Banking regulation and sustainability, Ispra - Main contents

date	November 18, 2019 - November 19, 2019
city	Ispra, Italy
location	Ispra, Italy
organisation	European Commission (EC) i

The EU is fully committed to reaching the EU 2030 climate and energy targets and to mainstream sustainable development into EU policies.

Against this background, in 2018 the Commission published an Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth. On the back of this plan, the European Banking Authority (EBA) prepared its own work plan and identified its key priorities.

These include considerations on how sustainability can be incorporated into the regulatory and supervisory framework of EU credit institutions.

This joint JRC-EBA Workshop moves forward on the various challenges related to integrating sustainability into the EU banking regulation framework.

It aims at bringing together academics, supervisors, policymakers and industry representatives, promoting a structured dialogue on how banks could measure and manage risks related to the environmental, social and governance dimensions.

Programme

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18 November

09:30 - 10:00 Opening keynote (Nathalie Berger, head of Bank Regulation and Supervision unit, department for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA), European Commission)

10:00 - 10:45 Policy session - The EU Sustainability Taxonomy: usability and impact

11:15 - 13:00 Panel 1: Key metrics and disclosures - keynote Lecture: Andreas Hoepner, professor of Operational Risk, Banking & Finance, University College Dublin

14:30 - 15:00 Keynote address (Piers Haben, Director of Banking Markets, Innovation and Consumers, European Banking Authority)

15:00 - 16:00 Professionals session: ESG data

16:30 - 18:15 Panel 2: Scenario analysis and stress testing - keynote Lecture: Stefano Battiston, professor of Banking, University of Zurich

19 November

09:30 - 11:15 Panel 3: Strategy and risk management - keynote lecture: Irene Monasterolo, professor of Climate Economics and Finance, Vienna Univ. of Economics and Business, and Cefes Milano Bicocca

11:45 - 13:15 Academic session: green/brown assets

14:15 - 15:45 Panel 4: Prudential treatment - keynote lecture: Jakob Thomae, professor of Green Finance, SOAS University of London

15:45 - 16:00 Closing remarks

Venue

European Commission

Joint Research Centre

Via E. Fermi, 2749

21027 Ispra (VA)

Italy

Contact

Please contact JRC-COPFIR@ec.europa.eu for any request.

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