Understanding SDGs & Climate Risk Awareness for Banks - Sustainable Finance

This one-day programme will provide an overview of the SDG and Paris Agreement, with a focus on how these initiatives are driving change across the globe.

The programme aims to create awareness and explore how these global commitments are translated into our national and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) commitment, and the role that financial institutions can play in achieving these goals.

Participants will learn basic science-based knowledge on climate change and how to differentiate climate change mitigation and adaption according to the BNM Climate Change and Principle-based Taxonomy (CCPT).

By end of this programme, participants will have a solid understanding of how to relate their to your bank’s SDGs and climate agenda with global, national and central bank commitment, and what their role is in achieving these commitments.

Programme Outline

Learning Objectives

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

Explain how the SDG and Paris Agreement are driving change across the globe
Interpret the role of financial institutions in achieving the SDG and Paris Agreement
Identify their role in supporting their organisation’s SDG and Climate commitment

Programme Outline

SDG & Paris Agreement Commitment
UN SDGs & Paris Agreement, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
Broad concept of Sustainable Finance
Understand our national and central bank commitment
Activity: Identify your bank’s sustainability commitment and strategies
Overview of Sustainable Risk
Financial impact to banks & financing customers
E,S,G Risks & Opportunities
Climate Risk: Physical Risk & Transition Risk & Stranded Assets
Activity: case study
Understanding Climate Change
The science of climate change
Climate mitigation & adaptation
Decarbonisation & Renewable Energy
Activity: calculate your carbon footprint

Case Studies and Discussions

METHODOLOGY

Lecture, games, videos, quizzes, discussions throughout the modules, participants will be provided with references, publications, and relevant databases to dive deeper into specific discussed topics

Participant profile

Staff of financial institutions interested in the topic of sustainability & climate risk

Trainer

Zurina Binti Othman

Senior Training Consultant, Asian Banking School

Michelle Loo Phoy Wan

Trainer, Asian Banking School

Sharon Liew Siu Wei

Senior Consultant, Asian Banking School

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Zurina Binti Othman

Senior Training Consultant, Asian Banking School

Zurina Othman has 29 years of experience in banking ranging from branch operations to credit/risk management. She has in-depth knowledge in business banking financing structure, business strategies, credit and risk management.

She started her career in 1995 as the operations officer in one of the leading banks in Malaysia, and successfully progressed to various key positions including the Head of Business Centres, Business Banking prior to her appointment as Chief Credit Officer (CCO) at a Development Financial Institution (DFI). As CCO, she was actively involved in training programmes and appointed as Chairman of the Credit Learning Council. Her areas of training expertise are in Credit Underwriting and Structuring, Credit Risk Management, Trade Financing and Islamic Banking.

Zurina holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Study, majoring in Finance, from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). She obtained her Certified Credit Professional, Commercial Banking (CCP) from IBBM in 2004, and the Chartered Professional in Islamic Finance (CPIF) from the Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals in 2021. She is also a Certified HRDF Trainer and a Certified Expert in Sustainable Finance (CeiSF) from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany.

Michelle Loo Phoy Wan

Trainer, Asian Banking School

Michelle Loo has more than 10 years of banking experience in secured and unsecured lending, wealth products, bancassurance, SME banking and branch management.

Michelle started her career in the banking industry with HSBC Bank as a Mortgage Executive. In 2008, she joined OCBC as a Business Development Manager in SME Banking and during which, the team she was in achieved Top 5 in the nationwide overall performance. Following that, she joined Maybank as a Mortgage Consultant. She was one of the pioneers in the Direct Sales Team and recognized as the Nationwide Top Team for 3 consecutive years. She then went on to join Alliance Bank and was promoted as Branch Manager. Subsequently, she joined Public Bank in Regional Sales and Support in SME Bancassurance, supporting 19 branches in the Klang Valley. Her main task was to maintain Regional top sales, which she achieved for 2 consecutive years.

At ABS, she is involved in developing e-Learning content, storyboarding and gamification, as well as having the role as a Trainer for the “Introduction to Ethics in Banking” programme. Michelle holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics majoring in Finance from University Putra Malaysia.

Sharon Liew Siu Wei

Senior Consultant, Asian Banking School

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.