Private investments are becoming a fundamental driver for the transition towards a sustainable economy. The European Union has adopted a broad array of regulatory strategies to leverage on the financial sector to protect the environment, deliver a fairer society, and improve governance. Consequently, sustainability and its regulation increasingly affect company, banking, and capital markets law.
The event will present the 'Cambridge Handbook of EU Sustainable Finance' edited by Kern Alexander, Matteo Gargantini and Michele Siri, a forthcoming collection of essays that address the most salient developments in financial law within the European Union and beyond.
This event is held in the framework of the EUI Climate Week, and it's co-organised with Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Finance and Law (EUSFiL) at the University of Genoa and the University of Zurich.
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Programme
09:30 - 09:35 Welcome by Thorsten Beck (remote)
09:35 - 09:50 Presentation of the book by the editors
09:50 - 10:35 Session 1 – ESG Information Intermediaries
Moderated by Pierre Schlosser
Speakers: Matteo Gargantini and Michele Siri - Information intermediaries and sustainability: the case of ESG ratings and benchmarks
Discussant: Valerio Novembre
10:35 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:30 Session 2 – ESG and Banking Regulation
Moderated by Michele Siri
Speaker: David Ramos Munoz - Integrating Climate Risk in Banking Regulation (remote)
Discussant: Agnieszka Smolenska (remote)
11:30 - 11:40 Break
11:40 - 12:25 Session 3 – ESG Disclosure Regulation
Moderated by Matteo Gargantini
Speaker: Aline Darbellay - Disclosure Regulation and Sustainability (remote)
Discussant: Federica Agostini
12:25 - 12:30 Closing Remarks