This high-level session will focus on current leading international initiatives on sustainable finance and discuss efforts to coordinate between different stakeholders.

This panel will discuss the role of central banks and monetary policy in aligning the financial system with environmental objectives. This will, in particular, include developments surrounding recent meetings of the Central Banks and Supervisors Network on Greening the Financial System (NGFS).

This session will launch the OECD paper Due Diligence for Responsible Business Conduct in General Corporate Lending and Underwriting Transactions. Broadly recognised environmental and social standards have previously not existed for corporate lending and underwriting transactions, although they represent the vast majority of banking finance activity. This paper provides a framework for financial institutions to identify, respond to and publically communicate on environmental and social risks associated with their clients. It was developed in close consultation with leading global banks and approved by 48 governments. Lunch boxes will be provided.*

This panel will explore the impact of policy and shareholder activity on the environmental social and governance considerations of portfolio management.

This session will explore sustainable finance taxonomies, in particular the taxonomy currently applied and under development by the EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG), as well as implications for financial markets.

This panel will discuss investment channels to finance unlisted infrastructure. Discussions will focus on how to accelerate institutional investments in environmentally sustainable infrastructure.

This panel will discuss on-going developments in climate-related disclosure and explore the role of financial regulators and supervisors, as well as harmonisation of different disclosure frameworks.

This panel will look at the priorities and highlight investment opportunities for clean energy finance and investment in emerging markets in Asia, drawing on recent analysis by the International Energy Agency and the new OECD Clean Energy Finance and Investment Mobilisation (CEFIM) Programme.

This session will explore the role of developing country public financial institutions in building markets and mobilising commercial capital for climate-compatible infrastructure.

This panel will discuss the implications of biodiversity loss and prevention of that loss for businesses and financial organisations. This includes the possibilities to value biodiversity, the economies dependence on an intact ecosystem as well as options for global biodiversity finance

This session will explore innovative approaches to scale up financing that contributes to water security and sustainable growth

This panel will focus on the inclusion of development dimensions and indicators to shift finance towards SDG compatibility

This session will discuss key priorities to unlock financing for sustainable cities.