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ESG and Climate Trends Watch 2023
2023-01-26 11:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
About This Event

Join our experts as they take a closer look at the key themes from MSCI’s annual report on ESG and Climate trends.

Against a backdrop of a war in Europe, inflation, energy markets in turmoil, political uncertainty and an unending stream of climate-induced disasters, MSCI’s ESG and Climate Trends to Watch for 2023 takes a closer look at some of the major developments and how they might shape the investment environment and impact the challenges and opportunities for companies.

ESF MENA 2023 – Middle East Energy & Sustainability Forum
2023-01-22 08:00 - 2023-01-24 17:15 (Asia/Kolkata)
About This Event

Global energy dynamics and the growing momentum for the energy transition is putting the Middle East region, traditionally heavily reliant on hydrocarbons, under increased pressure. There are many opportunities for the region to thrive in the era of the energy transition with its natural geology and abundance of low cost and low carbon resources. Today success is no longer just measured on safe and profitable operations, but also the delivery of energy and operational efficiency whilst demonstrating a commitment to ESG and maximising in-country value and circularity.

As the region looks to diversify, ESF MENA will support the collaborations, discussions, and development of a sustainable energy future in which the Middle East’s downstream industry continues to play a leading role.

Present the latest technologies being deployed to decarbonise operations, carbon base line assets, and conserve energy

Discuss the most opportune pathways for the region in its journey to net zero

Explore routes to increased flexibility and (product slate) diversification to accommodate bio-based and hydrogen generated feedstocks

Explore the value proposition and commercialisation status of the latest plastics conversion technologies and the tangible steps needed for large scale implementation

Prepare the industry for tomorrow through market outlooks, future fuel predictions and transition preparation

Discuss the latest projects and technologies championing the production of low and zero carbon hydrogen essential for the deep decarbonisation of the downstream industry

Position the industry to take the leading role in a net zero future through market outlooks, future fuel predictions and transition preparation

World Economic Forum 2023
2023-01-16 08:00 - 2023-01-20 18:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Davos, Switzerland
Cooperation in a Fragmented World

Under the theme ‘Cooperation in a Fragmented World’, the Annual Meeting 2023 will bring together more than 2,500 leaders from government, business and civil society, at a pivotal time for the world.

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The Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have triggered significant transformations. Unless systemic risks are addressed, the promise of a “decade of action” may become a decade of uncertainty and fragility. Davos 2023 will provide an important platform to drive forward-looking solutions and address the most pressing global challenges through public-private cooperation.

The world today is at a critical inflection point. The sheer number of ongoing crises calls for bold collective action.

The Annual Meeting will convene leaders from government, business, and civil society to address the state of the world and discuss priorities for the year ahead.

It will provide a platform to engage in constructive, forward-looking dialogues and help find solutions through public -private cooperation.

The S in ESG
2023-01-05 11:30 - 12:30 (Asia/Kolkata)

Climate Risk Management: A New Pillar in Bank ERM
2022-12-08 00:00 - 00:01 (America/New_York)
As companies around the world move quickly to quantify risk associated with climate change, U.S. regulators, policymakers, investors and banks themselves are slowly working to level the playing field with the rest of the world. The SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule for issuers requires companies to disclose climate-related risks that are reasonably likely to have a material impact on their business, results of operations, or financial condition. The SEC’s rule would also require disclosure of a company’s greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the Federal Reserve plans to start climate stress-testing exercises with the largest U.S. banks to further clarify how to manage climate risk.

Join S&P Global Market Intelligence and leading banking industry executives as they discuss how banks can take steps to begin to assess, monitor and manage risk created by climate change and the low carbon transition.

Key Discussion topics:

Carbon footprinting: How to quantify Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions and set a baseline to establish reasonable targets and progress over time.

Quantifying Scope 3 financed emissions across asset classes in accordance with the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)

Transition risk: Evaluating a client’s current ability to absorb future carbon prices

Quantifying physical risk among real estate assets

Task-Force for Climate Related Disclosures (TCFD) reporting

Incorporating ESG risk factors when evaluating which loans to make

How to comply with the SEC’s new Climate Disclosure Rule; how to define materiality

What is a reasonable expectation for disclosures for U.S. Banks and how to avoid “greenwashing”?

Quantifying the Effect of Climate on Corporate Credit Risk
2022-11-30 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London)

PRI in Person & Online 2022
2022-11-30 08:00 - 2022-12-02 17:00 UTC

The 6th Asia Sustainability Reporting Summit
2022-11-29 14:00 - 2022-11-30 18:00 (Asia/Singapore)
The Summit will be hosted on 29 & 30 November from 2:00 pm to
6:00 pm Singapore Time. Also, look out for the pre-Summit workshops on 28 November 2022.
The theme of the Summit this year is to be announced soon.
Registration is free. Book your place now!
About the Summit

The Asia Sustainability Reporting SummitTM is Asia’s top regional conference dedicated to sustainability reporting dialogue. The Summit creates a powerful platform for the reporting community to discuss new trends, techniques, common challenges, solutions and success stories.
Created by CSRWorks International, Singapore’s trusted sustainability services firm. The Summit leads Asia’s conversation on sustainability reporting.
About CSRWorks International
CSRWorks International is a trusted name in sustainability consulting, training and thought leadership.
The partnerships include the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF), SASB, EcoVadis, CDP and AccountAbility (AA1000). CSRWorks is also a TCFD Supporter Organisation.
CSRWorks is Asia’s most prominent champion of sustainability reporting. We have instituted the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards, the most prestigious international honour for reporting excellence. Starting in 2015, the Asia Sustainability Reporting Summit is the longest-running international conference dedicated to ESG reporting.

Post-COP27 climate change education: Where do we go from here?
2022-11-29 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)

Moody’s ESG London Summit 2022
2022-11-29 00:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | ETC Houndsditch, 133 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7BX

Reuters ESG Investment Europe 2022
2022-11-22 08:00 - 2022-11-23 15:30 (Europe/London)
SG InvestmentThe Leading Institutional Reuters ESG Investment Europe 2022 Summit
With COP26 looming large in November, rising shareholder pressure, a continued lack of data clarity and the conversation around divestment gathering momentum, ESG has become the number 1 issue for the entire investment community.
Reuters Events ESG Investment Europe 2021 (21-22 October, Virtual) unites 3000+ European institutional asset owners, asset managers, policymakers, regulators, standard setters and data providers just 2 weeks before COP26 to tackle how to use ESG to create data-driven, climate and shareholder conscious strategies, that accurately identify risk and deliver superior returns.
Join the entire ESG ecosystem for a highly interactive event, featuring 30+ leading executive speakers, panel sessions, presentations and exclusive 1-1 interviews led by Reuters News.

5th ESG Summit with the 17th Asia Bond Markets Summit Swinging into action
2022-11-09 08:30 - 11:00 (Asia/Singapore) | The Westin, Singapore
In association with

Gold Sponsors

Turning commitment into action is crucial to achieving net-zero targets by 2050. COP26 has highlighted the urgency of climate issues and pushed countries to launch green action plans. Covid-19, meanwhile, has uncovered deficiencies in the social infrastructure, particularly about protecting health and promoting the welfare of the people. Both require deliberate action to shift the world’s trajectory away from certain tragedies to a sustainable future.
Asia, which accounts for over 50% of global greenhouse gas emissions today, must exercise resolve in its transition journey. In the wake of rapid urbanization and industrialization over the past two decades, the region needs to enter a new phase that puts a premium on circular economy solutions, resilient and renewable energy sources, green cities and clean transport.
This is not only about leveraging resources wisely but unlocking the power of finance, relying on more climate-friendly technology, developing talent, greening procurement processes and improving supply-chain resilience. Most importantly, collaboration among governments, the private sector and financial institutions is crucial to translate plans into actionable opportunities.
Sustainable finance offers a way to support these ambitions. The issuance of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds reached US$331 billion as of December 2021. The social bond market, in particular, doubled in size from the previous year, reflecting how this pandemic is shining the light on the myriad of deficiencies in this area. The volume of green and sustainable loans has also soared, reaching US$98 billion.
However, the rising popularity of sustainable finance has heightened the risk of greenwashing. Investors now require high-quality environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and standardized taxonomy to ensure that their funds contribute towards delivering positive outcomes for the environment and society. And, as investors grow in sophistication, the demand for more diversified sustainable products will only grow.
The Asset Events is delighted to organise the 5th ESG Summit – Asia-Pacific’s leading ESG forum alongside the 17th Asia Bond Markets Summit, the annual gathering of thought leaders, policymakers, issuers and investors. This multi-event summit event brings together ESG thought leaders from governments, corporates, organizations, investment funds and financial institutions to discuss the rapidly-evolving sustainability landscape.

COP 15 — the ‘Paris moment for nature’: Is finance on board?
2022-10-31 18:30 - 19:30 (Asia/Kolkata)
Nature and climate are two sides of the same coin. COP 27 and its biodiversity equivalent COP 15, play important roles in advancing policy responses to the climate and nature crises and providing clarity for the private sector on global goals and pathways for action. The business and financial world’s race towards net-zero emissions will succeed if they race equally fast towards a nature-positive future – and a ‘Paris-like framework’ is pivotal for the public and private sectors to rally behind. The climate crisis cannot be stopped without addressing degradation and loss of nature and biodiversity.
In this webinar, we sit down with Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the CBD to learn about what the financial sector can expect from this ‘Paris moment for nature’, at COP 15 in December 2022 in Montreal, Canada under the Presidency of the People’s Republic of China. We will also learn about actions taken by financial institutions to support the halting and reversing of nature loss, speaking with two financial institutions leading the ‘Public Policy Advocacy’ working group of the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation and influencing an ambitious outcome of the COP 15 negotiations. As fundamental precautionary agents to the financial sector, we will also hear from the Central Bank of Chile and their pathway towards embedding nature in their fiduciary duty. The panel will reflect on the demands from and opportunities for the financial sector at COP 15, providing you with the information needed to take action in the run-up, during, and after this landmark event.
Presented by
UNEP FI, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, PRI, and Finance@Biodiversity Community
Speakers
Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Co-chair of the TNFD – Eric Usher, Head of UNEP Finance Initiative – Suresh Weerasinghe, Head of Leveling Up & Investments, Aviva – Elías Albagli, Director, Monetary Policy Division, Central Bank of Chile – Emine Isciel, Head of Climate and Biodiversity, Storebrand Asset Management

Cutting Edge of Sustainable Capital Markets: Catastrophe Bonds and Outcome Bonds
2022-10-31 10:00 - 12:30 (Asia/Singapore) | Singapore Exchange, Singapore
The World Bank is organizing an in-person event, “The Cutting Edge of Sustainable Capital Markets: Catastrophe Bonds and Outcome Bonds” in Singapore on Monday, October 31, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This event is supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Exchange.
Catastrophe (cat) bonds enable sponsors to transfer and raise financing from capital markets for disaster risks. For investors, cat bonds have low correlation with financial markets providing diversification from other asset types. Outcome bonds are increasingly being used to finance environmental, social, and governance outcomes. In outcome bonds, investors fund a project and earn a return linked to the achievement of pre-agreed project outcomes.
During this event, investors and arrangers will discuss the current market outlook, experience in investing in these bonds, and the longer-term market development efforts for cat bonds and outcome bonds in Asia.
For more information, please contact aamat@worldbank.org

Looking Ahead: Next Generation Climate Risk Models
2022-10-27 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Kolkata)
Climate risk models are fundamental to understanding climate change and anticipating its risks on both credit and financial risks. In the last couple of years, we’ve witnessed the emergence of various tools and analytics that incorporate climate change-related projection data and scenarios to provide a view of these risks. However, these scenarios and the related macroeconomic backdrop are evolving dynamically, creating the need for updating the analysis and keeping it relevant.
During this webinar, learn more about:

The importance of best-in-class data and models in climate scenario analysis
Evolving customer behaviour and financing opportunities
Effects of the changing geo-political and macroeconomic environment

Beyond ESG on the Road to COP27
2022-10-19 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
As Climate Week NYC 2022 wrapped up its 14th year, join S&P Global Sustainable1 as they share perspectives on the priorities for investment managers, banks and corporations on the road to COP27, including:

Aligning portfolios with carbon budgets
Putting a price on climate risk
Framing the future for nature
Scaling carbon markets
Energy transition, energy security, and energy affordability

Incorporating International Business Norms into ESG Investing
2022-10-19 | Morningstar Sustainanalytics
Presented by
Sustainalytics

About this talk
With the growing demand to integrate ESG considerations into the investment process, investors are trying to understand the complexity of applying international norms to companies. Beyond the alignment with compliance requirements, norms-based investment strategies can open market opportunities. Join our webinar to learn about international standards, how to incorporate them into ESG investing and examples of positive financial and ESG outcomes.

What to expect:
– How do international norms like the UN Global Compact Principles apply to businesses?
– How is legislation developing across the globe and in the Asia Pacific?
– What are the implications of violating international norms?
– How are investors applying guidelines to manage portfolios?
– How are the OECD MNE Guidelines complementary to the UN Global Compact Principles?
– Examples of how to avoid risks and how the application of norms brings positive financial and ESG outcomes.

Panellists: – Chris Terzis, Senior Director of Client Relations APAC, Morningstar Sustainalytics (Moderator) – Kylie Porter, Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network Australia – Kate Turner, Deputy Global Head of Responsible Investment, First Sentier Investors – Yumi Fujita, Engagement Specialist, Sustainable Investing, Robeco – Remco Slim, Product Manager, ESG Products, Morningstar Sustainalytics

Energy Now: SDG7 Action Forum #UNGA77
2022-09-23 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
ONE YEAR AFTER the groundbreaking UN High-level Dialogue on Energy that resulted in the Global Roadmap for Accelerated SDG7 Action, leaders and experts from governments, businesses, and civil society will: share energy action commitments and solutions towards the achievement of SDG7 and net-zero emissions; report progress on Energy Compact commitments totalling over US$ 600 billion to accelerate access and a just, inclusive energy transition; and learn the latest on trends, technologies and the impact of the global energy crisis.

SDG Action Zone 2022 #UNGA77
2022-09-21 08:00 - 2022-09-24 12:00 (America/New_York)
The SDG Action Zone brings together the highest levels of UN leadership, activists, government officials, business leaders, changemakers and disruptors in a virtual collaborative space to highlight the ecosystem-wide solutions, plans, and investments needed to positively impact people’s lives and the future of our planet.

Sustainable Development Impact Meetings
2022-09-19 08:00 - 2022-09-23 17:00 (America/New_York)
Convening at the same time as the United Nations General Assembly, the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings will bring together communities of purpose that integrate business leaders, policy-makers, international and civil society organizations, innovators and entrepreneurs.

In a series of carefully curated impact-driven dialogues, these alliances will use the meetings to advance their work and make concrete progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to build momentum on other key milestones in the months ahead, including the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) and the Forum’s Annual Meeting in January 2023.

Participation is by invitation only from the respective Forum communities.
