Join the EBF and UNEP FI virtual event

Testing the application of the EU Taxonomy to core banking products:

HIGH LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS

The European Banking Federation (EBF) and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) are co-organizing an online event to launch a report: Testing the application of the EU Taxonomy to core banking products: High level recommendations on 26 - 27 January 2021.

The launch event will see the participation of banks, European institutions and other market players, consisting of 3 sessions across 2 days, focusing on the high-level recommendations, challenges in particular related to data, general purpose loans, retail lending, SME lending as well as early solutions and possible improvements.

PROGRAMME 

26 January: Keynote session

• 14:00 – 15:00 CET, Official launch and the high-level recommendations

27 January: Applying the EU Taxonomy to banking products

• 14:00  – 15:30 CET,  SESSION 1: Corporate loans & data challenges

• 16:00 – 17:30 CET, SESSION 2: Retail and SME lending

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS 

• Eric Usher
  UNEP Finance Initiative

• Wim Mijs
  European Banking Federation

• Martin Spolc
  European Commission

• Daniela Diedrich-Ristic
  European Investment Bank

• Slavka Eley
  European Banking Authority

• Toni Ballabriga
  BBVA

• Lucile de La Jonquière
  Société Générale

• Denisa Avermaete
  EBF
   

• Marie Baumgarts
  SEB

• Hans Biemans
  ING

• Karen Degouve
  Natixis

• Nadia Humphreys
  Bloomberg

• Laura Canas da Costa
  Credit Suisse

• Peter Coveliers
  European Investment Fund

• Elodie Feller 
  UNEP FI

• Corinne Raux
  Co author of the EBF/UNEP FI Taxonomy Report

PROJECT SPONSORS 

ABOUT THE EUROPEAN BANKING FEDERATION
 

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