Trade-led growth and ESG – can Asia strike the right balance?

Events / 30-11-21 / Share Link

Tolentino Mendonca (Managing Director, Regional Head of Trade Finance, Asia Pacific, Credit Agricole CIB), Gopul Shah (Director, Head of Global Treasury & Trade Finance, Golden Agri-Resources), Melissa Moi (Head of Asia Pacific, Environment, Social, Governance, Bank of America), Matthias Schemuth (Partner, DLA Piper), Kamran Khan (Head of Environment, Social & Governance (ESG), Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank) and Stephen Olson (Senior Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation) discussed the impact of changing supply chain shifts, the role of finance as leverage in establishing ESG as a priority issue, the risk of 'greenwashing', and the importance of establishing universal metrics on which to measure progress and ensuring companies have greater understanding of their accountability to shareholders, customers and employees.