Sustainable Finance Lunch and Learn Session – April
Sustainable Finance Action Plan: Sustainability Risk Management and ESG Business Integrity Risk
Wednesday 30 April 2025
12.30 pm - 1.30 pm
BST
Location: Microsoft Teams
Pricing: Jersey Finance Members Only
Key Contact
Tom McKenna › Sustainable Finance Lead
email › / profile ›
We’re pleased to invite you to the latest in our series of Lunch and Learn sessions focused on sustainable finance.
Our sessions for 2025 will cover the Government of Jersey’s Sustainable Finance Action Plan’s capacity building opportunities in detail, starting with the topic of Risk.
During this session our sustainable finance Lead, Tom McKenna will be joined by our guest speakers:
- Alice Claronino, Senior Climate Risk Manager, HSBC, will discuss Sustainability Risk Management.
- Roger Coenen of RC Consultancy Advisory & Training will present on ESG Business Integrity Risk.
About ESG Business Integrity Risk and Sustainability Risk Management
There are a myriad of potential challenges and vulnerabilities that businesses face in maintaining ethical practices and compliance with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards. These risks can arise from issues such as:
- Fraud or Misrepresentation: Misleading stakeholders about ESG commitments or achievements.
- Regulatory Non-Compliance: Failing to meet legal and regulatory requirements related to ESG practices.
- Supply Chain Integrity: Violations of ESG principles within a company’s supply chain, such as human rights abuses or environmental harm.
- Financial Crimes: Activities like money laundering or bribery linked to ESG-related operations.
- Reputational Damage: Loss of trust among stakeholders due to perceived or actual ESG misconduct.
Effectively managing these risks involves implementing robust ethics and compliance programs, ensuring transparency and aligning business operations with evolving ESG expectations. A lack of effective management can impact an organisation’s operations, reputation, or financial performance
For more information, please contact our events team.
Alice Claronino Senior Climate Risk Manager
Alice is a Senior Climate Risk Manager covering Europe for HSBC Bank plc, including Jersey. As a climate risk subject matter expert, Alice’s responsibilities include providing insights and advice to key stakeholders across the region and across lines of defence in order to meet the bank’s commitments. This activity ultimately aims to support clients in their journey to become more resilient to direct and indirect physical risks, and the transition risks associated with transitioning to a net zero economy, in alignment with a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. Prior to this, Alice was a Relationship Manager for small and medium-sized UK-based businesses through Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic, and has also supported businesses in financial distress and financial difficulty.
Roger Coenen Sustainability & Climate Risk Specialist, RC Consultancy Advisory & Training
Roger has built his career in the investment industry for more than three decades. Ranging from investment advisor, private banker and asset manager, also in several managing positions, he worked for retail clients, high net worth individuals and larger institutions. As independent consultant, while implementing SFDR and the EU Taxonomy for a client and subsequently achieving his Sustainability & Climate Risk certification by GARP in 2022, ESG and Sustainability took hold of him and provided a new focus to do good for our planet. Roger also helps organisations with their strategies and provides skills training on ESG and Sustainability.
