UNEP Finance Initiative Regional Roundtable in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 | United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) | 14 October 2019 | Hilton Sao Paulo Morumbi, Av. das Nações Unidas, 12901 - Brooklin, São Paulo - SP, 04578-000, Brazil

The two-day event, co-organised with the Brazilian Federation of Banks (FEBRABAN), will feature a mix of high-level plenaries and keynotes from public and private sector leaders in sustainable finance, as well as technical sessions covering approaches to sustainability in investment, insurance and banking. The Roundtable will enable participants to network with policy makers, regulators and peers from across the finance industry in Latin America and the Caribbean as well to exchange ideas and experiences to help advance sustainable finance in the region.

The 2-day event will also feature:
• Green/sustainability bonds.
• Infrastructure investment and resilient cities.
• Implementation of the Principles for Sustainable Insurance and guidance on integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks into underwriting.
• Ecosystem-based adaptation, climate-smart agriculture and blended finance.
• Sustainability taxonomies and land use financing.
• Policy and regulatory developments for sustainable finance frameworks, roadmaps and protocols.
• Implications of marine plastic pollution for underwriting and investment.
• Piloting the natural capital ENCORE tool in Colombia and Peru to help banks, investors and insurers worldwide assess risks from environmental degradation, such as pollution or destruction of forests.
• Climate-related financial disclosures.
• Progress under the sustainable stock exchanges initiative.

2019 Speakers

Sandra Abella
Regional Director, Eco Business Fund

Elizabeth Aceituno
Finance Specialist, WWF

Butch Bacani
Programme Leader at UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative

Mirta Martinez Bazzano
General Manager, Roundtable for Sustainable Finance-Paraguay

Karine Bueno
Head of Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility, Santander

Marina Cançado
Executive Director, Brasil do Futuro Agenda

Olga Cantillo
Executive Vice President and General Manager, Bolsa de Valores de Panamá

Patricia Coimbra
Human Capital, Administrative and Sustainability Vice President, SulAmérica Insurance Brazil & Member of UNEP FI Global Steering Committee

Renato Eid
Portfolio Manager, Itaú Asset Management

Mariana Escobar
Financial supervisor, Colombia

Sonia Favaretto
Sustainability, Communication and Social Investment Director, B3 & President, Brazilian Global Compact Network

Thais Fontes
Sustainability Manager, Rabobank

Erika Fuga
Director of Health Claims, SulAmérica

Gabriel Guedes
Director, Itaú

Leo Heileman
Director for Latin America & the Caribbean, UNEP

Miguel Achury Jiménez
Vice President of Planning and Institutional Development, Bancamía

Octavio de Lazari
CEO, Bradesco

Sergio Leitão
Executive Director, Instituto Escolhas

Isabel Ponce de León
Senior Underwriter Agriculture, Swiss Re

Leo Letelier
Founder and CEO, Sitawi

Lauro Marins
Excecutive Director, CDP Latin America

Luiz Maranhão de Mello
BACEN

Rodolfo Gutiérrez Muñoz
Deputy General Director of Planning, Banobras (Mexico)

Daniel Orellana
Environmental Officer, Banco Hipotecario

Gustavo Pimentel
Director, Sitawi

Marcela Ponce
Climate Finance Lead for LAC, IFC

Murilo Portugal
President, FEBRABAN

Laura Ramirez
Programme Manager Emerging Markets, 2 Degrees

Nelson Rivas
General Manager, Banco de Fomento Agropecuário

Gema Sacristan
Chief Investment Officer, IDB Invest

Walter Savaglia
Digital Channels Manager, Itau

Genaro Segura
General Director of SUGEF

Marcelo Seraphim
Head of Brazil, PRI

Roberta Simonetti
Sustainable Finance, WWF

Sebastian Sommer
Green Finance Project Director, GIZ

Julia Spinasse
Corporate Sustainability Manager, Bradesco

Helga Tomagnini
Superintendent of Business Strategy and Risk Engineering, MAPFRE Brazil

Marco Tormen
Advisor Sustainable Finance, WWF Switzerland

Eric Usher
Head, UNEP Finance Initiative

José Alexandre Vasco
Director of Investor Protection and Assistance Office, CVM

Mario Sergio Vasconcelos
Director of Institutional Relations, Febraban

Mario Sergio Vasconcelos
Director of Institutional Relations, FEBRABAN

Mauricio Velasquez
Executive Director of the Department of Environment and Climate Change, CAF

Annelise Vendramini
Sustainable Finance Program Coordinator, FGV

Christopher Wells
Global Head, Environmental & Social Risk, Santander

2019 Sponsors and Partners

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Itau
• Bradesco
• Santander

SILVER SPONSOR AND CO-ORGANIZER:
• Febraban

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• SulAmerica
• CNseg

SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS:
• BID
• Felaban
• Eco Business
• CAF

WORKSHOP SPONSOR:
• CAF