Glasgow created high hopes for Green Finance. Sharm El-Sheik h confronted Green Finance with critical questions. A High-Level Expert Gro up under the leadership of Canada’s former environment minister Catherine M cKenna stated that companies could not claim to be net zero while they cont inue to build or invest in new fossil fuel assets\, and decarbonization pla ns must not support new coal\, oil and gas supplies.' Discussions about green hushing and greenwashing alluded that private actors f rom the industry and finance use their interpretation of regulations regard ing green bonds and ESG investments. Our experts from Canada and Europe wil l discuss how to make private businesses comply to regulatory frameworks an d how regulations can be designed to deliver value for the transition to ne t-zero societies.
This webinar will feature guests from across Canada and Germany. The event starts at 8 am Pacific Savings Time\, which is 11 a m Eastern Savings Time\, and 5 pm Middle European Time.
Kurt Huebner
[accordions collapsible=t rue active=false][accordion title="Sabine Sparwasser"]Sabine Sparwasser has been the Ambassador at the German Embassy in Ottawa since August 2017. Pre viously\, she was the German government's special representative for Afghan istan and Pakistan. During her career\, she has already been Consul General in Toronto\, among other positions. She studied German\, French and Englis h Literature and Linguistics in Mainz\, followed by postgraduate studies in political science with a focus on international relations at SciencesPo in Paris. Prior to her career at the German Foreign Office\, she television a nd held a chair at the University of Paris-Vincennes.[/accordion][/accordio ns]
[accordions collapsible=true active=false][acc ordion title="Lucia Alessi"]Lucia Alessi is Team Leader at the Joint Resear ch Centre of the European Commission. Her team develops research in support of EU policymaking mainly in the field of sustainable finance. From 2007 t o 2015 she worked at the European Central Bank\, where she served in variou s DGs\, including Research\, Economics\, and Macroprudential Policy and Fin ancial Stability. Her more recent research focuses on climate risk in equit y markets and the development of climate stress tests for financial institu tions. On systemic risk more generally\, she has worked on early warning sy stems for financial crises\, including sovereign crises. Earlier in her car eer\, she worked on econometric models for big data\, with a focus on dynam ic factor models. She has published papers in journals such as Journal of B usiness and Economic Statistics\, Journal of Financial Stability\, Internat ional Statistical Review\, European Journal of Political Economy\, Empirica l Economics\, and others. She was awarded the CEPR/ESI ‘Best Central Bank R esearch Paper’ prize in 2009.Lucia holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Managemen t from Sant’Anna School for Advanced Studies and a Degree in Economics from Bocconi University.[/accordion][/accordions]
[accordions collapsible =true active=false][accordion title="Annica Cochu"]Annica Cochu works at ad elphi as Senior Advisor in the Finance Programme. Her focus is on devising sustainable finance policy and on fostering finance for adaptation\, urban development and cleaner production. She engages with financial institutions \, policy makers and civil society organisations to elaborate recommendatio ns for the design of a financial system that supports low-carbon\, climate- smart and environmentally-friendly development.[/accordion][/accordions]
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Nikolai Badenhoop is a legal scholar whos e research covers European Union law\, financial regulation\, competition\, contract and tort law\, corporate governance\, consumer protection\, profe ssional secrecy and Brexit. He currently focuses on sustainable finance.
As a European Lawyer\, he holds law degrees f rom Humboldt University Berlin (German state examination)\, Sapienza Univer sity of Rome (Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza) and King’s College Londo n (LL.M.). Nikolai obtained his Ph.D. from Humboldt University Berlin and p ublished a book exploring EU banking regulation and its impa ct on national private law. He speaks English\, German\, French\, Italian a nd Spanish fluently.
Nikolai gained practic al experience working several years for international law firms in London a nd Berlin\, the German Federal Ministry of Finance and a leading European s tart-up bank. He is a fully qualified lawyer (Volljurist) and holds the ne cessary qualification to become a judge in Germany. Nikolai’s teaching expe rience includes courses at bachelor\, master and PhD levels at Sapienza Uni versity of Rome and the EUI’s Department of Law. Currently\, he teaches at the Florence School of Banking and Finance on ‘Green bonds and the sustainable bond market‘.
During his Max Weber Fellowship at the EUI\, Nik olai focuses on sustainable finance in the EU legal framework. His research reaches from the definition of environmental\, social and governance susta inability goals to their implementation within financial markets\, banking regulation and corporate law. Starting from the European Green Deal\, he an alyses how existing regulatory tools impact sustainability goals and how th e tools can be enhanced to increase sustainability. As a legal expert\, Nik olai delivered an independent and objective study on the proposed EU Green Bon d Standard at the request of the European Parliament’s ECON committee to su pport its legislative work.
Nikolai’s resea rch has attracted news coverage\, including interviews and reports on the g reen bond study by Bloomberg and the FT Group. His recent paper on greening supply ch ains and their financing under EU law was cited by the Financial Times.
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[accordions collapsible=tr ue active=false][accordion title="Sebastian Mack"]Sebastian Mack is a Polic y Fellow for European Financial Markets at the Jacques Delors Centre. His r esearch focuses on European banking supervision and resolution\, Capital Ma rkets Union and financial crime. Previously\, he worked as academic assista nt and policy advisor to a German Member of the European Parliament’s Econo mic and Monetary Affairs Committee and as audit senior for prudential regul ation at an internationally leading accounting firm. Sebastian studied busi ness administration\, economics and European law at the University of Würzb urg and the INSEEC Grande École Paris. He wrote his diploma thesis under th e supervision of Prof. Dr. Peter Bofinger on the reform of the European Eco nomic and Monetary Union and finished his studies as one of the top three g raduates of his year.[/accordion][/accordions]
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As Director of the Natural Resources Centre\, Marla Orenstein champio ns the responsible development of the West’s natural resources for the bene fit of all. Much of her work focuses on Canada’s energy future and how Cana dian business can prosper as the world transitions to cleaner forms of ener gy.
In previous roles\, Marla worked closel y with industry and communities on the impacts of energy and resource devel opment projects including electricity\, mining\, solar\, wind\, hydro\, and oil and gas. Marla is a subject matter expert in impact assessment\, and b rings a comprehensive understanding of current standards and best practices of regulatory agencies\, multilateral finance institutions\, international agencies and industry organizations to the CWF. She is both past President and President-Elect of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) and a Fellow of the Energy Futures Lab.
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