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Agenda
| 8:30 AM | Registration, networking & morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:15 AM | Introduction Maurice Button, CEO, City & Financial Global; Founder and CEO of City Week | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:20 AM | Chair’s opening remarks Chris Hall, Editorial Director, ESG Investor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:25 AM | Update on the work of the Transition Plan Taskforce Patrick Arber, Group Head of Government Engagement - Sustainability, Aviva plc, and Member, Delivery Group, Transition Plan Taskforce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:45 AM | The FCA’s expectations about the transition plans of financial institutions and listed companies Mark Manning, Technical Specialist, Sustainable Finance and Stewardship, Financial Conduct Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:05 AM | Developing international standards for corporate transition plans Moderator Huw van Steenis, Vice-Chair and Partner, Oliver Wyman Panellists Amanda Starbuck, Member of the UN Secretary General High-Level Expert Group on Net Zero Pledges, Program Director, The Sunrise Project Dr Tony Rooke, Executive Director, Head of Transition Planning Implementation, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:55 AM | Networking & morning coffee break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:35 AM | Design requirements for a compliant transition plan Moderator Chris Hall, Editorial Director, ESG Investor Panellists Dr Tony Rooke, Executive Director, Head of Transition Planning Implementation, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) Matt Scott, WTW Climate & Resilience Hub and WS1 Co-chair, TPT Delivery Group Jacques Morris, Team Leader, TPT Secretariat; Head of Policy, UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment; Policy Lead, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:25 PM | Scenario planning Moderator Jo Paisley, President, GARP Risk Institute (GRI) Panellists Patrick Arber, Group Head of Government Engagement - Sustainability, Aviva plc, and Member, Delivery Group, Transition Plan Taskforce Barbara Davidson, Head of Accounting, Audit and Disclosure, Carbon Tracker Carolina Descio, Senior Manager, Green Finance, The Carbon Trust | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:10 PM | Networking & lunch break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:15 PM | Chair’s opening remarks Edward Baker, Head of Climate Policy, PRI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:20 PM | Governance and legal issues arising from transition plans Vanessa Havard-Williams, Partner, Global Head of Environment & Climate Change, Linklaters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:40 PM | Linkage between the transition plan and TCFD and TNFD reporting Moderator Edward Baker, Head of Climate Policy, PRI Panellists Nitika Agarwal, Head of Sustainable Finance Policy, WWF-UK Josie Murdoch, Policy Fellow - Sustainable Finance, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics (LSE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:25 PM | Case study Drafting a robust transition plan Steven Thompson, Environmental Sustainability Manager, National Grid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:45 PM | Networking & afternoon tea break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:00 PM | Third-party verification and assurance issues Moderator David Watkins, Partner, Slaughter and May Panellists Barbara Davidson, Head of Accounting, Audit and Disclosure, Carbon Tracker Amir Sokolowski, Global Director, Climate Change, CDP Anna Creed, Director of Thought Leadership, Climate Bonds Initiative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:45 PM | User expectations of climate transition plans Moderator Maya Hennerkes, Director, Climate Strategy and Delivery, Green Financial Systems, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Panellists Chandra Gopinathan, Senior Investment Manager, Railpen Michael Hall, Managing Director, Sustainable Investing, CPP Investments Eliette Riera, Head of UK Policy, Principles for Responsible Investment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:30 PM | Chair’s closing remarks Edward Baker, Head of Climate Policy, PRI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:35 PM | Close of proceedings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
