Sustainable Finance
Sustainable finance, as defined by the European Commission, is "the provision of financing to investments taking into consideration Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations."
It is not merely a regulatory requirement but rather an increasingly demand-driven business opportunity. Risk is also a common driver that pushes financial institutions to invest responsibly, alonsgside other factors such as market trends and the willingness to create new fields of income.
15 April 2021 (ENG) - 2pm-4pm
18 May 2021 (ENG) - 2pm-4pm
Price: 300.00 €
Duration: 2h
Language: English, also available in French
Number of participants: max. 15
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to have sufficient knowledge to tackle the challenge of running an ESG and Sustainable Finance transformation project in their organisations.
Content
- The key concepts and definitions in the ESG and Sustainable Finance space
- A framework environment: from global to local, from UN to the EU and to Luxembourg
- The regulatory requirements: moving from nice to have to must have
- ESG and Sustainable Finance in Luxembourg
- Transforming a threat into an opportunity. Sustainable Finance is more about new business opportunities than about business threat
- Types of strategies to tackle the ESG and Sustainable Finance challenges
- Product transformation, new product launch and product distribution
Target audience
Management and staff of Financial Institutions, Management Companies and PSF
Our lead experts
Nathalie Dogniez, Partner, leads the PwC EMEA ESG team and the EMEA Asset and Wealth Management European Regulatory team.
Nathalie is a member of LuxFlag ESG Label Eligibility Committee (analysing submission in order to grant ESG labels) as well as EFAMA’s Stewardship, Market Integrity and ESG Investment Standing Committee.
Nathalie has been working on ESG thematics for nearly two decades, servicing ESG managers and products. She was at the origin of the first SRI working group of the Luxembourg Fund Association.
She lectures at the Luxembourg School of Finance (Master in Asset Management) on SRI and is also part of AIMA Sustainable Investment working group, as well as being a regular speaker at conferences on responsible investments.
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