International Meeting of Financial Centers for Sustainability Agenda

26/09/2017

Events

International Meeting of Financial Centers for Sustainability

Agenda, Casablanca Finance City, 28 September 2017

08:30 – 09:00 Registration and refreshments

09:00 – 10:00 Welcome

Said Ibrahimi, CEO, Casablanca Finance City Authority
Salaheddine Mezouar, President of COP 22
Nick Robins, Co-Director, UNEP Inquiry

10:00 – 11:00 Session 1: Financial Centres & Sustainability – Review of Experience

Moderator: Lamia Merzouki, Deputy General Manager, Casablanca Finance City Authority
Tour de Table: introductions of Participants and highlight of desired outcomes of the meeting

11:00 – 11:30 Launch of Casablanca Statement on Financial Centres for Sustainability

11:30 – 11:45 Break

11.45 – 13:00 Session 2: The Strategic Opportunity of Green & Sustainable Finance

Moderator: Mark Halle, Special Adviser, UN Environment Inquiry

Key Questions: What are the motivations for launching green finance initiatives in leading financial centres? What is the progress to date – and next steps?

Kairat Kelimbetov, Governor, Astana International Financial Centre
Simon Horner, Head of City of London Green Finance Initiative, London
Peter Odhengo, Senior Policy Analyst, Kenyan National Treasury, Nairobi
Kong Wei, Secretary-General of Lujiazui Financial City Green Finance Committee, Shanghai
Philippe Zaouati, CEO, Mirova & Chair, Finance for Tomorrow, Paris

13:00 – 14:15 Lunch

14:30 – 15:30 Session 3: Building a Network – Expanding the Product Pipeline

Moderator: Tiffany Grabski, Senior Manager, Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative

Key Questions: How can the network enable cooperation among financial centres to broaden and deepen the range of sustainable financial services? How can the network help to build the skills and capacity in financial centres to make this happen?

Sara Lovisolo, Sustainability Manager, Borsa Italiana, Milan
Stephen Nolan, CEO, Sustainable Nation, Dublin
Takejiro Sueyoshi, CEO, Green Finance Organisation, Tokyo
Nezha Hayat, Chairperson & CEO, Moroccan Capital Markets Authority, Morocco

15:30 – 16:30 Session 4: Building a Network – Measuring Progress

Moderator: Davide Dal Maso, Italy Coordinator, UN Environment Inquiry

Key Questions: How can the network help financial centres to work together to measure flows of green finance? And how can it enable the benchmarking of financial centres on sustainability?