Brazil Green Finance Forum – Private Sector Investment Opportunities

The Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain, in conjunction with the Embassy of Brazil in London, recently hosted an event on "Green Finance: financing the energy transition in Brazil". 

The event was a great success, and many additional questions were raised by the attendees concerning all aspects of Green/Sustainable/ESG finance and investments in Brazil; so much so our Financial Services Committee decided to provide a follow up event on November 14th 2023.

The event will take place at 2.30pm at the offices of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, and the title of the event is to be "Brazil Green Finance Forum – Private Sector Investment Opportunities". 

The event will comprise of three panels, made up of a 15 minute presentation of each panellist, followed some moderated questions.

There will be a networking event post the presentations. 

The presentations will cover the following areas:

Panel 1: Green Bonds - Brazilian Sovereign Sustainable Bond Framework and the Brazilian Green Bonds Marketplace 

Speakers:

Alfredo Mordezki – Director, Latin American Fixed Income - Santander Asset Management 

Graham Stock – Managing Director, Senior Sovereign Strategist, EM - RBC BlueBay Asset Management 

Moderator: Duncan Grieve, Special Counsel, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Panel 2: FDI and Renewables - FDI opportunities and challenges in transition projects / clean and renewable energy 

Speakers:

Alexis Koumoudos – Chief Investment Officer – VEF 

Henrique Vasconcellos -  Head of Sustainable Business - Banco do Brasil 

Jorge dos Santos - Specialist in Renewables - Banco do Brasil

Moderator: Alex Pallin - Bradesco

Panel 3: Carbon Credits, Climate Targets and financing costs - The evolving carbon credits marketplace and interface with nature/ biodiversity protection initiatives, Amazon fund etc.

Speakers:

Adam Patterson – Redirection International

Marcelo de Campos - Specialist in Carbon Credits - Banco do Brasil

Mariana Sang – Sustainability & Impact Investing - BTG Pactual 

Pedro Soares – Carbon Portfolio Manager - Hartree Partners 

Moderator: Simon Davies, Head of the Financial Services Committee of the Brazilian Chamber

Event organised by the Financial Services Committee of the Brazilian Chamber.

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