ITFA and TFG joint webinar
Join ITFA’s Emerging Leaders and Trade Finance Global in the upcoming webinar titled: ”Sustainable Trade Finance.” The webinar will be held on 15 April at 12:00 BST.
Moderated by: ITFA Emerging Leaders and Deepesh Patel, Editor, Trade Finance Global
Featuring:
- Johanna Wissing, Director, Trade, GTB, Lloyds Banking Group, Board Member, ITFA
- NLN Swaroop, SVP, Portfolio Management and Distribution, HSBC, ICC Sustainable Trade Finance Working Group
- Anne Maria Cronin, Director, Quarter Penny Consulting
- Final participant TBC
In this webinar we will discuss:
- The definition of sustainable trade finance assets – (vs greenwashing / buzzwords) – the rise of alternate distribution in trade finance
- The true business benefits of sustainable trade finance – (eg. BP case study – oil, soybean plantation and deforestation in Brazil)
- COVID/ pandemic and supply chains – sustainability
- Understanding risk when it comes to environment and sustainability
- How sustainable trade finance assets are evaluated and understanding the risk
- Investment appetite towards these assets in the investment community – differentiated treatment for sustainable trade finance assets – should we disincentivise non-green trade or incentivise green trade?
- Education and sharing best practices within the community
- Roadmap for sustainable trade finance and where it sits within the debate – e.g. EBA, multilaterals, DFIs, rating agencies
More details to follow in due course.