How to manage greenwashing risk in banks

Summary

Greenwashing in banking has recently received much attention of press and regulators. But what may be considered as greenwashing and which risk management practices should be considered?

In this event you will learn

• What are the expectations of regulators?
• Which areas in banking are most vulnerable to greenwashing risk and what are the potential effects?
• Which considerations should be made with regards to managing greenwashing risk?

Presenters

Dr. Philipp Aeby is the CEO and co-founder of RepRisk. He is an expert in business conduct risk management, with a special interest in machine learning.

Before joining RepRisk in 2006, Philipp served in various managerial positions across Europe at Amgen, a global biopharmaceutical firm, and worked on a broad range of international assignments with the Boston Consulting Group. He started his career as a visiting scientist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia.

Philipp holds a PhD in Environmental Physics and a Master’s degree in Climatology and Hydrology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland, where he earned the ETH Medal for outstanding research that involved applying neural networks to pattern recognition.

moderated by János Blum and André Dylan Kohler.

Agenda

17:30 Doors open – name tag collection
18:00 Introduction (André Dylan Kohler)
18:05 Greenwashing Risk Management: Global Regulations and Trends (André Dylan Kohler)
18:15 How to manage greenwashing risks in banks (Philipp Aeby)
19:00 Moderated discussion and Q&A (all)
19:30 Networking drinks (all)
20:30 End

Chapter Event

In our chapter events – access for members only – we present one or more speakers to share knowledge, updates and best practices on a specific risk topic. In small groups of risk professionals you can exchange thoughts and test ideas. More on SRA chapters. This event is hosted by the chapter Sustainability.