/csrreport/csr_subsidiary.jsp
Hana Financial Group, grown out of Korea Investment and Finance, was created in July 1991 when the letter was reincorporated into a banking corporation. During the early days immediately following its debut as a bank, we succeeded in creating a perception among consumers that Hana is ‘A small, but reliable bank,’ through professional services and attentive customer relations management. Today, Hana Financial Group is one of the major players of Korea’s banking industry, also enjoying recognition from the world’s leading financial papers like Euromoney, finance Asia and Asia money, who selected it as the ‘Best Korean Bank’. With its net income for 2004 standing at a historic 1 trillion won, Hana Financial Group has now emerged as an uncontested frontrunner of Korea’s financial industry, thanks to a corporate culture that values autonomy, self motivation and progressiveness, and to the efficient management of its organization which rapidly grew in size over the years.
Bronze Sponsor:
BNZ PARTNERS is a net zero-specialized advisory and accelerator. It is a subsidiary company of ECO&PARTNERS and an official Supporting Institution of UNEP Finance Initiative. It advises financial institutions, industry and governments to develop and implement net zero strategy. It designs country-wide climate policies including, K-ETS (Emission Trading Scheme in Korea), K-Taxonomy, TCFD-related policy, green finance plan, etc. Also, as an accelerator, it is discovering, nurturing and investing in climate tech start-ups in Korea and around the world as part of its Net Zero solution.
For more information please visit: http://bnzpartners.co.kr/en/
Partners:
The Chartered Banker Institute is a global professional education body for bankers, based in the UK. Established by Royal Charter, we are a not-for-profit educational charity with a mission to enhance and sustain socially purposeful, responsible, professional banking in the public interest. We do this by developing and supporting bankers’ education and professional development throughout their careers
We are the largest UK professional body for bankers, with more than 33,000 members – individual banking professionals who make an ongoing commitment to developing their customer-focused ethical professionalism.
https://www.charteredbanker.com/
Media partner:
Established in 2009, Eco-Business is Asia Pacific’s largest media and business intelligence organisation dedicated to sustainable development and ESG performance.
We are the only organisation in the region with a news, advisory and innovation business that spans across the entire sustainability ecosystem. Our award-winning news platform delivers high quality trusted content to a senior audience around the world, while our ESG Intelligence team provides affordable advisory and training services to a wide range of organisations. MNCs, SMEs, governments, multilateral institutes and civic society organisations across the world tap on our suite of thought leadership services across multimedia platforms, as well as advisory services, training and development.
We also match capital to the best innovations that solve specific sustainability challenges and accelerate the time it takes for ideas to reach commercial markets. We are headquartered in Singapore, with a presence in China, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and correspondents in major cities around the world.
Achala Abeysinghe
Director & Head of Programs for Asia, GGGI
Esther An
Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Limited (CDL)
Kristina Anguelova
Head of Asia Sustainable Finance, WWF-Singapore
Shigeru Ariizumi
Vice Commissioner for International Affairs, Japan Financial Services Agency, Vice Chair, IOSCO Board
Butch Bacani
Insurance Lead
Monica Bae
Director, Investor Practice, the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC)
Karine Bueno
Individual Review Team Lead
Laura Canas da Costa
Senior Global Policy Expert
Mustafa Chaudhry
Events and Digital Lead
Jeong-hoon Cho
Head of ESG division, Shinhan Financial Group (South Korea)
Herry Cho
Managing Director, Head of Sustainability and Sustainable Finance, Singapore Exchange (SGX)
Jinsuk Choi
Head of Sustainable Investment Team, Korea Investment Corporation
Farzanah Chowdhury
Managing Director & CEO, Green Delta Insurance Company Ltd.
Shanning Dong
General Manager, Green Finance Department, Bank of Jiangsu
Miyako Enokibori
Associate Director, CDP Worldwide-Japan
Remco Fischer
Climate Lead, UNEP FI; Co-head of NZAOA Secretariat
Romie Goedicke den Hertog
Co-Head, Nature
Henry Gonzalez
Deputy Executive Director, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Peiyuan Guo
Chairman of SynTao Green Finance and UNEP FI Advisor in China
Gabor Gyura
Capacity Building Coordinator
Young-Joo Ham
Chairman & CEO of Hana Financial Group
Wonsuk Han
Head of ESG Planning Team, Korea Development Bank
Tiffany Hodgson
Head of Sustainability and Inclusion, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
JooYoun Hong
Director of ESG Secretariat, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance
Tomohiro Ishikawa
Chief Regulatory Engagement Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)
Lyn I. Javier
Assistant Governor of the Policy and Specialized Supervision Sub-Sector, Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas
Wonsik Jeong
Investment Manager, D3Jubilee Partners
Jon Jie
Chief Operations Officer of Marina Chain
Ick Jin
Director General, Economic Analysis Department, the National Assembly Budget Office
Ok-Dong Jin
Chairman, Shinhan Financial Group
Geetu Joshi
Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance of the Government of India
Oh Jung tack
Deputy President of ESG Group, Hana Financial Group
Seiji Kawazoe
Global Initiative Fellow, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management
Louise Kim
Director, Sustainable Finance, ING (Seoul branch)
Sang-Hyup Kim
Co-Chairperson, Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth
Jong Dae Kim
Director, Green Finance Graduate Program and ESG Centre, Sustainability Management Research Institute, Inha University
Gwang Soo Kim
Chairman and CEO, Korea Federation of Banks
Dr. Soyoung Kim
Vice Chairman of Financial Services Commission, Korea
Simone Kramer
Head of Product, Net-Zero Data Public Utility
YoungJin Lee
Head of Korea, ESG Solutions, S&P Global Sustainable1
Mee-kyung Lee
CEO, Korea Green Foundation
Jong-O Lee
Director, Korea Sustainability Investing Forum (KoSIF)
Xiaotian Li
Marketing Director, Aegon-Industrial Fund
Dae Woong Lim
Korea and ASEAN Advisor, UNEP FI
Rajesh Malhotra
Group Chief Financial and Investment Officer, Myanma Awba Group CEO, Maha Agriculture Microfinance
Anouj Mehta
Country Director, Thailand Resident Mission, and Former Head, the ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance facility, ADB
Edward Moncreiffe
Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Insurance (Asia) Limited and HSBC Life (International) Limited
Hye-sook Moon
Managing Director and Head of ESG division, KB Financial Group
Masaaki Nagamura
General Manager International Initiatives, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
Adam Ng
Asia-Pacific Lead, GFRI and Sustainable Finance Advisor (Malaysia), WWF
Ikuo Ozawa
Deputy General Manager, Sustainability Planning Department, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc
Tae-Young Paik
Member, International Sustainability Standards Board
Diana Parusheva-Lowery
Executive Director, Public Policy and Sustainable Finance, ASIFMA
Joana Pedro
Social Lead
Regula Schegg
Managing Director, Asia, Circulate Capital
Pyoungseok Seo
Director of Financial Stability Research Division, Bank of Korea
Luanne Sieh
Senior Managing Director, Head of Group Sustainability, CIMB Group and Working Group Chair, CEO Action Network
Masayuki (Masa) Takanashi
Group CSO & GM, Corporate Sustainability Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Hiroshi Takashima
Research Counselor and Head of Sustainability Research, The Norinchukin Bank
Nirnita Talukdar
Regional Coordinator, Asia Pacific
Grace Tam
Director, Investments, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
George Thomas
Professor (Research & Non-Life), College of Insurance, Insurance Institute of India
Alexandra Boakes Tracy
President, Hoi Ping Ventures Hong Kong
Hiroko Urashima
Manager, Sustainability Department, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.
Eric Usher
Head, UNEP Finance Initiative
Constant van Aerschot
Director Asia Pacific, Accounting for Sustainability (A4S)
Tiange Wei
Asia-Pacific Lead, PCAF & Managing Consultant, Guidehouse
Neha Yadav
Business Development Director, Descartes Underwriting
Hae Jun Yang
Deputy Senior Manager, Woori Financial Group
Yuki Yasui
Managing Director, Asia Pacific Network, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)
Junice Yeo
Executive Director & Head of ESG Intelligence, Eco-Business