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Over the last ten years\, Green Bonds issued by the private business sector as well as by governments and supranational institutions experienced a sky -rocketing ascent. The launch of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero brought climate policy to the international financial markets.
Our webinar undertakes a stocktaking exercise: What is the state of gr een bond markets? What are the driving motifs for private actors to engage in this market segment? Which hurdles can be identified? Are green bonds a public relations tool or is their financial performance superior to classic al bonds?
Join our panel of experts from Canada and Europe. This even t starts at 8 am PDT (Vancouver)\, 11 am EDT (Ottawa)\, 4 pm MET (Europe).< /p>
[accordions collapsible=true active=false][a ccordion title="German Embassy Deputy Head of Mission Karina Häuslmeier"]Ka rina Häuslmeier is Permanent Representative of the Ambassador at the German Embassy in Ottawa and Head of the Embassy's Science and Economic Affairs D epartments. Previously\, she was Deputy Special Representative for Relation s with Jewish Organizations\, Combating Anti-Semitism\, International Sinti and Roma Affairs and Holocaust Remembrance in Berlin and Head of the Cultu re and Science Section at the German Embassy in Cairo.[/accordion][/accordi ons]
Dr. Kurt Huebner\, Jean Monnet Chair for Eur opean Integration and Global Political Economy
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Nikolai Badenhoop is a legal scholar whose resear ch covers European Union law\, financial regulation\, competition\, contrac t and tort law\, corporate governance\, consumer protection\, professional secrecy and Brexit. He currently focuses on sustainable finance.
As a European Lawyer\, he holds law degrees from Humb oldt University Berlin (German state examination)\, Sapienza University of Rome (Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza) and King’s College London (LL.M. ). Nikolai obtained his Ph.D. from Humboldt University Berlin and published a book exploring EU banking regulation and its impact on na tional private law. He speaks English\, German\, French\, Italian and Spani sh fluently.
Nikolai gained practical exper ience working several years for international law firms in London and Berli n\, the German Federal Ministry of Finance and a leading European start-up bank. He is a fully qualified lawyer (Volljurist) and holds the necessary qualification to become a judge in Germany. Nikolai’s teaching experience i ncludes courses at bachelor\, master and PhD levels at Sapienza University of Rome and the EUI’s Department of Law. Currently\, he teaches at the Flor ence School of Banking and Finance on ‘Green bonds and the sustainable bond market‘.
During his Max Weber Fellowship at the EUI\, Nikolai foc uses on sustainable finance in the EU legal framework. His research reaches from the definition of environmental\, social and governance sustainabilit y goals to their implementation within financial markets\, banking regulati on and corporate law. Starting from the European Green Deal\, he analyses h ow existing regulatory tools impact sustainability goals and how the tools can be enhanced to increase sustainability. As a legal expert\, Nikolai del ivered an independent and objective study on the proposed EU Green Bond Standa rd at the request of the European Parliament’s ECON committee to support it s legislative work.
Nikolai’s research has attracted news coverage\, including interviews and reports on the green bon d study by Bloomberg and the FT Group. His recent < a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4181325" target ="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">paper on greening supply chains and their financing under EU law was cited by the Financial Times.
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[accordions collapsible=true activ e=false][accordion title="Caroline Flammer"]
Caroline Flammer is a Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia Un iversity. She is an expert in sustainable investing and the recipient of nu merous prestigious awards. Her research examines how\, and under which cond itions\, firms can enhance their competitiveness and long-term profitabilit y while strengthening—instead of undermining—the very system in which they operate and hereby play a critical role in addressing climate change\, ineq uality\, global health\, and other grand challenges related to society and the natural environment. The Web of Science ranked her among the top-100 Hi ghly Cited Researchers in the economics and business profession in terms of impact over the past 10 years. Among other roles\, she serves as the Chair of the Academic Advisory Committee of the United Nations’ Principles for R esponsible Investment (PRI)\, the largest network of responsible investors to date. Moreover\, she serves as Associate Editor for both Management Science and the Strategic Management Journal.
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[accordions collapsible=true active=false][accordion title="Ryan Riordan"]Ryan Riordan is the Associate Professor & Distinguish ed Professor of Finance at Smith School of Business\, Queen’s University. P rior to joining Smith\, Ryan was an Assistant Professor of Finance at the U niversity of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and an Assistant Profes sor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. His work has been published in the Journal of Financial Economics\, Review of Financial Studi es\, and the Journal of Financial Markets among many others.[/accordion][/a ccordions]
[accordions collapsible=true active=false][accordion title ="Marlen Vesper-Gräske"]Marlen Vesper-Gräske is an attorney at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Germany. She advises companies globally on corporate and criminal compliance\, corporate governance as well as internal investig ations. A particular focus of her work lies on ESG and human rights advice. Marlen studied law in Berlin\, Tours and New York (LL.M.\, NYU Law School) and received her PhD from Humboldt-University Berlin.[/accordion][/accordi ons]
[accordions collapsible=true active=false][accordion title="Greg or Weiss"]Gregor Weiss is Professor of Finance and Chair in Sustainable Fin ance & Banking at Leipzig University\, Germany\, and frequent Visiting Prof essor of Economics at Keio University\, Japan. His research and policy work has focused on financial stability and regulation in the banking and insur ance industry\, quantitative risk management\, and dependence modeling\, an d has inter alia been published in the Review of Finance\, Journal of Finan cial Intermediation\, Journal of Banking & Finance\, Journal of Risk and In surance\, and Insurance: Mathematics & Economics. He studied business\, mat hematics\, and management information systems in Passau\, Hagen\, and Kyoto \, and received his PhD in financial economics with honors (summa cum laude ) from Ruhr-University Bochum in 2010.[/accordion][/accordions]
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