Seminars & Webinars

Guest Speaker: Peter Barnett [Head of Asia Climate and Energy, ClientEarth]

Presentation Title: Climate Change in the Boardroom and Courtroom: Legal Tools for Investor Climate Action

Date & Time: Thursday 26^th August, 12.00pm-12.50pm

Venue: Livestream via Zoom [password: susinv]

Guest Speaker: Mark Tume [Chairman, Infratil and Ngāi Tahu Holdings]

Presentation Title: Sustainable Investments: Lessons from Ngāi Tahu and Infratil

Date & Time: Thursday 9^th September, 12.00pm-12.50pm

Venue: Livestream via Zoom [password: susinv]

Guest Speaker: Caroline Lambert [Head of Trade, Delegation of the European Union to Aotearoa/New Zealand]

Presentation Title: Sustainable Finance and Taxonomies

Date & Time: Thursday 23^rd September, 12.00pm-12.50pm

Venue: Otago Business School Seminar Room G.19 | Livestream via Zoom [password: susinv]

Guest Speaker: Louise Aitken [CEO, The Ākina Foundation]

Presentation Title: The Rise and Opportunity of Impact Investing in Aotearoa NZ

Date & Time: Wednesday 6^th September, 11.00am-11.50am

Venue: Moot Court Lecture Theatre | Livestream via Zoom [password: susinv]

Guest Speaker: Ivan Diaz-Rainey [Director, Climate and Energy Finance Group (CEFGroup); Associate Professor in Finance, Otago Business School, University of Otago] and Ling Liao [PhD Candidate in Climate Finance, CEFGroup, University of Otago]

Presentation Title: The Role of Fundamentals and Policy in New Zealand’s Carbon Prices

Date & Time: Thursday 7^th October, 9:00am-10:00am

Venue: Livestream via Zoom | Registration Required

Guest Speaker: Ben McNeil [Co-Founder and Climate Scientist, Emmi]

Presentation Title: Understanding Transition Risk: Beyond Carbon Intensity

Date & Time: Wednesday 6^th April, 11.00am-11.50am

Venue: Livestream via Zoom [passcode: cefgroup]

Guest Speaker: Greg Sise [Managing Director, Energy Link] and Tom Murphy [Energy Market Analyst, Energy Link]

Presentation Title: Investment Feasibility in a 100% Renewable Electricity Market

Date & Time: Friday 29^th April, 2.00pm-2.50pm

Venue: Livestream via Zoom [passcode: 056506]

Guest Speakers: Simone Robbers [Assistant Governor/General Manager Strategy, Governance and Sustainability, Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua] and Susan Livengood [Senior Advisor – Strategic Initiatives – Climate Change, Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua]

Presentation Title: RBNZ and Climate Change

Date & Time: Wednesday 18^th May, 2.00pm-2.50pm

Venue: Livestream via Microsoft Team

Guest Speaker: Paul Carman [Founder and CEO, Private Capital Group]

Presentation Title: The Impact of Capital Regulation on Banks, The Creation of the Private Debt Market, and How Sustainability and ESG Is Incorporated into Lending Decisions

Date & Time: Thursday 19^th May, 10.00am-10.50am

Venue: Livestream via Zoom [passcode: cefgroup]

Guest Speaker: Rob Bremner [Trading Analyst, Manawa Energy]

Presentation Title: From Mining to Manawa: A Graduate’s Journey into the New Zealand Electricity Industry

Date & Time: Monday 30^th May, 1.00pm-2.00pm

Venue: OBS2.29 or livestream via Otago Capture