3rd International Forum: Responsible Investments in the CIS and Black Sea region

Session 1.  ESG risks and opportunities for business
9:00-10:30 CET/11:00-12:30 Moscow

Speakers:

• Jean-Claude Knebeler, Head of the Sustainable Development Department at the International and Comparative Law Research Center (ICLRC)

• Ben Aris, Editor-in-Chief at bne Intellinews 

• Florian Willershausen, Chairman of the AEB Green Finance Workstream, Chief Development Officer at Creon Capital

• Alexander Chaychits, Head of ESG/SRI communications, PJSC Polyus 

• Alexey Bogomolov, Director for Development of Partnership Programmes with Russian and International Organisations, RSHB Asset Management

• Ivan Barsola, Executive Director, ESG Department, Sberbank

Topics for discussion:

• ESG barriers to export-oriented business

• Assessing the impact of the CBAM mechanism 

• Responsible Investments and ESG banking - challenge or opportunity for business?

Session 2. ESG transformation of regions
11:30-13:00 CET/13:30-15:00 Moscow

Speakers:

• Sean Kidney, Co-founder and CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

• Dmitriy Aksakov, Head of ESG banking, Vice-President of VEB.RF 

• Alexey Parabuchev, Head of Moscow Agency of Innovations (MAI)

• Evgeniya Loktionova, Head of Investment and Innovation Department of Lipetsk region Administration

• Andrey Betin, Deputy Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Region

Topics for discussion:

• How to assess ESG progress at the regional level (ESG ranking)?

• Business and regional interactions in the context of ESG transformation

• Opportunities for regions and municipalities to use financial instruments for sustainable development

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List of speakers: 

Jean-Claude Knebeler

Head of the Sustainable Development Department at the International and Comparative Law Research Center (ICLRC)

Ben Aris

Chief Editor, bne IntelliNews

Florian Willershausen

Chairman of the AEB Green Finance Workstream, Chief Development Officer at Creon Capital

Alexander Chaychits

Head of ESG/SRI communications, PJSC Polyus 

Alexey Bogomolov

Director for Development of Partnership Programmes with Russian and International Organisations, RSHB Asset Management

Ivan Barsola

Executive Director, ESG Department, Sberbank

Sean Kidney

Co-founder and CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

Dmitriy Aksakov

Executive director, Head of ESG banking VEB.RF

Alexey Parabuchev

Head of Moscow Agency of Innovations (MAI)

Evgeniya Loktionova

Head of Investment and Innovation Department of Lipetsk Region Administration

Andrey Betin

Deputy Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Region