Sustainable Finance
Preparing for Bank Sustainability Reporting; Navigating the ESG Regulatory and Reporting Landscape
3 sessions (1.5hr each)
Course Overview
Over the past decade, sustainability reporting has witnessed huge leaps in the financial industry and in general. On the one hand, there has been an increase in ESG transparency, improvements within standards and reporting frameworks and better engagement for stakeholders within decision-making processes.
On the other hand, sustainability scholars, investors, NGOs and stakeholders have criticized many FIs and corporations about the validity, reliability and materiality of their sustainability reporting.
For financial institutions, the challenges at the borrower level are particularly challenging. The dynamic changes in complex socio-economic systems mandate continuous development of risk management and reporting systems. In the last decade, FI sustainability reporting has faced challenges such as:
• a rapidly evolving scope, complexity and applicability of corporate responsibility
• the existence of multiple ESG and sustainability reporting frameworks
• increasing pressure by investors and stakeholders for enhanced disclosure
• confusion of reporting cycles, mandatory and voluntary reporting
In this course you will:
Understand...
Benefits of an ESG approach and which disclosure frameworks are relevant for your organization
Learn about...
What is an effective Environmental and Social Risk Management System and what are the implications for data and metrics
Find out how to...
Implement sustainability performance and ESG risk reporting as part of the annual reporting process
Objectives: Participants in this course will come away with…
- The ability to define sustainability in the context of investment and lending
- Knowledge of sustainability reporting and disclosure challenges in the banking industry and know how they are being addressed
- The ability to identify ESG risks and develop approaches for materiality assessment and double materiality
- Understanding of impact investor and DFIs requirements regarding ESG performance and disclosure
- Insights about current trends in prudential oversight and banking supervisory expectations regarding climate change and ESG risk management and reporting.
- Recognize the interplay of Green Taxonomies and green industry classifications on bank reporting frameworks
Course Instructor

Tony Deary
Director, GBRW Consulting/ Learning
Tony is a financial services policy and regulatory advisor based in Singapore with broad experience in banking regulation and financial systems development. Formerly he had a career with the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States in the area of banking and financial services supervision and regulation.
Since 2012 he has worked on financial sector development initiatives globally. He has led numerous banking sector projects particularly in the SE Asia region addressing topics in financial inclusion, payment systems development, financial reporting and sustainable finance.
Tony has served several advisory roles to jurisdictions implementing Basel 3 reforms and IFRS 9 adoption. He has also worked on licensing and supervision frameworks for financial services in the United States and emerging markets.
His work as a consultant with GBRW since 2020 includes supporting financial regulators and financial institutions in formulating and implementing sustainability initiatives such as policy development, environmental and social risk management frameworks, and disclosure requirements.
He is a certified trainer from the London Institute of Banking and Finance, and holds a Masters degree in Economics and Finance from Brandeis University.