Programme

The Sustainability Shield

Wednesday 30^th September 2026, Eden Cinemas, St Julian's, Malta

08:30

Registration & Coffee

09:00

Welcome & Introduction

Inġ Mark Azzopardi, Co-Founder at Working Town

Event Leader: Carl Zammit La Rosa, Senior Manager at PwC

09:10

Impact of change and uncertainty

Maria Alexiou, Founding Partner at ALMA

"How are economies be impacted by climate change, social unrest and other sustainability issues?"

09:35

Resource independence in an uncertain market

(delivered live virtually)

Renate de Lange, Sustainability Leader, Global Tax & Legal Services | Sustainability Leader for EMEA at PwC

"Why are large international businesses acting, and why should smaller local businesses act too?"

10:20

Panel Discussion - Plugging the leaks

Led by Michael Dingli, Manager at PwC Malta

Panelists: Kevin Alamango, Senior Vice President Technical Services, Malta International Airport | Gianni Chianetta, Chair at Greening the Islands Foundation & Vice-chair at Global Solar Council | Norbert Vella, Partner at PwC Malta | Patrick Spiteri Staines, Head of Sustainability, IHI

"Sustainability protect shrinking margins, a discussion between sustainability professionals and those operating businesses on the ground"

11:20

Coffee Break

11:45

A unified report to answer all stakeholder requests

Mathias Mingazzini, Technical Manager, Sustainability reporting pillar at EFRAG

"A practical approach for handling the uncoordinated influx of sustainability questionnaires without wasting internal resources or duplicating administrative work"

12:20

Sustainability reporting for SMEs

Donal Quinn, Founder at ENSO

"How to structure and share sustainability data for tenders, sales proposals and customer data requests"

12:30

Panel Discussion - The new rules of credit: Navigating bank sustainability scorecards to secure capital

Led by Braden Sammut, Senior Manager at Pwc

Panelists: Anabel Armeni Cauchi, Deputy Head Banking Supervision at the Malta Financial Services Authority | Tiziana Bugeja, Chief Risk Officer at BNF Bank | Matthew Swain, Head of Sustainability at APS Bank

"How banks and insurance companies use environmental data for credit assessments. Transparent reporting can improve borrowing power, lower interest rates and reduce insurance costs"

13:30

Networking Lunch Break

14:30

Workshop - Conference take aways

Led by: Prof. Marie Briguglio, University of Malta | Antonello Gauci, Sustainability Advisor | Dr Roberta Lepre, Founder & Managing Director at Weave Consulting