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Designing a Sustainability Strategy in Financial Services

Elisa Moscolin

Head of Sustainability and ESG at Santander

In the previous video of this two-part video series, Elisa talked about sustainability and the most important trends in the industry. In this video, she explores how to successfully design and execute a sustainability strategy.

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Designing a Sustainability Strategy in Financial Services

8 mins 26 secs

Overview

In the previous video we looked at the definition of Sustainability and explored the most important topics for the financial services industry. But what does it take to successfully execute a sustainability strategy?

Key learning objectives:

Identify how to successfully execute a sustainability strategy
Understand some key features of sustainability targets

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Elisa Moscolin

Elisa Moscolin is the Head of Sustainability and ESG at Santander. She has worked for Vodafone Group in both global and local roles in Italy, the UK, and Kenya. She is an alumni of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and also holds a Master's Degree in International Studies and Diplomacy.

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