Cover picture from left: Alexandra Jour-Schroeder, Deputy Director General, DG FISMA, European Commission; Toshiyuki Miyoshi, Vice Commissioner for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency; Bruno Gaussorgues, Group Country Head, Japan; EU Ambassador to Japan Jean-Eric Paquet) 

The European Union and Japan strongly support sustainable finance and have been active partners in various fora such as the International Platform for Sustainable Finance and the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group. In this context, on 29 October, the Delegation of the European Union to Japan hosted a public event co-organised with the EU-Japan Centre with the support of the EU-Japan Green Alliance Facility. The event delved into discussions on green bonds and relevant standards and explored the challenges and opportunities for both EU and Japanese capital markets and financial institutions in this evolving landscape. 80 guests attended the event despite the torrential rain hitting Tokyo that day, a sign of the high interest raised by this topic.

From left: Sachie Ii, Chief Sustainability Strategist, Mizuho Financial Group; Maiko Morishita, Programme Manager, Finance Taskforce, IGES; Alexandra Jour-Schroeder, Deputy Director General, DG FISMA, European Commission; Toshiyuki Miyoshi, Vice Commissioner for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency; Bruno Gaussorgues, Group Country Head, Japan, Société Generale; Makiko Hashiguchi, Director, Bond Section, Tokyo Metropolitan Government).