When talking about local challenges the Polish financial sector is facing we often forget that global processes also play a role in shaping this status quo. ESG is becoming a catalyst for profound and fundamental changes that affect the very foundations of financial activity. To better understand the essence of these changes, we bring together voices from different sectors of the financial industry. Together, we will consider how investment and lending portfolios and banks’ and financial firms’ relationships with clients and regulators will change, and what will have to be different within the institutions themselves.

Issues:

• What the ESG standards mean for the portfolios of Polish financial institutions
• How the Polish financial sector is prepared to implement the ESG principles
• What sustainability principles mean for the relationship between institutions and their clients
• Competitiveness of banks “forced” to apply ESG vs. Fintechs, Big Techs