The Journey to Net Zero: Deep-dive into the Net-Zero Alliances

Tuesday, October 4, 2022 – Tuesday, October 4, 2022
14:00 – 15:30
Centre International de Conférences Genève - Room D

Convened by PRI and UNEP FI, Asset Owner Alliance, Asset Managers Initiative, Insurance Alliance, and Banking Alliance have committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

What do these commitments entail and how can institutions deliver on them? During this session, we will hear directly from industry leaders who are driving the transition.

Speakers:

Eric Usher

Head - UNEP FI

Eric Usher has been the Head of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) since 2015. He is also Co-Chair of the Impact Management Platform. Mr. Usher is a member of the governing boards of Principles for Responsible Investment, Principles for Sustainable Insurance, Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, and the impact fund REPP Africa. Previously, he worked on the establishment of the Green Climate Fund and led efforts to create its Private Sector Facility. Mr. Usher has been an editor of the Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment report published annually with Bloomberg and was the lead author for finance of the IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources. Earlier in his career, he was General Manager of a solar rural electrification company based in Morocco. Mr. Usher holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University (Canada) and an MBA from INSEAD (France).

Shelagh Whitley

Chief Sustainability Officer, PRI

Sagarika Chatterjee

Finance Lead, Climate Action Champions, GFANZ Secretariat

Mark Carney

Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, UN

Remco Fisher

Climate Lead - UNEP FI

Since 2012 Remco has built the climate programme and team at UNEP FI. He oversees UNEP FI’s climate-related work on policy, the convening of finance sector platforms & working groups, the development of tools and guidelines, as well as research and training.

Remco led the establishment of the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance. Remco has also been instrumental in UNEP FI’s work with over 120 financial institutions spanning the banking, investment, and insurance industries, to develop, test, and standardise methodologies on climate risk assessment that respond to the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

Prior to joining UNEP, Remco worked as an analyst in the infrastructure team at the German Development Finance Institution (DEG; KfW Group of Banks). He holds a British BA Honours in Business Administration and Economics from Napier University in Edinburgh and a dual Diplom (MSc) from Aachen University, Germany, and Universidad de Alicante, Spain, and is fluent in German, Spanish, English and French.

He has been a leading or supporting author of more than a dozen UN publications on sustainable finance and climate change.

Eniko Horvath

Acting Director, Climate & Environment, PRI

Hayley Robinson

Group Chief Underwriting Officer, Zurich Insurance

Claudia Bolli

Head of Responsible Investing, Swiss Re

Hamid Amoura

Head of Responsible Investment, Mirabaud

Judson Berkey

Lead, Advocacy, Chief Sustainability Office - UBS

Judson Berkey is a Managing Director in the Chief Sustainability Office at UBS based in Zurich where he has worked since 2003 on global risk, regulatory and compliance topics. He currently focuses on sustainable finance policy and regulation including engagement with policymakers and standard setters. He graduated from Harvard Law School and the University of Virginia and is on the board of ECOFACT. He currently chairs the Institute of International Finance Sustainable Finance Working Group and is a member of the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures.