18 November 2022 13:00 - 17:25@ Tokyo, Japan
Date: 18 November 2022
Time: 13:00 - 17:25 JST
Format: Hybrid
Venue: KABUTO ONE HALL & CONFERENCE, 4F, 7-1, Kabuto-chō, Nihombashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Event Overview
The ICMA & JSDA Annual Sustainable Bond Conference - financing a decarbonised and fair society through Sustainable Bonds, presented by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA), will be held to discuss the progress and prospects of the sustainable bond market, in a hybrid format with in-person side taking place in Tokyo.
Over the past years Japan’s sustainable bond market has grown substantially, from USD12.7 billion in 2019 to USD37.9 billion in 2021, whilst the issuance in 2022 has topped USD 32 billion so far. Green bonds dominate the Japanese sustainable bond market and account for 46% of total issuance year-to-date, followed by social (30%), sustainability (15%) and sustainability-linked (9%) bonds.
The 6th edition of this annual conference focuses on the further development of transition themed bonds, a deep dive into the emerging issues in use of proceeds bond market (e.g. green bonds, social bonds, and sustainability bonds), and expectations for sustainability-linked bonds in the Japanese market, with various case studies and key initiatives from the Japanese government and the private sector.
Simultaneous interpretation (English/Japanese) will be available.
| JST |
Agenda | |
| 13:00 |
Welcome & Opening Speech Toshio Morita, Chairman and CEO, JSDA Bryan Pascoe, Chief Executive, ICMA *video message |
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| 13:10 | Guest speech | |
| 13:20 |
Panel 1: Towards carbon neutrality with the support of climate transition finance Moderator: Reiko Hayashi, Director and Deputy President, BofA Securities Co., Ltd.; Member, JSDA SDGs Council; Member, ICMA Board Panellists: Yuki Kusumi, Group CEO, Panasonic Holdings Corporation Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative Fumihiro Kajiwara, Director, Environmental Economy Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Anjuli Pandit, Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Bonds for EMEA and the Americas, HSBC Bank plc Kazuyuki Shigemoto, Managing Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Investment, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited Ryosuke Tamura, Executive Director, General Manager of ESG Finance & Product Innovation Division, Investment Banking Business Unit, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. |
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| (14:20-) | (Coffee break) | |
| 14:40 |
Guest speech | |
| 14:50 |
Panel 2: Best Practices and Developments in the GSS Bond Market (e.g. Green, Social, and Sustainability bonds) Moderator: Nicholas Pfaff, Deputy CEO and Head of Sustainable Finance, ICMA; Secretary of the Green Bond Principles (GBP) and the Social Bond Principles (SBP) Panellists: Atsuko Kajiwara, Senior Executive Officer, Head of Sustainable Finance Evaluation Group, Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd. Mehdi Bary, Global Fixed Income - ESG Investment Research, BlackRock David Jenkins, Global Head of Sustainable Finance, Corporate & Institutional Banking, National Australia Bank Yasunobu Katsuki, SDGs Primary Analyst, Sustainability Promotion Dept., Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. Toru Sakamoto, Managing Executive Officer, Maruha Nichiro Corporation Peter Munro, Head of Investor Relations and Sustainable Finance, European Investment Bank |
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| (15:50-) | (Coffee break) | |
| 16:10 | Guest speech Junichi Nakajima, Commissioner, Japanese Financial Service Agency (JFSA) |
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| 16:20 |
Panel 3: Sustainability Linked Bonds - market developments in Japan Moderator: Tamami Ota, Head of Office of Sustainable Finance Research Unit, Financial & Capital Market Research Dpt., Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. Panellists: Paul O'Connor, Head of EMEA ESG Debt Capital Markets, J.P. Morgan Kazuyuki Aihara, Head of Sustainable Finance Products, Sustainable Finance Dept., Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Ketish Pothalingam, Portfolio Manager, Executive Vice President, PIMCO |
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17:20 |
Closing remarks |
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| 17:25 | Event close |
*Agenda is subject to change
Admission: This event is open to all ICMA and JSDA members and any interested parties free of charge.
Registration will close at 16:00 JST on 17 November 2022.
If you have any question, please contact Event Secretariat.
