CEE Sustainable Finance Summit 2022 DAY 1 - Capital markets in CEE: leveraging the power of finance

Capital markets in the CEE region are relatively under-developed and lack the scale often desired by large institutional investors. Yet, new sustainability-linked financial instruments are on the rise, as is sustainable investing. In the last few years, green bond issuance has grown significantly, and there is rising interest in transition finance from different CEE stakeholders.  During this session, ISFC will announce the launch of a new initiative. • What should be the priorities for the CEE region? • What are the approaches, tools, and instruments that are best suited for the CEE countries? • How are the governments and the private sector tackling the challenges, where is there room for improvement or re-prioritisation? Speakers Sean Kidney - Co-founder and CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative Theodor Cojoianu - Associate Professor in Energy Finance, University of Edinburgh & Co-founder, RoSIF Martin Komínek - Founder & Managing Partner, Smokestack Helena Horská - Chief Economist, Raiffeisenbank Martin Špolc - Head of Sustainable Finance, DG FISMA, European Commission Moderator Răzvan Butucaru - Partner, Financial Services & Advisory Leader, Mazars Romania