Innovating for a greener Great Britain

  • 19 October 2018
  • London
  • Seminar
  • 30 PLACE(S) AVAILABLE
Event Details

Join other industry leaders at the FCA's Innovating for a greener Great Britain to hear how FCA Innovate is encouraging financial services to play a positive role in global climate change.

The event will: 

  • Highlight key aspects of our work relating to climate change

  • Explain how FCA Innovate can support firms seeking to develop innovative financial products and services in green finance and ethical investing

  • Showcase companies who have already developed green finance products and services

  • Discuss and debate challenges and opportunities facing the green finance market

The event is hosted as part of Green GB Week, an annual week designed to highlight and promote the scale of the opportunities to reduce emissions and grow the low carbon economy.

Venue & Schedule

Venue 

FCA, 12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN 

Schedule 

08:30  -  09:00

Registration and breakfast

09:00  -  09:15

Welcome and opening remarks

Christopher Woolard, Executive Director of Strategy & Competition, FCA

09:15  -  09:30

Keynote speech

Julian Critchlow,
Director General for Clean Growth from The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

09:30  -  10:15

Overview of FCA's Innovate and RegTech work

Nick Cook, Head of RegTech, FCA
Anna Wallace, Head of Innovate, FCA

10:15  -  10:30

Refreshment break

10:30  -  11:15

Panel session - Opportunities and challenges in the sustainable finance market

Facilitator:-
Gunner Burkhart, Senior Advisor, FCA 
Panellists:-
Ben Caldecott, Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme, University of Oxford, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Simon Howard, Chief Executive, UK SIF

11:15  -  12:10

Industry showcase

A selection of innovative financial products and services focused on the global climate effort.

Rhian-Mari Thomas, Chair, Green Banking Council, Barclays
James Firth, Investment Advisor, Wealthsimple
Sebastian O'Connor, Account Manager, ClimetricsCharles Donovan, Director, Centre for Climate Finance and Investment, Imperial College London

12:10  -  12:15

Closing remarks

Anna Wallace, Head of Innovate, FCA

12:15  -  12:30

Event close

Booking
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