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2. Welcome Jérémie Pélerin, European Affairs Director, AFEP

3. Opening speech Ugo Bassi, Director for Financial Markets, DG FISMA, European Commission

4. Moderated by Karel Lannoo, CEO, CEPS
Panel 1: Sustainable Finance Action Plan: How to Avoid Greenwashing and Provide Real Solutions?
Moderated by Karel Lannoo, CEO, CEPS
Sylvain Favre-Gilly, Managing Director, BlackRock France, Belgium and Luxembourg
Molly Scott Cato, Member of the European Parliament (Greens, UK)
Martin Spolc, Head of the CMU Unit, DG FISMA, European Commission
Michel Washer, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer, Solvay, Member of the GRI Global Sustainability Standards Board

6. The Shift Project Study for AFEP on Climate Risk Analysis Nicolas Boquet, Director for Environment, Climate and Energy, AFEP

7. Climate risk analysis study by The Shift Project for Afep : main players
Credit rating agencies
Index providers
Extra-financial rating agencies
COMPANIES
“Carbon” data providers
Banks
Public authorities
Auditors

8. Climate risk analysis study by The Shift Project for Afep : 5 key findings
1. Very strong momentum on “climate”
2. Climate becoming a distinct issue within ESG
3. Scope of the rating still limited
4. Inadequate resources for “climate” rating
5. Temptation to use overly simple and static methodologies

9. French companies’ recommendations on sustainability rating Elisabeth Gambert, Director for CSR and International Affairs, AFEP

10. French companies’ recommendations on sustainability rating
Independence between analysis and consulting
Transparency of methodologies
Transmission of ratings to companies
Quality of the information collection process
Stability of methodologies
Consideration of sector-based or national specificities
Transparency of the handling of controversies
Requirement to adopt a code of conduct
European framework to impose minimum transparency requirements

11. Moderated by Karel Lannoo, CEO, CEPS
Panel 2: Climate reporting : How to Make It Useful for Low-Carbon Investments ?
Moderated by Karel Lannoo, CEO, CEPS
Adrien Assous, Chair of the Board, Sandbag
Aurélie Baudhuin, Deputy CEO and Director for SRI Research, Meeschaert Asset Management
Liliana Franco, Director, Accounting Organization and Methods, Air Liquide, Member of the TCFD
Alice Peyrard, Director Climate Change Commitment, Veolia

12. Sandbag’s suggestions: - Disclose EU ETS production data to investors and to the public - Cross-check EU ETS emissions data with extra-financial reporting - Use EU ETS detailed production and emissions data to assess corporate resilience to climate risk and optimise ETS incentives
Adrien Assous
18 October 2018

15. Closing remarks, Mauro Petriccione, Director-General, DG CLIMA, European Commission Acknowledgements and take-aways, François Soulmagnon, Director-General, AFEP