ITFA and TFG Tradecast – Sustainable Trade Finance, 15 April 2021

Trade finance has a significant role to play in sustainable development and ESG, which extends to addressing global challenges around climate change, human rights and biodiversity. 

The banking industry is certainly making progress towards their sustainability mandates, which is no longer a ‘nice to have’, rather a business imperative. But if we are to jointly work towards the Paris agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, raising truly understanding the benefits of sustainable trade assets, understanding the appetite from the investment community, and sharing best in class practices that are being applied locally and and globally is critical. 

This tradecast will be streamed via LinkedIn Live, YouTube and Zoom. Register here for free. The tradecast will be held on 15 April 2021 at 7 AM EDT / 12 PM BST / 1 PM CEST / 3 PM GST / 7 PM SGT.

In this Tradecast we discuss:

• The definition of sustainable finance assets
• The true business benefits of sustainable trade finance
• Has the pandemic accelerated considerations for sustainability in supply chains?
• 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
• Education and sharing best practices within the community
• A roadmap for sustainable trade finance

Meet the speakers:

• Johanna Wissing, Board Member, ITFA
• NLN Swaroop, SVP, Portfolio Management and Distribution, HSBC, ICC Sustainable Trade Finance Working Group
• Anne Maria Cronin, Director, Quarter Penny Consulting
• Katharina Michael, Unicredit, ICC Sustainable Trade Finance Working Group

Moderated by: Deepesh Patel, Editor, Trade Finance Global