Global Speakers

Topic: Impact Investment on Improving Women Equality

Topic: What Instituational Investors are looking for in Social Impact Investment?

John Thwaites is a Professorial Fellow, Monash University, and Chair of the Monash Sustainable Development Institute (winner Banksia Award Research and Academia 2018)  and ClimateWorks Australia.

He is also Chair of Melbourne Water and the Peter Cullen Water and Environment Trust and a director of Fair Trade Australia New Zealand.

John is a Co-Chair of the Leadership Council of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (“SDSN”) launched by the Secretary General of the United Nations to provide expert advice and support to the development and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

In 2013, John was named as one of the 100 Global Sustainability Leaders by ABC Carbon Express.

John Thwaites was Deputy Premier of Victoria from 1999 until his retirement in 2007. During this period he held various Ministerial portfolios including Health, Planning, Environment, and Climate Change. He was the Minister for Water during the Millennium drought.

Topic: How Monash University Demonstrated its Commitment to Zero Emissions with Green Financing By Issuing World First University Climate Bond

Topic: Impact Investing to Improve Education Access for Underprivileged Children

Topic: The Spectrum – Ethical Investment to Impact Investing: The role of Intention and Measurability in Impact Investment

Topic: Building a Financing Case With Going Green

Topic: How Green Financing Helps Companies Improves Access to New Institutional Investors and Creates New Financing Liquidity By Increasing Their Commitment to ESG (Environment, Social and Governance)

Topic: How Impact Investment Can Help Australians with Disability Improve Their Economic Conditions?

Topic: CEFC Case Study: Why CEFC committed A$90M behind NAB Low Carbon Shared Portfolio

Topic: Establishing ESG Ratings To Demonstrate Companies’ Long Term Commitment to Sustainability Initiatives and Improve Investor Relations

Topic: The Gold Rush for Green Bonds: How Investors’ Appetite for Green Bonds Are Helping Companies Lowering Financing Costs

Topic: How India Is Raising US$50 Billion Annually For Funding Green Energy Infrastructure Goal by 2030

Masterclass Trainer

MASTERCLASS A – Structuring Successful Green Bonds: From Establishing ESG Ratings to Acquiring Anchor Investors and Compliance Monitoring for New Bond
Issues

MASTERCLASS B –  Understanding The Emerging Differences in Green Bond Standards for Green Bond Issuance

Topic: Transforming Lives through Investing in Inclusive Global Supply Chain

Topic: FlexiGroup Case Study: What Institutional Investors Look For When Investing in Green Bonds

Topic: Case Study: How Impact Investments is Alleviating Global Poverty

Topic: How Green Financing Helps to Reduce Financial Costs for Waranga Green Energy