The Banque de France’s sustainable finance focused webinar in English will explore how to measure the impact that private and public actions may have on climate change and sustainability. Jean Boissinot, Head of Secretariat of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) and Deputy Director for Financial Stability at the Banque de France will moderate both panel discussions.

Opening remarks:

Jean Boissinot
Head of Secretariat of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS); Deputy Director for Financial Stability at the Banque de France

Panel I: How can a firm or a public actor commit to addressing climate change?

Alexandre Gautier
Deputy General Secretary
Banque de France

Elaine Buckberg
Chief Economist
General Motors

Carine De Boissezon
Chief Sustainability Officer
EDF

Caroline Flammer
Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Associate Professor and Dean’s Research Scholar, Boston University

Panel II: How to assess and monitor transition paths? How to manage risks? How to measure the impact of private sector investment?

Anne Simpson
Managing Investment Director for Board Governance and Sustainability
CalPERS

Rama Variankaval
Global Head of Center for Carbon Transition
J.P. Morgan

​Nathalie Aufauvre
Director General for Financial Stability and Operations and Chair of the Climate Change Centre
Banque de France

Frédéric Samama
Chief Responsible Investment Officer at CPR AM
Amundi Group

Timings:
14:30-16:30 (London)
09:30-11:30 (New York)

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This virtual discussion is part of the OMFIF Sustainable Policy Institute. The SPI is a high level community which brings together central banks, sovereign funds, public pension funds, and their counterparts in asset management, banking and professional services to explore policy, regulatory and investment challenges posed by environmental, social and governance themes. See more information on OMFIF’s SPI here.

The Sustainable Finance Policy Tracker provides a comprehensive overview of different countries’ approaches to mitigating climate risks in the financial sector.

Covering 22 countries and jurisdictions, the tracker presents information on 14 areas that include regulatory and supervisory measures, climate stress testing activity, net zero strategies, green bond issuance and disclosure requirements.