Martina has over 20 years of sustainable finance and impact investing experience, in industry, policy and academia, including at SIX Exchanges Group, ODDO BHF AM, S&P Global, MSCI, Lloyds Banking Group, and Deutsche Bank. She is an award-winning sustainability and regulatory expert, author and entrepreneur, with a strong focus on ESG and FinTech.
Martina is leading VBA`s Sustainable Finance efforts. She is an Advisory Board Member of the ESG Liaison Group, Houses of Parliament UK, a Consultative Working Group Member of the Sustainability Standards Committee at ESMA, and an EFRAG VSME Standard Committee Member. She is a Fellow at the Institute for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, and a Lecturer at Henley Business School and University of Zurich
Martina has (co-)authored a range of ESG and Fintech books, including “The AI Book” (Wiley, 2020), the “Handbook on Species Extinction Accounting and Biodiversity” (Routledge, 2022), a book on “ESG in Portfolio Analysis” (RiskBooks, 2022) and the “Research Handbook on Sustainability Reporting (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024). She is currently completing books on “Sustainability Assurance” and on “Climate Finance” (Routledge, 2025-6).
All Sessions by Martina Macpherson
SCENARIO ALIGNMENT – PANEL
Turning Scenarios into Capital: NZIF, Transition Finance and Externalities Accounting on Bank Balance Sheets
- What “credible alignment” looks like across asset classes? How transition scenarios feed financial effects, targets and stewardship?
- “From emissions to monetized externalities” (Impact Measurement and Valuation): pricing power, input costs, liability/penalty, stranded-asset channels, corporate issuer and portfolio views; governance guardrails
- Market signal lightning: What’s new in LMA transition loan guidance; issuer demand and bank structuring pain points (4′)? How latest transition finance publications clarify use-of-proceeds vs. capex-linked plans? Expectations for KPIs/SPTs
- Scenarios under stress: integrating scenarios into risk identification, measurement and appetite. Timeframes; handling framework inconsistencies. Turning noisy outputs into limits/pricing

