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Day 1 - 16th June
Academic Sessions | EN
Accounting I | 9:00-12h30
- Academic papers - presentation and discussion
Accounting II | 14:00-17:00
- Academic papers - presentation and discussion
Hosts: Católica-Lisbon, Banco de Portugal
Learning Sessions | EN
Natural Sciences and Sustainability | 14:00-17:00
- Workshop on Climate Models
- Workshop on Natural Capital and Biodiversity
Hosts: Católica-Lisbon, Sonae
Keynote Speaker
Ernest Moniz | 17:30-18:30
Day 2 - 17th June
Academic Sessions | EN
Finance I | 9:00-12:30
- Academic papers - presentation and discussion
Finance II | 14:00-17:00
- Academic papers - presentation and discussion
Hosts: Católica-Lisbon, Banco de Portugal
Learning Sessions | EN
Financial Economics and Sustainability | 13:30-17:00
- Workshop on Markets for Carbon and other Externalities
- Workshop on Financial Risk of Climate Change
Hosts: Católica-Lisbon, SIBS
Keynote Speaker
Sandrine Dixson-Declève | 17:30-18:30
Day 3 - 18th June
Conference Sessions | PT
ESG Annual Conference 2025 | 9:00-12:30
- Evolution of Business Models, Financing and Regulation
Hosts: IPCG, CSF, Deloitte Portugal, EY Portugal, KPMG Portugal e PwC Portugal
Conference Sessions | EN
Sustainability Policy & Finance | 14:00-17:00
-Transition policy and behavioral changes
-Financing the Transition in Practice
Hosts: Católica-Lisbon, Fundação Santander Portugal
Keynote Speaker
TBC
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Day 1 - June 16
Academic Sessions | EN
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Hosts: Católica-Lisbon, Banco de Portugal
"Imposing Disclosure on Investors that Choose to Promote Sustainability: Does it Lead to Portfolio Decarbonization?”
Rober Raney, IESE
Discussant: Joe Weber, MIT
Climate Solutions, Transition Risk, and Stock Returns
Eddie Riedl, Boston University
Discussant: Gaizka Ormazabal, IESE
Coffee Break
Business Sustainability Reporting & Analysis
Patricia Dechow, University of South California
Discussant TBD
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Hosts: Católica-Lisbon, Banco de Portugal
"Real, Disclosure and Spillover Effects of U.S. State-Level Climate Change Regulations"
Aliya Korganbekova, Harvard Business School
Discussant: Peter Easton, Notre Dame University
Coffee Break
"Talking the Climate Change Talk: Evidence from the Paris Agreement"
Rebecca Hann, University of Maryland
Discussant: DJ Nanda, Miami University
Coffee Break
"Panel with Richard Sloan - University of South California, and Arne Staal - Group Head of Benchmarks and Indices for the LSEG and CEO of FTSE Russell"
Moderator: Ana Albuquerque, Boston University
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Prof. Filipe Santos, Dean at Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics
Inês Rocha de Gouveia, Head of Santander Universities, Fundação Santander Portugal
Learning Sessions | EN
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Hosts: Católica-Lisbon, Sonae
Workshop on Climate Models
Pedro M. Soares, Senior Researcher, Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
Workshop on Natural Capital and Biodiversity
Nuno Gaspar de Oliveira, CEO of Natural Business Intelligence (NBI)
Keynote Speaker | EN
Ernest Moniz (17:30-18:30)
Day 2 - June 17
Academic Sessions | EN
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Hosts: Católica-Lisbon, Banco de Portugal
Sustainable Development with Climate Risks
Neng Wang, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Discussant: PaulEhling, BI Norwegian Business School
Carbon Burden
Lucian A. Taylor, U Pennsylvania Warthon School
Discussant: YrjoKoskinen, U Calgary
Coffee Break
Time to Hedge, not Pledge on Climate Change
Susana Campos Martins, UCP
Discussant: ChendiZhang, U Exter Business School
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Hosts: Católica-Lisbon, Banco de Portugal
Carbon Pricing and Allocative Efficiency: Plant-Level Evidence
Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics
Discussant: SumuduWatugala, Indiana University Kelley School of Business
Climate Policy and Firm Efficiency: lessons from the trucking industry
Per Strömberg, Stockholm School of Economics
Discussant: FernandoAnjos, NOVA SBE
Coffee Break
Green Products
Kai Li, University British Columbia
Discussant: Livia Yi, Boston College
Learning Sessions | EN
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Hosts: Católica-Lisbon, SIBS
Workshop on Markets for Carbon and other Externalities
Theresa Bodner, Head of Nature Based Solutions, MSCI Carbon Markets
Workshop on the Financial Risk of Climate Change
Anthony Lazanas, Global Head of Portfolio and Index Research at Bloomberg LPP
Keynote Speaker | EN
Sandrine Dixson-Declève (17:30-18:30)
Day 3 - June 18
Conference Sessions | PT
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Hosts: Católica-Lisbon, Instituto Português de Corporate Governance, Deloitte Portugal, EY Portugal, KPMG Portugal e PwC Portugal
Registration of Participants 9h-9:20
Opening 9:20–9:30
João Moreira Rato, President of Direction Board of IPCG
A transformação dos modelos de negócio num contexto regulatório em evolução 09h30 – 10h20
Moderador: Diogo Moreira-Rato, Diretor IPCG
Franco Caruso, Head of Sustainability and Corporate Communications, Grupo BRISA
Manuel Mota, Partner, EY Portugal
Nuno Bettencourt, Partner Deloitte Portugal
Susana Carvalho, Head of Sustainability & Climate Transition, Bondalti
Os desafios do financiamento da transição climática 10h20 – 11h10
Moderador: João Moreira Rato, President of Direction Board, IPCG
Carlos Correia de Barros, CFO, Executive Board Member, Secil
Cláudia Coelho, Sustainability and Climate Change Partner, PwC Portugal
Filipa Rodrigues Carmona, Associate Director Sustainability, CGD
Pedro Cruz, Partner KPMG Portugal
Coffee break 11h10 – 11h40
Regulação e Reporte – Ponto de situação 11h40 - 12h20
Moderator: José Costa Pinto, Director IPCG
Ana Fontoura Gouveia, Head of Sustainability Banco de Portugal
Rita Oliveira Pinto, Administration Council, CMVM
Encerramento 12h20 – 12h30
Pedro Rebelo de Sousa, President of IPCG’s General Council
Conference Sessions | EN
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Hosts: Católica-Lisbon, Fundação Santander Portugal
Transition policy and behavioral changes
Assunção Cristas, Professor of Law at NOVA University and ex-Minister of Agriculture, Ocean and Territory of Portugal
Linda-Eling Lee, Head of the MSCI Sustainability Institute and member of the Executive Committee of MSCI
Shiva Dustar, Head of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Institute
Moderator: Cristina Melo Antunes, Head of Sustainability, Banco Santander Portugal
Financing the Transition in Practice
Giuseppe Davide Barillà, Deputy Head of the Climate Change Centre at the European Central Bank (ECB)
Patrícia Torres Leandro, Head. of Sustainable Finance Solutions, Bloomberg
Augusto Caro, Global Head of SRI at Santander Asset Management
Katharina Schwaiger, Deputy Head of BlackRock Sustainability Intelligence, BlackRock
Moderator: Christian Heller, CEO Value Balancing Alliance
Keynote Speaker | EN
TBC
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Miguel Belo de Carvalho, executive Board Member, Santander Portugal
António Baldaque da Silva, CEO, Center for Sustainable Finance at Católica-Lisbon
