From 8:00 am until 9:30 am
At EY Sydney
200 George Street Sydney
Welcome to 2025! This year climate reporting is a mandatory requirement for many large Australian businesses and financial institutions. Understandably, there is great interest and anticipation in how everyone will interpret, and report on their businesses’ sustainability plans and actions. Meanwhile, debt and equity investors in local capital markets, and across the globe will be paying close attention to how we meet the challenge. Â
Jacomijn oversees ING’s global Wholesale Bank’s integration of sustainability efforts covering Sustainable Finance, Risk Management, Terra Approach (i.e. net zero), and Disclosures. She has significant insight from being at the nexus of global capital and sustainability markets and will be sharing her perspective on lessons learnt and key commercial opportunities.
Lara spent 20 years as a Securities Regulator as well as two terms as an Accounting Standards Board Member in Canada before joining an international consulting firm to lead their Capital Markets practice and to develop their sustainability offering. She then made the move to Australia and took on her current role. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants, Chartered Accountants and a Chartered Financial Analyst. Lara brings her accounting, auditing, finance, regulation and sustainability expertise to assist financial services clients in meeting their transition goals as well as complying with Australia’s new Sustainability Reporting and Assurance standards.
Rena oversees the development and execution of IFM’s global sustainable investment (SI) strategy in Australia and leads the Australian SI team. In her prior role as Global Head of Business Development, Rena was responsible for developing a global fundraising strategy, relocating from the US in 2021. She joined IFM as Director, Business Development in 2012.
Before IFM, Rena was Principal, Investor Relations with Ares Management LLC, joining from Macquarie Group where, as Managing Director, she led their real estate legal and tax structuring in North America and Europe. Rena started her career as a chartered accountant with EY.
Please save the date in your calendar, we look forward to welcoming you on Thursday, February 20, 2025 as we focus on the issues and opportunities for Australian business under the global climate reporting lens. Availability is limited. More panelists to be announced soon.