Managing Nature-Related Risks - A Bitesized Guide for Banking Professionals

Introduction

Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation are emerging as significant financial risks that banks, lenders and regulators can no longer ignore. As the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and supervisory expectations evolve, financial institutions must strengthen how they identify, assess and manage nature-related risks across portfolios and operations.

This bitesize webinar provides a practical introduction to nature-related risk frameworks, disclosures and real-world applications relevant to credit, lending and portfolio management.

This webinar is suitable for banking lawyers, senior banking executives, finance and risk professionals, credit and lending specialists, ESG and sustainability reporting professionals, compliance officers and audit professionals within financial services.

What You Will Learn

This short webinar will cover the following:

• The fundamentals of nature-related risks and their impact on banking and lending
• Identifying nature dependencies and exposures across sectors and lending portfolios
• Applying the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures approach to nature risk assessment
• Exploring evolving regulatory expectations, including TNFD, CSRD, ECB and Basel developments
• Examining the impact of nature-related risks on credit, valuation, disclosure and risk management frameworks