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To kick-off 2020, RI is bringing together global central banking leaders to consider how ESG and climate risk integration into central banking and monetary policy could influence the investment decision-making of global investors. Join the debate on how investors can respond to green monetary policy and a new wave of action on climate targets from the world’s central bankers in the 2020s. Hear from the experts on what’s in store for 2020 as central banks and prudential regulators ramp up action on climate risk and sustainable finance. This webinar is a chance for the global investment community to better understand what’s in store and to discuss investor responses to the greening of central bank balance sheets. Speakers Serafín Martínez Jaramillo, Senior Financial Researcher, CEMLA, Financial System Risk Analysis, Banco de México Romain Svartzman, Economist, Sustainable Finance Division, Banque de France Dr Ulrich Volz, Director, Centre for Sustainable Finance, SOAS Ulf Erlandsson, CIO, Diem Green Credit Moderator Vibeka Mair, Journalist, Responsible Investor ... Background As fiscal policy makers and macroprudential regulators within the Network for Greening the Financial System get down to business, investors are waking up to the potential for climate-aligned monetary policy that could nudge economies towards alignment with the net zero emissions targets committed to in the Paris Agreement.

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The fourth and final webinar in this series will focus on defining materiality, consistency in application, ranking and focus of issues. It will cover the role and application of material risk in enterprise and societal risk assessment. Questions for discussion may include: Do material issues identified in sustainability assessments give a fair and true view of non-financial risks? What are the best standards to define materiality that ensure equanimity for all stakeholders? How does a company ensure that wider societal issues are also considered and appropriately prioritised? How can companies and investors encourage a forward-thinking approach to these material issues? How can greater consistency in the application of ESG materiality be developed? In what ways can companies create greater visibility on evolving, longer term issues? How can the results of materiality assessments provide focus and opportunity for corporates to respond to longer term material issues? What are the ways investors can incentivise companies to follow a broader sustainability agenda? Speakers: Alan McGill, Global Head of Sustainability Reporting & Assurance, PWC Ekaterina Hardin, Analyst, Sector Lead, Extractives & Minerals Processing, SASB Anita McBain, Head of Responsible Investment, M&G Investments Lisa Epifani, ESG Engagement Manager, Chevron Kris Frederickson, Manager, Sustainability Disclosure & Stakeholder Engagement, Suncor Energy Daria Goncharova, Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Non-Financial Reporting Polymetal Moderator: Helen Wood-Gush, Senior ESG Consultant, Responsible Investor

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