The WWF is run at a local level by the following offices...
- WWF Global
- Adria
- Argentina
- Armenia
- AsiaPacific
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Borneo
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Caucasus
- Central African Republic
- Central America
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- European Policy Office
- Finland
9.30 Registrations & Coffee
10.10 Welcoming remarks
Kristina Jeromin, Head Group Sustainability, Deutsche Börse
10.15 Introductory Interview
Eberhard Brandes, CEO, WWF Germany
Karsten Löffler, Chair Sustainable Finance Advisory Council to the German Government
Interviewed by Vanessa de Lacaze,MC, Water Summit
10.30 Opening Keynote Address – Climate crisis: Water is the biggest risk but also the greatest opportunity
Peter van Mierlo, CEO, FMO
10.45 The Water Challenge – How water impacts your business and investments
Shalini Unnikrishnan, Managing Director and Partner, BCG
11.00 Panel discussion – Waterproofing investments as the climate changes: risks and responses
Sasja Beslik, MD, Head of Sustainable Finance Dev, J. Safra Sarasin
Pierre Rousseau, Strategic Advisor Sustainable Business, BNP Paribas
Yannick Ouaknine, Head of Sustainability Research, Société Général
Susanne Dorasil, Head of Division, Water, Urban Development, Mobility, German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development
Andre Fourie, Global Director, Water Sustainability, AB InBev
Venera Vlad, Associate Director, EBRD
Moderated by Margaret Kuhlow, WWF Global Finance Practice Leader
12.00 Coffee break
12.15 Keynote Address – Shifting financial flows for freshwater: new approach to managing risk & seizing opportunities
Monika Beck, DEG CEO
12.30 Panel discussion – Funding the gap: how private sector investments in water and climate adaptation make business sense
Andrew Johnstone, CEO, Climate Fund Managers
Sylvia Wisniwski, Managing Director, Finance in Motion
Tom Butler, CEO, International Council on Mining & Minerals
Stuart Orr, Global Freshwater Lead, WWF
Ulrike Sapiro, Global Director, Water & Sustainable Agriculture, The Coca-Cola Company
Moderated by Victoria Crawford, Lead Environmental Resilience, WEF
13.20 Networking Lunch
14.15 How do Water Stewardship thinking and Climate Change guide our investments
Maurizio Patarnello, CEO, Nestlé Waters
Interviewed by Rob Cox, Global Editor, Reuters Breakingviews
14.30 Panel discussion – Transforming how water is valued in business and investment policies and practices to build climate resilience
Monika Freyman CFA, Director, Investor Engagement Water, CERES
Philippe Prufer, CEO, SKP Investimentos
Piet Klop, Senior Advisor Responsible Investing, PGGM
Kim Hellstrom, Strategy Lead, Climate & Water, H&M
Kathleen Dominique, Project Lead, Roundtable on Financing Water, OECD
Juergen Esser, SVP Finance, Danone Water
Moderated by Henk Ovink, International Water Envoy, Dutch Government
15. 20 Panel discussion: The influence of regulation and transparency to reduce business water risk.
Thibaud Clisson, Senior ESG Analyst, BNP Paribas
Shelagh Whitley, Director ESG, UN PRI
Dr Edouard Perard, Senior Economist, Water, European Investment Bank
Thomas Verheye, Principal Advisor Green Finance & Investment, EC
Chris Holmes, Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group
Moderated by Kristina Jeromin, Head of Group Sustainability, Deutsche Borse
16.00 Watershed Moments
Small group tables highlighting investment opportunities, innovations, solutions. In this session, our delegates join small break-out discussions for more in-depth conversations about the topics that matter most to them.
Table 1 – Game-changing opportunity for private finance: Dutch Fund for Climate & Development (DFCD): Origination Facility & Water Facility
How investors can seize the opportunities presented by €160 million DFCD.
Hosted by:
Andrew Johnstone, CEO Climate Fund Managers
Aaron Vermeulen, WWF Green Finance Lead
Table 2 – Water Risk Filter: New Valuing Water Database & WAVE tool
Brand new valuation module and expanded response toolkit means the Water Risk Filter now enables companies & investors to explore their water risk, estimate value and respond to operational and reputational risk.
Hosted by:
Ariane Laporte-Bisquit, Water Risk Filter Lead
Table 3 – Valuing Water Initiative: Initial investments
The VWI will demonstrate the practical application of the UN Valuing Water Principles in different water value chains and sectors, which will help to bring the systemic change required to understand, value and manage water in all decisions (policy, industry, finance, behavior etc) which impact water. The discussion will focus on how optimally large pension funds, asset managers and lenders can and should engage policy-makers, companies and the water sector more actively in protecting and valuing water resources.
Hosted by:
Ambika Jindal, VWI Global Project Lead
Monika Freyman CFA, Director, Investor Engagement Water, CERES
Table 4 – The new Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Standards 2.0
The updated AWS Standard provides a common framework for business and investors to assess and respond to water risk, and to identify opportunities for value creation.
Hosted by:
Sarah Wade, Strategic Programs Manager, AWS
Paul Heinemann, Vice President, DEG
Table 5 – Blended finance toolbox
What innovations in the blended finance tool box (financial mechanisms or products) are required in order to increase the leverage ratio of private finance mobilization. What has worked well and needs to be scaled up and what new stakeholders may need to be coalesced to achieve investment at scale in the water sector.
Hosted by:
Adrien Portafaix, BCG
Stefanie Fairholme, Director Climate & Resilience, Rockefeller Foundation
Table 6 – Matching capital with water re-use projects
Even for water re-use projects there is a funding gap despite its potential for two sided income streams. This session will explore what the root of this problem is and how capital can be mobilized to eradicate this funding gap.
Hosted by:
Jeroen Tielman, Founder & Managing Partner, QStone Capital
Table 7 – How water Stewardship can transform the Textile Sector
Putting water stewardship into practice: showcasing how we are working with international partners, brands and the financial sector to transform inside and outside textile factories in China, India, Pakistan, Turkey and Vietnam.
Hosted by:
Alexis Morgan, WWF Water Stewardship Lead & AWS Chair
Kim Hellstrom, Strategy Lead, Climate & Water, H&M
16.45 Closing Address – Investing in the Climate and Water World We Want
Pavan Sukhdev, WWF International President
17.15 AB InBev drinks reception
![Megacities, like Shanghai, are dependent on rivers © Justin Jin / WWF-US Megacities, like Shanghai, are dependent on rivers](http://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/img/medium_ww245095_710991.jpg)
© Justin Jin / WWF-US
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© Michel Gunther / WWF
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© Sun Xiaodong