Dr. Ulrike Ziegler
Dr. Ulrike Ziegler
Speaker
President

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Germany

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Lenders and Sustainability: What’s the Way Forward For Aviation?

Dr. Ulrike Ziegler
President,
impact
Vincent Caufourier
Head of Advisory,
Societe Generale CIB
Philip Greene
Director, Aviation Finance,
HSBC
Jonas David
Research Director,
AFII
Moderator
John Pearson
Partner,
Vedder
  • Have banks pulled back from sustainability initiatives and lending preferences? What drove that? Is this a short-term exception or a longer-term trend?
  • What is the current appetite for sustainability-linked structures? Why have some borrowers accessed these tools but not others?
  • What should transition finance for aviation look like? What does a credible transition plan look like?
  • Can sustainable financing meaningfully improve margins or access to liquidity?
  • Case study: How have sustainability-linked KPIs performed in practice? Have sustainability performance targets (SPTs) been met? How are past deals standing up?
  • Is there a reputational risk from weak or missed targets?
  • What is the ROI for financiers on sustainability-linked deals? Should banks get all the upside from margins in these deals?
  • With Basel and capital weighting regulations, could banks class aviation as higher risk if it doesn’t decarbonisation sufficiently?