Date: 22 November 2024
Overview
The 8th edition of the ICMA & JSDA annual sustainable bond conference, titled "Enabling Sustainable Society / Economy-Wide Transition through Sustainable Bonds", took place at The Capitol Hotel Tokyu Tokyo and online on 22 November 2024.
Currently standing at an outstanding volume of over $4.5 trillion, green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds constitute the largest financial market dedicated to the sustainability transition objective.
Guided by the ICMA Principles, Japan has also been a frontrunner in providing guidance for the transition of a wide range of key economic sectors, through its Basic Guidelines and sector-based roadmaps since 2021 and its climate transition bonds in 2024 to support the implementation of comprehensive Green Transformation (GX) government policy.
The ICMA-JSDA 8th annual flagship event took stock of the progress made in transition finance both globally and in Japan. It also discussed other emerging themes, including financing the social aspect in the context of broader sustainability strategies of issuers.
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| 09:15 | Registration | |
| 10:00 | Welcome remarks MORITA Toshio, Chairman and CEO, Japan Securities Dealers Association |
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| 10:05 | Introductory remarks ITO Hideki, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency |
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| 10:15 | Panel discussion 1: Transition Finance: market development and standards Moderator: HAYASHI Reiko, Director and Deputy President, BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd., Member of the ICMA Board Panellists:
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| 11:15 | Coffee break | |
| 11:40 | Guest speech 1 Ulf Erlandsson, CEO and Founder, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute |
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| 11:50 | Leadership dialogue: Sustainable finance regulation and policy Moderator: Mushtaq Kapasi, Managing Director, Chief Representative, Asia-Pacific, ICMA Panellists:
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| 12:30 | Lunch break | |
| 13:50 | Guest speech 2 Eugene Wong, CEO, Sustainable Finance Institute Asia |
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| 14:00 | Panel discussion 2: Principle Deliverables and Update on Market Best Practices Green Enabling Projects / SLB / SLLB / Impact Reporting Moderator: Nicholas Pfaff, Deputy Chief Executive, Head of Sustainable Finance, ICMA Panellists:
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| 15:00 | Guest speech 3 Adam Ng, Regional Lead for Asia Pacific, WWF Greening Financial Regulation Initiative |
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| 15:10 | Coffee break | |
| 15:40 | Panel discussion 3: Spotlight on Stakeholder Code of Conduct and Initiatives for ESG Evaluation and Data Utilization Following IOSCO’s recommendations, Japan was the first jurisdiction to publish a Code of Conduct Moderator: OTA Tamami, Head of Sustainable Finance Research Unit, Financial & Capital Market Research Dpt., Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. Panellists:
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| 16:40 | Guest speech 4 TSUTSUI Yoshinobu, Chairperson, GX (Green Transformation) Acceleration Agency |
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| 16:50 | Closing remarks / Special Announcement Nicholas Pfaff, Deputy Chief Executive, Head of Sustainable Finance, ICMA |
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| 17:00 | Networking reception | |
| 18:00 | Event close |
