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The ‘Climate Change and Green Finance Disclosures and Information Training Programme’ provides highly unique, innovative, and ambitious training that has been specifically designed to provide attendees with practical knowledge and understanding in a range of pioneering areas pertaining to climate change and green finance. The Training Programme is split across two days in order to allow attendees to choose which areas are most apposite for them.

PART I of the Training Programme will cover an overview of sustainable finance initiatives conducted at the European Union (EU) level, and the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures Recommendations. In addition, attendees will be guided through the current United Kingdom (UK) piecemeal regulatory framework governed by the Bank of England, the Prudential Regulatory Authority, and the Financial Conduct Authority, pertaining to climate change and green finance. The emphasis will be on explaining to attendees and firms how this new framework will affect firms, now and in the coming future. 

TRAINING PROGRAMME

SESSION 1: Sustainable Finance and Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures Recommendations – PART I

·     European Commission Sustainable Finance Action Plan (SFAP); Sustainable Finance Benchmarks; Sustainability Disclosure Requirements; Environmentally Sustainable Activity Taxonomy.

·     Financial Stability Board (FSB) Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure's (TCFD) Recommendations; Disclosures in the areas of: 

(1) Governance; 

(2) Strategy; 

(3) Risk Management; and 

(4) Metrics and Targets.

SESSION 2: Sustainable Finance and Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures Recommendations – PART II

·     TCFD Climate-Related Risks, Opportunities, and Financial Impacts; Recommendations and Guidance; Scenario Analysis and Climate-Related Issues; Key Issues Considered and Areas for Further Work.

·     Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Rules on Independent Governance Committee (IGC) Responsibility and Reporting on Firms’ Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Stewardship Policies.

SESSION 3: Bank of England, Prudential Regulatory Authority and Financial Conduct Authority Climate Change and Green Finance Framework – PART I

·     Bank of England (BoE) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) Quarterly Bulletin (June 2017); Network For Greening the Financial System (NFGS) ‘A call for action – climate change as a source of financial risk’ (2019).

·     BoE and PRA Policy Statement (PS11/19, April, 2019) on Managing Climate Change Risks; BOE and PRA Supervisory Statement (SS) (SS3/19, April, 2019) on Managing Climate Change Risks.

SESSION 4: Bank of England, Prudential Regulatory Authority and Financial Conduct Authority Climate Change and Green Finance Framework – PART II

·     FCA Discussion Paper (DP) (18/8) FCA Feedback Statement (FS) (FS 19/6) on Climate Change and Green Finance; Climate Change Operational Objectives: 

(1) Issuer Climate Change Risks and Opportunities (CCROs); 

(2) Integration of CCROs into Business, Risk, and Investment Decisions (BRIDs); 

(3) Consumer Access to Green Finance Products and Services; Policy Analysis and Firm Action on ‘Greenwashing’.

·     A Review of The United Kingdom (UK) Government’s ‘Green Finance Strategy’ (July, 2019).

EXPERT TRAINER

Rodrigo Zepeda is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Storm-7 Consulting. He is an expert consultant who specialises in derivatives and banking and financial services law, regulation, and compliance. He is an expert in a very broad range of regulatory compliance frameworks such as FATCA, the OECD CRS, MiFID II, MAD 2 MAR, PSD2, CRD IV, Solvency II, OTC Derivatives, CCP Clearing, PRIIPs, BRRD, AML4, and the GDPR. He holds a LLB degree, a LLM Masters degree in International and Comparative Business Law, and has passed the New York Bar Examination. He was an Associate (ACSI) of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment from 2004 to 2014 and is now a Chartered Member (MCSI). He has created and delivered numerous conferences and training courses around the world such as ‘FATCA for Latin American Firms’ (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Panama City, Panama), ‘MiFID II: Regulatory, Risk, and Compliance (London), and ‘Market Abuse: Operational Compliance’ (London), ‘AEOI (FATCA & CRS)’ (London, Lebanon, Dubai, Malta, Manama, Bahrain); AML/CFT: Operational Compliance (Dubai, London); MLRO: Operational Compliance (London).

He has also delivered numerous In-House Training Courses around the world to major international financial institutions such as The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (MiFID II: Operational Compliance, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates); the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (MiFID II: Final Review, London); CAF, the Development Bank of Latin America (Swaps and Over-the-counter Derivatives, Lima, Peru); Eurex Exchange (CCP Clearing, Risk Management, Recovery and Resolution, Eschborn, Germany); European Energy Exchange AG (CCP Clearing, Risk Management, Recovery and Resolution, Leipzig, Germany); Rothschild Investment Management (UK) Limited (AEOI (FATCA & CRS), London); Resolution Life (AEOI (FATCA & CRS, London); CCP Clearing, Risk Management, Recovery and Resolution; Bethmann Bank AG (MAD 2 MAR, Frankfurt); Saxo Capital Markets (MAD 2 MAR, London); and Invesco Management, S.A. (AML/CFT, Henley); Validus Risk Management (OTC Derivatives, Eton).

For 2019 he has created some of the most cutting edge training courses available on the market today, including Artificial Intelligence in Banking and Financial Services; Supervisory Technologies (SupTech); The European Margin Rules; The 2018-2020 Collateral Paradigm; AML & CFT Advanced Practitioner; Virtual Currencies, AML, CFT: Operational Compliance; and Behavioural Persuasion Masterclass. He is a Reviewer for the Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance and has also published widely in leading industry journals such as the Capco Institute’s Journal of Financial Transformation, the Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, as well as e-books on derivatives law. Noted publications include “Optimizing Risk Allocation for CCPs under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation”; “The ISDA Master Agreement 2012: A Missed Opportunity”; “The ISDA Master Agreement: The Derivatives Risk Management Tool of the 21st Century?”; “To EU, or not to EU: that is the AIFMD question”; and “The Industrialization Blueprint: Re- Engineering the Future of Banking and Financial Services?”.

Disclaimer

ISDA® is a registered trademark of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., and Storm-7 Consulting Limited is neither sponsored by nor affiliated with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), and the public is hereby informed that Storm-7 Consulting Limited holds no commercial, private, or other relationship with ISDA.