ICMA Women's Network: Investing in Human Rights and Gender Equality to Foster Economic Opportunities

Date: 4 November 2025
Time: 16:30 - 19:15 JST
Venue: Daiwa Securities Group, GranTokyo North Tower 9-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6751, Japan

Co-hosted by

Overview

Addressing human rights and gender inequalities is not only a matter of intrinsic value and a moral imperative. It can also enhance growth, productivity, competitiveness and the sustainability of economies.

In November 2021, UN Women, IFC and ICMA launched a practical guide to using sustainable bond issuances to advance gender equality, Bonds-to-Bridge-the-Gender-Gap. The information provided in this guide was meant to aid the ecosystem of the debt market including new and existing bond issuers, borrowers, underwriters, arrangers, and external reviewers to take action to integrate gender equality objectives into sustainable debt products.

Where does the market stand 4 years later? Experts from prominent organisations will take stock of the progress made since the publication of the guide.

Save the 4^th November 2025 in your calendar to join us and be the part of the conversation advancing gender equality.

Registrations for this event will open in due course.

If you have any questions, please contact ICMA events.

JST
16:30		Registration
17:00		Welcome remarks Mami Negishi, Managing Director, Sustainability Solutions Dept, Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.
17:05		Keynote presentation: IWN presentation Angela Brusas, Director of Nordic Investment Bank and Chair, ICMA Women's Network
17:10		Keynote presentation Speaker to be announced
17:30		Panel discussion: Why does it matter to invest in human rights and gender equality? Moderator: Samantha Swiss, Chief Executive, KangaNews Panellists: Christine Arab, Regional Director of UN Women Asia and the Pacific and UN Women Representative to the Kingdom of Thailand Felix Grote, Head of Funding & Investor Relations, Council of Europe Development Bank Sachiko IMOTO, Senior Vice President, JICA Yumiko Murakami, General Partner, MPower KK Speakers to be announced
18:15		Networking cocktail
19:15		Event close

Overview of the latest developments in the sustainable bond markets: an ICMA and BofA Securities training workshop (by invitation only)
Organised by: ICMA and BofA Securities
Time: 08:30 - 16:30 SGT, Tuesday, June 27
Venue: The Westin Singapore

ICMA and BofA Securities will hold a one-day training workshop aimed at regulators, issuers, investors and other market participants from the APAC region on June 27 at the Westin Singapore. The workshop will cover a comprehensive range of topics including: an overview of the Principles, financing themes such as climate transition, blue and biodiversity, overview of the EU/ASEAN taxonomies, an update on external reviews, disclosures and reporting as well as a case study on sustainability-linked bond issuance. Presenters will include representatives from ICMA, IFC, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, BofA Securities, RAM Sustainability and Dentons Hong Kong.

Roundtable on Singapore GFIT Taxonomy (invitation only)
Organised by ICMA
Time: 10:00-11:30 SGT, Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Venue: Singapore

Roundtable on global and Asian transition finance (invitation only)
Organised by ICMA
Time: 15:30-17:00 SGT, Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Venue: Singapore

Dynamics and developments in the international sustainable bond markets – Implications for the MENA region

Capital Club, DIFC, Dubai, 8 December 2021

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