Join us on 31st January to launch the Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings & Data Products Providers, developed by the ESG Data and Ratings Working Group (DRWG).
This event, live-streamed from the London Stock Exchange, brings together important stakeholders to discuss how the Code of Conduct can help to enhance consistency, transparency, and accountability in the financial services industry to ensure that the market is able to have confidence in the integrity of ESG Ratings and Data products through enhanced systems, processes and controls.
08:45 Welcome: Cornelia Andersson, Group Leader, Sustainable Finance and Investment Data & Analytics, LSEG
08:50 Keynote: Tajinder Singh, Deputy Secretary General of IOSCO
09:00 Outline of the Code
Rob Marshall, Head of Sustainable Investing, M&G (until Sept '23) & Steering Committee DRWG
Nick Bonsall, Partner Financial Regulation Group, Slaughter and May & Steering Committee DRWG
Corinna Williams, DRWG Secretariat and Senior Regulatory Policy Adviser, City of London Corporation
09:20 Panel: Code in Practice
Nick Miller, Managing Director, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Moody’s & Steering Committee DRWG
Patricia Torres, Head of Sustainable Finance Solutions, Bloomberg
Neil Acres, Global Head of Government & Regulatory Affairs, MSCI
Sindhu Krishna, Head of Sustainable Investment, Phoenix Group
Andreas Giannopolous, Director, Sustainability & ESG, Barclays
10:00 Panel: International Context
Chair: David Harris, Head of Sustainable Finance Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, LSEG & Steering Committee DRWG
Sacha Sadan, Director of ESG, FCA
David Henry Doyle, VP, Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy EMEA, S&P Global
Hideki Takada, Director for Strategic Development, Japan FSA
Jeanne Stampe, Specialist Leader Sustainable Finance Disclosures, Monetary Authority of Singapore
10:40 Next steps: Simone Utermarck, Senior Director, Sustainable Finance, ICMA
(ICMA is part of the DRWG Secretariat & now owns the Code)