Green bonds and green finance innovation
Invitation-only event to discuss innovations in green finance and sovereign and EU issuance of green bonds.
Speakers
Dion Bongaerts
Associate Professor of Finance, RSM - Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Michael Mainelli
Executive Chairman, Z/Yen Group
Niall Bohan
Director, Financial Risk and Asset Management, European Commission, DG Budget
Alexandre Vincent
Green Bonds Manager, Agence France Trésor
Moritz Kraemer
Chief Economic Advisor, Acreditus
Zoe Knight
Managing Director and Group Head of the Centre of Sustainable Finance, HSBC
Monica Girardi
Head of Group Investor Relations, Enel
Lucia Silva
Group Head of Sustainability and Social Responsibility, Assicurazioni Generali
This invitation-only event explored recent trends and innovations in green finance. A first session looked at the issuance of green finance instruments by EU governments and the planned issuance by the EU itself. The second session looked at new instruments, in particular green certificates and sustainability-linked bonds. We expect that a focused discussion will be of interest to both issuers and investors, and provide input for the ongoing discussion around a new sustainable finance strategy and the green bond standard.
This event was only open to Bruegel members and a small number of selected invitees.
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Green certificates: a better version of green bonds by Dion Bongaerts and Dirk Schoemaker
Common eurobonds should become Europe’s safe asset – but they don’t need to be green by Alexander Lehmann
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