Dec. 11-13th, 2017, United Nations Environment Programme – Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) 2017 Asia-pacific Regional Roundtable was successfully held in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting focused on discussing ways of improving sustainable financing in banking, insurance and investment industries, and the cross-boarder cooperation in promoting transformation to sustainability. The meeting showcased the ESG best practices in financial products and services, and initiated in-depth discussions between financial institutions and regulators on action plans regarding the environmental risk mitigation and the green financial system development.
UNEP FI has invited delegates from China to share in*sights, including Kuang Mahua, Chief Representative in Japan, China Association for International Exchange of Personnel, China International Talent Exchange Foundation; Kong Wei, Convener, Lujiazui Financial City Green Finance Committee; Yang Weidong, Vice-President, Aegon-Industrial Fund Management; Qi Lan, Senior Project Manager, Emerging Markets Dialogue on Finance, German International Cooperation (GIZ); Selina Xu Xiuling, Senior VP of CreditEase; Shi Yichen, Chair Professor and Head of Green Finance Innovation Laboratory, International Institute of Green Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics; Robert Li,Vice President & Investment Strategist, International Business, China Asset Management.
China Social Investment Forum (China SIF) supported the event's coordination in China. Dr. Guo Peiyuan, Chairman of China SIF and Syntao Green Finance also joined the panel discussion of
Policy Intervention to Drive Green Financial Systems to share his in*sight. Since August 2017, China Social Investment Forum (China SIF) has become the China regional partner of UNEP FI and will continuously support UNEP FI's green finance activities in China in 2018. ChinaSIF will highlight good practices by financial institutions in order to contribute to a green financial system in China, will help to deliver training for banks on environmental and social risk assessments, and will support knowledge exchange among members, including at UNEP FI Regional Roundtable for Sustainable Finance in Asia Pacific.
UNEP FI is a partnership between United Nations Environment and the global financial sector created in the wake of the 1992 Earth Summit with a mission to promote sustainable finance. China SIF is a non-profit organization started as a program in 2012 that aims to develop an international platform in China for investors and stakeholders to discuss ESG investment and sustainable finance.
Please contact China SIF Secretariat if you would like to find out more about the UNEP FI membership, or to discuss opportunities to propose or participate in UNEP FI activities.
Guo Peiyuan (China Advisor of UNEP FI)
Ariel XU Hui (China Network Coordinator)
Phone: +86 10 5869 9466 ext.8010/8011
E-mail:
contact@chinasif.org