Program : GGX Finance Summit

Monday, Octorber 26^th, 2026 10:00-16:20

The program, speakers and time to be changed accordingly.
Video and Audio recording of the virtual meeting are strictly prohibited.

Time	Program
10:00-10:05	Opening Remarks ※Pre-recorded Session TSUTSUI Yoshinobu (Chairperson, GX Acceleration Agency)
10:05-10:10	Keynote Speech ※Pre-recorded Session The Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma KCMG (Chair, Transition Finance Council)
10:10-10:20	Keynote Address 1 : Toward Global Decarbonization: Energy Transition in Asia and Japan’s Role ISHII Naoko (Director and Professor, Center for Global Commons, The University of Tokyo) Asia’s decarbonization is the key to achieving global net zero. Given the challenges faced by fossil-dependent Asia, what contributions could Japan's GX policy make to support Asia's energy transition tailored to the regional circumstances?
10:20-11:20	Panel Discussion 1 : Global Trends Shaping the Green Transformation Moderator: YONEYAMA Yasuaki (Director, Finance and Sustainability, GX Acceleration Agency) Panelist: ARIMA Jun (Project Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy(GraSPP), University of Tokyo(U-tokyo) /Senior Councilor, Japan Organization for Metal and Energy Security (JOGMEC)) Sean Kidney (CEO and Co-founder, Senior Leadership Team, Climate Bonds Initiative) Sherry Madera (Chief Executive Officer, CDP) Mary L. Schapiro (Vice Chair for Global Public Policy at Bloomberg L.P., where she also serves as Special Advisor to the Founder and Chairman; Vice Chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)) ※Pre-recorded Session YAMASAKI Ryo (Special Advisor, Energy Investment Unit, Office of Chief Energy Economist, International Energy Agency (IEA)) ※Virtual Participation Crisis in the Hormuz, rising energy prices, renewed interest in industrial competitiveness, AI/data center-driven increase in electricity demand. Factors shaping the green transformation (GX) agenda are shifting rapidly. Against this backdrop, this panel will examine implications for GX policies, assessing how the triple mandate of energy security, growth, and decarbonization will be achieved. Implications for Asian economies, with strong ties with Japan, will also be discussed by the panel.
11:20-11:40	Break Time
11:40-11:50	Special Lecture 1 : From Disclosure to Action, and Onward to Markets: Accelerating GX through Knowledge and Practice ITO Kunio (Director of Hitotsubashi CFO Education and Research Center / Professor Emeritus Hitotsubashi University / Chair of the GX Future Consortium) Viewing GX as an investment in growth rather than simply a cost, the remarks will explore how corporate transformation and market creation can reinforce each other. They will also examine how the newly launched GX Future Consortium, through its twin focus on "knowledge" and "practice," can help turn disclosure and dialogue into action, leading to concrete financing and real-world implementation.
11:50-12:00	Special Lecture 2 : Advancing Transition Finance: Global Progress and the Road Ahead Nicholas Pfaff (Deputy CEO, International Capital Market Association (ICMA)) The remarks will look at the progress of transition finance globally and ICMA’s work in this area, and explore the challenges and the way forward for further advancing transition finance and directing capital toward the real-economy transition.
12:00-12:20	Special Discussion : Investing for Real-World Emissions Reductions ※Pre-recorded Session Amit Bouri (Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder,Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)) IOMORI Kanae (Director, Credit, GX Acceleration Agency) How can investors move beyond portfolio decarbonization and direct capital toward investments that drive meaningful emissions reductions in the real economy? From an impact investing perspective, this dialogue will explore how investors can identify where their capital can make the greatest difference, how finance has contributed to addressing systemic challenges such as climate change, and what needs to come next for capital to support transformation in the real economy.
12:20-13:30	Lunch
13:30-13:45	Guest Remarks KATO Masahiko (President & CEO, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.／Chairperson, The Japanese Bankers Association) ※Pre-recorded Session UCHIDA Kazuto (President, Government Pension Investment Fund)
13:45-14:00	Keynote Address 2：POWERR GX for Japan’s Growth and Energy Resilience ITO Sadanori (Director-General, GX Policy Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)) As the global energy landscape undergoes significant transformation, we will present the latest development in GX (Green Transformation) in Japan and around the world, including the Japanese Government’s newly unveiled "POWERR GX" initiative.
14:00-15:00	Panel Discussion 2: Scaling Up Transition Finance: Mobilizing Capital for Real-World Decarbonization Moderator: HAYASHI Reiko (Senior Advisor,The International Capital Market Association) Panelist: HAYASHI Sho (Policy Fellow On Energy Transition And Finance, Asia Zero Emission Center, Economic Research Institute For Asean And East Asia) ISHIKAWA Tomohiro (Chief Transition Engagement Officer, Sustainable Business Division, MUFG Bank, Ltd.) Marlene Puffer (Chair, Taxonomy and Transition Planning Council, Business Future Pathways, Canada) ※Virtual Participation Robert Youngman (Team Leader, Green Finance and Investment, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)) This session will highlight the evolution of international guidelines for transition finance, together with policy and market initiatives across jurisdictions, and explore key challenges and potential solutions for project development and capital mobilization in diverse markets, emerging economies.
15:00-15:15	Break Time
15:15-16:15	Panel Discussion 3: GX Industries as a Driver of New Growth: Unlocking Japan’s Strengths for New Industrial and Investment Opportunities Moderator: UMADA Takaaki (Director, FoundX, The University Of Tokyo) Panelist: INOUE Toshihiko (Managing Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Planning Division, THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.) NAITO Yutaka (Managing Director, GX & Sustainability Lead, BlackRock Japan) Akifumi Chris Takigawa (Head of Market Development Japan, Strategy, Newlab) This panel will explore the conditions and initiatives necessary to foster new industrial clusters that can drive GX-led growth, leveraging regional strengths while taking into account economic security and supply chain considerations, and to build sustainable industrial ecosystems.
16:15-16:20	Closing Remarks SHIGETAKE Naoki (COO,GX Acceleration Agency)

10:00-10:05

Opening Remarks

※Pre-recorded Session

TSUTSUI Yoshinobu

Chairperson, GX Acceleration Agency

10:05-10:10

Keynote Speech

※Pre-recorded Session

The Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma KCMG

Chair, Transition Finance Council

10:10-10:20

Keynote Address 1

Toward Global Decarbonization: Energy Transition in Asia and Japan’s Role

Asia’s decarbonization is the key to achieving global net zero. Given the challenges faced by fossil-dependent Asia, what contributions could Japan's GX policy make to support Asia's energy transition tailored to the regional circumstances?

Naoko Ishii — ISHII Naoko

Director and Professor, Center for Global Commons, The University of Tokyo

10:20-11:20

Panel Discussion 1

Global Trends Shaping the Green Transformation

Crisis in the Hormuz, rising energy prices, renewed interest in industrial competitiveness, AI/data center-driven increase in electricity demand. Factors shaping the green transformation (GX) agenda are shifting rapidly. Against this backdrop, this panel will examine implications for GX policies, assessing how the triple mandate of energy security, growth, and decarbonization will be achieved. Implications for Asian economies, with strong ties with Japan, will also be discussed by the panel.

YONEYAMA Yasuaki

Director, Finance and Sustainability, GX Acceleration Agency

ARIMA Jun

Project Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy(GraSPP), University of Tokyo(U-tokyo) /Senior Councilor, Japan Organization for Metal and Energy Security (JOGMEC)

Sean Kidney

CEO and Co-founder, Senior Leadership Team, Climate Bonds Initiative

Sherry Madera

Chief Executive Officer, CDP

Mary L. Schapiro

Vice Chair for Global Public Policy at Bloomberg L.P., where she also serves as Special Advisor to the Founder and Chairman; Vice Chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)
※Pre-recorded Session

YAMASAKI Ryo

Special Advisor, Energy Investment Unit, Office of Chief Energy Economist, International Energy Agency (IEA)
※Virtual Participation

11:40-11:50

Special Lecture 1

From Disclosure to Action, and Onward to Markets: Accelerating GX through Knowledge and Practice

Viewing GX as an investment in growth rather than simply a cost, the remarks will explore how corporate transformation and market creation can reinforce each other. They will also examine how the newly launched GX Future Consortium, through its twin focus on "knowledge" and "practice," can help turn disclosure and dialogue into action, leading to concrete financing and real-world implementation.

ITO Kunio

Director of Hitotsubashi CFO Education and Research Center / Professor Emeritus Hitotsubashi University / Chair of the GX Future Consortium

11:50-12:00

Special Lecture 2

Advancing Transition Finance: Global Progress and the Road Ahead

The remarks will look at the progress of transition finance globally and ICMA’s work in this area, and explore the challenges and the way forward for further advancing transition finance and directing capital toward the real-economy transition.

Nicholas Pfaff

Deputy CEO, International Capital Market Association (ICMA)

12:00-12:20

Special Discussion

※Pre-recorded Session

Investing for Real-World Emissions Reductions

How can investors move beyond portfolio decarbonization and direct capital toward investments that drive meaningful emissions reductions in the real economy? From an impact investing perspective, this dialogue will explore how investors can identify where their capital can make the greatest difference, how finance has contributed to addressing systemic challenges such as climate change, and what needs to come next for capital to support transformation in the real economy.

Amit Bouri

Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)

IOMORI Kanae

Director, Credit, GX Acceleration Agency

12:20-13:30

Lunch

13:30-13:45

Guest Remarks

Masahiko Kato — KATO Masahiko

President & CEO, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. / Chairperson, The Japanese Bankers Association
※Pre-recorded Session

UCHIDA Kazuto

President, Government Pension Investment Fund

13:45-14:00

Keynote Address 2

POWERR GX for Japan’s Growth and Energy Resilience

As the global energy landscape undergoes significant transformation, we will present the latest development in GX (Green Transformation) in Japan and around the world, including the Japanese Government’s newly unveiled "POWERR GX" initiative.

ITO Sadanori

Director-General, GX Policy Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

14:00-15:00

Panel Discussion 2

Scaling Up Transition Finance: Mobilizing Capital for Real-World Decarbonization

This session will highlight the evolution of international guidelines for transition finance, together with policy and market initiatives across jurisdictions, and explore key challenges and potential solutions for project development and capital mobilization in diverse markets, emerging economies.

HAYASHI Reiko

Senior Advisor, The International Capital Market Association

HAYASHI Sho

Policy Fellow On Energy Transition And Finance, Asia Zero Emission Center, Economic Research Institute For Asean And East Asia

ISHIKAWA Tomohiro

Chief Transition Engagement Officer, Sustainable Business Division, MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Marlene Puffer

Chair, Taxonomy and Transition Planning Council, Business Future Pathways, Canada
※Virtual Participation

Robert Youngman

Team Leader, Green Finance and Investment, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

15:15-16:15

Panel Discussion 3

GX Industries as a Driver of New Growth: Unlocking Japan’s Strengths for New Industrial and Investment Opportunities

This panel will explore the conditions and initiatives necessary to foster new industrial clusters that can drive GX-led growth, leveraging regional strengths while taking into account economic security and supply chain considerations, and to build sustainable industrial ecosystems.