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The ‘Climate Change and Green Finance Disclosures and Information Training Programme’ provides highly unique, innovative, and ambitious training that has been specifically designed to provide attendees with practical knowledge and understanding in a range of pioneering areas pertaining to climate change and green finance. The Training Programme is split across two days in order to allow attendees to choose which areas are most apposite for them.

PART II of the Training Programme will guide attendees through the implementation of current climate change and green finance requirements within firms, including submission and updating of Senior Management Function Forms, and Supervisory Statement Requirement Climate Change Plans. Attendees will also be guided through a range of practical financial risks relating to climate change, including physical risks, transition risks, and liability risks. In addition, attendees will develop a practical understanding of how to implement a strategic approach to managing financial risks from climate change, and will be instructed on firm scenario analysis and climate change disclosures for firms.

TRAINING PROGRAMME

SESSION 1: Climate Change and Green Finance Framework Strategic Compliance – PART I

·     Drafting and Submitting Responsible Senior Management Function (SMF) Forms; Updating SMF Forms.

·     Drafting and Putting in Place (SS) Requirement Climate Change Plans; Substantive Content of SS Requirement Climate Change Plans.

SESSION 2: Climate Change and Green Finance Framework Strategic Compliance – PART II

·     SMF Holder (SMFH) Responsibility for Managing Financial Risks from Climate Change, and how SMFH’s can Discharge their Responsibilities in Practice. 

·     Embedding: 

(1) Governance; 

(2) Risk Management; 

(3) Scenario Analysis; and

(4) Disclosure; 

into Consideration of Risks from Climate Change Frameworks.

SESSION 3: Climate Change and Green Finance Framework Operational Compliance – PART I

·     Financial Risks from Climate Change: 

(1) Physical Risk Factors (i.e. Weather Events; Long-Term Climate Shifts); 

(2) Transition Risk Factors (i.e. Adjustment to Low Carbon Economy); and 

(3) Liability Risks (Insurance)).

·     Strategic Approach to Managing Financial Risks from Climate Change (Proportionality of Response; Maturation of Approach); Understanding and Assessing Financial Risks from Climate Change Affecting Firms; Governance and Risk Appetite Statement (RAS) (Risk Exposure Limits; Financial Risk Thresholds; Influencing Factors); Risk Management and Mitigation; Risk Identification and Measurement; Risk Monitoring and Reporting.

SESSION 4: Climate Change and Green Finance Framework Operational Compliance – PART II

·     Scenario Analysis (Resilience and Vulnerabilities of Business Models; Evolution of Scenario Analysis; Transition Path Outcomes; Short-Term Assessment (STA); Longer-Term Assessment (LTA)).

·     Disclosures (Pillar 3 Disclosures on Material Risks; Strategic Report Disclosures (Principal Risks and Uncertainties)); Additional Transparency Disclosures.

EXPERT TRAINER

Rodrigo Zepeda is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Storm-7 Consulting. He is an expert consultant who specialises in derivatives and banking and financial services law, regulation, and compliance. He is an expert in a very broad range of regulatory compliance frameworks such as FATCA, the OECD CRS, MiFID II, MAD 2 MAR, PSD2, CRD IV, Solvency II, OTC Derivatives, CCP Clearing, PRIIPs, BRRD, AML4, and the GDPR. He holds a LLB degree, a LLM Masters degree in International and Comparative Business Law, and has passed the New York Bar Examination. He was an Associate (ACSI) of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment from 2004 to 2014 and is now a Chartered Member (MCSI). He has created and delivered numerous conferences and training courses around the world such as ‘FATCA for Latin American Firms’ (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Panama City, Panama), ‘MiFID II: Regulatory, Risk, and Compliance (London), and ‘Market Abuse: Operational Compliance’ (London), ‘AEOI (FATCA & CRS)’ (London, Lebanon, Dubai, Malta, Manama, Bahrain); AML/CFT: Operational Compliance (Dubai, London); MLRO: Operational Compliance (London).

He has also delivered numerous In-House Training Courses around the world to major international financial institutions such as The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (MiFID II: Operational Compliance, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates); the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (MiFID II: Final Review, London); CAF, the Development Bank of Latin America (Swaps and Over-the-counter Derivatives, Lima, Peru); Eurex Exchange (CCP Clearing, Risk Management, Recovery and Resolution, Eschborn, Germany); European Energy Exchange AG (CCP Clearing, Risk Management, Recovery and Resolution, Leipzig, Germany); Rothschild Investment Management (UK) Limited (AEOI (FATCA & CRS), London); Resolution Life (AEOI (FATCA & CRS, London); CCP Clearing, Risk Management, Recovery and Resolution; Bethmann Bank AG (MAD 2 MAR, Frankfurt); Saxo Capital Markets (MAD 2 MAR, London); and Invesco Management, S.A. (AML/CFT, Henley); Validus Risk Management (OTC Derivatives, Eton).

For 2019 he has created some of the most cutting edge training courses available on the market today, including Artificial Intelligence in Banking and Financial Services; Supervisory Technologies (SupTech); The European Margin Rules; The 2018-2020 Collateral Paradigm; AML & CFT Advanced Practitioner; Virtual Currencies, AML, CFT: Operational Compliance; and Behavioural Persuasion Masterclass. He is a Reviewer for the Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance and has also published widely in leading industry journals such as the Capco Institute’s Journal of Financial Transformation, the Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, as well as e-books on derivatives law. Noted publications include “Optimizing Risk Allocation for CCPs under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation”; “The ISDA Master Agreement 2012: A Missed Opportunity”; “The ISDA Master Agreement: The Derivatives Risk Management Tool of the 21st Century?”; “To EU, or not to EU: that is the AIFMD question”; and “The Industrialization Blueprint: Re- Engineering the Future of Banking and Financial Services?”.

Disclaimer

ISDA® is a registered trademark of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., and Storm-7 Consulting Limited is neither sponsored by nor affiliated with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), and the public is hereby informed that Storm-7 Consulting Limited holds no commercial, private, or other relationship with ISDA.