Meet the top minds in finance on the 14th and 15th of September coming straight to your screen!
Green Growth Forum aims to investigate the true impacts of sustainable investing. Our 2-day virtual event will provide answers to the questions such as:
- What are the main principles of sustainable investing, and what it's role in advancing global sustainability?
- How do nature and biodiversity work with financing?
- How to fight climate change, and are emission restrictions and carbon taxes the key components? What do different financial instruments accomplish over time?
- What is the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities?
- Are there ways to standardize and make sustainable investing and financing comparable?
Timezone: EEST – Eastern European Summer Time, Europe/Helsinki – UTC +02:00
DAY 1: 14 SEPTEMBER 2021 9-12
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9:00 - 9:05 Welcoming words
Pekka Timonen, Mayor of Lahti
9.05 - 9.25 Introduction and opening remarks
Erkki Liikanen, Chair of Trustees of IFRS Foundation
9:25 - 10:10 Keynote 1: How to create concept and international standards of collecting, measuring, reporting and analyzing sustainability data
Sirpa Pietikäinen, MEP/EPP Group
10:10 - 10:55 Keynote 2: Implementing sustainable investing strategies and managing ESG risks
Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman of BlackRock
10:55 - 11:40 Keynote 3: Monetary policy approach to green growth
Tuomas Välimäki, Member of the Board of Bank of Finland
11:40 - 12:05 Keynote 4: Sustainable finance in supporting the European Green Deal: accelerating transition to a climate-neutral economy
Martin Spolc, Head of Unit, Sustainable Finance, European Commission
12:05 - 12:10 Closing remarks
Erkki Liikanen, Chair of Trustees of IFRS Foundation
16:30 - 17:30 Green Growth Forum side event: A responsible future for investing - webinar / Sijoittamisen vastuullinen tulevaisuus -webinaari (FIN)
The open and free event will be held on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 from 16.30 to 17.30 in cooperation with Lahti European Green Capital 2021 and OP Päijät-Häme as part of the Green Growth Forum.
The role of megatrends in investing in the future / Megatrendien rooli tulevaisuuden sijoittamisessa, Miika Korja, Sitra
Finnish investment in 2021 / Suomalainen sijoittaminen vuonna 2021, Tuomas Virtala, OP Financial Management
Anyone can invest responsibly / Kuka tahansa voi sijoittaa vastuullisesti, Merja Mähkä
The webinar is hosted by Unna Lehtipuu, Communications Director / Finnfund, Partner / Framilla Finland, Author.
The webinar is in Finnish.
DAY 2: 15 SEPTEMBER 2021 9-12
The sessions are hosted and moderated by Unna Lehtipuu (Communications Director / Finnfund, Partner / Framilla Finland, Author). All three session are pre-recorded.
9:00 - 10:00 Session 1: Promoting ESG development through green finance
Green finance: a snapshot of current academic research, Juha Soininen, LUT University
Challenges and opportunities in financing the sustainable economy in Finland, Ville Skinnari, Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
Digital Infrastructure for ESG data, Leena-Mari Lähteenmaa, CGI FI
Panel discussion
10:00 - 11:00 Session 2: How to measure and rate sustainable investing performance?
Trends in ESG disclosure, Wilco van Heteren, Sustainalytics
Latest developments with evaluating biodiversity risks and impacts in investment portfolios, Miika Korja, SITRA
Refining sustainability reporting for companies and investors, Peter Paul van de Wijs, GRI Standards
Panel discussion
11:00 - 12:00 Session 3: Current state of implementing sustainable investing in Finland
From local to global: growing importance of green and social bonds, Antti Kontio, Munifin
Behavioral attitudes and investment decisions related to sustainable investing, Tuomas Virtala, OP Finland
Sustainable investing for Nordic infrastructure, Ulrika Hasselgren, Infranode
Panel discussion
