The ESG renaissance: Transitioning financing beyond SDG signatures

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• What is driving the ESG mandate amongst GCC issuers and borrowers? Is it stakeholders or is it investors?
• How much more work is it for institutions to meet ESG criteria of investors? What are the first steps for institutions that are from less environmentally-friendly industries and sectors?
• Pricing, costs or PR: Does green and social finance offer a pricing advantage? How much extra cost is involved in ESG-linked financing? How much bigger is the pool of investors for ESG bonds?
• More incentives: What have governments done? What more can governments do to promote ESG finance in the region?

Moderator

Geraint Thomas

Head of Sustainable Finance, EMEA

MUFG

Speakers

Shrey Kohli

Head of Debt Capital Markets

London Stock Exchange

Yasser Gado

Head of Treasury & Capital Markets

Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP)

Nour Safa

Director, Debt Capital Markets, MENA

HSBC

Dan Tromans

Director of Treasury

Etihad Airways

Salima Lamdouar

VP Thematic Credit

Alliance Bernstein