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4th China Social Investment Forum Annual Conference
Catching the Green Finance Wave: the Role of Investors
Time: December 6, 2016 (Tue)
Venue: Beijing Merchantel Hotel (No.2 Xibianmenwai Street, Xicheng District)
Establishing a green finance system, which is included in the 13th Five-Year Plan, has already been a national strategy for China. Green Finance was also the new highlight in 2016 G20 summit in Hangzhou. The sustainable development of green finance is closely related to the systematical reform of the capital market, especially the change of investment philosophy. The fourth China Social Investment Forum (SIF) invites regulators, investors and other key stakeholders to discuss:
- What role investors will play in catching the green finance wave?
- Are investors in China ready?
- How to establish a green investor network in China?
- How can international investors participate in the development of green finance in China?
Hosts
Green Finance Committee, China Society of Finance & Banking
National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII)
Insurance Asset Management Association of China (IAMAC)
SynTao Green Finance
China National Financial Information Network
UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (SSE)
UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
Opening and keynote speeches
9:00-12:15
Moderator: Guo Peiyuan Chairman, SynTao Green Finance
9:00-9:10 Opening speech 1: Establish a green investor network in China
Ma Jun Chief Economist, Research Bureau, People’s Bank of China
9:10-9:20 Opening speech 2: Promoting green bonds in China
Feng Guanghua Vice Secretary General, National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors
9:20-9:30 Opening speech 3: Promoting green investment in insurance industry
Cao Deyun Executive Vice President and Secretary General of Insurance Asset Management Association of China
9:30-9:45 Keynote speech 1: Investing in a green future: practices of PRI
Sagarika Chaterjee Associate Director, Policy and Research, UN PRI
9:45-10:00 Keynote speech 2: Encouragement for green investors from stock exchanges
Anthony Miller Focal Point for Corporate Social Responsibility, UNCTAD
10:00-10:30 Tea break
10:30-10:50 Keynote speech 3: Green Investment Practice of Deutsche Asset Management
Priscilla Lu Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Investments Asia, Deutsche Asset Management
10:50-11:10 Keynote speech 4: Green Investment Practice of AIFMC
Yang Yuebin Fund Manager, AIFMC Green Investment Hybrid Securities Investment Fund (LOF), Aegon-Industrial Fund
11:10-11:30 Keynote speech 5: The development of green fund in China
An Guojun Associate Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Finance and Banking; Deputy Secretariat, China Society of Finance & Banking
11:30-12:15 Q&A
Moderator: Guo Peiyuan Chairman, SynTao Green Finance
12:15-14:00 Lunch break
Parallel Discussion
14:00-17:30
14:00-15:30 Parallel discussion 1: Fast growing green bond market: a perspective of investors
Co-host: Climate Bonds Initiative & Orient Minerva
Moderator:
Raymond Zhang Managing Director, SynTao Green Finance
Panelists:
Xia Yang Vice general Manager, Orient Minerva Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Sean Kidney CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
Xu Guang Executive Director, Financial Innovation Promotion Dept. NAFMII
Ricco Zhang Director, ICMA Asia Pacific
Huo Zhihui Deputy Director, Rating Technology, China Bond Rating Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (TBC)
14:00-15:30 Parallel discussion 2: Sustainable stock exchanges and ESG disclosure
Moderator:
Chen Zhouyang Chief Editor, Green Finance Channel, China National Financial Information Network
Panelists:
Wang Junxian Researcher, China Institute of Finance and Capital Markets (CIFCM)
Sun Yan Research Institute, the Shanghai Stock Exchange
Shenzhen Stock Exchange (TBC)
Jon Edwards Chief Representative, Beijing Office, London Stock Exchange Group
Xu Xiaoling Chief Editor, CSR Report Editorial Office, CNPC Economics & Technology Research Institute
Liu Xia Corporate Social Responsivity Dept., China Industrial Bank
15:30-16:00 Tea break
16:00-17:30 Parallel discussion 3: Responsible investor and green shares
Moderator:
Kelly Yu China Representative, UNEP Inquiry
Panelists:
Robert Eccles Chairman, Arabesque Partners; Professor, Harvard Business School
Timothée Jaulin General Secretary for the Sovereign Wealth Fund Research Initiative (SWF RI), Amundi Asset Management
Sabrina Zhang Director, CDP China
Caroline Li Equity Market Specialist, Bloomberg
Harvest Fund (TBC)
China Universal Asset Management (TBC)
China Association for Public Companies (TBC)
16:00-17:30 Parallel discussion 4: Environmental risk assessment and management
Co-host: ISEAL Alliance, China Water Risk & Rabobank
Moderator:
Debra Tan Director, China Water Risk
Panelists:
Kristin Komives Impact Director, ISEAL Alliance
Bill Yu Head of Trade & Commodity Finance, Rabobank
Yin Hong Deputy Director, Urban Finance Research Institute, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Liao Yuan Vice General Manager, CECEP Consulting Co., Ltd
Jiang Yun China Representative, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Registration
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About China Social Investment Forum (China SIF)
Founded by SynTao Green Finance, China SIF is a non-for-profit initiative that aims to develop a platform in China for investors and other stakeholders to discuss SRI and ESG issues. China SIF invites guest speakers, including professionals from SRI organizations, and representatives from financial market home and abroad, to join online and/or offline discussions about SRI in China.
Green Finance Committee, China Society of Finance & Banking
The Green Finance Committee, set up under at the China Society for Finance and Banking, is a non-legal-person, non-for-profit professional committee dedicated to academic research and coordination of the member institutions. Its mandate covers green finance research, promoting innovative green investment and financing products and services, increasing awareness of green investment among institutional investors, strengthening capacity building, and helping to implement green finance policies.
For more information, please visit: www.greenfinance.org.cn
National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII)
National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors was founded on September 3, 2007, under the approval of the State Council of China. NAFMII aims to propel the development of China OTC financial market, which is composed of interbank bond market, inter-bank lending market, foreign exchange market, commercial paper market and gold market.
For more information, please visit: www.nafmii.org.cn//english/
Insurance Asset Management Association of China
The Insurance Asset Management Association of China (IAMAC) is founded in September, 2014. It is a national self-regulatory organization of the insurance asset management. Based on the market needs and the industry development, the IAMAC is dedicated to performing the four duties of right-safeguarding, service, innovation, and self-discipline.
For more information, please visit: www.iamac.org.cn
SynTao Green Finance
As the one of first sustainable finance consultancies in China, SynTao Green Finance provides comprehensive ESG information analysis, responsible investment capacity building, environmental and social risk management, and green finance product innovation services for investors, companies, governments, academia and civil society. SynTao Green Finance is a PRI signatory, the first China based Climate Bonds Standard verifier, and an observer of ICMA Green Bond Principles.
For more information, please visit: www.syntaogf.com/index_EN.asp
China National Financial Information Network
The China Economic Information Service (CEIS), affiliated with Xinhua News Agency, is an integration of several Xinhua departments which used to be part of the economic information service. The CEIS is committed to providing quality economic information to its clients worldwide.
For more information, please visit: www.xinhua08.com
Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative
An initiative co-convened by the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, and the UN Global Compact. The SSE initiative invites exchanges globally to become a Partner Stock Exchange within the SSE by making a voluntary public commitment to promote improved ESG disclosure and performance among listed companies. In addition, the SSE welcomes participation from securities regulators, investors, companies and other key stakeholders within its Consultative Group.
For more information, please visit: www.sseinitiative.org
Principles for Responsible Investment
PRI works to understand the investment implications of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and to support its international network of investor signatories in incorporating these factors into their investment and ownership decisions. The PRI acts in the long-term interests of its signatories, of the financial markets and economies in which they operate and ultimately of the environment and society as a whole.
For more information, please visit: www.unpri.org