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SECOND AFF WEBINAR : "GREEN FINANCE - THE NEXT NORMAL OF INVESTMENT"
Hong Kong Trade Development Council would like to share that the second AFF webinar, titled ‘Green Finance – The Next Normal of Investment’, will be held at 4-5pm HKT on 29 Sept (Wed). Joining the event as speakers include Grace Hui, Managing Director, Head of Green and Sustainable Finance, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), and Mervyn Tang, Head of Sustainability Strategy, Schroders. Sammie Leung, Partner, ESG Services from PwC will be the moderator of the session.
Key discussion items are:
• The journey in transiting towards a low-carbon economy
• Roles of FI in helping corporates to decarbonise
• Future of carbon markets in China and Asia
More details and registration method could be found at the below: https://info.hktdc.com/dm/aff/2022/itr173483/index_en.html
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