Program
PROGRAM ESSEC CLIMATE FINANCE WORKSHOP
Tuesday, November 9th, 2021
From 16:30 to 19:30 (Paris time)
ESSEC Campus of La Défense
16:30 - 16:40 Welcome by Jocelyn Martel, ESSEC Professor of Finance & Co-Head of the "ESSEC-Amundi Chair on Asset & Risk Management"
16:40 - 17:45 Panel A - Responsible Investment in times of Climate Urgency
Moderator: Francis Declerck, ESSEC Business School, Co-Chair Professor Chair "Shaping the Future of Finance"
Amir Sharifi, Head of Energy Transition at Ardian and Chief Investment Officer of Hy24 (Slides available HERE)
Caroline Le Meaux, Global Head of ESG Research, Engagement and Voting, Amundi (Slides available HERE)
Laurent Deborde, Head of Equity Portfolio Management & Fund Selection, Caisse des Dépôts (Slides not available)
The first panel will discuss the responsibility of investors.
How investors define their responsibilities regarding the climate urgency?
How are investors contributing to net zero transition? And How investors aligned their investments with Paris Agreement goals?
What are the main challenges of implementing Paris Agreement targets?
What tools can investors use to accelerate the decarbonization of the economy?
How feasible are the pledges to net zero emission?
17:45 - 18:00 Break
18:00 - 19:05 Panel B - Innovation in Climate Finance
Moderator: Sofia RAMOS, ESSEC Business School, Co-Chair Professor Chair "Shaping the Future of Finance"
Jonathan Dean, Head of Impact Investing, AXA IM Alts
Pierre-Antoine Machelon, Head of Renewables Investment Strategy, Eiffel Investment Group (No slides)
Jean-Marie Dumas, Head of Fixed Income Solution, Amundi
Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme, Director, Moody's ESG Solutions (Slides not available)
The second panel discusses financial innovation to address climate change.
What tools have been developed to help investors in reaching the goal of decarbonizing their portfolios?
What is carbon offsetting?
How to estimate the exposure of financial institutions to climate risk?
How can the shareholder engagement and proxy voting help to implementing Paris Agreement targets?
Net Zero Commitments Versus Science-Based Targets
How to analyse and assess companies targets of decarbonization?
19:05 - 19:15 Concluding remarks by Vincenzo Esposito Vinzi, Dean of ESSEC Business School
19:15 - 20:30 Cocktail
Slides Amir Sharifi.pdfSlides Caroline Le Meaux.pdf
