Climate Finance Summit 2017

Does the approach of investors and issuers assessing ESG risks differ? And, to what extent is sustainability naturally integrated in daily, sound financial decisions?

Much has happened since the first Green Bond saw the light of day. As the thought leading bank in this area of expertise, SEB is delighted to share with you experiences, developments and expectations. Joined by participants covering all major topics of the market, we cordially invite you to this year’s SEB Climate Finance Summit on 23 November in Frankfurt.

Our Experts look forward to share fresh knowledge and plenty of food for thought with you.

Agenda

Time	Programme
11:00 - 12:00	Workshop 1: Market update and current development for issuer Workshop 2: Market update and current development for investors Christopher Flensborg, Head of Climate and Sustainable Financial Solutions, SEB AB Christopher Kaminker, Senior Adviser Climate & Sustainable Financial Solutions, SEB AB

12:15 - 13:00	Registration and quick lunch
13:00 - 13:05	Welcome Johan Andersson, CEO, SEB Germany
13:05 - 13:20	Sustainability’s input on financial valuation Christopher Flensborg, Head of Climate and Sustainable Financial Solutions, SEB AB
13:20 - 13:35	Bringing the global trends into German perspective Christopher Kaminker, Senior Adviser Climate & Sustainable Financial Solutions, SEB AB
13:35 - 14:35	Bringing Green into investment strategies Nina Hodzic, ESG Integration Manager, Allianz Global Investors Dr. Ulf Erlandsson, Senior Portfolio Manager, Strukturinvest/Glacier Impact Stuart Kinnersley, Co-Founder, CEO, Affirmative Investment Management Dr. Tom A. Fearnley, Investment Director, Ministry of Finance Norway Moderator: Christopher Flensborg, SEB AB
14:35 - 15:00	Coffee break
15:00 - 15:15	Key note Eila Kreivi, Director and Head of Capital Markets Department, European Investment Bank
15:15 - 16:15	Transforming funding strategies Christian Große Erdmann, Head of Capital Markets & Risk Management, Deutsche Bahn Björn Bergstrand, Senior Investor Relations Manager/Head of Sustainability, Kommuninvest Tom Meuwissen, General Manager Treasury, Nederlandse Waterschapsbank N.V. Moderator: Meltem Dilber-Gökmen, Bond Originator, SEB Germany
16:15 - 16:45	Skanska: Case study by an industry leader Lena Hök, Senior Vice President Green & Community Investment, Skanska AB Pär Lageryd, Head of Treasury, Skanska AB
16:45 - 17:00	Issuing Green - Lessons learned Jonas Söderberg, Head of Investor Relations, SEB AB
17:00	Drinks and fingerfood

Conference Language: English

Speaker

Christopher Flensborg Head of Climate & Sustainable Financial Solutions, SEB	Christopher Flensborg joined SEB in 2003. As a pioneer in Green Bonds, working closely together with The World Bank, he has developed concepts and mechanisms enabling mainstream investors to address climate investments in their portfolios. He spent over 28 years working in leading international financial institutions. In 2017 Christopher Flensborg was again named “Personality of The Year” by Environmental Finance magazine for his work in scaling up the Green Bond market.
Christopher R. Kaminker Head of Research, Climate & Sustainable Financial Solutions, SEB	Christopher Kaminker started working for SEB in 2016. Prior to joining SEB, Christopher worked for seven years as an economist and policy advisor at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. Prior to his appointment at the OECD in 2010, Christopher worked in investment banking at Société Générale and Goldman Sachs in New York.
Nina Hodzic ESG Integration Manager, Allianz Global Investors	Nina Hodzic is ESG Integration Manager at Allianz Global Investors. She is leading various projects in the area of ESG integration, ESG strategy and ESG investment offering/product design at Allianz Global Investors. Nina also advises clients and is actively involved in setting up ESG client solutions across different asset classes. She joined the firm in February 2017. Previously, Nina worked at NN Investment Partners, both in traditional and ESG investing. She started her career at ING Group Market Risk Management in 2003 developing and implementing stress testing practices for ING Bank trading portfolio.
Dr. Ulf Erlandsson Senior Portfolio Manager, Strukturinvest	Ulf Erlandsson has a solid academic and practical experience in macroeconomics with a focus on the credit markets. He comes from AP4 where he held the role of senior portfolio manager in the global macro asset management group. Prior to that, he worked as a quantitative credit strategist at Barclays Capital in London. Ulf has 21 years of experience in the academic and fund management world.
Stuart Kinnersley Co-Founder and CEO, Affirmative Investment Management	Stuart Kinnersley co-founded AIM in 2014 following over 25 years of experience in the asset management industry. He worked as Chief Investment Officer and CEO at Nikko Asset Management Europe, as Managing Director of F&C Joint venture with LTC, as Fixed Income Portfolio Manager and Director for Foreign & Colonial Investment (F&C) and as Fixed Income Economist at ANZ Merchant Bank. In 2010 he created world's first Green Bond Fund in conjunction with World Bank.
Dr. Tom A. Fearnley Investment Director, Ministry of Finance Norway	Dr. Tom Fearnley has been Investment Director at the Norwegian Ministry of Finance since 2007. The Ministry is responsible for the management of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund. From 1999 to 2007, Tom was Special Adviser at the Norwegian Central Bank/Governor’s Staff for Investment Management. Prior to that he was for many years a physicist at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, and held academic positions at various European universities.
Eila Kreivi Director and Head of Capital Markets Department, European Investment Bank	Prior to her current position, Eila Kreivi worked as Head of Funding for the Americas, Asia & Pacific for 7 years at the EIB. Prior to joining the financing arm of the European Union in 1995, she worked at the Union Bank of Finland and Société Générale, in several domains including commercial banking, derivative products, treasury and capital markets. She currently chairs the Executive Committee of the Green Bond Principles and represents the EIB as observer at the EU High-level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, established by the European Commission.
Björn Bergstrand Senior Investor Relations Manager/Head of Sustainability, Kommuninvest	Björn Bergstrand has been working for Kommuninvest since 2013. Prior to his current position, Björn Bergstrand worked as Senior IR Manager/Head of Media Relations at Kommuninvest. He comes from BBD Corporate Communications which he owned for over 14 years. Prior to that he held various positions such as country manager for EF or CEO for OnTV.
Christian Große Erdmann Head of Capital Markets & Risk Management, Deutsche Bahn	Christian Große Erdmann started his professional career in project finance. After 10 years with Commerzbank and SEB he changed sides to join Evonik Industries AG as Head of Structured Finance in 2009. In 2011, he took over as Head of Corporate Finance. In 2017, Christian joined Deutsche Bahn to lead their global capital markets and risk managements activities which include more than 50 bonds in the amount of more than EUR 20bn across ten different currencies.
Tom Meuwissen General Manager Treasury, Nederlandse Waterschapsbank N.V.	Tom Meuwissen has been working for the Nederlandse Waterschapsbank N.V. since 1994. He is an experienced treasury manager with a demonstrated history of working in the banking industry. He is a strong sales professional skilled in interest rate derivatives, risk management, corporate finance, banking and funding.
Lena Hök Senior Vice President Green & Community Investment, Skanska AB	Lena Hök is Senior Vice President Green and Community Investment at Skanska AB. She is also board member at the Swedish Government aid organisation SIDA and Chairman at the International Chamber of Commerce's "CR and Anti-Corruption committee" in Sweden. Before joining Skanska Lena Hök was Head of sustainability at Skandia. During her time Skandia's achievements within sustainability was recognized internationally by the Fortune Magazine as well as the UN SDG Business Forum and the Shared Value Initiative, founded by Harvard Professor Michael Porter.
Pär Lageryd Head of Treasury, Skanska AB	Prior to his current position as Head of Treasury, Pär Lageryd has held various positions in banking and the corporate sector in the fields of treasury and asset management.

Venue

How to find your way to SEB at

Stephanstraße 14 - 16, 60313 Frankfurt (Google Maps)

From the airport
You can either take a taxi from the airport or travel to Frankfurt by using the S-Bahn (suburban-railway). Follow the signs to “Regionalbahnhof”, to reach the S-Bahn station which is located beneath Terminal 1. From there, take the S-Bahn line 8 or 9 (travelling to Offenbach or Hanau). After approx. 20 minutes you will arrive at Konstablerwache. Get off, follow the direction to Zeil and go straight. Turn right into Brönnerstraße which will lead you to our building.

From the central railway station
At Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (central station) you can take any of the S-Bahn lines travelling to the direction of the city. They depart from platforms 101 and 102, which are located beneath the central railway station. Get off at Konstablerwache, follow the directions to Zeil and keep straight. Turn right into Brönnerstraße which will lead you to our building.

Travelling by car
When travelling to Frankfurt on the A5: at the interchange 19-Westkreuz Frankfurt, keep right and follow the signs for the A648 towards Messe/Stadtmitte. Continue onto Theodor-Heuss-Allee/B44, after approx. 1000 meters turn right onto Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage/B44 and continue until you reach Platz der Republik, where you will turn left to Mainzer Landstraße. After approx. 700 meters, turn right onto Taunusanlage, change to Junghofstraße and then turn left onto Neue Mainzer Straße which will turn into Hochstraße. Continue until you reach Eschenheimer Tor where you will turn right to Große Eschenheimerstraße and then turn left onto Stiftstraße which will leed to Stephanstraße. To reach our underground parking space: Take a left at the traffic lights before the building, at Katzenpforte. The Entrance is locateded approx. 50 meters on the right side.