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How Innovation is Driving the Funding of Green and Sustainable Activities

October 24, 2023 IFN Islamic Finance news
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How Innovation is Driving the Funding of Green and Sustainable Activities
Show Notes
  • Do currently available taxonomies adequately address sector-specific transition concerns and what are salient additions to later versions?
  • Assessing disclosure requirements and developing an effective climate change curriculum for financial institutions
  • How are governments and exchanges enabling the trading of carbon credits, and what are the objectives and benefits of such initiatives?
  • Defining the role of the financial sector in facilitating an effective energy transition in conjunction with the National Energy Policy
  • How will the pace of adoption of ESG by SMEs impact the banking sector and capital markets?

Moderator:

Sharifatul Hanizah, Executive Director, Islamic Capital Market Development, Securities Commission Malaysia

Panelists:

Bilal Parvaiz, Executive Director and Head Islamic Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking, Standard Chartered Saadiq
Louis Booth, APAC Commercial Lead, Sylvera
Mohd Ekmal Mohd Zazi, Regional Head, Wholesale Banking, CIMB Islamic Bank
Sedef Gunsur, Senior Investment Officer, Financial Institutions Group, International Finance Corporation