Agenda

Event Programme Details

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

08:30-09:00
Registration and welcome coffee
08:30-09:00
Opening speeches

09:15-10:05

Keynote speakers
10:05-10:35

Coffee Break

10:35-11:05
Keynote speakers
11:05-11:15
Case Study – Sustainability as a source of competitive advantage
11:15-12:00

Panel Discussion: Sustainability as a source of alpha for financial market participants

 

  • Can investing with sustainability considerations mean also generating superior returns? Is there such a thing as ‘sustainability’ alpha?
  • End-investor expectations concerning financial products
  • Practical challenges in applying the SFDR and the EU Taxonomy (low data granularity, data scarcity and poor quality, reporting time, lack of expertise, etc.)
12:00-13:00
Lunch Break

13:00-14:30

Panel Discussion: Riding on the sustainability disruption wave

 

  • What are the expectations of customers/clients regarding sustainability products and services? How important is it to be sustainable to win customers/clients and attract talent at all levels?
  • Overcoming sustainability skill gaps/ how are companies dealing with the lack of sustainability professionals
  • Dialogue between proprietary R&D developed in-house and supply/value chain in developing sustainable products or services
13:00-14:30

Panel Discussion: Navigating sustainability reporting standards and frameworks

 

  1. Widespread of the leading sustainability reporting organisations
  2. What are some of the challenges in the implementation of some of the other cornerstone tenants of the EU sustainability regulatory framework – such as SFRD and Taxonomy Regulation? How can standard-setters help to smooth the transition towards the regulatory challenges and possible gaps in implementation?
  3. While there is a great alignment among standards on climate reporting, reporting on social aspects is yet to reach the same level. What are the projections on the development of appropriate social impact metrics?
14:30-14:35

Concluding Remarks