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Agriculture& Forestry Risk Management and Opportunities in the Banking Sector
Event Information
Date: 8 June – 6 July 2022
Type: Webinar Trainning
About This Trainning
According to the Technical Guidance of the Financial Service Authority Regulation (POJK) No. 51 Year 2017 on Sustainable Finance, banks are required to increase their financing portfolio on the activities included in the Sustainable Business Activities (KKUB), which include to apply sustainable land use management in the agriculture and forestry sector. This also has been emphasized by the recently launched Indonesia Green Taxonomy 1.0 in which has defined what does green sector mean including for agriculture and forestry sector against the environmental and climate outcomes.
Green Taxonomy is an economic activity classification that supports environmental protection and management efforts, as well as mitigation and adaptation to climate change. (THI/Indonesia Green Taxonomy 1.0)
To gear the financial institutions (FIs) with the necessary understanding to effectively manage risks and opportunities of Agriculture and Forestry sectors and implement the Indonesia Green Taxonomy 1.0 on Agriculture and Forestry, UNEP FI in collaboration with the Indonesia Sustainable Finance Initiative/ Inisiatif Keuangan Berkelanjutan Indonesia (ISFI/ IKBI) is convening a Sustainable Finance Course that will be held between May to July 2022 with the following topic:
“Agriculture and Forestry Risk Management and Opportunities in the Banking Sector.”
This training webinar aimed at providing the banks and non-banks financial institutions the understanding on the rationale and current trends, practical steps in setting up risk management framework as well as introducing several supporting tools to equip financiers to implement the Indonesia Green Taxonomy 1.0. In addition, a number of opportunities in developing green products will also be given.
Program Overview
- A four-session training completed with three Modules and one case study.
- The course program will be delivered by UNEP FI, international and national regulator, experts as well as practitioners at national and international levels.
- The program developed using national and international references and is geared for professionals working in financial institutions (especially banks), including, but not limited to, the following departments: risk management, credit analyst, commercial, products and policy and sustainable finance related functions.
- The Module covers the introduction to land-conversion risks and its business case, practical guidance to set up risk identification, screening and assessment framework and its tool. Completed with several opportunities update that may provide reference to gear the banks in developing green products.