The BBCC, in collaboration with the Green Finance and Energy Centre, invite you to the upcoming BBCC Sustainability Committee event, Future-Proof Business: turning climate, technology and regulation into a competitive advantage for banks and insurers
When: 11 June
Time: 8:30 – 13:00
Where: CMS, Sofia Landmark Centre, 14 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., Floor 1, 2 1000 Sofia
Work language: Bulgarian
Climate, regulation, and technology are reshaping the rules of the game faster than organisations can adapt. This is directly changing the way risk is assessed, capital is allocated, and profits are created in the banking and insurance sectors.
The question today is not whether these forces are having an impact. The question is which institutions have built models that work when reality deviates from expectations – and which will be left behind. The difference between the two is increasingly not one of size or market position, but the ability to turn uncertainty into strategy and change into competitive advantage.
This event raises precisely this question:
How can financial institutions and businesses not just protect themselves from accelerated change, but use it to be more resilient, more profitable, and more relevant?
Agenda:
| Time | Session |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Networking, coffee and registration |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome & Introduction – Kamelia Slaveykova, Chair of the Sustainability Committee and BBCC Vice Chair – Doc. Dr Manyu Moravenov, Executive Director, Green Finance & Energy Centre |
| 09:10 – 09:30 | Presentation by Doc. Dr Manyu Moravenov, Green Finance & Energy Centre Annual Report on the Disclosure of Information on ESG Aspects of Companies’ Activities followed by Q&A |
| 09:30 – 09:50 | Presentation by Galena Koleva, EBRD Green Finance Products followed by Q&A |
| 09:50 – 10:20 | Presentation by Kristina Stefanova, Sustainability Advisory Manager, Forvis Mazars ESG in the Banking Sector – Good Practices and Areas for Improvement – Through the Eyes of a Consultant and Auditor followed by Q&A |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 – 11:20 | Banking Panel Strategy in Uncertainty: Building a Sustainable and Profitable Banking Model Participants: – Teodor Marinov, Chief Financa Director and Executive Director, UBB – Stefan Ivanov, Chief Risk Director and Management Board Member of UniCredit Bulbank – Angel Mateev, Executive Director of Retail and Member of the Management Board, Postbank Moderated by Katerina Novakova followed by Q&A |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Presentation by Loredana Artenie, UNIQA Sustainable From Risk to Opportunity: How Insurers Turn ESG Into a Business Advantage (presentation in English) followed by Q&A |
| 11:40 – 12:20 | Insurance Panel Beyond the Loss Ratio: Climate, Capital and the Future of Insurance Participants: – Veselin Angelov, Member of the Board of the Association of Bulgarian Insurers, Director Allianz Bulgaria – Polina Dikova, Consultant at the Association of Bulgarian Insurers in Sustainability and Climate Risks – Stanislav Ivanov, Director of Property Insurance, Generali Bulgaria – Julian Popov, Former Minister of Environment and Water (2013, 2023-2024, 2026) Moderated by Blagovest Tsvetkov followed by Q&A |
| 12:20 – 12:30 | Finishing remarks |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Networking |
N.B: This event is now fully booked and we no longer accept registrations.