Prof. Dr. Kerstin Lopatta
Yale Initiative on Sustainable FinanceYale Initiative on Sustainable Finance Annual ConferenceFriday, October 29, 2021 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM EST
6. Oktober 2021
Dear friends and colleagues,
The Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF) is delighted to invite you to its 2021 Annual Symposium, which will take place on October 29, 2021, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM EST. Given the current public health conditions in the United States, the symposium will take place remotely, via Zoom. With the generous support of our platinum-level sponsor, BNY Mellon, we have developed an engaging program that replicates an in-person experience as much as possible.
Please register for the event here. For more information, please visit YISF2021.com for the full agenda.
The Symposium will feature four panel discussions bookended by fireside chats from two high-level keynote speakers—Hanneke Smits and Sarah Bloom Raskin.
Please register for the event here. For more information, please visit YISF2021.com for the full agenda.
The Symposium will feature four panel discussions bookended by fireside chats from two high-level keynote speakers—Hanneke Smits and Sarah Bloom Raskin.
In addition, the symposium will feature four panels reviewing critical issues of sustainable finance, from green bonds to biodiversity finance, where academics and practitioners from around the world will presents cutting-edge research. The panels include:
Green Bonds
- Dion Bongaerts and Dirk Schoenmaker, Rotterdam School of Management – The Security Design of Green Debt Instruments
- Nathaniel Springer and Susanna Gibbons, University of Minnesota – Qualifying the Impact of Green Bonds: Using Life-Cycle Assessment to Measure Comprehensive Financial and Environmental Return on Investment
- Alexander Vasa, Interamerican Development Bank – A Novel Database for Green Bonds to Support Investment Analysis and Decision Making, Research and Regulatory ecisions: The Green Bond Transparency Platform
Portfolios and Sustainability
- Alexander Bassen and Othar Kordsachia, Hamburg University – Index Construction for Sustainable Devel
- Sam Hilton and Joanne Lee, WWF – Assessing Portfolio Impact – Tools to Measure Biodiversity and SDG Footprints of Financial Portfolios
- Ulrich Atz, New York University – Does Sustainability Generate Better Financial Performance? Review, Meta-analysis and Propositions
Lingering Issues in Sustainable Finance
- Olaf Weber, University of Waterloo – Addressing Regulatory Constraints of Carbon Tax in a Resource-Based Economy
- Nathan de Arriba-Sellier and Daniel C. Esty, Yale University – Zeroing-in on Net-Zero: Is the Business Community Walking the Talk?
- Kelly Clark and Magali Delmas, University of California, Los Angeles – Increasing IMPACT: An Assessment of ESG Metrics and Recommendations to Improve Their Utility
Sustainability Beyond Carbon: Diversity and Biodiversity
- Bola Olusanya, The Nature Conservancy – The Nature Conservancy: The Journey to Pragmatic Portfolio Decarbonization
- John Joaquin Bohorquez and David Meyers, Conservation Finance Alliance – An Integrated Blended Finance Fund for Coral Reefs
- Anthony Campagna, ISS ESG – The Content of Their Character: How Diversity and Inclusion Continue to Drive Change