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January 21, 2021
Office for Strategic Policy and ICT Promotion
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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Wednesday Feb. 10, 2021 17:30 – 19:00
Online distribution
* Application to participate must be made in advance.
Financial institutions inside and outside Japan, related government agencies/organizations
Register on the website of the Office for Strategic Policy and ICT Promotion, TMG
Thursday Jan. 7 to Monday Feb. 8, 2021
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.
Time | Program | Speakers (planned) |
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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 |
For press releases in Japanese, click here.
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.
For inquiries (Japanese only) |
Special Zone Strategic Projects Promotion Section, Strategic Projects Division, Office for Strategic Policy and ICT Promotion Phone: 03-5388-2144 |