Refocusing on Sustainable Finance in a post-pandemic world
Training
Event Details
Program Summary
This COVID-19 crisis provides an opportunity to rebuild the global economy in an equitable and greener way, including growing sustainable finance and reinventing supply chain to move towards a low carbon, better and circular future. Furthermore, there has been increasing traction and regulatory requirements in this space. This series of webinars aims to communicate, clarify and engage its participants on the different aspects of sustainable finance and how to effectively use it.
Program Outcome
This course is designed for financial and project developer professionals who seek an in-depth understanding of sustainable finance
*Participants from this workshop are enetitled to member rates for upcoming ACES 2020
Refocusing on Sustainable Finance in a post-pandemic world is a 3 two hour session online session paced over 3 weeks.
11th November 2020
10am - 12pm
18th November 2020
10am - 12pm
Agenda
Main Schedule
9:00 AM - 12:00 PMSustainable Finance: Breaking down the jargon
i. Is sustainable finance just about green finance? a. Introducing framework to set the scene - Capital, Cost, Income, Risk & Compliance - Outlook & Business sentiment - Climate risk mainstream as a financial and non-financial risk ii. Why is this gaining traction during this COVI D-19 pandemic, and how to we make sense of it? - Disclosure requirements - What’s next?
2
1:00 PM - 3:00 PMSustainable Finance: Two tails coin
i. Perspectives from both a financial institutions and project developers: a. What is important to banks (credit risk, modelling etc.) and what is key for businesses (margin etc.) b. Where do common interests/purposes emerge c. How to speak the language of common goals?
3
3:00 PM - 5:00 PMSustainable Finance: Measurement and disclosure
i. How can sustainable finance be fostered? a. Introduce a roadmap incl. governance, strategy, risk management and metrics (basically TCFD approach) b. Introduce the concept of externalities to be internalized c. The importance of data governance and ownership d. Technology & Innovation ii. How do I read the ESG survey results and how to understand them?