DATE & TIME
Thursday, 5 May, 2022
6:00 – 7:30am EDT
LOCATION
Hosted on Zoom.
CONTACT
Emma Martens, emartens@gbsn.org
Session Recording
BACKGROUND
Sustainable Finance & ESG Investment are amongst the most potent tools to help address some of the fundamental challenges that modern society is facing.
We are pleased to share the launch of the GBSN for Sustainable Finance & ESG Investment IMPACT Community to serve as a forum for taking Sustainable Finance to the next level. The goals of this new Impact Community are to improve the perception and the management of risks and opportunities associated with ESG factors, contribute to unlocking sustainable financial flows and positively impact the societies in the developing world, and making local businesses more perennial and sustainable. With the GBSN mission in mind, this Impact Community aims to increase awareness and support from a North to South perspective and to increase cooperation from a South to South perspective.
As a way to launch this new IMPACT Community, we invited academic faculty and administrators from institutions across the world, and practitioners from organizations which have domain expertise to join us for this inaugural roundtable discussion on May 5th, 2022. Developing the capability in local society and business comes as a result of developing the capacity of business schools to provide the kind of education that will enable students to have an impact on their communities. This could be through executive education or undergraduate education, or if research has an impact on the teaching. The Roundtable discussion covered the following questions:
- How can we develop Sustainable Finance & ESG Investments capability through sharing resources, exchanging information, and facilitating collective action?
- What are the capacity and capability barriers and knowledge gaps preventing the development of Sustainable Finance and ESG Investment?
- How could business schools contribute to a better evaluation and management of local implications of the SFI/ESG agenda?
- How can business schools better articulate and integrate students and professionals; companies, governments and society; local and global interests; to provide capacity, capability and knowledge in SFI/ESG with ultimate positive impact in the real world?
SPEAKERS
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Edith Aldewereld
Sustainable Finance Advisor
ACATIS Fair Value Investment AG
Switzerland
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Giles Cuthbert
Managing Director
Chartered Banker Institute
United Kingdom
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Clemente del Valle
Director, Center for Sustainable Finance
Universidad de Los Andes
Colombia
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Lyn Javier
Assistant Governor of the Policy and Specialized Supervision Sub-Sector
Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas
Philippines
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Rui Zhu
Professor of Marketing, Director of Social Innovation and Business for Good Center, Director of Common Prosperity and Social Innovation Center
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
China
MODERATORS
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Felipe Calderon
Head, Washington SyCip Graduate School of Business
Asian Institute of Management (AIM)
Philippines
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Ivan Diaz-Rainey
Associate Professor of Finance; Director of the Climate and Energy Finance Group (CEFGroup)
Department of Accountancy and Finance, University of Otago
New Zealand
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Dan LeClair, Ph.D
CEO
Global Business School Network
USA
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Aditya Singh
Director
Athena School of Management
India
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Viviane Torinelli
Co-Founder Brazilian Alliance of Sustainable Finance and Investments (BRASFI)
Guest Professor FDC for Sustainable Finance and Investment
Brazil
DATE & TIME
Thursday, 5 May
- Singapore: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
- Beijing: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
- Sao Paulo: 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
- Washington DC: 6:00 AM – 7:30 AM
- Lagos: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
- Cape Town: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
- Dubai: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
- Mumbai: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
AGENDA
| Agenda | |
|---|---|
| 5 mins | Introduction & Welcome Dan LeClair, CEO, Global Business School Network, USA Goals of the Impact Community Aditya Singh, Director, Athena School of Management, Chair, Sustainable Finance & ESG Investments Impact Community, India |
| 5 mins | FIRESTARTER Edith Aldewereld, Founder, Women in Sustainable Finance and Partner, Sonnenberg Wealth Management AG, Switzerland |
| 5 mins | FIRESTARTER Lyn Javier, Assistant Governor of the Policy and Specialized Supervision Sub-Sector Bangko Sentral Ng Philipinas, Phillipines |
| 20 mins | Breakout #1 What is happening in Sustainable Finance in your local systems? |
| 10 mins | Report Back & Discussion Key Takeaways from groups. |
| 5 mins | FIRESTARTER How institutions can help businesses incorporate ESG and what have been the outcomes of the CKGSB project. Rui Zhu, Professor of Marketing, Director of Social Innovation and Business for Good Center, Director of Common Prosperity and Social Innovation Center, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, China |
| 5 mins | FIRESTARTER Clemente del Valle, WEF; Director, Center for Sustainable Finance, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia |
| 20 mins | Breakout #2 What is your institution doing and what would you like to do? What would you like to do as part of the Impact Community? |
| 10 mins | Report Back & Discussion Key Takeaways from groups. |
| 5 mins | FIRESTARTER Giles Cuthbert, Managing Director at Chartered Banker Institute, United Kingdom |
| 5 mins | Closing and Call to Action Aditya Singh, Director, Athena School of Management, India |
About GBSN Impact Communities
GBSN Impact Communities bring together scholars and business practitioners to address management and entrepreneurship challenges relevant to emerging economies. This creates knowledge, experiences, and relationships. Interest in forming learning communities is growing, with new ones emerging in human rights, sustainable energy, healthcare, and community-engaged learning.