Global Green Finance Leadership Program

Beijing, China
May 21-26, 2018

The Green Finance Global Leadership Program provides a platform for knowledge sharing on best
practices of and inspiring innovations for scaling up green and sustainable finance. It builds on the global
momentum created by the Paris Agreement, UN SDGs, the G20 Green Finance Study Group and the World
Bank Group. The program focused on generation of new ideas to promote green finance from policy
innovators and market leaders and dissemination of practical knowledge and know-how on green and
sustainable finance for the global financial community. Co-hosted by the Center for Finance and
Development of Tsinghua University, the IFC-supported Sustainable Banking Network (SBN), and China
Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), this 2018 Global Green
Finance Leadership Program is the inaugural program and will mark the beginning of a series of events on
green finance knowledge development and dissemination.

The Center for Finance and Development of Tsinghua University, led by Dr. Ma Jun, sponsors and conducts
research and training projects with the aim of addressing practical policy issues in the area of finance and
sustainable development. Current research priorities include green finance, global financial governance,
emerging market finance, financial risks, and investment in the Belt & Road region. Dr. Ma is also the
Chairman of China’s Green Finance Committee, Co-Chair of G20 Green Finance Study Group, and member
of the Central Banks and Supervisors Network on Greening the Financial System.

The SBN is a unique community of financial sector regulatory agencies and banking associations from
emerging markets committed to advancing sustainable finance in line with international good practice.
The Network facilitates the collective learning of members and supports them in policy development and
related initiatives to create drivers for sustainable finance in their home countries. 34 countries from Asia,
Africa, Latin America and Middle East are now represented at SBN.

The CCICED was founded in 1992 as a high-level international advisory body with the approval of the
Government of China. Along with rapid economic and social progress, the Council has witnessed and taken
part in China's historic shifts in its development philosophy and model. The CCICED has played a unique
role in championing sustainable development. It has opened the door to international experience on
sustainable development and built a bridge between China and the international community on
environment and development.

The Global Green Finance Leadership Program facilitates dialogues among policy makers, financial
regulators, banking associations, and financial institutions on systematic approaches to promote green
finance, as well as practical tools and implementation experience on different topics of green finance,
including green credit, green bonds, green funds, green insurance, carbon finance, etc.

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 DRAFT AGENDA

May 20 (Sunday) Evening: Welcome reception

May 21 (Monday) Day 1 Beijing - Green Finance: Visions for Innovation and
Scaling Up

8:30-9:00 Registration
Opening & Welcome Remarks

MC: Dr. Ma Jun, Tsinghua Center for Finance and Development, and Co-Chair of G20
Green Finance Study Group
9:00 – 9:30 Speakers:
- PBOC Deputy Governor
- Xie Zhenghua, Vice Chairman of CCICED
- IFC VP

How is green finance transforming the global financial market

This panel discusses what have been the main themes of green finance and how they
have been transforming the global financial market. Speakers share the development
of a number of leading global initiatives, including G20 Green/Sustainable Finance
Study Group, Sustainable Banking Network, Climate Bond Initiative, Taskforce of
Climate-related Financial Disclosure and Sustainable Stock Exchange.

9:30– 10:30 Moderator: TBC

- Ma Jun, Director of the Center for Finance and Development of Tsinghua

University: G20 and China’s green finance initiatives
- Peer Stein, IFC, World Bank Group: Sustainable Banking Network
- Sean Kidney, Climate Bond Initiative: Green Bond Market Development
- Sagarika Chatterjee, Associate Director, UNPRI
- Antony Miller, Sustainable Stock Exchange
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10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

How is green finance transforming the global financial market – dialogue &
discussions with participants
11:00-12:30
Moderator will collect questions from the participants and ask panelist to share views
for an interactive discussion session.

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 12:30-14:00 Luncheon speaker: Mary Schapiro, Taskforce of Climate-related Financial Disclosure

Visions & Innovations – technology and Innovation to scale up green finance

This panel invites thought leaders on related topics such as Fintech and disruptive
technology, to explore how technology and innovation could help address some of
the bottlenecks in green finance development.
14:00 – 15:00
Moderator: TBC
- Singularity University: Innovation and knowledge development
- Chen Long, Chief Strategy Officer, Ant Financial Services: Green Fintech
- Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
- Bloomberg New Energy Finance

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

Visions & Innovations – dialogue and discussions with participants

15:30 – 17:00 Moderator will collect questions from the participants and ask panelist to share views
for an interactive discussion session.

May 22 (Tuesday) Day 2 Beijing – Green Banking & Green Capital Market
Green banking

There has been solid progress globally in the green banking space, both in terms of
managing environmental and social risks and facilitating finance flows to green
projects. In this panel, regulators and banks share their success stories and practical
solutions. Topics cover managing environmental, social and climate risks, promoting
green and inclusive finance and improve transparency and disclosure.
9:00– 10:00
Moderator: TBC

- Ye Yanfei, Director General, CBRC: China’s Green Credit Guidelines

- Morgan Després, Financial Stability Department, Banque de France
- Yin Hong, ICBC: Environmental Stress Testing for Banks
- André Abadie, Managing Director, Head of Global Environmental and Social
Risk Management, J.P Morgan

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

Green banking - dialogue and discussions with participants

10:30-12:00 Moderator will collect questions from the participants and ask panelist to share views
for an interactive discussion session.

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 12:00-13:30 Luncheon: guest speaker on “Measuring Environmental Benefits of Green Loans”

Green capital market，ESG, and disclosure

This panel focuses on corporate ESG information, climate risk disclosure,

sustainability indexes. Panelists are from regulators, stock exchanges, and
institutional investors.

13:30 – 14:30 Moderator: TBC

- Paula Dipema, Special Advisor, CDP

- Michael Wilkins, S&P and FSB Taskforce on Disclosure
- Bloomberg New Energy Index
- Don KANAK, Chairman, Eastspring Investments, Prudential

14:30-15:00 Coffee Break

Green capital market - dialogue and discussions with participants

15:00 – 16:30 Moderator will collect questions from the participants and ask panelist to share views
for an interactive discussion session.

May 23 (Wednesday) Day 3 Beijing – Green Bond, Green Institutional Investors

and Belt & Road Investors
Green bond market development

This panel presents perspectives of different players in the green bond market
development and focuses on experiences of developing green bond standards
(taxonomies) and an eco-system for green bond verification, disclosure of use of
proceeds, and impact measurement. Panelists include regulators, investors, financial
institutions and service providers.
9:00– 09:45
Moderator: Sean Kidney, CBI

- Nicholas Pfaff, Secretary General of Green Bond Principles, ICMA

- Xu Guang, Head of Financial Innovation Department, NAFMII
- Christopher Kaminker, Senior Advisor, SEB

Green bonds - dialogue and discussions

09:45-10:30 Moderator will collect questions from the participants and ask panelist to share views
for an interactive discussion session.

10:30 -10:45 Coffee Break

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 Green institutional investors

Asset owns and asset managers are increasingly integrating ESG factors into
investment decisions. This session explores latest global trend on how institutional
investors approaches ESG integration, disclosure information, grow investment in
green assets, de-risk and insure against climate risks.
11:00 – 11:45
Moderator: Sagarika Chatterjee, Associate Director, UNPRI

Panelists:
- Claudia Krose, APG
- Eoin MURRAY, Head of Investment, Hermes Investment Management
- Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman, Blackrock
Green institutional investors - dialogue and discussions with participants
11:45-12:45
Moderator will collect questions from the participants and ask panelist to share views
for an interactive discussion session.
Luncheon: guest speaker on “Green Insurance”

The guest speaker will discuss latest developments on pollution liability insurance,
12:45 – 14:00
catastrophe insurance, clean energy insurance, green building insurance and other
insurance products designed to cope with environment- and climate-related
challenges.
Meeting with Chinese Investors/MDBs on Green Investment in the Belt & Road

Participants will have a chance to meet with the largest Chinese banks/investors and
multinational development banks that are making significant investments in the Belt
& Road region. These investors and MDBs will discuss their investment strategies for
and approaches to greening their investments. Participants could engage with them
in parallel sessions.
14:00-16:30
Panelists:
- China Development Bank
- EXIM Bank of China
- ICBC
- Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank
- New Development Bank
- Silk Road Fund
- World Bank/IFC

May 24 (Thursday) Day 4 Beijing - Field Visits & Meetings

Field Visits & Meetings

9:00 – 12:00 Green finance project:

- Green banking: ICBC
- A green building projects
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 12:00-13:30 Lunch
PM High Speed Train Beijing to Huzhou

May 25 (Friday) Day 5 Huzhou - Green Finance Pilot Zone

Huzhou’s experience of green finance development

9:00– 12:00
Interactive discussion with Huzhou local government and financial institutions.

12:00-14:00 Lunch
Site visit – a case study on local green finance innovation

14:00-16:00 - Centralized waste water management project at Huzhou textile industry park
- Distributed energy project – rooftop PV panel

16:00 – 17:00 High speed train to Shanghai

May 26 (Saturday) Day 6 Shanghai – Visits & Meetings

- Shanghai Stock Exchange: Liu Wei//SSE chairman: green bond, sustainable

exchange
9:00– 12:00
- Meeting with Shanghai Green Finance Committee

12:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-17:00 Short excursions near Shanghai (optional)