Embedding Sustainability in Credit Risk Assessment

June 13-14, 2024

Banca d’Italia and the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund are organizing a research conference, to be held in Venice on 13-14 June 2024, on the integration of sustainability profiles in the credit risk assessment of non-financial firms. The conference will be hosted at Banca d’Italia’s branch in Palazzo Dolfin Manin, Calle Larga Mazzini, 4799/a San Marco. Participation will be possible in presence and via a web connection.

The conference will provide a forum for discussion on prominent issues for credit institutions, investment firms, insurance companies, rating agencies, and central banks towards the integration of sustainability factors in the credit risk assessment of firms, in particular SMEs, in response to regulatory developments, the supervisory framework, and sustainable investment practices.

Registration: Participants in presence and via web should register with a message to the e-mail Sustainability.Conference.Venice@bancaditalia.it. Participation in presence will be accepted depending on space availability.

Agenda

June 13

8.30 – 9.00

Welcome coffee

9.00 – 9.15

Introductory remarks

Paolo Angelini, Bank of Italy – Deputy Governor

Video

9.15 – 10.00

Keynote speech

Rick van der Ploeg, University of Oxford

Pricing in Transition and Physical Risks During the Green Transition
Q&A

Paper 1, Paper 2, Video

10.00 – 10.15

Break

10.15 – 12.45

Session I - Climate metrics for physical and transition risks

Video

Chair: Ekaterina Gratcheva, International Monetary Fund

Lucia Alessi, European Commission – Joint Research Centre and CefES (Milano Bicocca)

Stefano Battiston, University of Zurich and University Ca' Foscari Venice

Taxonomy alignment and transition risk: a country-level approach

Michele Loberto, Bank of Italy

Riccardo Russo, Bank of Italy

Climate risks and firms: a new methodology for assessing physical risks

Paper, Presentation

José Luis Blasco Vazques, University of Madrid

Elena Carrión Moneo, University of Burgos

Strategic climate metrics: prioritising key factors for enhanced decisionmaking

Discussant: Julia Braun, Bundesbank [15 min]

Discussion

Q&A [15 min]

12.45 – 13.45

Lunch

13.45 – 14.45

Session II - Transition risk and stress testing

Video

Chair: Antonio Scalia, Bank of Italy

Tina Emambakhsh, European Central Bank

Maximilian Fuchs, European Central Bank

Simon Kördel, European Central Bank

Charalampos Kouratzoglou, European Central Bank

Chiara Lelli, European Central Bank

Riccardo Pizzeghello, European Central Bank

Carmelo Salleo, European Central Bank

Martina Spaggiari, European Central Bank

The Road to Paris: stress testing the transition towards a net-zero economy

Paper, Presentation

Manuel Cugliari, Bank of Italy

Alessandra Iannamorelli, Bank of Italy

Federica Vassalli, Bank of Italy

The dual face of carbon emissions: transition risk-adjusted probability of default

Presentation

Discussant: Simone Narizzano, Bank of Italy [10 min]

Discussion

Q&A [10 min]

14.45 – 15.00

Break

15.00 – 16.00

Session III - Climate Impact on Firm Credit Risk

Video

Chair: Monica Billio, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Sante Carbone, Stockholm Business School (Stockholm University)

Margherita Giuzio, European Central Bank

Sujit Kapadia, European Central Bank

Johannes Sebastian Krämer, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund

Ken Nyholm, European Central Bank

Katia Vozian, Helsinki Graduate School of Economics and Leibniz Institute for Financial research

The low-carbon transition, climate commitments and firm credit risk

Paper, Presentation

Fabrizio Ferriani, Bank of Italy

Marcello Pericoli, Bank of Italy

Do ESG considerations impact corporate default risk?

Discussant: Andrea Giacomelli, Ca' Foscari University of Venice [10 min]

Discussion

Q&A [10 min]

16.00 – 16.30

Break

16.30 – 18.00

Session IV - Insurers Climate Risk Exposure and Insurance Protection Gap

Video

Chair: Patrick Bolton, Imperial College London and Columbia Business School

Hyeyoon Jung, Federal Reserve New York

Robert Engle, Stern School of Business, New York University

Shan Ge, Stern School of Business, New York University

Xuran Zeng, Stern School of Business, New York University

Measuring the Climate Risk Exposure of Insurers

Luca Zanin, Prometeia

Raffaella Calabrese, University of Edinburgh

Connor Innes Thorburn, Prometeia

Climate stress testing for mortgage default probability

Presentation

Mario Bellia, European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Erica Francesca Di Girolamo, European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Andrea Pagano, European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Marco Petracco Giudici, European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Flood protection gap: Evidence for public finances and insurance premiums

Paper, Presentation

Discussant: Peter Windsor, International Monetary Fund [15 min]

Q&A [15 min]

June 14

8.30 – 9.00

Welcome coffee

9.00 – 10.30

Session V - Banks Climate Risk Exposure

Video

Chair: Valentina Michelangeli, Bank of Italy

Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics and CEPR

Martina Jasova, Columbia University

Maria Loumioti, UT Dallas

Caterina Mendicino, European Central Bank

“Glossy Green" Banks: The disconnect between environmental disclosures and lending activities

Hyeyoon Jung, Federal Reserve New York

João A.C. Santos, Federal Reserve New York

Lee Seltzer, Federal Reserve New York

U.S. Banks' exposures to climate transition risks

Carlo Altavilla, European Central Bank and CEPR

Miguel Boucinha, European Central Bank

Marco Pagano, CEPR, University of Naples, EIEF, CSEF and ECGI

Andrea Polo, CEPR and EIEF and LUISS University and ECGI

Climate risk, bank lending and monetary policy

Paper, Presentation

Discussant: Roberta Fiori, Bank of Italy [15 min]

Discussion

Q&A [15 min]

10.30 – 11.00

Break

11.00 – 12.30

Panel session:

Credit risk and sustainable factors: recent and future developments

Video

Moderator: Paolo Angelini, Bank of Italy – Deputy Governor

Emmanuel Faber, International Sustainability Standards Board – Chair

Elena Flor, Intesa Sanpaolo – Head ESG Steering

Pierre Georges, S&P Global – Global head of ESG in credit - Corporate & Infrastructure Ratings

Fabio Natalucci, International Monetary Fund – Deputy Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department

12.30 – 13.00

Q&A
Closing remarks

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

Program committee: Monica Billio (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Patrick Bolton (Imperial College

London and Columbia Business School), Stefano Giglio (Yale University), Ekaterina Gratcheva

(International Monetary Fund), Valentina Michelangeli (Bank of Italy).