Net Zero Finance 2021 | Incisive Media | 16 March 2021 | Digital Event

Our planet is in crisis. The transition to a sustainable ‘green’ economy is more than critical to business survival, it’s an existential imperative. The good news is, there IS a solution … but it comes at a price. With the cost of decarbonising businesses and society running to trillions of dollars, the world of finance holds the key, quite simply, to all our futures. Alongside the challenges, however, are significant opportunities for those who are quick to adapt.

With the mobilisation of financial organisations across the board, driven by growing investor awareness and a fast-changing society, Net Zero Finance will bring together leading investors, asset managers, corporates, policymakers, and campaigners to explore the fast-expanding green finance sector, explore the challenges ahead, showcase success stories and examine the opportunities.

2021 Speakers

CHAIR:

James Murray
Editor in Chief, BusinessGreen

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Hiro Mizuno
Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments, United Nations

Nigel Topping
High Level Climate Action Champion, COP26

Sony Kapoor
Managing Director, Re-Define

SPEAKERS:

Nate Aden
Senior Associate, Climate Program, World Resources Institute

Sam Alvis
Head of Green Renewal, Green Alliance

Helen Avery
Head of Nature Programmes & Editorial Consultant, Green Finance Institute

Ed Baker
Technical Head – Climate Change and The Energy Transition, PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment)

Farnam Bidgoli
EMEA Head of Sustainable Bonds, HSBC

Dr Ben Caldecott
Director, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University

Mark Campanale
Founder & Executive Chairman, Carbon Tracker

Amy Clarke
Chief Impact Officer and Co-Founder, Tribe Impact Capital

James Close
Head of Climate Change, Natwest Group

Peter Damgaard Jensen
Vice-Chair, Climate Investment Coalition

Barbara Davidson
Senior Analyst, Carbon Tracker

Michelle T Davies
International Head of Clean Energy and Sustainability, Eversheds Sutherland

Basil Demeroutis
Managing Partner, FORE Partnership

Ray Dhirani
Head of Sustainable Finance and Green Economy, WWF

Louise Dudley CFA
Portfolio Manager, Federated Hermes

Honor Fell
Senior Associate, Sustainable Investment Officer, Cambridge University Endowment Fund

Remco Fischer
Climate Change Lead, UNEP FI

Andrew Grant
Head of Climate, Industry and Energy, Carbon Tracker

Caroline Haas
MD & Head of Sustainable Finance, Financial Institutions & SSAs, Natwest Markets

Emma Harvey
Programme Director, Green Finance Institute

Catherine Howarth
CEO, ShareAction

Thomas Kansy
Director, Climate and Energy, Vivid Economics

Cecilia Keating
Senior Reporter, BusinessGreen

Mark Kenber
Managing Director, Climate Advisers

Sean Kidney
Co-Founder & CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

Emily Kreps
Global Director, Capital Markets, CDP

Woolfgang Kuhn
Director of Financial Sector Strategy, ShareAction

Maria Lettini
Executive Director, FAIRR Intiative

Giel Linthorst
Executive Director, Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials

Tim Lord
Senior Fellow - Net Zero, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Lauren Mason
Editor, Investment Week

Adam Matthews
Director of Ethics and Engagement, Church of England Pensions Board

Carolina Minio Paluello
Global Head of Product, Solutions & Quant, Schroders

Jacco Minnaar
Chair of the Management Board, Triodos Investment Management

Ana Musat
Head of Policy, Aldersgate Group

Maria Nazarova-Doyle, CFA
Head of Pension Investments, Investment Strategy & Execution, Lloyds Banking Group

Gordon Power
Chief Investment Officer, Earth Capital

Bruno Rauis
Executive Director, Climate Risk Research, MSCI

Simon Rawson
Director of Corporate Engagement, ShareAction

Nick Robins
Professor in Practice - Sustainable Finance, LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Reto Schnarwiler
Head of Group Sustainability, Swiss Re

Nina Seega
Director of Sustainable Finance Research, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Paul Simpson
Chief Executive Officer, CDP

Nick Spooner
Sector Lead, Utilities, Federated Hermes

Daisy Streatfeild
Investor Practices Programme Director, IIGCC

Keith Tuffley
Global Co-Head, Sustainabilty & Corporate Transitions Group, Citi Group

James Vaccaro
CEO, Re:Pattern, Delivery Partner, Bankers for Net Zero

Nicolas Vaniet
Head of Treasury and Front Office, LaFargeHolcim

Faith Ward
Chair, IIGCC, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership

Steve Waygood
Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva Investors

2021 Partners

COMMERCIAL PARTNERS:
• MSCI
• Schroders