Agenda

Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in GMT.

8:30 AM
Registration, networking & morning coffee
 
9:00 AM
Welcome Introduction

Maurice Button, CEO, City & Financial Global

9:05 AM
Chair’s opening remarks

Gavin Templeton, Managing Director, Pollination

9:10 AM
Keynote Address

Transition Plans as a key element of the Government’s Green Strategy

Baroness Vere of Norbiton, Treasury Lords Minister, HM Treasury

9:25 AM
Keynote Address

Transition plans – a regulatory perspective

Sacha Sadan, Director of ESG, Financial Conduct Authority

9:40 AM
Moving from design to implementation of the TPT Framework and Sector Guidance

Patrick Arber, Group Head of Government Engagement – Sustainability, Aviva

9:55 AM
Panel: The TPT Framework in the context of other relevant international initiatives, such as the ISSB Standards, the European Sustainability Reporting Standards, TCFD and GFANZ guidance

Moderator

Catherine Chisem, Senior Consultant, Sustainable Finance, EcoAct

Panellists

Mardi McBrien, Chief of Strategic Affairs & Capacity Building, IFRS Foundation

Kate Levick, Associate Director, Finance & Resilience, E3G; Co-Head, Secretariat,Transition Plan Taskforce

Alice Carr, Executive Director, Public Policy, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

10:40 AM
Networking & morning coffee break
 
11:10 AM
Keynote Address

Integrating transition finance into transition plans

Vanessa Havard-Williams, Chair, HM Treasury Transition Finance Market Review, and Consultant, Linklaters 

11:30 AM
Panel: How investors and other stakeholders will use transition plans

Moderator

David Harris, Incoming Chair, The Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA), Head of Sustainable Finance Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, LSEG

Panellists

Stephanie Maier, Global Chief Sustainability Officer, GAM Investments

Monica Filkova CFA, Head of Climate and Nature Investment Strategy, UK IWR Investments, Aviva

Sepi Roshan, Senior Analyst, Accounting, Audit and Disclosure, Carbon Tracker 

Gavin Templeton, Managing Director, Pollination

12:25 PM
Networking & lunch break
 
1:40 PM
Afternoon Chair’s opening remarks

George Murray, Senior Professional Support Lawyer – Sustainability and Climate Change, Slaughter and May

1:45 PM
Developing a Climate Transition Plan and Integrating it into the Financial Plan

Katie Murray, Group Chief Financial Officer, NatWest Group

2:05 PM
TPT - TNFD & future Sustainability Reporting

Philip Cliff, Director, Sustainable Investing (Climate), Fidelity International

2:25 PM
Panel: The role of transition plans in protecting the natural environment and reducing biodiversity loss

Moderator

Samantha Brady, Head of Environment and Climate Change, Slaughter and May

Panellists

Ed Steeds, Senior Policy Advisor (Finance), WWF-UK 

Harold Pauwels, Director of Standards, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Abyd Karmali OBE, Taskforce Member, Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD); Managing Director, Environmental Business Advisory, Bank of America

3:10 PM
Networking & afternoon tea break
 
3:40 PM
Case study: Metrics and targets for transition plans

Dr Tony Rooke, Executive Director, Climate Risk and Resilience, Howden

4:00 PM
Panel: Transition plans as a tool to mobilise sustainable investment

Moderator

Edoardo Francesco Sabatino, Chief Executive Officer, ClimateKick

Panellists

Heather Buchanan, Co-Founder and Chief Executive, Bankers for Net Zero

Amir Sokolowski, Global Director, Climate Change, CDP

Ira Poensgen, Technical Lead, Transition Plan Taskforce Secretariat; Deputy Policy Lead, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group (OxSFG)

Louisa Guy, Policy Specialist, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

4:45 PM
Chair’s closing remarks
 
4:50 PM
Close of proceedings