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Agenda 2025

*Almost all speeches will be in German

Program

 

9:00 – 9:10 am

Opening Remarks

Michael Bommer, Senior Consultant Law & Policy, Head of Sustainability, BAI e.V.

 

9:10 – 9:40 am

Keynote: Sustainability Reporting in Transition – Costs and Benefits of Current Regulation from an Investor Perspective

  • How the CSRD has reshaped the information landscape for investors: transitioning from voluntary sustainability reports to audited, standardised data.
  • How stakeholders and investors actually use the information: the extent to which sustainability disclosures are read and which data points receive the most attention.
  • The current regulatory debate (“Omnibus”) and its implications: fewer companies subject to reporting requirements and reduced data points — what does this mean for transparency and comparability?

Prof Dr Maximilian Müller, University of Cologne

 

9:40 – 10:10 am

Current developments in sustainability reporting and related assurance

Dr Christina Stappert, Technical Principal Financial & Sustainability Reporting, Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer in Deutschland e.V. (IDW)

 

10:10 – 10:55 am

Panel: ESG Regulation and ESG Reporting

  • SFDR (2.0) and PAI Statements
  • CSRD / ESRS, including the Omnibus amendments
  • Article 8 Taxonomy Delegated Act, including the latest draft
  • EET & BAI ESG Template

Dr. Jürgen Göck, Head of Sustainability in Investments, ALH Group

Cornelia Heerwagen, In-house Counsel, HUK-COBURG Asset Management GmbH

Marius Huthmacher, ESG-Manager, BarmeniaGothaer Asset Management AG

Moderated by: Jegor Tokarevich CEO, Substance Over Form (SOF)

 

10:55 – 11:30 am

Coffee Break

 

11:30 – 11:55 am

The European Sustainable Finance Landscape – Between (Evolving?) Regulation and Reality

  • A realistic perspective on the current state of ESG in alternative investing
  • Practical views on the working with the current regulation
  • current positions and practices of key stakeholders towards sustainability (deflated hype or common sense)

Marc Göbbels, Partner, ESG in Deals, PwC Germany

Michael Horvath, Partner, Regulatory Advisory, PwC Luxembourg

 

11:55 am – 12:20 pm

From Carbon to Natural Capital: Scaling Climate & Nature Impact through Real Assets

  • From Carbon to Natural Capital: Climate and nature risks are now financial risks – and real assets are the bridge from targets to tangible outcomes.
  • Market Shift: As climate and nature become mainstream, investors are moving from pledges to performance
  • Next Frontier: Integrating climate and nature through real assets enables diversified impact, long-term resilience, and a new generation of investable sustainability strategies.

Raphaela Schmid, Head of ESG & Sustainability, SUSI Partners

 

12:20 – 1:30 pm

Lunch

 

1:30 – 2:00 pm

Keynote: Regulatory update on Sustainable Finance

Susanne Schenker, Policy Officer Sustainable Finance, Directorate General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission

 

2:00 – 2:25 pm

SFDR after Five Years: Operational Challenges and Future Outlook

  • Where does SFDR implementation stall in practice?
  • Which levers prove effective?
  • ESMA guidelines and the link to the newly proposed SFDR product categories

Katharina Drexler, Sustainability Officer, Helaba Invest

Charlotte Joosten, Manager Sustainable Finance, Deloitte

 

2:25 – 3:10 pm

Panel: Impact Investing & Private Markets

Manuel Geiger, Associate - Sustainable Advisory and Business, BNP Paribas

Katharina Hammer, Attorney-at-Law | Sustainability Reporting in Finance, POELLATH

Constantin Krause, Director, EY Consulting

Hannes Tausend, Head of ESG, KGAL

Moderated by: Susanne Bregy, Managing Director, Bundesinitiative Impact Investing (BIII)

 

3:10 – 3:35 pm

Value Creation in Impact Investing

Heike Schmitz, Partner, Lawyer, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Nadina Stodiek, Co-Head of Impact Management, Schroders/BlueOrchard

 

3:35 – 4:05 pm

Coffee Break

 

4:05 – 4:30 pm

Financing the Energy Transition

Daniel Lühmann, Partner, Simmons & Simmons

Dr Thorsten Volz, Partner, Simmons & Simmons

Melanie Wiese

 

4:30 – 4:55 pm

Green Hydrogen

Björn Jotzo, Investment Manager, Luxcara

Regina Reck, Senior Research Consultant, Forschungsstelle für Energiewirtschaft e. V.

Tapio Schmidt-Achert, Senior Research Consultant, Forschungsstelle für Energiewirtschaft e. V.

 

4:55 – 5:00 pm

Closing Remarks

 

From 5:00 pm onwards

Networking / Get-Together