Agenda

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

8:30 AM
Registration, networking & morning coffee
 
9:10 AM
Welcome Introduction
 
9:15 AM
Chair’s welcome and opening keynote address: Transition planning in a time of change

Kate Levick, Founding Director, The International Transition Plan Network (ITPN); Associate Director, Finance & Resilience, E3G

9:35 AM
Keynote Address: The role of the IFRS Foundation in standardising transition plan-related disclosures globally

Richard Barker, Board Member, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)

9:55 AM
Panel: Best practice approaches to drafting transition plans

Moderator

Mark Gough, CEO, Capitals Coalition

Panellists 

Nick Robins, Executive Director, Just Transition Finance Lab 

Susan Hooper, Co-founder and Member of the Board, Chapter Zero

Matt Scott, Executive Director, UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment, University of Oxford

10:40 AM
Networking & morning coffee break
 
11:10 AM
Presentation: The implications of the Omnibus Package for transition plans

Rachel Barrett, ESG Partner, Linklaters

11:35 AM
Panel: The future of nature in transition planning

Moderator

Rachel Solomon Williams, Executive Director, Aldersgate Group 

Panellists

Tanya Steele CBE, Chief Executive Officer, WWF 

Joy Newton, Director of Climate and Sustainability Strategy, Lloyds Banking Group

Charlie Dixon, Associate Director, Green Finance Institute, UK Market Engagement Lead, TNFD

12:20 PM
Case Study I - Crafting a credible transition plan - practical challenges & solutions

Amelia Ransome, Principal Consultant - Climate Transition Plans, South Pole

12:40 PM
Case Study II - Integrating your transition plan into decision-making

David Croft, Group Head of Sustainability, Reckitt

1:00 PM
Networking & lunch break
 
2:00 PM
Afternoon Chair’s welcome remarks

Amelia Ransome, Principal Consultant - Climate Transition Plans, South Pole

2:05 PM
Presentation: Legal considerations for transition plan preparers

David Watkins, Partner, Slaughter and May

2:30 PM
Panel: International developments in transition plans

Moderator

Alice Melvin, Associate Director Climate & Sustainability Strategy, Lloyds Banking Group 

Panellists 

Leah Ramoutar, Director of Environmental Sustainability, Aviva

Jack Bisset, Policy Manager - Climate and Sustainability, New Zealand External Reporting Board

Dr. Lizzy Harnett, Research and Impact Expert, Climate Finance, RMI

Valentin Julius Jahn, Deputy Director, Research and Operations, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre (TPI)

3:20 PM
Networking & afternoon tea
 
3:45 PM
Presentation: The impact on UK companies of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, ERAG’s transition plan implementation guidance and the upcoming Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Patrick de Cambourg, Chair of the EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board

4:05 PM
Panel: Transition plans as catalysts for transition finance

Moderator

Helen Wain, Technical Lead, A4S Net Zero Taskforce: Aligning Financial Planning and Transition Planning

Panellists

James Close, Head of Climate Change, NatWest 

Sean Kidney, Chief Executive Officer, Climate Bonds Initiative

Mark Manning, Visiting Senior Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science

4:50 PM
Chair’s closing remarks

Amelia Ransome, Principal Consultant - Climate Transition Plans, South Pole

4:55 PM
Close of proceedings
 

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