2020 Green Bond Principles and Social Bond Principles Annual General Meeting

Overview

Agenda

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Date: 9 June 2020
Time: 14.00 - 17.00 CEST

Event overview

The 2020 Green & Social Bond Principles Annual General Meeting took place virtually on 9 June, hosted by the London Stock Exchange Group on its digital platform.

The GBP SBP Executive Committee and ICMA presented in detail the work carried out over the last year by the Executive Committee, the different Working Groups and the newly established Advisory Council. The results of this year’s Executive Committee elections were also announced.

While focused on Green and Social Bond markets, many of these discussions were of relevance to other emerging asset classes, including Sustainability Linked Bonds.

Agenda

13.00	Welcome remarks Murray Roos, Group Director of Capital Markets, London Stock Exchange
13.05	Keynote – Annual Review Martin Scheck, Chief Executive, ICMA
13.15	ExCom Election Results, Report on Secretariat Activities Nicholas Pfaff, Managing Director, Secretary to the GBP & SBP, ICMA
13.25	GBP SBP Executive Committee and Secretariat Report Lars Eibeholm, Vice President, Head of Treasury and Sustainability, Nordic Investment Bank; GBP & SBP ExCom Chair
13.35	Governance Update Johanna Köb, Head of Responsible Investment, Zurich Insurance; GBP & SBP ExCom Vice-Chair
13.45	Guidance Handbook Update Isabelle Laurent, Deputy Treasurer, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
13.55	Working Groups Update Orith Azoulay, Global Head of Green & Sustainable Finance, Natixis Farnam Bidgoli, Head of Sustainable Bonds, EMEA, HSBC Bank Herry Cho, Director, Head of Sustainable Finance, Asia Pacific, ING Tanguy Claquin, Global Head of Sustainable Banking, Crédit Agricole CIB; GBP & SBP ExCom Vice-Chair Doris Kramer, Head of Investment Strategies and Sustainability, KfW Denise Odaro, Head of Bond Investor Relations, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
14.45	Break
15.05	Advisory Council Report Marilyn Ceci, Head of Green Bonds, JP Morgan Eila Kreivi, Director, Head of Capital Markets, European Investment Bank
15.15	Questions from the Audience
16.00	Event Close