Navigating Sustainable Finance and Climate Risk Management - Sustainable Finance

This two-day programme aims to equip risk officers in the banking industry with a thorough understanding of key frameworks like the UNSDG and the Paris Agreement, along with sustainable finance principles.

Participants will learn to recognise their bank’s sustainability goals and strategies, as well as how to manage climate-related risks for both the bank and its clients.

Covering foundational elements such as climate change science, risk assessment, mitigation, and adaptation, the programme also addresses the latest regulatory updates in climate risk management. Through a cross-functional learning exchange presentation, participants have a unique opportunity to deepen their grasp of sustainable finance and climate risk management. By exchanging ideas and best practices on integrating new knowledge into their roles, participants are empowered to drive positive change within their organisations, benefiting society and the planet.

Programme Outline

Learning Objectives

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

Describe and relate the UN Sustainable Goals (SDG) and Paris Agreement with the Bank’s Sustainability commitment
Identify how their role in the bank can support the sustainability aspiration
Discuss how climate risk impacts the bank and its financing portfolio through the key transmission channel
Interpret the BNM expectations and requirements related to climate risk management

Programme Outline

Module 1: What has Sustainability to do with finance?
Sustainability concept & milestones
Global & National Net Zero Commitment
Activities: Identify your bank’s sustainability commitment
Module 2: Understanding Climate Change
Foundation of climate change
GHG Emission
Climate mitigation & adaptation
Module 3: Climate Risk Management
Physical Risk & Transition Risk
Climate risk impacts to bank as company-level risks BNM
BNM Climate Risk Management & Scenario Analysis (CRMSA)
BNM Climate Change Principle Taxonomy (CCPT) classification
Greenwashing

Module 4: Group Discussion & Presentation: Cross-functional Learning Exchange

Participants will be grouped by department to discuss how to integrate the new knowledge and skills learned into their respective job functions.

All groups will share their action plans, perspectives, and ideas during the presentation.

This fosters a culture of sharing and collaboration by understanding the roles of other departments.

METHODOLOGY

Lectures, video, quizzes, case study discussions, cross-functioning role presentation, pre & post assessment and personal reflection. Throughout the modules, participants will be provided with references, publications, and relevant databases to dive deeper into specific discussed topics.

Participant profile

Specific Function Unit staff – 2nd line and 3rd line of defence, any risk functioning staffs (Eg. Compliance Risk Officer, Risk Management, Internal audit, product development)

Trainer

Sharon Liew Siu Wei

Senior Consultant, Asian Banking School

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Sharon Liew is a Senior Consultant at the Asian Banking School (ABS) and has more than 17 years of banking and training experience. She started her career as a Senior Associate at BDO; leading audits of the government-linked group of companies under the Prime Minister’s Office from 2005-2007. Following that, she joined Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) as Financial Supervisor where her responsibilities included on-site and off-site surveillance of financial institutions in Malaysia. Pursuing her passion for teaching, Sharon then went on to teach banking and finance at the Tunku Abdul Rahman University College from 2014 to 2021.

At ABS, Sharon develops and delivers customised Sustainable Finance programmes for clients including designing Sustainable Finance Structured Learning Pathways. Currently, Sharon is working on expanding partnerships with government agencies to enhance the scope of training offerings to the banking and non-banking industry. She is also involved in conducting Qualification-related training.

Sharon conducts training in English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin and Cantonese and has a teaching permit registered under the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant registered under the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and is a Certified HRDF Trainer. Sharon has a Bachelor of Accounting from the University Putra Malaysia and a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching from the Open University Malaysia. She also holds a Professional Certificate in Islamic Finance from INCEIF, Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from the London Teacher Training College and is a Certified Teacher in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CTCSOL) from Hanban. She is a Certified Expert in Sustainable Finance awarded by the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany.