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Banking over breakfast

With lenders and borrowers increasingly interested in decarbonising and supporting the transition to a more sustainable future, there has been a huge rise in green finance initiatives. Find out what’s on offer, how to take advantage of these initiatives, and why green finance could be the gamechanger for future development.

Date - Thursday 23rd May 

Time - 7am-9am

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Banking over breakfast (1)
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Pricing (excl. GST)

$60 Member price
$120 Non Member price
$60 Future Thinkers

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Date & Time

Join us on;

23/05/24
7.00am-9.00am

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Location

Aotea Centre

50 Mayoral Drive

Auckland

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Green Star, Homestar, NABERSNZ, HomeFit

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What you need to know

Facilitated by Partner and leader of EY New Zealand's Climate Change and Sustainability Services team, Pip Best, this is your chance to hear directly from some of New Zealand’s largest banks about their sustainable finance offerings.

We’re thrilled to be joined by representatives from ASB, BNZ and Kiwibank to discuss what levers are available to support sustainable development and our sector. From lower-interest mortgages on green-certified homes, through to large-scale development lending, there’s a raft of opportunities for our sector to leverage green finance to deliver high-quality, low-carbon homes.

 

Speaker details

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Frankie L'Estrange

Senior Manager Deal Team & ESG

ASB Property Finance

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James Roberts

Sustainable Finance Lead

Kiwibank

James Roberts joined Kiwibank last year as Sustainable Finance Lead, charged with supporting the bank’s ambitions to deliver $2 billion in sustainable finance to improve the resilience of Aotearoa by 2030.

Armed with a Master of Sciences in Climate Change, Management, and Finance from Imperial College London, James has nearly a decade of experience in sustainable finance, gained in both Aotearoa and the United Kingdom. This includes working as a consultant at two of the “big four”, KPMG and EY, and a stint supporting the New Zealand Super Fund’s responsible investment efforts.

Pip Best
Pip Best

Director

EY NZ

Pip is an EY Partner and leader of New Zealand’s Climate Change and Sustainability Services team.

She has extensive experience in working in sustainability and climate change areas, particularly at its intersection with the finance sector.

Pip led the New Zealand’s Sustainable Finance Forum work in 2020 and is part of the board member of New Zealand’s Centre for Sustainable Finance and the Carbon Market.

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Tapio Johansson

Partner - Property Finance

BNZ

Tapio is a green property finance expert with 18 years of financial services experience across NZ and Finland. 

In addition to managing a commercial property finance client portfolio, Tapio provides sector expertise for BNZ’s green and sustainable property finance strategy.  

Tapio drives the expansion of BNZ’s green property finance product suite. He is also the real estate Sector Lead for BNZ’s Climate Scenario Analysis work.  

Tapio holds a BBA majoring in Environmental Economics and Finance and a Chartered Banker Institute certificate in Green and Sustainable Finance. 

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