Sustainable Finance - What role will the Compliance Professional Play?

Event Details

Free


Date and Time

Fri, 21 October 2022

12:00 - 13:00


Location

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Event Details

Free


Date and Time

Fri, 21 October 2022

12:00 - 13:00


Location

To register, click on the 'Register' button to the right of the screen.

Event details
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For all our futures, a sustainable world is going to be ever more important. An important component to achieve a sustainable world is sustainable finance. The area of sustainable finance is evolving to meet the expectations of a range of shareholders, including investors, policy makers, regulators, central banks, and society and everyone is a stakeholder. Becoming aware and educating are building blocks to a lifetime of employment.

As part of Climate Finance Week, Compliance Institute, in association with Sustainable Finance Ireland, IFS Skillnet and IOB discuss with a panel of experts the following all-important questions:

  • Sustainable finance related initiatives are a relatively new function in firms and touch various other functions how does a firm determine who the ‘owner’ is?

  • Sustainable finance has become a huge interest for boards and employees, what is key to setting the standards for the sustainable finance agenda?

  • How will compliance play a meaningful role in a firm’s sustainable finance initiatives?

  • How can the compliance program rise to meet the changing and evolving risks and strategies?

  • What expertise can the compliance function provide to help firms establish a robust, auditable metrics and assisting with any disclosure issues?

  • How best can the compliance function manage interactions across sustainable finance?

  • How will leadership teams give compliance a voice and use compliance professionals’ expertise and experience to inform the firm’s decisions?

  • How will culture and ethics be embedded in a sustainable finance compliance framework?

  • Promoting a culture of compliance; are individual accountability regimes and controlled functions aligned with supporting the sustainable finance strategy in financial services?

  • What do compliance professionals need to start doing now to prepare? 

1 CPD hour is available for the following designations:

  • LCI

  • FCI (Compliance)