Maëlia Dufour
In June 2020 export finance leaders from commercial banks, ECAs and government met at the TXF Digital Olympics in 'The Garden' to discuss how the export finance industry has responded to the demand for sustainability across all business lines. We now advance to the field to discuss practical applications within export finance and roadmap the next 10 years:
We have spent a lot of time quibbling over taxonomies and criteria, but the export finance industry is now taking sustainability far more seriously: some organisations are even pledging up to $200 billion in sustainability-linked financing by 2025. In a shift from previous years, companies are increasingly looking at the carbon footprint or ‘green’ impact that their investments leave behind. To transform ambitious targets into reality, we have got to rethink how we incorporate sustainability into deal-making. We consider how to make this happen:
An ECA’s mandate is to promote local exports, thereby boosting local economies. By this logic, ECAs should surely have a responsibility to engage in ethical practices that benefit local exporters and the world at large. We ask: