How Innovation is Driving the Funding of Green and Sustainable Activities

Do currently available taxonomies adequately address sector-specific transition concerns and what are salient additions to later versions?Assessing disclosure requirements and developing an effective climate change curriculum for financial institutionsHow are governments and exchanges enabling the trading of carbon credits, and what are the objectives and benefits of such initiatives?Defining the role of the financial sector in facilitating an effective energy transition in conjunction with the National Energy PolicyHow will the pace of adoption of ESG by SMEs impact the banking sector and capital markets?Moderator:Sharifatul Hanizah, Executive Director, Islamic Capital Market Development, Securities Commission MalaysiaPanelists:Bilal Parvaiz, Executive Director and Head Islamic Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking, Standard Chartered SaadiqLouis Booth, APAC Commercial Lead, SylveraMohd Ekmal Mohd Zazi, Regional Head, Wholesale Banking, CIMB Islamic BankSedef Gunsur, Senior Investment Officer, Financial Institutions Group, International Finance Corporation