How financial institutions are navigating the net-zero transition

Summary:

Momentum is building within the financial sector from net-zero commitments to implementation of such commitments, beginning with developing the necessary frameworks and approaches for individual firms to set their own transition targets, strategies, and approaches for delivery.

The discussion will highlight the recently released tool from the Climate Bonds Initiative, in collaboration with the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI), the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), and Climate Arc, which offers a classification system incorporating a wide range of existing frameworks to identify core, prioritized indicators of credible corporate transition.

The event will be invitation-based and conducted under Chatham House Rule.

Speakers:

Ron O’Hanley, Chairman and CEO of State Street Corporation and Chair of the Asset Manager Asset Owner Task Force for the Sustainable Markets Initiative
Mary Schapiro, Vice Chair, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero
Meryam Omi, Chief Executive, Climate Arc
Nazmeera Moola, Chief Sustainability Officer, Ninety One
Dan Gardiner, Head of Transition Research, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
Anna Creed, Director of Thought Leadership, Climate Bonds Initiative
Doris Honold, Chair of the Climate Bonds Initiative Board