The Future of Sustainable Finance
Understand why it’s not business as usual for sustainable finance…Here is an unique opportunity to join an APLMA program on The Future of Sustainable Finance though this exclusive Legalwise webinar. Step through how climate risk governance is impacting on sustainable finance strategy, the types of regulatory changes involved, and the necessary documentation and disclosure obligations, including risk of greenwashing. WEB228V73
Description
Attend and earn 1.5 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
What changes in sustainable finance strategy do you need to think about and what are the types of regulatory changes? What is the impact on different finance products?
What documentation and disclosure obligations should be reviewed?
What are the risks of greenwashing?
What are the operational pain points in this process?
What about non-bank lending?
Facilitated and moderated by Drew Lanyon, Executive Director - Sustainable Finance and ESG, Commonwealth Bank
- Development of market & evolution of products
- Financial risks for borrowers and lenders
- Climate risk governance for any bank / non-bank lender
- Existing regulatory obligations and international obligations likely to be imposed
- Green label finance and greenwashing
- Due Diligence process where there are Climate Change issues
- Key issues in documentation
- How to manage transaction by transaction
Presented by Sarah Barker, Partner and Head of Climate Risk Governance, MinterEllison and James Darcy, Partner, Allens
Presenters
Sarah Barker
Sarah Barker leads MinterEllison's international climate risk governance and sustainability team. She helps corporations, institutional investors and government agencies manage dynamic environmental, social and governance risks through a commercial lens. She has particular expertise in the climate change related exposures under corporate and securities (rather than 'environmental') laws - including directors' fiduciary duties and financial reporting/disclosure obligations. Sarah is Australia’s representative on the cross-jurisdictional Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative. She sits as an academic visitor at Oxford University’s Smith School and teaches sustainability in corporate governance for Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
James Darcy
James is a banking and finance specialist. His core practice includes debt capital markets, project and infrastructure financing (including PPPs), corporate lending, derivatives and general banking matters. He brings his technical expertise to transactions in a deal-focused manner. James leads the Debt Capital Markets team at Allens. James is recognised in major industry publications as being a key individual and a leading lawyer in his field. Chambers Asia states that clients appreciate that he 'applies a commercial and practical rationale' and 'will go above and beyond when needed'. In the debt capital markets area, his work includes advising financial institutions and corporates on Australian, Euro, US, Kangaroo and Samurai bond programs, US private placements and structured debt issues. James spent two-and-a-half years on secondment in London, where he worked extensively on debt capital market deals, structured financings and derivative transactions. James is on the board of Allens.