with support from SynTao Green Finance and China SIF
About this session
This session will provide an overview of latest development of sustainable finance in Asia within the context of national and regional climate targets. Topics will include transition finance policies, taxonomy and products, transition pathway for key industries as well as just transition. The session will have special focus on engagement strategy to discuss how investors (especially global investors) can engage with Asian companies on their transition plans efficiently and effectively. The session will conclude with a panel discussion on how asset owners, asset management firms and investee companies can enhance communications to tackle common challenges.
Session themes:
- Global policy developments regarding transition finance framework and taxonomy.
- The impacts of climate transition in Asia on key industries and investors.
- Support for global asset owners to communicate with asset management firms in Asia and for global institutional investors to engage with investee companies in Asia.
Speakers
Mr. Peiyuan Guo
Chairman, SynTao Green Finance
Mr. King Au
Executive Director, Financial Services Development Council (FSDC)
Ms. Noran Bakr
Head of Risk, Sovereign Fund of Egypt
Mr. Yuebin Yang
Portfolio Manager, General Manager of Value Investment Department, AXA SPDB Asset Managers
Ms. Clémence Humeau
Head of Sustainability Coordination and Governance, AXA Investment Managers
Ms. Michelle Leung
ESG Analyst, Bloomberg
Mr. Plato K. T. Yip
Chairperson, Friends of the Earth
Ms. Nirnita Talukdar
Regional Coordinator, Asia Pacific, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
Ms. Margarita Pirovska
Director of Policy, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
Mr. Gabriel Wilson-Otto
Director, Sustainable Investing, Fidelity International
Mr. Paul Clements-Hunt
Director, Mishcon de Reya LLP, Mishcon Purpose
Ms. Ralitza Germanova
Lead, Sustainability Disclosure and Transparency Program, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Ms. Valerie Kwan
Director, Stewardship and Corporate Engagement, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change
Mr. Mishal Al Ismail
Head of Compliance & AML, Albilad Capital
Mr. Benjamin McCarron
Founder and Managing Director, Asia Research & Engagement
Ms. Tanya Xu
Lead ESG Analyst, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management
Ms. Suhana Dewi Selamat
Executive Director, Head, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Khazanah Nasional Berhad
Ms. Surabi Menon
Executive Director, Partnerships, COP28
Mr. Xiaohua Zhang
Director, Beijing Office, ClimateWorks Foundation
Mr. Chinmay Joshi
Chief Financial Officer, Tiqmo