Wednesday 29 October 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
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Celebrating its 10th year anniversary, the FT Energy Transition Summit returns as the leading platform where CEOs, policymakers and financiers confront the realities of the global energy transition. CISL’s Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance, Dr Nina Seega, will speak on a panel on “Navigating the green finance divide”.
Over the past year, several net-zero alliances for banks and insurers have disbanded or paused operations, pressured by political scrutiny, legal concerns and the commercial pull of fossil fuel financing. Yet the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) continues to hold firm, representing $9.2 trillion in long-term capital from pension funds and insurers. For pension funds, climate change is a material financial risk, central to their fiduciary duty to beneficiaries. This long-term perspective is causing a capital shift, as asset owners increasingly favor managers who embed sustainability into a risk-adjusted strategy over short-term gains. Why are many banks retreating from climate pledges just as asset owners are doubling down, and how the financial industry is navigating these conflicting priorities and timelines?
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How is the starkly different political and legal landscape in the US versus the EU forcing divergent strategies upon global banks and asset managers?
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As "universal owners," how are pension funds and sovereign wealth funds leveraging their long-term fiduciary duty to pressure asset managers and drive real-economy change?
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With banks and asset managers facing short-term pressures, what are the risks to capital flows for vital transition technologies, and can asset owners effectively fill the gap?
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Amid these conflicting priorities, how can different financial institutions maintain credibility and transparency in their climate commitments and reporting?
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