Sustainable Finance: How can the financial sector become a true engine of the European Green Deal? | Brunswick Group

Sustainable Finance: How can the financial sector become a true engine of the European Green Deal?

How can the EU finance the European Green Deal? Part IV of our webinar series on navigating the European Green Deal and how businesses can engage in the green transition.

30 November at 10:00 CET / 09:00 GMT

Speakers:

  • Laurence Tubiana, CEO, European Climate Foundation
  • Simon Connell, Global Head, Sustainability Strategy, Standard Chartered

The fourth edition of our webinar series was again hosted and moderated by Geneviève Pons, Director General of Europe Jacques Delors in Brussels, and Pascal Lamy, Vice President of Europe Jacques Delors and Chair of Europe at Brunswick Group.

 

Click here to download our report on this event.

 

Laurence Tubiana, CEO, European Climate Foundation

Laurence Tubiana is CEO of the European Climate Foundation (ECF). In addition, she is the Chair of the Board of Governors at the French Development Agency (AFD), and a Professor at Sciences Po, Paris. Before joining ECF, Laurence was France’s Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for COP21, and as such a key architect of the landmark Paris Agreement. Following COP21 and through COP22, she was appointed UN High Level Champion for climate action.

From 1997—2002, she served as Senior Adviser on the Environment to the French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. From 2009—2010, she created and led the newly established Directorate for Global Public Goods at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She founded in 2002 and directed until 2014 the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI).

She has held academic positions including Sciences Po and as Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University. She has been a member of numerous boards and scientific committees, including the Chinese Committee on the Environment and International Development (CCICED).

Simon Connell, Global Head, Sustainability Strategy, Standard Chartered

Simon is Global Head of Sustainability Strategy at Standard Chartered. In this role he leads the Bank’s external engagement, co-ordinates internal action on sustainability across the organisation with a specific focus on climate change and human rights and oversees the Bank’s sustainability reporting and disclosures.

With over a decade’s experience in helping banks understand and manage environmental and social risks and opportunities presented by their client portfolios, Simon holds a BSc in Politics with Economics and is a qualified Corporate Treasurer and Management Accountant.

He is Chair of the University of Cambridge’s Banking Environment Initiative, Chair of the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) and Steering Group member of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ).