Training: How Does Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Create Values for Company?
課程培訓題目：“環境社會管治”ESG 如何為公司創造價值？
Course Outlines 課程大綱:
- Global and local trends on ESG and impact to companies and directors
- Sustainability or ESG? Let’s start with business risk
- Board Role in Climate and Sustainability governance best practice
- ESG disclosure – Challenges, key changes and next steps
- How does the execution of ESG strategy maximize the value added to a company?
Language: English
CPD Hours: 2
Facilitator 導師:
Ms Serena Mak
Executive Director
Sustainable Finance at Institutional Banking Group, DBS
Serena Mak is Executive Director for Sustainable Finance at Institutional Banking Group with DBS Hong Kong. She provides strategic direction and guidance on sustainable finance transactions while also fostering a culture of sustainability within the bank.
Before joining DBS in 2022, Serena was the Head of ESG Funding Asia at Home Credit, where she successfully contributed to the group’s sustainability-linked financing in Asia. She also held several positions at Goldman Sachs in Singapore and Hong Kong, with a focus on liquidity management across the APAC region.
Serena holds a Master of Science degree in Financial Analysis as well as a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Global Business & Management of Organizations from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She is a Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA), CPA (Australia), and FRM. Serena also serves as Board Governor and Honorary Secretary at Friends of the Earth (Hong Kong) and is on the examiner team for the Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA) program by the European Federation of Financial Analysts.
Guest Speaker 客席嘉賓:
Mr Dennis Ngai
Vice President
Sustainable Finance at Institutional Banking Group, DBS
Currently serving as Senior Vice President, Sustainable Finance, Institutional Banking Group (IBG) at DBS Hong Kong, Dennis leverages his technical background to structure sustainable and green finance transactions within corporate banking as well as transactional banking.
With a diverse background of consultancy, start-up entrepreneurship and banking, Dennis’ close to 20 years professional experience encompassed a range of disciplines relating to ESG, including green and sustainable finance, climate risk, technical Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) for energy engineering projects.
Prior to joining DBS Bank, Dennis co-founded EHS consultancy firm IRESC in 2012 after a successful career in ERM.
Dennis holds a Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering and a Bachelor degree in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Dennis also holds CFA certificate in ESG investing.