This is a ½ day virtual learning programme. Upon successful registration and payment, registrants will be sent a Zoom link and access details of the online workshop.

Overview

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has, over the past years, made several key announcements on greening Singapore's financial system. It has set up Green Finance Industry Taskforce (GFIT) and published consultation papers on transitioning to net-zero carbon footprint for the financial sectors. GFIT has been working with MAS to develop taxonomy, improve disclosures, foster green finance solutions and to enhance environmental risk management practices of financial institutions (which do not limit to banks but also extended to investment funds corporations, insurance companies, key stakeholders). The major banks in Singapore are already on Enterprise Singapore's EFS scheme (Green Finance) to help finance SME's green initiatives and projects.

This ½ day workshop aims to provide a foundation for banking professionals on this sustainability bandwagon or to help anyone who may have a vested interest in ESG-led business opportunities.

About This Workshop

The following will be discussed :

1. The BIG Picture : Climate Change and the call for urgent action !
- What is ESG : (E)nvironmental, (S)ocial, (G)overnance ?
- Paris Agreement & UN 2030 Agenda

2. What is Sustainable Finance ?
- Green Finance
- Impact Finance
- Blended Finance

3. Development in Sustainable Finance for Banking & Investment Sectors
- Global ESG trends and key factors (e.g. UNEP-Financial Institutions, Central Banks & Supervisory Network for Greening The Financial System (NGFS)
- Glasgow Financial Alliance on Net Zero (GFANZ etc) shaping the banking sectors
- Implications on Sustainable Finance development in Singapore and the Southeast Asia

4. Sustainability principles reporting frameworks and standards
- UNEP-FI Principles For Responsible Banking 
- UNEP-FI Principles For Responsible Investment 
- UNEP-FI Principles Of Sustainable Insurance
- Sustainability Reporting for Financial Institutions (Global Reporting Initiative, Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD), and new standards such as International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) evolving from SASB and Integrated Reporting)

5. MAS Guidelines for Financial Institutions 
- Risk assessment and management e.g. Environmental Risk Management (ERM)
- Sustainability Bonds Frameworks (Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds)
- GFIT's Green and Sustainable Trade Finance and Working Capital Framework 

6. Case studies discussion

Learning Objectives

At the end of the workshop, participants would be able to :

- understand sustainable finance from ESG perspective
- make better and more responsible investment decisions by taking ESG into considerations
- be more aware and clear about the financial regulations, standards and market practices in relation to ESG 

Who Would Benefit

Banking executives, relationship managers, product managers, investment asset managers, insurance managers, financial intermediaries, senior management or working level executives who are involved or are looking into exploring ESG investing possibilities.

Meet The Trainer

Wee Chin Chuan is the Executive Director of a consulting firm based in Singapore. He oversees all consulting initiatives in areas of corporate strategy, corporate finance and business restructuring. He specialises in corporate finance, restructuring project financing and international business development. He handles mainly SME clients and some MNCs.

Chin Chuan possesses many years of experience in international business management, corporate finance and corporate strategy. He advises corporate clients on project financing matters involving Asian Development Bank, World Bank and various bilateral export credit agencies. These projects included power plants, waste water and water treatment facilities, port and airport privatisation in Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and China.

In his position as Principal Consultant, he has led deals origination, due diligence, analysis and negotiations of several acquisitions and divestment transactions in Asia. His current engagements include corporate strategy, financial restructuring and capital formation mandates with Singapore SMEs from food & beverage, contract manufacturing, telco and media, information technology, logistics & warehousing and merchandising sectors.

His current engagements include sustainable finance development for Africa (funded by Temasek Foundation), sustainable supply chain development and capacity building for MSMEs from hospitality, wholesale food and construction and engineering sectors, as well as incorporating sustainability into impact finance.

In areas of impact finance development, Chin Chuan is a Fellow with the Asia Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) Asia-Africa Fellowship :Programme supported by the Oppenheimer Generations Foundation and the Ford Foundation. He has been an active advocate in sustainability development for SMEs and access to finance amongst SME Centres and Trade Associations in Singapore and the region.

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