Addleshaw Goddard Sustainable Finance Podcast

With the recent conclusion of COP26, it is clear that considering sustainability in everything businesses do couldn’t be more important. Addleshaw Goddard Finance Associates Nicholas Parkin and Emma Whitehall have been speaking to borrowers, lenders and sustainability advisors to discuss current trends and where they see the future lying for sustainable finance in this 5 part podcast series.

In the first, introductory episode, Nick and Emma, give an overview of what will be covered in this topical podcast series. They introduce the themes they will be discussing with lenders, borrowers and sustainability advisors such as:

• why a sustainability strategy is so important for a business and how it may impact on its access to funding;
• they will touch on the finding of Addleshaw Goddard‘s recent sustainability survey of 1000 business and finance leaders across the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands; and
• they take quick look at why having a sustainability strategy is so important for a business.

In the episodes that follow, Nick and Emma will be exploring Sustainability Linked Finance themes such as, why should I care about sustainable finance? Have you set your sustainability targets yet? Sustainable Finance: No pain, no gain and the series will end with them posing the question: is sustainable finance here to stay?