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09:00 – 09:30 | Opening keynote
Munir Nanji, Managing Director, Central Europe Head and Ireland Cluster Head and Country Officer, Citi
Mark Campanale, Founder, Carbon Tracker - Download the presentation

09:30 – 10:30 | Panel discussion
The 2012 EU debt crisis exposed the European banking system’s weaknesses. More than a decade later, Europe faces growing inflation, fears of recession, and geopolitical tensions.

Moderator

Erik Jones, Director for Schuman Centre, EUI

Speakers

Prof Peter Bofinger, Chair for Monetary Policy and International Economics, University of Würzburg & Member, German Council of Economic Experts
Helena Horská, Chief Economist, Raiffeisenbank
Miroslav Plojhar, Strategist & Senior Economist, Česká spořitelna

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11:00 – 11:30 | Elevator speeches
Climate data: David Carlin, Head of Climate Risk & TCFD Programme Lead, UNEP FI
The fixed income conundrum: Ulf Erlandsson, Founder & CEO, AFII

11:30 – 12:30 | Panel discussion
In the run up to COP26 and afterwards, banks worldwide committed to net zero pledges. However, since then, questions have been raised about how net zero will be achieved in practice, and whether the transition to a carbon neutral Europe is feasible and what can be done by the end of this decade. Since banks are crucial actors in the European and especially CEE financial system that link the financial sector and the real economy, their strategies and practices will have a direct impact on the green transition.

• Are banks able to tackle the challenges we face - is it their responsibility?

• What can banks do in practice to minimise new risks such as ones arising from climate change, biodiversity, and other sustainability-related factors?

• How can we support the implementation of the net zero pledges?

• What does leadership look like in the banking sector on climate-related issues or sustainability?

• What can regulators, policymakers and supervisors do that would be helpful for the banking sector?

• Is there a need and a market for new “sustainable” financial products?

Moderator

Laura Negrisoiu, Strategic Projects & Sustainability Director. Mazars

Speakers

Gabriel Marosi, Group Sustainability Officer, ERSTE Group
Kathryn Mintoft, Head of EMEA Sustainability & ESG, Citi
Prof Ben Caldecott, Co-Chair, Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (GRASFI)
Tomasz Niewola, Head of Structured Finance I Co-head investment banking at mBank S.A.

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13:30 – 14:30 | Panel discussion
The banking sector is crucial for the efforts to finance the transition across the CEE region. As the dominant players in the financial ecosystem, banks can play a significant role in influencing the speed and the nature of the transition.

• What are the latest strategies and solutions for financing the transition at a time of high political volatility, inflation, and liquidity crisis?

• What could help the banking sector – what is missing from the regulatory or policy side?

• What key new products can and should be used to finance CEE region’s transitions?

• What elements of strategy need to be reassessed because of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Agenda and regulatory changes?

Moderator

Tomasz Piasecki, Associate Director, Financial Services, Sustainable Finance, Mazars

Speakers

Pilar Solano, Director, Central & South Europe, EIB
Petr Fiala, Head of Trade Finance & Factoring, Raiffeisenbank
Ota Melcher, Head of Economic Transformation Unit, Ministry of Finance, Czech Republic
Matúš Púll, Chief Sustainability Officer, Česká spořitelna
Jarek Rot, Chief Sustainability Officer, BNP Paribas Poland

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15:00-15:30 | Keynote speeches
Val C Smith, Chief Sustainability Officer, Citi Bank (online)
Opportunity for Energy efficiency - Peter Sweatman, Chief Executive and Founder, Climate Strategy & Partners - Download the presentation

15:30 – 16:30 | Panel discussion
The banking sector has to navigate a wide range of challenges and new demands, including ones related to sustainability data and reporting, changes in internal processes, and a wider rethink of their own business models for retaining profitability. While climate stress testing and climate-related physical and transition risk topics are now part of mainstream conversations about banking, approaches and readiness for climate-related risk management vary across different institutions and geographies.

• How can banks improve their methodologies and scenarios?

• What regulatory, supervisory or policy changes would help?

• What have been the most successful sustainability and climate-related risk management strategies or tactics?

• How can banks address the data issues they face when it comes to client sustainability performance and carbon exposure?

Moderator

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Editor, Responsible Investor

Speakers

Dr Tony Hughes, Columnist, GARP
Martin Křivánek, Director & Head of CEE Sustainability Services, KPMG
Pierpaolo Cristaudo, Senior Director & Head of Global Data Science, CRIF

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17:00 – 18:00 | Panel discussion
Central banks have been stabilising economic and financial systems by using quantitative easing, interest rates, and market signalling. Now, central banks face the challenges of growing inflation, risks of recession or stagflation, and rising climate-related risks from extreme weather events and potential adverse impacts on food systems.

• Have central banks been pushed too far in terms of what they have been asked to do?

• Should central bank mandates be changed to include action on decarbonisation or climate change-related issues?

• How can we better integrate climate-related analysis long-termism in central banking?

Moderator

Reiner Martin, Head of Research, National Bank of Slovakia

Speakers

Eva Zamrazilová, Deputy Governor, Czech National Bank
Mark Campanale, Founder, Carbon Tracker
Norbert Holczinger, Head of Department, Sustainable Finance Department, MNB