Mumbai Roundtable
Event details
Date: 2 September
Time: 9:30am - 5:30pm
Venue: Exchange Plaza, Plot No. C/1, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400051
09:30 - 10:15 - Registration & Tea
10:15 - 10:20 - Setting the Scene
Neha Kumar, Head South Asia, Climate Bonds Initiative.
10:20 - 10:35 - Introductions
Session Chair: Mr Rajkiran Rai, MD, NABFID.
Session Co-chair: Ashok Lavasa, Fr Finance Secretary, Fr VP, ADB.
10:30 - 10:45 - Discussion
Up to 8 states and prominent cities, government bodies, bilateral and multilateral financial and expert agencies, rating agencies, infrastructure financing boards and corporations.
11:55 - 12:00 - Closing Remarks
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative.
12:00 - 13:00 - Lunch
Session 2: Sustainable Finance Issuer-investor Roundtable
By invitation only.
Public funding alone will not be enough finance transition at the scale and speed to meet the Paris Agreement goals limiting global warming to 1.5°C by 2030. But it is still not clear how private financiers, asset owners, policy-makers and regulators can work together to move from the current position, in which private capital principally flows to developed nations—largely into assets that are already generating predictable revenues—to a future in which capital flows in significantly higher volumes to under-financed emerging markets. Evidence shows that within the EMDEs, the propensity of the international investors is largely to put the money in investment grade publicly backed entities, and for the most part in hard currencies. This would require a much-needed shift.
We see that a significant part of this shift can be facilitated by having a local-international investor-issuer dialogue which brings both the emerging opportunities and gaps to the forefront so that these can be adequately addressed.
14:00 - 14:30 - Registration & Tea
14:30 - 14:35 - Setting the Scene
Neha Kumar, Head South Asia, Climate Bonds Initiative.
14:35 - 15:00 - Introduction
Session Chair: Mr Navneet Munot, MD, HDFC AMC.
Session Co-chair: Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative.
15:00 - 16:30 - Discussion
Sector focussed opportunities and pipelines.
16:30 - 16:45 - Closing Remarks
Roopa Satish, Primary Advisor, Markets – South Asia, Climate Bonds Initiative.
16:45 - 17:30 - High Tea
Supported by
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank whose mission is Financing Infrastructure for Tomorrow in Asia and beyond—infrastructure with sustainability at its core.
We began operations in Beijing in 2016 and have since grown to 110 approved members worldwide. We are capitalized at USD100 billion and AAA-rated by the major international credit rating agencies. Collaborating with partners, AIIB meets clients’ needs by unlocking new capital and investing in infrastructure that is green, technology-enabled and promotes regional connectivity.
Amundi is Europe’s largest asset manager by assets under management and ranks in the top 10 globally with more than 2.2 trillion euros of assets as of March 2025.
With over 5,500 employees and market experts based in close to 40 countries, Amundi offers its retail, institutional and corporate clients in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the Americas, a wealth of market expertise and a full range of investment capabilities, along with a complete set of services and tools. Headquartered in Paris, and listed since November 2015, Amundi is the first asset manager in Europe by market capitalization.
In Partnership with
ODI Global (formerly the Overseas Development Institute) is an independent global affairs think tank headquartered in London. It emphasizes programmes across climate & sustainability; economic development; public finance; digital societies; humanitarian policy; equity & social inclusion; and governance among others; working with governments, multilateral institutions, and civil society to drive transformational change.
auctusESG is a global expert advisory firm facilitating global sustainable development and climate transition, standing at the intersection of finance, investments and sustainability.
Event Co-host
National Stock Exchange NSE (National Stock Exchange) is an institution of national importance with international stature and trusted market infrastructure with high standards of corporate governance. A homegrown brand with a global vision, NSE is counted as one of the world’s largest exchanges and a catalyst for driving India’s economic growth. NSE was the first exchange in India to implement electronic or screen-based trading which began its operations in 1994; a pioneer in technology which ensures the reliability and performance of its systems through a culture of innovation and investment in technology. NSE operates a market ecosystem to bring in transparency & efficiency. Its robust state-of-the-art technology platform offers high levels of robustness, safety and resilience for trading and investment opportunities across all asset classes and for all categories of investors. NSE is focused on investor protection and disciplined development of the Indian capital market landscape.