14:30 - 16:15

Stephen Bohn (Japan)
International Market Director - KGA Koyosha Graphics of America, Inc.

Bruce Jenkyn-Jones (United Kingdom)
Managing Director - Impax Asset Management Limited

Environmental Technologies: Providing Superior Returns While Addressing Climate Change

Emily McAteer (United States of America)
Analyst, Climate Risk Management - RiskMetrics Group

Investment Perspectives on a Carbon-Constrained Economy

With increasing momentum, climate change regulation is reconfiguring the financial landscape. The question is how this transformation is unfolding. By combining analysis of GHG emissions pricing, corporate climate change governance and strategic profit opportunities, RiskMetrics’ groundbreaking research helps investors understand and reprice company debt and equity values based on emerging understanding of carbon emissions pricing and climate change risks. In this presentation we will share our latest research perspectives on potential winners and losers in a carbon-constrained world.

Kiyoshi Fukuwatari (Japan)
Executive Research Officer, Research & Development Department - Sompo Japan Risk Management Inc.

Sustainable Business In The Insurance Industry - Acting On Climate Change

Climate change is a major issue of unprecedented proportion that will have far-reaching impact on the society and economy, as the phenomenon will trigger an increase in flooding, drought and other natural disasters. For the insurance industry, climate change poses a great risk to management because an increase in natural disasters will lead to an increase in insurance payment.
Taking their advantage as insurers, insurance companies should contribute toward the realization of a low-carbon society and a climate-resilient society through their core business by means of mitigation and adaptation strategies.

Pascal Bello (France)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer - BMJ Ratings

Rating Companies on Climate Change Issues: New Tools for a Qualitative Approach

As energy and carbon issues now stand as the premier challenge with regard to corporate responsibility, various assessment tools are emerging in view to measure companies’ carbon impact.
Still, the majority of existing methodologies derive from a restrictive quantitative approach that neglects companies’ commitment to tackle climate change from a managerial perspective.
BMJ Ratings has developed new rating models that integrate this qualitative dimension and aim at providing stakeholders as well as investors with a dynamic decision-making tool.