Tokyo-London Green Finance Seminar 2021 & Participant Registration

Based on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government & the City of London Corporation Memorandum of Understanding to further deepen their exchange and collaboration in financial services*, which was concluded in December 2017 by TMG and the City of London, a green finance seminar to be organized jointly by TMG and the British Embassy Tokyo will be held as follows. The governor of Tokyo will give opening remarks in the seminar (video message).
* The MoU between TMG and the City of London, the center of financial functions in London, to collaborate in financial events, financial training programs, green finance, etc., as part of the effort to promote the “Global Financial City Tokyo” vision.
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1 Date & time

Wednesday Feb. 10, 2021 17:30 – 19:00

2 Format

Online distribution
* Application to participate must be made in advance.

3 Target

Financial institutions inside and outside Japan, related government agencies/organizations

4 How to apply

Register on the website of the Office for Strategic Policy and ICT Promotion, TMG

5 Application period

Thursday Jan. 7 to Monday Feb. 8, 2021

6 Venue

BELLESALLE Shiodome 2F Hall B
(Sumitomo Realty & Development Shiodome Hamarikyu Building, 8-21-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)
* The general public may only participate online.

7 Program (planned) * simultaneous Japanese-English interpretation available. Participation fee: free

Time	Program	Speakers (planned)
17:30	Remarks by the governor (video)	Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko
17:35	Keynote speech (video)	William Russell Lord Mayor, City of London
17:45	Topic Perspective of Japan-UK cooperation: from the viewpoint of green recovery and TCFD	Moderator: Mori Shigehiko Director, FSI Risk Advisor, Risk Advisory Division, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC Speakers ● Sir Roger Gifford Chairman, Green Finance Institute, Alderman of City of London Corporation ● Ikeda Satoshi Chief Sustainable Finance Officer, Financial Services Agency
18:15	Panel discussion Latest information on green finance	Moderator: Takada Hideki, Executive Director, Green Finance Network Japan (GFNJ) Panelists ● Kato Hiroyuki, President & CEO, DBJ Securities Ltd. ● Adachi Eiichiro, Director, The Japan Research Institute, Limited ● Sherry Madera Chief Industry & Government Affairs Officer, Refinitive ● Yamazaki Amane Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Business Office (Social & Environmental Risk Management), Solution Products Division of MUFG Bank, Ltd.
18:55	British Embassy greetings	Paul Madden, British Ambassador to Japan

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Tokyo-London Green Finance Seminar 2021 is one of the collaborative events in the Tokyo Sustainable Finance Week.
For details, please refer to the link