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Overview

Title: Spotlight on sustainability: How banks can overcome the challenges of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050

Duration: 45 Minutes

Summary

In this webinar we will explore the measures banks can take in order to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Can banks marry their own goals with those of their clients? Will interim targets need to be rethought with a looming energy crisis in Europe? We will look at a range of challenges that lenders are having to confront, from the lack of relevant and accurate data to the need to reskill their staff and restructure their businesses. We will also discuss how banks can address the increasing scrutiny their climate plans face from investors, as well as the opportunities that the massive spending required for the green transition can present them

For who?

This webinar is targeted at all professionals within the European financial services sector. Participation is free but subject to prior registration.

Why watch?

Find out how different banks are implementing their net-zero plans
Understand the challenges facing banks, including access to relevant data and working in conjunction with clients’ transition goals
Explore the issue of greenwashing and the importance of robust targets to ensure credibility
Hear how banks can capitalize on the estimated $275 trillion of spending that will be required to hit net-zero by 2050

Speakers

Antoni Ballabriga
Global Head of Responsible Business, BBVA

Antoni Ballabriga is the Global Head of Responsible Business at BBVA. He reports directly to the Board of Directors, Co-chair of the Global Steering Committee at UNEP FI (United Nations Environmental Program for Financial Institutions). Member of the Steering Group at the Net Zero Banking Alliance Chair of the Sustainable Finance Expert Group at EBF (European Banking Federation). Professor at ESADE Business School. Former President of DIRSE, Spanish Association of CSR Professionals and Former President of SpainSIF, Forum for Sustainable Investment in Spain.

Antoni holds a Degree in Business Sciences and MBA from ESADE Business School. He studied at Harvard Business School, Cambridge University and is First Mover Fellow at The Aspen Institute

Jennifer Laidlaw
Senior Writer, S&P Global Sustainable1

Jennifer Laidlaw is a senior writer on S&P Global Sustainable1’s ESG Thought Leadership Team where she explains how the latest sustainability trends affect the investment community. She came to S&P Sustainable1 from S&P Global Market Intelligence where she worked as a European banking correspondent in Paris. Jennifer started her career as a business and finance journalist as a rookie reporter at a start-up English-language business newspaper in Warsaw. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that helped her become an all-round journalist prepared for any challenge, including a stint as a European commodities reporter in London for Dow Jones that then took her back to Warsaw as a business and economics reporter for the newswire. Her career has also taken her to New York as a technology and advertising reporter for Reuters and a banking and retail correspondent for the same newswire in Brussels. She then landed in the French capital where she worked as an international news stringer for Radio France before joining S&P Global.

Darragh Riordan (Moderator)

EMEA FIG Editor, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Darragh is an editor in the Europe, Middle East and Africa Financial Institutions Group at S&P Global Market Intelligence. He is responsible for coordinating exclusive features and data-driven insights on topics including ESG, corporate strategy, regulation, and M&A at banks across the region.

Prior to joining the banking team, Darragh worked on the consumer and retail desk at Market Intelligence, focused on companies including Amazon.com, Tesla and LVMH. He also reported extensively on the European private equity industry while at Real Deals.

Darragh holds a BA Hons in Hispanic Studies from the University of Nottingham.