~ Financing for 2050 carbon neutral ~

Japan and the EU now have a common goal of "2050 carbon neutral," and both industries are interested in how to finance their investments towards this goal. The EU is independently promoting the standardization of sustainable finance, but, toward the common goal of carbon neutral, to exchange opinions on the future direction of sustainable finance by four panelists from Japan and the EU is expected in this webinar. The purpose of this seminar is to have discussions/dialogues regarding sustainable finance with a view to making good, hopefully well-coordinated policy makings toward the common goal of carbon neutral by 2050.

1. Date and time: Thursday, March 9, 2021 17: 00-18: 30 Japan time / 9: 00-10: 30 Continental time)
2. Program:
1) Presentation 17: 00-18: 00
- Mr. Takashi Omote, Deputy Director-General for Energy, Environment and, Innovation, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

- Ms. Yukako Kinoshita, CSR Committee chair, the Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE)

- Mr. Nathan Fabian, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

- Mr. Alexandre Affre, Deputy Director General, Business Europe

2) Discussion 18: 00-18: 30
・Coordinator Mr. Yasuo Tanabe, Managing Director of the Japanese side of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation