The Rise of the Green Economy
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AGENDA
Welcome
Fiona Reynolds, CEO PRI
Waqas Samad, Director of Information Services, London Stock Exchange Group, CEO of FTSE Russell
Keynote speaker: Commissioner Rostin Behnam, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Recovery, Green Growth and International co-operation
Nigel Topping, High-Level Champion for Climate Action COP26
Measuring the Size & scale of the green economy
Lee Clements, Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions, FTSE Russell
Lily Dai, Senior Research Analyst, Sustainable Investment, FTSE Russell
Panel: The Role of Taxonomies
Chair: Joy Williams, Senior Advisor, climate strategy, Mantle314 & Former Chair of the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s Decarbonization Advisory Panel
Dr. MA Jun, Director of Centre for Finance & Development at Tsinghua University, Chairman of China Green Finance Committee
Peter Johnson, Director, Scotiabank & Chair of Canadian Transition Taxonomy & Sustainable Finance Technical Committee
Helena Viñes Fiestas,Global Head of Stewardship and Policy, member of Experts Group at European Commission, Deputy Head of Sustainability, BNP Paribas Asset Management
The Inevitable Policy Response – an investor guide to land use in the pathway to Paris
Jason Eis, Executive Director, Vivid Economics
Panel: Capital Allocation to the Green Economy: Investors who have or who are taking action
Chair: Faith Ward, Co-Chair, TPI and Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pensions Partnerships
Craig Mackenzie, Head of Strategic Asset Allocation, Aberdeen Standard
Herman Bril, Director of Office of Investment Management, United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
Geneviève Bouthillier, Managing Director, Private Mid-Market Companies & Stewardship Investing, CDPQ