Balancing ESG with structure and liquidity: Is there a liquidity and/or price advantage for green and sustainable debt?

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Balancing ESG with structure and liquidity: Is there a liquidity and/or price advantage for green and sustainable debt?

• Pricing or PR: Does green, social and sustainable finance offer a pricing advantage? How much extra cost is involved in ESG-linked financing options?
• How are renewables and social infrastructure projects optimising synergy with ESG criteria? What instruments can they use to tap ESG-focused finance?
• Transition financing: What are the capital and economic reasons for dirty industry borrowers to incorporate ESG into their financing strategy?
• Record bond issuances in 2020 but Green Debt is down 20% YTD: Is sustainable finance losing steam because of the pandemic?

Moderator

Patrick Drum

Portfolio Manager

Saturna Capital

Speakers

Manish Manchandya

EVP, Strategic Planning & Chief Investment Officer

Saudi Electricity Company

Greg Saichin

Advisor

Even Keel Family Office

Sarah Pirzada Usmani

Head of Sustainable, Asset & Project Finance

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Nicole Martens

Director, Martens Impact Advisory and Acting Head of Africa & Middle East,

UNPRI

Olivier Nicolas

Vice President, Structured Finance / International Banking

SMBC EMEA