NGFS Report: Enhancing market transparency in green and transition finance

The community of central banks and financial supervisors is showing a growing interest in issues of market transparency in green finance, particularly with regard to taxonomies, green external review and assessment, and climate transition metrics, frameworks, and market products.

Irene Monasterolo, Professor of Climate Finance, EDHEC-Risk Institute and EDHEC Business School, has been invited by SUERF, the European Money and Finance Forum to participate in a webinar entitled "NGFS Report: Enhancing market transparency in green and transition finance", together with:

Chairman:

Ernest Gnan, Counsel to the Board and Head of Economic Analysis Division, OeNB and Secretary General, SUERF

Speakers:

Frank Packer, Regional Adviser, Office for Asia and the Pacific, BIS
Gong Cheng, Senior Economist, Office for Asia and the Pacific, BIS
Robert Patalano, Head, Financial Markets Division, OECD

Discussants:

Paolo Krischak, Green Finance Expert, Deutsche Bundesbank
Irene Monasterolo, Professor, EDHEC Business School
Zhang Weina, Associate Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore

This seminar would share key findings from the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) report: Enhancing market transparency in green and transition finance

This report leverages the experience of NGFS members and observers, as well as a survey of 25 central banks and 24 financial supervisors, to shed light on the state of play and key challenges surrounding these three broad topics. It also aims to inform a broad dialogue with market participants to find potential solutions to policy challenges.

REGISTER FOR THE LECTURE

SUERF is a non-profit association established on 25 November 1963 in Louveciennes, France, by a group of academics and bankers from France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium. SUERF’s focus is on the analysis, discussion and understanding of financial markets and institutions, the monetary economy, the conduct of regulation, supervision and monetary policy, and related issues.

SUERF’s strength lies in bringing together three pillars of members: central banks and supervisors, financial industry representatives and academics. Members are drawn from all over Europe and beyond. SUERF is soundly governed by its Council of Management, which comprises high-ranking representatives drawn from SUERF’s three pillars of members.

Further information on the conference can be found on the SUERF website.

Date

Monday 11/07/2022 - Monday 11/07/2022

Place

Webinar

About EDHEC

Operating from campuses in Lille, Nice, Paris, London and Singapore, EDHEC is one of the world’s top 15 business schools. Fully international and directly connected to the business world, EDHEC commands a strong reputation for research excellence and the ability to train entrepreneurs and managers capable of breaking new ground. EDHEC functions as a genuine laboratory of ideas and produces innovative solutions valued by businesses. The School’s teaching is inspired by its research work and a focus on “learning by doing”, all with the aim of equipping people with the skills to succeed in business.

About EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute

Marking the priority assigned by the School to sustainability issues and building on its research programmes exploring the relationships between climate change and finance, EDHEC-Risk Institute became EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute in October 2022. The Institute's mission is to help private and public decision-makers manage climate-related financial risks and make the best use of the financial tools available to transition to low-emission and climate-resilient economies. The Institute’s research programmes explore the relationships between climate change and finance and our key ambition is to become a leading academic reference point for long-term investors, helping them to manage the asset-pricing implications of climate change as well as mitigation and adaptation efforts.