Thursday 30 March 2023 at 15:00 to 18:00
Place: Gardens of the Future – https://gardensofthefuture.com/
Old Nicosia
Winner of European Winner of the New European Bauhaus Prize 2022
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Scope of the Awareness Series is to provide a compact holistic overview of the regulation, implementation and supervision of Corporate Commercial, Banking and Capital Markets (Financial Services) business industry and operations in the European Union and Cyprus.
Objective of this Annual Event is an update concerning the financial regulatory framework of EU financial regulation and supervision. ▪ Novelties in the regulatory framework ▪ Implementing sustainability standards ▪ ESG risk disclosure and management
Special emphasis
▪ EU Action Plan on Sustainable Growth in EU Green Deal Action Plan; and
▪ Corporate Social Reporting Directive (CSRD) – evolution of existing Non- Financial Regulatory Directive (NFDR – CSR)
Key topics
▪ Sustainable Corporate Governance • Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
▪ Sustainability and banking finance Financing of the green recovery and transition
▪ Sustainability and investments:
▪ Regulatory update on Sustainable Finance Disclosure Reporting (SFDR) and CSRD NEW
▪ Supervision of compliance with the requirements of the SFDR
▪ Greenwashing – [Legal Cases]
▪ Customer Sustainability Assessments &Integration -Product governance.
▪ European sustainability reporting standards (ESRS)
Background
- European Securities Markets Association (ESMA): Roadmap Regulatory Priorities (2022-2024)
- EU Sustainability Obligations of Financial Market Participants
- Developments perspectives on Environmental Social Compliance (ESG): Project Finance, Infrastructure, Investments, Banking, Corporate Finance
- Green Bonds
- Annual Outlook Series (2020-2022)
**Insights Snapshot **
KEY RELATED ISSUES
1.European Company Law and Corporate Governance 2023
▪ Update on EU Company Law
▪ Corporate governance trends
▪ Artificial intelligence in company law and corporate governance
▪ Implementation of the Cross-Border Merger Directive
▪ Corporate sustainability: CSDD 2. EU Digital Finance & Fintech: MiCAR and DORA
▪ DORA obligations and their oversight -Unwrapping the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) ▪ Digital operational resilience testing ▪ Impact of DORA on the financial sector ▪ ICT risk provisions, incident reporting, digital operational resilience testing • ICT governance and risk management framework • DORA’s impacts on banks and investment funds
▪ Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCAR)
▪ MiCAR obligations for crypto-issuers and crypto-providers-MiCAR nut: its taxonomy and scope of application ▪ Risk management & custody arrangements under MiCAR ▪ The role of national competent authorities (NCA)
Participation Fee: Euro 100,00 plus VAT
RSVP: Applications by 27 March 2023
(subject to availability, first come first served – due to area space)
If interested, please share your details (name/email/organisation) by email at accounts@phinopoulou.com.
ESG &Sustainability Policies: Publications/Media Presence
www.phinopoulou.com
Founding Member & Legal Chair (Pro-bono)
Cyprus Corporate Social Responsibility Association (CSR Cyprus) (2015-current))
www.csrcyprus.org.cy
Coordinator/Speaker
Nicole K. Phinopoulou
LL.B (Hons), LL.M (UCL), LPC, CISL, University of Cambridge
Ms Phinopoulou, a qualified lawyer, with over 20+ year professional expertise and practical experience in Company Corporate, Banking and Capital Markets (Financial Services) Laws embracing Project Finance and Infrastructure field. Since 2016, Nicole has developed enhanced knowledge and specialisation on operations and implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility and Regulatory Sustainability Compliance Reporting Programmes.
Supporter of United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (17 SDGs) and targets (169), and of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Criteria Factors set by European Union (EU) with focus on Sustainable Finance.
She served at the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC)(Council 2016-2018) and at the Council of University of Cyprus (Bard Member 2019-2021). Since 2003 she is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association (CBA) and of the Companies, Tax Planning and Capital Markets Committee; during 2015-2020 acted as CBA nominated representative at the House of Parliament.
Graduate of Cambridge University Judge Business School (Circular Economy)(2021) and as from 2020 she is a Member of the Institute for Sustainability Leadership (University of Cambridge) focusing on Sustainable Finance & Sustainability Strategies projects. Ms Phinopoulou is also an Affiliate Member of Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment (CISI). On September 2022 was certified accredited by Human Resources Development Authority (Cyprus HRDA) as Vocational and Professional Training Skills Trainer (SEP/CYQF/EQF5 (HRDA-EU project)).