ISO’s sustainable finance activities –

Recorded: 29 July 2021 (10:30 - 12:30 UK time)

What’s this webinar about?

With less than a decade to reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and many jurisdictions and organizations committing to net zero, finance is recognizing sustainability risk and rapidly re-orientating capital flows. Combined with the demand for a just and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to support a transition to sustainable finance has never been greater. This webinar highlights the work and context of ISO’s Technical Committee on Sustainable Finance (ISO/TC 322), which was formed in anticipation of this need and is working collaboratively to be a key enabler of the transition.

Who is this webinar for?

The webinar is open to all stakeholders with an interest in the committee’s work, including experts from ISO national mirror committees, and organizations that are currently outside the ISO system. 

What will you gain?

• A concentrated briefing on the international context of ISO/TC 322’s work
• A review of current standardization work and a first-look at future projects
• How to engage, contribute to and influence international sustainable finance standards

Agenda

Welcome and introduction – Peter Young, Chair, ISO/TC 322 Sustainable Finance

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

• Introduction and Global View – Dr. Ma Jun, Co-chair of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group & Vice Chair, ISO/TC 322 Chair’s Advisory Group
• Building collaborative and complementary approaches to sustainability reporting standards – Lee White, Executive Director, IFRS Foundation
• Financing a transition to sustainable global economy – Sonja Gibbs, Head of Sustainable Finance, Institute of International Finance (IIF)

ISO PERSPECTIVES

• Scope, rationale and strategy for ISO’s work– Dr. Peter Young, Chair, ISO/TC 322
• ISO’s broader activities in financial services, environmental standards – Rebecca Healey, Managing Partner, Redlap Consulting Ltd
• Our flagship sustainable finance framework standard: ISO 32210 – Hayden Morgan, Founder, Morgan Green Advisory Limited
• Q&A session on ISO 32210
• Use of terminology in sustainable finance – Dr. Bolu Wang, Green Finance Innovation and Standardization program lead - Research Center for Green Finance Development, Tsinghua National Institute of Financial Research
• Approach to future standards development – Franz Knecht, Founder, CONNEXIS AG
• Q&A session

Close of the webinar – Dr. Peter Young, Chair, ISO/TC 322

For a deep dive into global and ISO perspectives on sustainable finance, please watch the webinar replay now.

Dr. Peter Young chairs the Strategic Advisory Group for the UK Standards Programme on Sustainable Finance and the British Standards Institute’s committee on sustainability. He is a trustee of the Green Purposes Company, the Broadway Initiative and a founding member of Aldersgate Group. Peter is Chair of ISO/TC 322 on Sustainable Finance and represents ISO on several international sustainable finance fora for standard setters

Dr. Ma Jun is the Chairman of Green Finance Committee (GFC) of China Society of Finance and Banking, and President of Beijing Institute of Finance and Sustainability. He is Co-chair of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group and Vice chair of ISO/TC 322 CAG.

Lee White is Executive Director, IFRS Foundation. Lee is in charge of the day-to-day operations of the IFRS Foundation, the oversight body of the International Accounting Standards Board. The IFRS Foundation is currently consulting on amending its constitution for a new International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to set IFRS sustainability standards. Lee has over 30 years’ experience in the accounting profession and was the inaugural CEO of Chartered Accountants ANZ.

Sonja Gibbs is Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance, Institute of International Finance. Sonja leads the IIF’s work on sustainable finance and sovereign debt policy, focusing on research and advocacy for the Institute’s global membership across the financial services industry. Her policy work on behalf of the IIF includes outreach and liaison efforts vis-à-vis the G20, the multilaterals, global regulators and standard setters, and the Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS). 

Rebecca Healey is a leading industry voice on market structure, regulatory reform, and financial services technology. Rebecca has authored a plethora of qualitative reports and commentaries covering the impact of market regulation on all asset classes, the impact of the rise of fintech in capital markets, and the impact of the move to ESG and sustainability in asset management. Rebecca held various positions at Bankers Trust, Goldman Sachs, and Credit Suisse, where she was instrumental in launching the successful AES product from its inception in 2002.

Hayden Morgan is Director and founder of Morgan Green Advisory, a sustainable finance consultancy. He was previously Director at the UK Green Investment Bank / Group and was part of the original set up by the UK Government. Hayden is Convener for ISO 32210 Sustainable Finance: Principles and Guidance, and honoured to be a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.

Dr. Bolu Wang is leading the Green Finance Innovation and Standardization program at the Research Center for Green Finance Development at Tsinghua National Institute of Financial Research. She is a CAG member and Convenor of Terminology AHG of ISO/TC322 Sustainable Finance and technical expert coordinating the taxonomy working group of International Platform on Sustainable Finance.

Franz Knecht is the founder of CONNEXIS AG, an international strategic advisory company for sustainable development implementation in the financial industry. He previously worked for Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS AG) and was their first Head of Sustainable Banking Solutions. He has many years’ experience in ISO standards, and is Convenor of the ISO/TC 322 group on future standards development.

Dr. Li Pengcheng is the Team Leader of Energy Conservation and Low Carbon Group in China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS). He is the Convenor of ISO/TC 207/SC 4/ISO/TC 322 Joint Working Group Green Finance and Convenor of ISO/TC 207/TG 1 Sustainable Finance Coordination. His major fields include energy efficiency standardization, energy efficiency policy and program evaluation, and green finance standardization.