About G20 Green Finance Conference Singapore in 2017
Co-hosted by GFMA, ASIFMA, G20, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the UN
Environment Programme (UNEP), G20 Green Finance Conference Singapore was held in
November 2017 in Singapore themed ‘Making Markets Work for Green Finance’.
The conference attracted over 200 participants from 100 organizations, including 20% policy
maker/public official, 6% buy side, 4% corporate treasurer and 5% media.
With over 30 senior speakers from different regulators and market key players, this industry-wide
conference has become a significant platform in the region for the industry to build awareness ofgreen finance and also to ensure that industry views are heard so that the green financial system
is developed in a way that is workable from a capital markets perspective.

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We specially thank the valuable support from 8 sponsoring firms including DBS, Deutsche Bank,HSBC, ING, J.P. Morgan, Societe Generale, Ashurst and Moody's Investors Service, as well as 7
endorsing associations.

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We have received very positive feedback from the stakeholders including speakers, delegates,sponsors and media. Most of them found the speakers excellent, the discussions highly
informative and interactive, and the conference thought provoking and enjoyable with theopportunity to meet the various senior representatives with similar interests in financial
regulation, which encouraged the development of a practical green financial system beneficial tothe capital markets.

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List of Participating Organizations in 2017:
ABN AMRO Bank
Aegis Capital
Allen & Overy
Ambler Sun
Anbang Asset Management
AON Risk Solutions
Argentinas Treasury
AshurstASIFMA
Association of Corporate Treasurers
Bank of England
Banque De FranceBarclays
BlackRock
Bloomberg
BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas Asset Management
British Embassy
British High Commission Singapore
Carbon Trust
CFA Institute
City Developments
Commerzbank
Cornerstone Asset Management
DBS Bank
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bundesbank
DHL
DZ BankEmbassy of France in Singapore
Enel Green Power
Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF)
Financial Services Commission (Korea)
FinTech Hong Kong

Greenpeace
HNWI Private Limited (Singapore)
Hogan Lovells International
HSBC
IFR (International Financing Review)
Inframation Group
Infrastructure Journal / Project Finance
Magazine
ING Bank N.V. Singapore
ING Group
International Capital Market Association(ICMA)International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Institute of Green Finance
IPP Financial Advisers
J.P. Morgan Securities
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Korea Environment Institute
LaSalle Investment Management
Lloyds Bank
M & L (Mackintosh & Lee)MediaCorp
Mizuho Bank
Mizuho Securities
MLex
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
Moody's
Moody's Investors Service
MSCI
National Environment Agency
New Hope Singapore
NomuraNordea Bank
Oliver Wyman

4List of Participating Organizations in 2017 (Con’t):
OMFIF - Official Monetary and Financial
Institutions Forum
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
Limited (OCBC Bank)
Paia Consulting
Prime Minister's Office Singapore
Prudential Capital (Singapore)
Rabobank Group
REDD IntelligenceReed Smith
Royal Norwegian Embassy
S&P Global
Securities & Exchange Commission
Philipphines
Securities & Exchange Commission Thailand
Securities Commission Malaysia
SGX (Singapore Exchange Limited)
Sing Tao Newspaper Group
Singapore Institute of International Affairs
Societe Generale
South China Morning Post Publishers
Standard Chartered Bank

State Securities Commission of Vietnam
STMicroelectronics
Swiss Reinsurance Company
Syngenta Asia Pacific
The Association of Banks in Singapore
The Wall Street Journal
The World Bank
Thomson Reuters
U.S. Department of the Treasury
United Nations
United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP)
United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB)
Vickers Venture Partners
Vigeo Eiris
Westpac Institutional BankWhite & Case
WilmarWorld Federation of Exchanges
World Wide Fund for Nature
Xinhua News Agency
Zhong Lun Law Firm

Event Websites:
For more about the G20 Green Finance Conference Singapore in 2017:www.asifma.org/green2017.
For More Information about ASIFMA Events:
www.asifma.org/events

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G20 Green Finance Conference Singapore:
Making Markets Work for Green Finance
Final Program
Venue:

Marina Mandarin Hotel Singapore - Leo & Capricorn Room, Level 1(Address: 6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square, Singapore 039594)

Remark:Open to the media

08:50-09:10

Welcome Remarks• Dr. Ludger Schuknecht, Chief Economist and G20 Deputy, German Federal
Ministry of Finance

09:10-09:30

Keynote: Singapore’s Role in Deepening Regional Green Finance• Lawrence Wong, Minister for National Development and Second Minister forFinance, Government of Singapore

09:30-10:30

Panel 1: The Case for Green Finance• Anne Le Lorier, Deputy Governor, Banque de France• Mikkel Larsen, Co-Chair of DBS Sustainability Council, DBS• Felix Orsini, Global Head DCM Sovereigns, Supra-nationals & Agencies andGlobal Co-Head DCM Corporates, Societe Generale• Susan Gray, Global Head of Infrastructure, S&P Global Ratings• Clara Ferreira-Marques, Columnist, Reuters Breakingviews (Moderator)

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break6

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Panel 2: On Global and Regional Trends• Delfina Lopez Freijido, Director of Sustainable Finance, G20 Unit, Argentina’sTreasury• Clifford Lee, MD, Head of Fixed Income, DBS• Herry Cho, Director, Head of Sustainable Finance Asia, ING• Simon Tay, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs• Grant Kirkman, Head of Relations, Sustainable Development Mechanisms,United Nations Climate Secretariat• Simon Zadek, Senior Advisor on Finance to Deputy Secretary-General,
Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations Environment
Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System (Moderator)

12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:00

Panel 3: Climate-Related Disclosure, Environmental Analysis and Publicly
Available Environmental Data
• Anna-Marie Slot, Partner and Global Head of High-Yield, Ashurst• Jennifer Wu, Director, BlackRock Sustainable Investing• Sean Henderson, Deputy Head of Debt Capital Markets, Asia-Pacific, HSBC
• Yeo Lian Sim, Special Advisor – Diversity, SGX• Jeanne Stampe, Head, Asia Finance and Commodities, WWF• Katrina Nicholas, Gadfly Editor, Bloomberg News (Moderator)

14:00-15:00

Panel 4: Mobilising Finance for Green Projects• Priscilla Ng, Associate Financial Officer, Treasury Client Solutions,International Finance Corporation (IFC)• Iain Henderson, Head of International Cooperation, United Nations
Environment Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System• Siobhan Cleary, Head of Research and Public Policy, World Federation ofExchanges• Christopher Langner, Managing Editor Asia, REDD Intelligence (Moderator)

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break7

15:30-16:30

Panel 5: Banking System and Insurance – Adding a Green Pillar• Robert Barker, Sustainable Finance & Investment, Global Markets APAC, BNPParibas• Karin Dohm, Global Head of Government & Regulatory Affairs and GroupStructuring, Deutsche Bank
• Chuan Lim, Senior Investment Strategist, Swiss Re Group Asset Management• Peter Reynolds, Partner, Finance and Risk Practice, Oliver Wyman• Peter Zaman, Partner, Reed Smith (Moderator)

16:30-17:30

Panel 6: Green Bond Market – Looking Ahead• Benjamin Weller, Capital Solutions & Sustainable Financing, Deutsche Bank
• Marilyn Ceci, MD, Head of Green Bonds, J.P. Morgan• Terry Fanous, MD, Project and Infrastructure Finance, Moody’s InvestorsService• Ricco Zhang, Director, Asia-Pacific, International Capital Markets Association(Moderator)

17:30-17:40

Closing Remarks• Mark Austen, CEO, GFMA and ASIFMA8

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