The highly anticipated Principles for Responsible Banking were publicly launched by their 30 Founding Banks on September 23rd, at a high-level event hosted at BNP Paribas — during the United Nations General Assembly.
The event brought together bank CEOs and global thought leaders, as well as environmental and sustainable development experts to explore the implementation and impact potential of the newly launched Principles for Responsible Banking.
The event had approximately 350 attendees, including 20+ bank CEOs, bank sustainability leads, investors, stakeholders, policy makers & regulators, academia, civil society organizations and international media.
Dr. Dalia Abdel Kader
Chief Sustainability Officer, Commercial International Bank (CIB)
Adembola Adebise
CEO, WEMA Bank
Sheila Aggarwal-Khan
UN Environment Director, Economy Division
Antoni Ballabriga
Global Head of Responsible Business, BBVA (Spain)
Laura Barlow
Group Head of Sustainability, Barclays
Peter Blom
CEO, Triodos Bank
Jean-Laurent Bonnafé
CEO, BNP Paribas
Cândido Bracher
CEO, Itaú Unibanco
Guy Cormier
President & CEO, Desjardins Group
Ricardo Cuesta
CEO, Produbanco Grupo Promerica
Sola David-Borha
CEO, Africa Regions, Standard Bank Group
Karen Degouve
Head of Sustainable Business Development, Natixis
Morgan Despres
Head, Secretariat, Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)
Simone Dettling
Co-Head of Banking (on maternity leave)
Dimitrios Dimopoulos
Head of ESG, Piraeus Financial Holdings & Co-chair, UNEP FI Banking Board
Wendy Dobson
Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Shanning Dong
General Manager, Green Finance Department, Bank of Jiangsu
Karsten Dybvad
Chairman, Danske Bank
Lilja Björk Einarsdóttir
CEO, Landsbankinn
Jonathan Fowlie
Chief External Relations Officer and Head of Impact Strategy, Vancity
Martina Fuchs
Senior Business Reporter, CGTN
Kaj-Martin Georgsen
Head of Corporate Responsibility and Public Affairs, DNB
Ravneet Gill
CEO, Yes Bank
Konehali Manana Gugushe
Acting CEO, Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa
Dmitry Gusev
CEO, Sovcombank
Ralph Hamers
CEO, ING
Davida Heller
Senior VP of Corporate Sustainability, Citi
Laurence Pessez Hublot
Group Corporate Social Responsibility Director, BNP Paribas
Norihiko Kato
CEO, Golomt Bank
Arif Khan
CEO, IDLC
Casper von Koskull
CEO, Nordea
Anders Langworth
Group Head of Sustainable Finance, Nordea
Omobolanle Victor Laniyan
Head of Sustainability, Access Bank
Keith Mestrich
CEO, Amalgamated
Puleng Tumelo Ndjwili-Potele
Co-Head of Banking
Maria Netto
Climate Change Lead Specialist, IDB Group
Joshua Oigara
CEO, KCB Group
Laurence Pessez
Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, BNP Paribas
François Riahi
CEO, Natixis
Boitumelo Sethlatswe
Head of Societal Impact, Group Corporate Citizenship at Standard Bank Group
Abubakar Sule
CEO, Keystone
Olaug Svarva
Chairwoman, DNB
Paul Taylor
Global Head of Shipping Finance, Societe Generale
Siobhan Toohill
Chief Sustainability Officer, Westpac Group & Co-chair, UNEP FI Banking Board
Eric Usher
Head, UNEP Finance Initiative
Namita Vikas
Group President & Global Head, Climate Strategy & Responsible Banking, YES BANK LTD.
Herbert Wigwe
CEO, Access Bank
Léon Wijnands
Global Head of Sustainability, ING
| 09:30-10:00 | Arrival/coffee |
| 10 :00-10:08 | Opening Remarks from the Core Group of Founding Banks • Jean-Laurent Bonnafé - CEO, BNP Paribas |
| 10 :08-10:15 | Opening Remarks from UN Side • Eric Usher - Head, UNEP Finance Initiative |
| 10 :15-10:25 | Keynote: Keynote: A New Era for Banking • Hiro Mizuno - Chief Investment Officer, GPIF |
| 10 :25-10:35 | The Principles for Responsible Banking • Simone Dettling - Banking Lead, UNEP FI |
| 10 :40-11:35 | International CEO Panel I: The Future of the Banking Industry • Guy Cormier - CEO, Desjardins • Karsten Dybvad - Chairman, Danske Bank • Norihiko Kato - CEO, Golomt Bank • Keith Mestrich - CEO, Amalgamated • Konehali Manana Gugushe - Acting CEO, Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa • Peter Blom - CEO, Triodos Bank • Ravneet Gill - CEO, Yes Bank • Dmitry Gusev - CEO, Sovcombank • Arif Khan - CEO, IDLC • Adembola Adebise - CEO, WEMA Bank •Moderator: Martina Fuchs -Senior Business Reporter, CGTN |
| 11 :35-12:30 | International CEO Panel II: Implementing the Principles for Responsible Banking • Herbert Wigwe - CEO, Access Bank • Olaug Svarva - Chairwoman, DNB • Ralph Hamers - CEO, ING • Joshua Nyamweya Oigara - CEO, KCB Group • Lilja Björk Einarsdóttir - CEO, Landsbankinn • François Riahi - CEO, Natixis • Adeyemi Odusanya - CEO, Keystone Bank • Casper Wilhelm von Koskull - CEO, Nordea • Sola David-Borha - CEO, Standard Bank Africa |
| 12 :30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13 :30-14:15 | Technical Round Table 1: Identifying your “area of most significant impact” • Dimitrios Dimopulos - Director, Sustainability Unit, Piraeus Bank • Omobolanle Victor Laniyan - Head of Sustainability, Access Bank • Léon Wijnands - Global Head of Sustainability, ING •Moderator: Tumelo Puleng Ndjwili-Potele -Banking, UNEP FI |
| 14 :15-15:00 | Technical Round Table 2: Setting targets contributing to sustainable development and climate goals • Antoni Ballabriga - Global Head of Responsible Business, BBVA • Paul Taylor - Global Head of Shipping Finance, Societe Generale • Wendy Dobson - Head, Group Policy, Advocacy, and Sustainability, Standard Bank • Siobhan Toohil - Group Head of Sustainability, Westpac Group • Kaj-Martin Georgsen - Head of Corporate Responsibility and Public Affairs, DNB |
| 15 :00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15 :30-16:15 | Technical Round Table 3: Innovation to meet clients’ needs in the transition to a sustainable economy • Laurence Pessez Hublot - Group Corporate Social Responsibility Director, BNP Paribas • Davida Heller - Senior VP, Corporate Sustainability, Citi • Karen Degouve - Head of Sustainable Business Development, Natixis • Namita Vikas - Group President & Global Head, Climate Strategy & Responsible Banking, Yes Bank • Morgan Despres - Head, Secretariat, Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) •Moderator: Simone Dettling -Banking Lead, UNEP FI |
| 16:15-16:30 | Closing keynote: Inspiring forward-looking words by a Youth Leader |
You are invited to attend this event by the 30 Founding Banks of the Principles for Responsible Banking:
About the Principles for Responsible Banking
The Principles for Responsible Banking provide the framework for a sustainable banking system in which a bank’s business strategy is aligned with society’s goals, and guide banks in demonstrating how they are making a positive contribution to society – an increasing expectation of their customers, clients, employees and investors, as well as society-at-large.
Find out more here.