Hitting the road to 1.5°C alignment: a financial institution’s journey
Is a low-carbon future possible for financial institutions? In this webinar, CIFI and South Pole will reveal what the journey to 1.5°C alignment looks like for financial institutions in emerging markets.
Join us if: - you are excited to take this path - are curious how to begin your journey and learn what it usually takes - want to get to know what some of the potential challenges are
Watch the webinar recording on our Youtube Channel
Event Details
Event Programm
| Column 1 | |
|---|---|
| 16:00 | Introduction |
| 16:05 | CIFI's journey |
| 16:15 | Panel with CIFI, South Pole and responsAbility |
| 16:30 | Q&A |
| 16:40 | Wrap-up |
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Carla Chizmar
Head of Environment, Social and Governance, CIFI
Carla Chizmar is Cifi’s Head of the ESG department. Her 18 years of experience span over the areas of scientific research, applied sciences for global problems, sustainable development, clean energy, climate change, green lending, and impact investment. At CIFI, Carla manages E&S risks and impacts prior to investments, supervises portfolio ESG performance, stakeholder engagement, identification of green business opportunities and funding, development of tools, and reporting with transparency. She holds a BS degree in Biology from the University of Panama, a master’s degree in Environmental Sciences from Yale University and is Certified in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy from a joint program of Yale School of the Environment and the School of Management.

Charlie Brunel-Lister
Sustainable and Climate Finance Consultant, South Pole
As a project supervisor and manager at South Pole, Charlie works together with passionate teams to advise private, public and not-for-profit organizations on how to align with a 1.5ºC economy. His area of interest and expertise spans various topics including ESG and sustainable finance, climate finance, science-based targets, carbon pricing and transition risks.

David Diaz Formidoni
Head of Financial Institutions Investments, Climate Finance, responsAbility
Studierte Wirtschaft und Philosophie an der Columbia University und Internationale Angelegenheiten an der Sciences Po Paris. Über 13 Jahre Erfahrung mit Entwicklungsinvestitionen, zwischenstaatlichen Organisationen und wirkungsorientierten Initiativen. Leitet die Beschaffung, Strukturierung und Ausführung von Investitionen über lokale Finanzinstitute für den Klimafonds von responsAbility. Expertise in der Entwicklung von grünen Kreditstrategien und der Ausarbeitung von technischen Hilfsprogrammen für Finanzinstitutionen in Lateinamerika, Osteuropa und dem Kaukasus, Afrika südlich der Sahara und Asien-Pazifik. Geboren und aufgewachsen in Ecuador, umfangreiche Erfahrung mit der Arbeit und dem Leben in Entwicklungsländern. Übersetzt mit DeepL.com (kostenlose Version)

Marie Anna Bénard
Project Manager & Gender Equality Advocate, responsAbility
Marie Anna is Project Manager at responsAbility. She structures and manages programs to facilitate investments and leverage the impact of various funds managed by responsAbility in emerging countries. Marie Anna is also a strong advocate of gender equality and leading responsAbility’s various initiatives around gender-lens investing. She has over 11 years of experience in the impact investing sector, with expertise in financial inclusion, sustainable agriculture, and climate finance.