ESG

Every­one is talk­ing about ESG (En­vir­on­ment­al, So­cial and Gov­ernance) stand­ards against which the mar­kets are as­sess­ing busi­nesses’ im­pact on so­ci­ety and the en­vir­on­ment, how they are con­duct­ing busi­ness, and their trans­par­ency. Hav­ing an ESG frame­work with­in an or­gan­isa­tion is cru­cial and will be­come para­mount in the fu­ture, not only to at­tract in­vest­ments, but also to re­duce risk, lower cost, im­prove repu­ta­tion and at­tract new cus­tom­ers. This trend will not by­pass Bos­nia and Herzegov­ina, or the re­gion, and the aim of this event is to sup­port the fin­an­cial ser­vices and large cor­por­ate sec­tors to op­tim­ise their ESG-re­lated op­por­tun­it­ies, as well as to man­age the as­so­ci­ated risks. Join CMS ex­perts from Aus­tria, Bos­nia, Ser­bia, Montenegro, and Tur­key to ex­plore the key leg­al de­vel­op­ments re­gard­ing ESG that have already been in­tro­duced or are im­min­ent from both the EU and the non-EU per­spect­ive. Learn about the state of ESG af­fairs in Bos­nia, what our neigh­bours are do­ing and the reg­u­la­tions we can ex­pect from the EU.      Our second pan­el will show­case the mar­ket’s view on ESG. Join our re­spec­ted speak­ers from three renowned in­ter­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tions—the European Bank for Re­con­struc­tion and De­vel­op­ment (EBRD), In­ter­na­tion­al Fin­ance Cor­por­a­tion (IFC) and Fin­ance in Mo­tion (FiM)—to hear about the glob­al im­pact of ESG gen­er­ally and in re­la­tion to ac­cess to fin­an­cing. We will also be joined by a unique com­mer­cial bank op­er­at­ing in the South­east­ern Europe re­gion that is already act­ive in ESG. This event will provide plenty of op­por­tun­it­ies to in­ter­act with our ex­pert speak­ers and in­dustry par­ti­cipants through the mod­er­ated pan­el and Q&A ses­sions as well as the net­work­ing cock­tail drinks that will of­fer a fruit­ful and pleas­ant con­clu­sion to this event.