Managing and Reporting on ESG Risk in the Financial Sector
PRMIA London and BCS Consulting present Managing and Reporting on ESG Risk in the Financial Sector: Meeting the Challenge.
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Date:
November 29, 2018
Time:
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location:
BCS Consulting, Fifth Floor
8 Old Jewry
London EC2R 8DN
At a time of rising public concern about environmental degradation, climate change, social injustice and governance failures, financial institutions ignore the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks to which they are exposed at their peril. Effective management of ESG risks relies upon consistent identification, sound measurement and transparent reporting. However, when experts do not yet agree on definitions of these risks, how can firms cope? Our panel of experts will discuss these key issues as well as how financial institutions are addressing them.
Discussion:
- What is environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk?
- Why should financial institutions care about ESG risk?
- What are the challenges in managing ESG risk?
- How can firms report on their own exposures and the exposures of their clients?
- What are firms doing now to enhance their ESG disclosures?.
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6:30 p.m.
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8:00 p.m.
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Rahul Ghosh, Senior Vice President, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and
Green Bonds, Moody’s Investors Service
Rahul is a senior analyst for Moody’s Green Bond
Assessments (GBAs), which evaluate the effectiveness of an issuer’s approach to managing,
administering, allocating proceeds to and reporting on environmental projects financed
with green bonds. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2014, Rahul was the Head of Asia at BMI
Research in Singapore, where he led a team of macroeconomists and industry specialists in
analysing sovereign risk, sector performance and the capital markets. Rahul holds a Masters’
degree in Economics from the University of Edinburgh.
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Nina Seega, Research Director, Sustainable Finance, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability
Leadership
Nina is a Research Director for Sustainable Finance at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). She is an expert in the use of risk management tools to
address environmental sources of risk in the financial sector. Since 2016 she has co-led the
CISL team serving as Knowledge Partner for the risk analysis track of the G20 Green Finance
Study Group. Previously, Nina was the Head of the London Traded Products Desk for
Dresdner Kleinwort, where she was responsible for credit risk management of traded
products.
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Robert Buhr, Research Fellow, Centre for Climate Finance & Investment, Imperial College
Bob is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at
Imperial College as well as Founder and Director of Green Planet Consulting Limited. A
former Managing Director of Citigroup and, most recently, Director of Societe Generale, Bob
was a top-rated bond analyst. At the Centre, Bob’s research focuses on the impact of
climate risks on vulnerable countries as well as the quantification of climate and natural
capital risks for various economic sectors. Bob holds a BA in Philosophy from Ithaca College
and a PhD in Linguistics from Brown University, both of the US.
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Hector Fontaine, Principal Consultant, BCS Consulting
Hector is a Principal Consultant at BCS Consulting, a fully-focused financial services consulting firm. Hector leads the Sustainable Finance area in his firm and has been recently supporting a leading Global Bank in this field. In 2018 Hector led the development of BCS Consulting’s ESG External Disclosures Benchmarking Survey which compared the quality of external ESG disclosures across 16 leading banks. Hector holds a Master of Science in Management from University College London and is currently completing a Master in Finance at London Business School. |
Moderator:
Kathryn Kerle, Chair, Steering Committee, PRMIA, London
Kathryn chairs the London
Steering Committee of PRMIA. While Head of Enterprise Risk Reporting at RBS, Kathryn
worked to integrate the reporting of these risks with the statutory accounts of the bank.
Kathryn holds a BA in English from Bryn Mawr College and an MA in Arab Studies from
Georgetown University, both of the US.
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