ESG – The Need to Know and the Need to Act

It seems discussions around the role of ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance - in finance are everywhere. Unsurprising, given the numerous looming assessment deadlines being issued by regulators. At the same time, there are also some hefty numbers attached to it, including an unmitigated impact cost estimate of US$14Trillion of global GDP, by 2050. Tier-1 lenders are already scrutinising how they embed and enable climate risk analysis into business models, the best routes to driving positive change, and why automation and digitisation are critical to sustainability. Our presenters and panel outline the way forward, what ESG means for all of us and the applications of how decisioning can account for a mass of variables that have direct environmental impacts - from electric car loans, to outsourcing, to mortgage lending in high-risk flooding or fire-prone regions.