Invitation: Executive Dialogue Session: Brazil's Green Finance and Green Bonds: London Dec 8th

Posted: Nov 30, 2016

A week to go - places limited!

The Climate Bonds Initiative warmly invites you to the Executive Dialogue Session of the 'Brazil's New Economy' Investor Roadshow. Taking place in the grandeur of the City of London’s Guildhall, this is not to be missed by ​institutional investors, emerging markets / fixed interest specialists and asset managers seeking opportunities in Brazilian green bonds and green financing.

When: December 8
Where: Guildhall, London
Full agenda: Download here
RSVP: Here

 

The Investment Potential of Brazil’s New Economy 
As ​the ​world’s third largest emerging economy, Brazil is one of the UK’s biggest trade and investment opportunities. It also requires an estimated USD 152bn of investments to meet its UN climate change treaty commitments.

Green investment opportunities include: low-carbon u​rban mobility; water and sanitation; logistics infrastructure; renewable energy; and an expansion of sustainable agribusiness. 

Speakers at the Executive Dialogue Session include:
•      Executives from Brazil’s largest financiers and project developers, including BNDES, Suzano, Ecoagro, CPFL Energia and Klabin.
•      Senior officials from Brazil’s public sectors, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Agriculture.
•      UK representatives from Government Ministers and Sir Roger Gifford, former City of London Lord Mayor and head of the City’s Green Finance Initiative.

 

Programme 

   
  Guildhall - Old Library and Print Room 
 
09:00 Welcome  Address
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
 

09:15 

 

Keynotes

Unlocking Brazil’s Low Carbon Investment Potential: Policies shaping the agenda in Brazil 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Brazil (TBD)

Brazil’s Agriculture Industry: Feeding the world at scale, sustainably
Eumar Roberto Novacki, Vice Minister of Agriculture for Brazil 
 

10:15  

 

Investing in Brazil’s Low Carbon Future

Macroeconomic Outlook: The Road Ahead for Brazil
Nicolas Kohn, LatAm Macro Strategist, Santander 

Brazil’s Priorities for its New Economy
Flávio Girão Guimarães, Ministry of Finance

Trees Abound in Brazil’s Pulp & Paper Industry
Elizabeth de Carvalhaes, President, Brazil Tree Association
 
11.00  Tea and coffee
 

11:15

 

Investment Pipeline Presenters 
Moderator: Nick Robins, Co-Director UNEP Inquiry 

•  Eliane Lustosa, Director of Capital Markets, BNDES
•  Michelle Lourenço Corda, Investor Relations, Suzano
•  Milton Menten, CEO, Ecoagro 
•  Luiz Eduardo F. do Amaral Osorio, VP, Chief Legal & Institutional Relations Officer, CPFL Energia
•  Tiago Brasil Rocha, Director of Finance and Investor Relations, Klabin
 
12:15   Closing Remarks
Sir Roger Gifford, former City of London Lord Mayor and head of the City’s Green Finance Initiative
 
12:30   Networking Lunch. End of open session.
   

 

Companies Present

Brazil’s Development Bank

    

Pioneer in Sustainable Forestry

    

Leader in Agriculture Securitization

    

Standard-Setter in Pulp & Paper

    

​Head of the Renewables Sector

    

 

Please RSVP at http://goo.gl/o2gVXW - Spaces are limited.

 

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