Program : GGX Finance Summit

November 5^th, 2025 10:00-16:45

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時間	プログラム
10:00-10:10	Opening Remarks
10:10-10:20	Keynote Speech1: How do we accelerate Japan’s GX? As COO of the GX Acceleration Agency and a member of the GX Implementation Council, Mr. Shigetake will speak about Japan's GX initiatives and challenges, how we are working to overcome these challenges, and what must be done now for the future.
10:20-11:20	Panel Discussion 1: Global trend towards carbon neutrality and expectations for Japan's GX (Discussion by GXA Global Advisory Council Members) In this panel, international experts will share their views on the latest global trends toward decarbonization and discuss expectations and prospects for Japan's GX initiative, which will achieve decarbonization with economic growth and strengthened industrial competitiveness.
11:30-12:15	Panel Discussion 2: Expanding the Base of Financiers in Japan's Transition Finance This panel will explore measures and prospects for expanding the base of transition finance providers in Japan to support the massive capital demand for carbon neutrality by 2050.
12:15-13:30	Break Time
13:30-14:00	Guest Remarks
14:00-15:00	Panel Discussion 3: How to promote transition finance in Asia Transitions in emerging countries, particularly in Asia, as a center of global economic growth, is crucial for global decarbonization. This panel will examine the possibilities and challenges of transition finance in Asia.
15:15-15:30	Keynote Speech 2: Toward the Future of Climate Disclosure This keynote will focus on how sustainability-related disclosures can be effectively linked to investment rather than disclosure for its own sake.
15:30-16:30	Panel Discussion 4: How to build GX Market through enhanced disclosure To expand GX investment, GX value should be fairly evaluated in the market. This panel will discuss how to assess reduction efforts across the entire value chain increasing disclosure requirement related to climate change.
16:30-16:45	Closing Remarks

10:00-10:10

Opening Remarks

TSUTSUI Yoshinobu

Chairperson, GX Acceleration Agency

ITO Sadanori

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

10:10-10:20

Keynote Speech1

How do we accelerate Japan’s GX?

As COO of the GX Acceleration Agency and a member of the GX Implementation Council, Mr. Shigetake will speak about Japan's GX initiatives and challenges, how we are working to overcome these challenges, and what must be done now for the future.

SHIGETAKE Naoki

COO, GX Acceleration Agency

10:20-11:20

Panel Discussion1

Global trend towards carbon neutrality and expectations for Japan's GX (Discussion by GXA Global Advisory Council Members)

In this panel, international experts will share their views on the latest global trends toward decarbonization and discuss expectations and prospects for Japan's GX initiative, which will achieve decarbonization with economic growth and strengthened industrial competitiveness.

TAKADA Hideki

Director (Finance and Sustainability), GX Acceleration Agency

Nicholas Pfaff

Deputy CEO, International Capital Market Association (ICMA)

Robert Youngman

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

Sherry Madera

Chief Executive Officer, CDP

Amit Bouri

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Global Impact Investing Network

Sean Kidney

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

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 and Vice Chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

11:30-12:15

Panel Discussion2

Expanding the Base of Financiers in Japan's Transition Finance

This panel will explore measures and prospects for expanding the base of transition finance providers in Japan to support the massive capital demand for carbon neutrality by 2050.

YOSHITAKA Mari

Representative Director, General Incorporated Association Virtue Design / Steering Committee Member, GX Acceleration Agency

TANAKA Junichi

General Manager, Responsible Investment, Investment Planning Department, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company

II Sachie

Sustainability Chief Strategist, Sustainable Business Promotion Department, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

SHIOMURA Kenji

Fellow/ Executive Sustainability Advisor, Research Division, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.

13:30-14:00

Guest Remarks

HANZAWA Junichi

Chairperson, Japanese Bankers Association

UCHIDA Kazuto

President, Government Pension Investment Fund

14:00-15:00

Panel Discussion3

How to promote transition finance in Asia

Transitions in emerging countries, particularly in Asia, as a center of global economic growth, is crucial for global decarbonization. This panel will examine the possibilities and challenges of transition finance in Asia.

HAYASHI Reiko

Deputy President, BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.

Pradeep Tharakan

Director for Energy Transition, Asian Development Bank

YAMASAKI Ryo

Special Advisor, Energy Investment Unit, Office Of The Chief Energy Economist, International Energy Agency

ISHIKAWA Tomohiro

Chief Regulatory Engagement Officer, Sustainable Business Division, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

MIURA Tai

Deputy General Manager, Power And Infrastructure Services Division, Marubeni Corporation

15:15-15:30

Keynote Speech2

Toward the Future of Climate Disclosure

This keynote will focus on how sustainability-related disclosures can be effectively linked to investment rather than disclosure for its own sake.

ITO Kunio

Director of Hitotsubashi CFO Education and Research Center/ Chair of the TCFD Consortium

15:30-16:30

Panel Discussion4

How to build GX Market through enhanced disclosure

To expand GX investment, GX value should be fairly evaluated in the market. This panel will discuss how to assess reduction efforts across the entire value chain increasing disclosure requirement related to climate change.