To discuss EU strategy for sustainable finance in our region, Finance Latvia Association and Finance Finland, in partnership with the European Commission, are organizing a deep dive on sustainable finance. Our keynote speaker is Valdis Dombrovskis. The event starts at 8:30 and can be watched live below.
Streaming of the event starts at 8:30
Programme
8:30 Opening
Piia-Noora Kauppi, Managing Director, Finance Finland
8:40 Introduction
Risto Murto, President and CEO, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company
9:00 – 9:10 Keynote speech
Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
9:10 Panel discussion: EU’s Sustainable Finance Agenda
Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Marja Nykänen, Deputy Governor, Bank of Finland
Antoni Ballabriga, Global Head of Responsible Business at BBVA & Chair of the Sustainable Finance Working Group at European Banking Federation
Ieva Tetere, CEO, SEB Latvia & Supervisory Council, Finance Latvia Association
Risto Murto, President and CEO, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company
Satu Hassi, Member of the Parliament, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Environmental Committee
Moderator: Piia-Noora Kauppi, Managing Director, Finance Finland
9:55 Opening of session
Sanda Liepiņa, CEO, Finance Latvia Association
10:00 Work of European Banks on Climate Change
Antoni Ballabriga, Global Head of Responsible Business at BBVA & Chair of the Sustainable Finance Working Group at EBF
10:10 Panel discussion: Sustainable Finance in action – how to think about the impact in Baltics and Nordics and how to measure it
Esko Kivisaari, Deputy Managing Director, Finance Finland
Robert Kitt, CEO, Swedbank Estonia
Jukka Honkaniemi, Senior Banker, SEB
Lija Strašuna, Chief Economist, Swedbank Latvia
Timo Pietilä, Head of Capital Markets Financing, OP Financial Group
Igors Kasjanovs, Senior Economist, Sustainability and Mandate, Treasury department, Nordic Investment Bank
Moderator: Sanda Liepiņa, CEO, Finance Latvia Association
10:55 Break
11:20 Opening of session
Aila Aho, Executive Adviser, Sustainability, Nordea & Member of European Commission Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, Rapporteur of Green Bond subgroup
11:30 Green Bond Structuring and Early Stage Scoping
Leena Kassinen, Associate Director, Green Bonds, OP Corporate Bank
11:40 Panel discussion: Sustainability-driven Business Models, Funding Vehicles and Mechanisms
Discussion will focus on funding vehicles and mechanisms in corporate sector as well as in public sector, including in municipalities
Eric Gällstad, Head of Public Sector Lending in the Nordics, Germany and Austria, European Investment Bank
Paulius Zarauskas, Head of Capital Markets, Baltic Division at SEB
Lauri Rosendahl, President, Nasdaq Nordic
Nicholas Stancioff, Latvian Baltic Energy Efficiency Fund
Joakim Holmström, Executive Vice President, Head of Capital Markets, Municipality Finance
Moderator: Aila Aho, Executive Adviser, Sustainability, Nordea & Member of EC Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, Rapporteur of Green Bond subgroup
12:35 Closing – Sanda Liepiņa, CEO, Finance Latvia Association
Lunch