Private finance sector progress to face the challenge of climate change

Helvia Velloso, Economic Affairs Officer of the ECLAC office in Washington D.C., presented the document ESG disclosure, corporate reputation and financing costs: evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean in the event PRIVATE FINANCE SECTOR PROGESS TO FACE THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, Back-to-Back with the Regional LAC Platform of Ministers of Finance, Salón Raúl Prebisch, CEPAL, Santiago de Chile, September 28.

The event seized the opportunity of being back-to-back with the Regional LAC Platform of Ministers of Finance to address common interests in the private and public sectors working together for further greening of the financial system. The document ESG disclosure, corporate reputation and financing costs: evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean, a collaboration between the ECLAC office in Washington D.C. and the Production, Productivity and Management division, was presented at the first panel of the event, entitled “Standardizing sustainability disclosures for capital markets to accelerate the green transition.”

Meeting’s agenda, presentations and recording: https://www.cepal.org/es/eventos/avances-sector-financiero-privado-enfrentar-desafio-cambio-climatico

Download document: https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/68029-esg-disclosure-corporate-reputation-and-financing-costs-evidence-latin-america