We Are Guernsey – through Guernsey Green Finance – in association with the United Nations’ Finance Centres for Sustainability Global Network, has set out details of its second Guernsey Sustainable Finance Week, which will be held in June.
Offering a programme of physical and virtual events, based in Guernsey, it will cover the role of investment funds, private wealth and insurance in helping to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and mitigate climate change. A mix of panel discussions and keynote speeches will explore financing sustainability.
We Are Guernsey Green Finance Manager Stephanie Glover said: “Guernsey’s commitment to sustainable finance started with looking at investment funds and introducing the Guernsey Green Fund regime.
"We have been recently examining the role of private wealth in financing sustainability and Guernsey is pushing forward by exploring where the insurance sector can play a part.
“Guernsey aims to lead and educate others in positive change and this event will demonstrate that by covering a range of sectors.”
The inaugural event in 2020 was moved exclusively online last year due to Covid-19, but physical sessions are being held this year.
The three main days of events will be on 8-10 June:
• Tuesday 8 June – key drivers in public policy, future regulations around sustainability, and in relation to sustainable portfolios, the decision-making process and impact of reporting and measurement requirements
• Wednesday 9 June – the motivation of the owners and drivers of private capital, specifically the impact of family offices on sustainable investing
• Thursday 10 June – the insurance industry and how insurance helps mitigate the impact of climate change through climate funding, resilience and adaption.
Further information is available here