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Date: 25 June 2024
Time: 08:30 - 16:45 CEST Followed by a networking reception
Venue: Circa Amsterdam, Seineweg 2, 1043 BG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Overview
The 2024 Annual Conference of the Green, Social, Sustainability and Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (collectively known as the “Principles”) will be held in Amsterdam on Tuesday 25 June. The Principles are the leading framework globally for the issuance of sustainable bonds and are the de facto standard referenced by over 98% of sustainable bond issuance internationally. The Principles underpin a market representing near $4 trillion of securities in stock, the largest source of debt capital finance available for sustainable projects and transition finance.
The full day conference agenda will combine keynote speeches and panel discussions with leading market figures and experts in sustainable finance. It will feature key updates on the 2024 guidance from the Principles, as well as the critical topics being debated in sustainable finance from a global perspective including transition finance, market integrity and regulation.
The conference will be in-person with an online facility for those who are unable to travel to Amsterdam.
Admission:
Members of ICMA - Free
Members and Observers of the Principles - Free
Non-Members - EUR 350.00
Virtually via livestream - Free
ICMA welcomes participation from the press at its events. Registration and attendance is free of charge for journalists.
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Take advantage of the sponsorship and exhibition opportunities!
The Principles’ Annual Conference provide the perfect opportunity to showcase your know-how and raise your profile in the global sustainable bond markets. Take advantage of the sponsorship and exhibition opportunities available. For more information, please contact our Head of Business Development & Events Sponsorship, Sanaa Clausse BenAbdelhadi.
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| 08:30 | Registration and opening of the exhibition | |
| 09:00 | Welcome remarks Bryan Pascoe, Chief Executive, ICMA |
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| 09:15 | Keynote address |
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| 09:30 | 10-year anniversary of the GBP: a retrospective from its leadership Open discussion between the incumbent and past chairs of the Executive Committee Panellists:
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| 10:00 | 2024 innovations and guidance from the Principles Panellists:
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| 10:45 | Break | |
| 11:15 | Panel 1: Dutch leadership in sustainable finance | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 | Keynote address | |
| 13:15 | Panel 2: Perspectives on innovation and policy impact in the market Moderator: Nicholas Pfaff, Deputy Chief Executive, Head of Sustainable Finance, ICMA Panellists:
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| 14:00 | Panel 3: Enabling the transition with the sustainable bond market Moderator: Paul O’Connor, Head of EMEA ESG Debt Capital Markets, J.P. Morgan Securities Panellists:
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| 14:45 | Break | |
| 15:15 | Fireside Chat: Regulatory and market developments in Asia | |
| 15:40 | Keynote address | |
| 15:50 | Panel 4: Wider themes and priorities in the sustainable bond market | |
| 16:35 | Closing remarks | |
| 16:45 | Networking reception | |
| 18:00 | Event close |
Lead sponsors
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As a leading global provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis, we offer valuable insights into the financial stability and creditworthiness of organizations, debt instruments, and securities. Credit ratings from Moody’s Ratings allow issuers to create timely, go-to-market debt strategies and capture wider investor focus. Likewise, investors gain a broad view of global debt markets through our credit ratings and research. Moody’s insights can help decision-makers navigate through market volatility. |
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At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions. S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings. |
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Sustainable Fitch provides insights, tools and data that have been designed and built entirely and exclusively to help bring clarity to the ESG financial community. Our focus is, and will always be, on providing transparent, objective and substantive data that enables confidence in decision-making. To best serve our clients and partners, Fitch realized that it would be necessary to build an entirely new product suite of objective ESG data and analysis, focusing on consistency, comparability, coverage and granularity. Leaning on our expertise in best-in-class analytics and research, and reputation for transparency and integrity, our team of leading ESG experts came together to bring the financial community a robust and comprehensive ESG data and analysis solution. Powered by the human insight that has differentiated Fitch for over 100 years, Sustainable Fitch brings experience and heritage to help the financial community make smarter decisions, using the best ESG information available. |
Sponsors
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BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has more than 190,000 employees, including nearly 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Retail Banking for the Group’s retail-banking networks and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval ; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment and protection solutions ; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability. |
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The Climate Bank of the European Union The EIB is the EU’s climate bank. It finances sound and sustainable investments that contribute to the EU policy goals, notably the European Green Deal. The EIB raises the bulk of its lending resources through benchmark bonds issued in the international capital markets. Since 2007, the EIB has raised over EUR 93bn in green and sustainability bonds across 23 currencies. |
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J.P. Morgan is committed to building a more sustainable and inclusive economy, from accelerating the transition to a lower-carbon world, to bridging development gaps in emerging countries, to advising on board diversity strategies and much more. In 2021, the firm set a target to finance and facilitate more than $2.5 trillion over 10 years, putting these objectives into practice by addressing climate change and directly contributing to sustainable development. J.P. Morgan is part of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.6 trillion and operations worldwide. Our rich history spans over 200 years. We are a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small business, commercial banking, financial transactions processing and asset management. |
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With 42,700+ securities from 1,800 issuers, LuxSE is the world’s leading exchange for listing of international debt securities. LuxSE is home to the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX), the first platform dedicated entirely to sustainable securities now encompassing 2,000+ sustainable bonds raising EUR 1 trillion for sustainable develop around the world. |
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Our Sustainability efforts
ICMA has taken steps to make the 9th Annual Conference of the Principles a sustainable event, including offsetting 110% of its staff travel carbon footprint to Singapore, investing in projects focused on climate mitigation and biodiversity preservation through rainforest, peatland and mangrove protection in Indonesian Borneo, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Madagascar.
All catering will be 100% vegetarian with no use of plastic.
Venue
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Admission:
Members of ICMA - Free
Members and Observers of the Principles - Free
Non-Members - EUR 350.00
ICMA welcomes participation from the press at its events. Registration and attendance is free of charge for journalists.
