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SUMMARY:RI Canada 2021
DESCRIPTION:RI Canada 2021\nCanadian investors & the global ESG opportunity\nThis is an exciting and important time for sustainable finance in Canada with new opportunities for investor leadership across North America and around the world. Political winds are shifting\, and with the covid recovery in site and COP26 on the horizon\, Canadian banks\, pension funds\, and financial regulators are all working to better define ESG metrics that will support climate action and build a more resilient world. \nThe Bank of Canada has joined the Steering Committee of the Network for Greening the Financial System and financial reporting alignment with the G20-backed Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) is in progress. With Tiff Macklem\, a noted climate champion\, now settled into his new role as Governor of the Bank of Canada\, all eyes are on OSFI to bring in more robust climate risk stress testing requirements for Canadian banks. But the US Fed may lead the way with a strong climate mandate in Washington\, DC\, driving change south of the 49th parallel ahead of Canadian players. \nCanada’s pension giants continue to use their influence to push for climate-friendly action across their listed and private holdings but setting portfolio level climate targets remains a challenge. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board recently overhauled its sustainability policy to urge companies to report in line with the TCFD and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). Will this be enough to set the stage for rapid change in time for COP26 and to address the reputational risks around the ‘S’ in ESG at home and abroad? \nThe RI Canada 2021 conference will bring local and international leaders together to examine the potential for Canadian investors to respond to systemic risks such as climate change\, pandemics\, the rise of populist authoritarianism\, economic inequality and an accelerating energy transition away from fossil fuels. Participants will debate a wide range of ESG investing themes that have the potential to either reinforce or damage the bottom line for long-term value investors. \nJoin us for an action packed week from 27 September to 1 October 2021 to learn how Canada’s largest institutional investors and their global peers are adapting their unique investment style to incorporate key ESG risks and opportunities. \n 
URL:https://www.tcfdhub.org/event-calendar/ri-canada-2021/
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Investment Forum – North America 2021
DESCRIPTION:Returning for its 6th edition in September\, Climate Action’s Sustainable Investment Forum North America 2021\, in official partnership with UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)\, will be a fully virtual event. \n\n\nThe four-part virtual forum will welcome a large online interactive audience of asset owners and managers\, banks\, development institutions\, policymakers\, think tanks and NGOs looking to drive meaningful change in sustainable finance during virtual Climate Week NYC. A North American focused month dedicated to sustainable investment will open up the forum to a wider global audience. \n\n\nAs the world reacts to the new world order in the midst of COVID-19\, green finance and sustainable ESG practices have a pivotal role to play in global financial markets. Our virtual forum will provide an online environment to grow and continue to engage with the sustainable finance community in these unprecedented times. \nThe virtual edition of the Forum will be THE online meeting place for the sustainable finance community during Climate Week New York.
URL:https://www.tcfdhub.org/event-calendar/sustainable-investment-forum-north-america-2021-4/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:UNEP Finance Institute Panel Debate at the Sustainable Investment Forum - North America 2021
DESCRIPTION:Financial reporting alignment with the G20 backed Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) and the benefits of robust climate risk stress testing- will the US Fed department lead the way in the region with a strong climate mandate? Are there any political barriers which may impede the roll out? \nThere has been significant work towards developing a common international corporate reporting standard for sustainability disclosures\, building on the TCFD’s recommendations and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Businesses across the North American region face significant risks from climate change\, both in terms of increasing physical threats from storms\, droughts\, and rising sea levels\, but also transition risks arising from stricter carbon mitigation policies. Improving climate disclosures enables investors to better allocate capital and enhances corporate focus on the risks – and opportunities – climate change will bring about. Conversely\, failure to meet investor demands can threaten a company’s ability to raise finance while leaving it vulnerable to physical climate threats\, slow to capitalise on opportunities\, and potentially exposed to punitive action from regulators. The advent of the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has provided a unifying framework to identify\, manage\, and detail those risks and opportunities around which other disclosure benchmarks are coalescing. \nClimate policy is politically contentious and congressional approval may be a difficult route-  financial regulators such as the SEC has been ramping up its involvement in climate risk concurrently with the Federal Reserve. \n\nCanadian Pension Plan Investment Board recently overhauled its sustainability policy to urge companies to report in line with TCFD and SASB (Sustainable Accounting Standards Board) will this be enough to set the stage for rapid change in line for COP26 and address the reputational risks around the “S” in ESG both in Canada and abroad?\nUpdate on the latest SEC amendments to modernise and enhance climate financial disclosures- using TCFD implementation as a benchmark\nExamining the Canadian Pension Investment Board Sustainability policy- how does this compare with policies in the US?\nClimate disclosures: benefits of adopting TCFDs\nAccurately reporting climate impacts\, risks and opportunities- the benefits of forward scenario planning\nChallenges of TCFD reporting across different asset classes\nExamining the alignment of physical climate risks with various reporting frameworks\nHow useful is the TCFD framework for asset managers?\nBanking on sustainability – an update on the UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking -embedding TCFD and ESG into bank strategies\n\nModerator: \n\nLesley Hunter\, Vice President of Programs and Content Strategy\, ACORE (American Council on Renewable Energy)\n\nSpeakers: \n\nProfessor Vikram S. Gandhi\, Harvard Business School\nChris Faint\, Head of Department\, Climate & Small Mutuals Division\, Bank of England\nDavid Carlin\, TCFD Program Lead\, UNEP FI\nGregg Gelzinis\, Associate Director\, Economic Policy\, Center for American Progress\nFiona Quinlan\, Senior Manager\, TCFD Technical Capacity Building\, Climate Disclosure Standards Board
URL:https://www.tcfdhub.org/event-calendar/unep-finance-institute-panel-debate-at-the-sustainable-investment-forum-north-america-2021-2/
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