The Climate Conversations Podcast: How DBS Bank provides green financing
Getting a small-and medium-sized enterprise (SME) to become greener is not easy but banks have a responsibility to help, says DBS’ chief sustainability officer in this episode of The Climate Conversations podcast.
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They say money makes the world go round and financial institutions are critically tied to businesses. But how does climate change come into the decision-making process?
Julie Yoo sits down with Helge Muenkel, DBS chief sustainability officer, to discuss how banks make tough decisions on who gets money.
With our lending and financing support ... empowering clients that, for example, run "brown" businesses to becoming less brown and ultimately green, we are making the world a better place.
Jump to these key moments:
- 2:43 What does a chief sustainability officer of a bank actually do?
- 4:21 What is the role of banks in steering us to a greener world?
- 8:34 How does DBS decide who to fund?
- 13:57 How does the bank deal with "greenwashing"?
- 18:31 What is DBS doing to support SMEs?
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