UNEP FI Global Roundtable 2024

The UNEP FI Global Roundtable 2024 took place in three different rooms. Please see agenda to select which sessions you would like to watch, and what room they took place in.

You can find photos from the event here.

Livestream recordings

10 December – Room D Livestream

Time (CET)	Opening of the UNEP FI Global Roundtable
10:50	OPENING SESSION Opening dialogue with Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme Facilitated by Eric Usher, Head, UNEP FI
11:05	MESSAGE Message from Christiana Figueres, Founder, Global Optimism
11:10	PLENARY PANEL Driving change through responsible banking and sustainable insurance Bolaji Agbede, Acting Group Chief Executive Officer, Access Holdings Jean-François Chalifoux, President and CEO, Beneva Patrick Odier, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Lombard Odier Group and Chair, Building Bridges Patty Karuaihe-Martin, Managing Director, NamibRe Moderator: Liesel van Ast, Deputy Head, UNEP FI
12:00	HIGH-LEVEL PANEL Accelerating the real economy transition Elisabeth Skorna, Chief Financial Officer and Vice-President Finance, DACH, Schneider Electric Hacina Py, Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Societe Generale Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard, Director of the Sustainable Enterprises, Productivity and Just Transition Department, International Labour Organization (ILO) Moderator: Maria Sosa Taborda, Membership and Regional Co-ordination Manager, UNEP FI
12:45	FIRESIDE CHAT Bringing nature to the heart of finance Kirsten Schuijt, Director General, WWF International Eric Usher, Head, UNEP FI
13:05	Lunch
	Start of Deep Dive sessions
14:00	DEEP DIVE SESSION 1 Embedding biodiversity concerns across portfolios Antoni Ballabriga, Global Head of Sustainability Intelligence & Advocacy, BBVA Christine Lee, Director, Climate and Nature Risk Product Development and Management, S&P Global Sustainable1 Kirsten Schuijt, Director General, WWF International Lauren Ferstandig, Managing Director, Nature Vest, The Nature Conservancy Makoto Haraguchi, SVP of Sustainability Section, MS&AD Insurance Group Moderator: Jessica Smith, Lead, Nature, UNEP FI
15:00	DEEP DIVE SESSION 3 Next steps to implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework Deborah Halberstadt, Special Advisor to the Commissioner on Biodiversity and Inclusive Insurance, California Department of Insurance Lisa Eichler, Head of Physical Risk & Natural Solutions, MSCI Paul Harris, Sustainable Product Innovation Lead, Bank of Ireland Saori Takahashi, Manager, Sustainability Management, Corporate Strategy Group, The Norinchukin Bank Susanne Pedersen, Director, Science and Knowledge Centre, IUCN Moderator: Romie Goedicke, Co-Lead Nature, UNEP FI
16:00	DEEP DIVE SESSION 5 Driving interoperability between sustainable finance taxonomies Caroline Wellemans, Head of Unit, Sustainable Finance Policy – DG INTPA, European Commission Clémence Humeau, Head of Sustainability Coordination and Governance, AXA Investment Managers Madelena Mohamed, Sustainability Director, Bank Negara Malaysia Makaio Witte, Head of Sustainable Finance, Sustainable Economic Transformation and Sustainable Finance Global Project, GIZ Tomás Soley Pérez, General Superintendent, General Superintendence of Insurance of Costa Rica (SUGESE) Moderator: Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
17:00	DEEP DIVE SESSION 7 Mainstreaming impact management Gemma Sanchez-Danes, Acting Head of Secretariat, Sustainability Reporting (ESRS), EFRAG Noelia Garcia, Head of Sustainability Coordination and Governance, ISO Olivier Wibo, Sustainable Finance Solutions Product Manager, Bloomberg Susan Stawicki, Head of Reporting, UN Global Compact Vincent Siegerink, Economist, OECD WISE Centre and Co-Lead, Impact Management Platform Moderator: Careen Abb, SDGs and Impact Lead, UNEP FI

10 December – Room C Livestream

DEEP DIVE SESSION 2

Mobilising finance for energy efficiency

Dirk Bartsch, Head of ESG, Berlin Hyp
Grace Tam, Head of Consumer Finance, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Luca Bertalot, Secretary General, European Mortgage Federation – European Covered Bond Council (EMF-ECBC)
Maya Hennerkes, Director, Green Financial Systems, EBRD
Moderator: Ana Bachurova, Energy Efficiency Lead, UNEP FI

DEEP DIVE SESSION 4

Mobilising sustainable finance in emerging markets

Alejandra Díaz, Chief Sustainability Officer, Banco Davivienda and Seguros Bolívar
Joel Khaw Chuan Penn, Head of MIND and Sustainability, Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad (BPMB)
Seyi Kumapayi, Executive Director African Subsidiaries, Access Bank
Simon Bessant, Global Head of Insurance and Director, The Texel Group
Moderator: Nirnita Talukdar, Asia Pacific Lead, UNEP FI

DEEP DIVE SESSION 6

Just transition: Incorporating human rights into climate finance

Carlos José Santos Lardé, Sustainability Manager, Banco Bolivariano
Dorothée Baumann-Pauly, Director, Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights
Jenny Wik Karlsson, CEO & Senior Legal Adviser, Swedish Sami Association and Chairperson, FSC Sweden
Masaaki Nagamura, Fellow International Initiatives, Tokio Marine
Nick Robins, Executive Director, Just Transition Finance Lab, LSE
Moderator: Fernanda Hopenhaym, Chairperson, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

DEEP DIVE SESSION 8

Tackling plastics and promoting circularity to achieve sustainability goals

Clemence Schmid, Director, Global Plastics Action Partnership, World Economic Forum
Filipe Camaño Garcia, Manager, Global Circularity Protocol, WBCSD
Franco Piza, Head of Sustainability, Grupo Bancolombia
Lauren Clarke-Wiest, Head of Data and Analytics, Aon
Massimiano Tellini, Head – Circular Economy, Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center
Moderator: Jan Raes, Finance and Plastics Lead, UNEP FI

10 December – Room A Livestream

Time (CET)	Day 1
	Joint sessions: Global Roundtable X Building Bridges
09:00	BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS Opening remarks Eric Usher, Head, UNEP FI Patrick Odier, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Lombard Odier Group and Chair, Building Bridges
09:10	FIRESIDE CHAT Accelerating systems change through finance Rémy Rioux, CEO, French Development Agency (AFD) Moderator: Nik Gowing, Founder and Co-Director, Thinking the Unthinkable
09:30	FIRESIDE CHAT Wisdom from the Elders: The Right to a Resilient Future Elisabeth Stern, Board Member, KlimaSeniorinnen Mary Robinson, Chair, The Elders & former President of Ireland, & former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Moderator: Nik Gowing, Founder and Co-Director, Thinking the Unthinkable
09:50	PLENARY PANEL How finance drives the sustainability agenda forward Anja Hannerz, Chief Sustainability Officer, Nordea Antonio Carrillo Doblado, Vice-President of Sustainability, Holcim Claudine Blamey, Chief Sustainability Officer, Aviva Shargiil Bashir, Chief Sustainability Officer & Executive Vice President, First Abu Dhabi Bank Thomas Brauchle, Head of Sustainability, Siemens Financial Services Moderator: Raj Kumar, President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex

Time (CET)	Day 2
09:55	Opening keynote Room D Professor Paul Ekins, Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources
10:10	PLENARY PANEL Supporting global sustainability ambition through policy and regulation Room D Geetu Joshi, Advisor, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance of the Government of India Helena Viñes Fiestas, Co-Chair, Taskforce on Net Zero Policy and Chair, EU Platform on Sustainable Finance Irene Heemskerk, Head of the Climate Change Centre, European Central Bank Krishnan Sharma, Principal Economic Affairs Adviser, Financing for Sustainable Development Office, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations (UN DESA) Philippe Lionnet, Envoy for Sustainable Finance and Co-Head of the Policy Issues & International Relations unit, State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF), Swiss Federal Department of Finance Moderator: Laura Canas da Costa, Global Policy Co-Lead, UNEP FI
10:55	FIRESIDE CHAT Aligning professional practice with sustainability goals Room D Puleng Ndjwili-Potele, Co-Lead, Banking, UNEP FI Simon Thompson, Managing Director, Global Capacity Building Coalition (GCBC) Moderator: Mustafa Chaudhry, Co-Lead, Communications, UNEP FI
11:10	PLENARY PANEL Driving 1.5 ambition through finance Room D Marc Kahn, Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer, Investec Group Maria Simonson, Acting Head of Client Relationship Management, Head of Sustainability, Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) Masaaki Iwabuchi, General Manager, Finance & Investment Planning Department, Nippon Life Insurance Company Sue Reid, Climate Finance Advisor to Christiana Figueres, Global Optimism Moderator: Remco Fischer, Climate Lead, UNEP FI
11:55	FIRESIDE CHAT Risk and impact: Both sides of the same coin Room D Christos Megalou, CEO, Piraeus Bank Sander Biesma, CEO, NN Re Moderator: Careen Abb, SDGs and Impact Lead, UNEP FI
12:15	CASE STUDY Tracking the Financial Sectors’ Transition Performance Using the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment Room D Warrick Fuchsloch, Senior Client Engagement Specialist, S&P Global Sustainable1
12:25	Lunch
	Start of Deep Dive sessions
13:20	DEEP DIVE SESSION 9 Scaling finance for adaptation Room D Denisse Gonzalez, Climate Change Specialist, Produbanco Tomás Soley Pérez, General Superintendent, General Superintendence of Insurance of Costa Rica (SUGESE) Vanessa Doger de Spéville, Head, Sustainability, Reputation & Engagement, Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) Moderator: Amal-Lee Amin, Managing Director and Head of Climate, Diversity and Advisory, British International Investment
14:10	DEEP DIVE SESSION 11 Transition finance: Opportunities and challenges Room D Joseph Jacobelli, Advisory Group Expert, ESCAP (FET Project), and Managing Partner, Bougie Impact Capital Linda Freiner, Chief Sustainability Officer, Zurich Insurance Group Tomo Ishikawa, Chief Regulatory Engagement Officer, MUFG Udo Riese, Global Head of Sustainable Investing, Allianz Investment Management Vincent Damas, Chief Sustainability Officer, Covéa Group Moderator: Jesica Lelynn Andrews, Head of Climate Accountability, UNEP FI
15:05	DEEP DIVE SESSION 13 Closing the gender gap: the role of banks (co-hosted with UN Women) Room D Opening remarks: Sofia Calltorp, Director, UN Women Geneva Office and Chief of Humanitarian Action Panellists: Dawn Bailey, Head of Financial Wellbeing, Bank of Ireland Verónica Gavilanes Véjar, Deputy General Manager, BancoSol Wendy Teleki, Head of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (WE-FI), the World Bank Co- Moderator: Alexandra Lockyer, Senior Sustainable Finance Analyst, UN Women Co- Moderator: Laura Diaz, Financial Health &. Inclusion Lead, Banking, UNEP FI
16:05	START OF PRB SESSIONS Introductory remarks by Dimitrios Dimopoulos Head of ESG, Piraeus Financial Holdings & Co-chair, UNEP FI Banking Board
16:05	DEEP DIVE SESSION 15 – PRB Effective client engagement: Strategies for banks to foster sustainable finance Room D Christine Würfel, Head of Group ESG & Sustainability Management, Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) Lara de Mesa, Global Head of Sustainability, Santander Shargiil Bashir, Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Vice President, First Abu Dhabi Bank Susan Barron, Managing Director and Global Co-Head of the Sustainable Banking Group, Barclays Moderator: Johanna Dichtl, Implementation Guidance Lead, Banking, UNEP FI
17:05	DEEP DIVE SESSION 17 – PRB Engaging clients on social issues: Strategies for banks to drive positive impact Room D Abimbola Agbejule, Head, Corporate Sustainability, Wema Bank Amanda Zillig, Human Rights Lead, ING Anna Falth, Global Head of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), UN Women Jonathan Fowlie, Chief External Relations Officer and Head of Impact Strategy, Vancity Yasmine Pagni, Head of Social Policy Unit, Environment, Climate and Social Office (ECSO), Projects Directorate (PJ), European Investment Bank (EIB) Moderator: Joana Pedro, Social Lead, UNEP FI

DEEP DIVE SESSION 10

Overcoming data challenges in sustainable finance
Room C

Angélica Afanador, Director, Guidehouse and Executive Director, Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
Hans Biemans, Head of Sustainable Markets, ING
Stefan Malchow, Head of Sales, ESG Solutions, SAP Fioneer
Xavier Demeulenaere, Research and Analysis Associate Director, S&P Global Mobility
Moderator: Daniel Bouzas, Europe Regional Lead, UNEP FI

DEEP DIVE SESSION 12

Public and private cooperation for sustainable development
Room C

Introductory remarks by Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Panellists

Massamba Thioye, Project Executive, UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub, UNFCCC secretariat
Nicolas Picchiottino, Head of Public Development Banks, AFD & Secretary General, IDFC
Quyen Nguyen, Senior Climate Finance Specialist, Global Product Lead, IFC
Shanning Dong, General Manager, Green Finance Department, Bank of Jiangsu
Moderator: Glenn Hodes, Senior adviser on SDG investment, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

DEEP DIVE SESSION 14 – Insurance

Unlocking the potential of insurance for nature positive Room C

Amandine Favier, Head of Sustainable Finance, WWF Switzerland
Caroline Wakesho Sonje, ESG Specialist, ICEA Lion
Emily McKenzie, Technical Director, TNFD
Thomas Viegas, Nature Strategy Lead, Aviva
Moderator: Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP FI

DEEP DIVE SESSION 16 – Insurance

Scaling up climate action in the insurance industry
Room C

Cirhan Truswell, Director, Climate Science, Sun Life
Esther Egeter, Sustainability Manager, a.s.r.
João Mestre, Sustainability Director, Fidelidade
Moderator: Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP FI

DEEP DIVE SESSION 18 – insurance

17:05 – 17:45CET
V20: Insuring the most vulnerable
Room C

Philip Lopokoiyit, CEO, ICEA LION Holdings and ICEA LION General Insurance
Brandon Mathews, Global Coordinator, V20 Sustainable Insurance Facility
Moderator: Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP FI

DEEP DIVE SESSION 19 – insurance

17:45 – 18:15 CET
Scaling Sustainable Insurance for Africa’s Green Growth and Resilience
Room C

Welcome and Introduction to the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance and the purpose of the session:

Kelvin Massingham – Director, Risk and Resilience, FSD Africa

Panel:

Emeka Akwiwu, Executive Director, Continental Reinsurance
Patty Karuaihe-Martin, Managing Director, Namibre, and NDSI Vice Chair
Phillip Lopokoiyit, Group CEO, ICEA Lion, and NDSI Chair
Moderator: Ange Chitate, Africa Risk Capacity Ltd , Chief Operating Officer