From Vision To Action: Taiwan’s Sustainable Finance Transformation
Webinar
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Background:
As sustainable finance moves from aspiration to necessity, it is reshaping global financial systems, driving capital reallocation, and redefining the future of financial services. In this global shift, Taiwan is emerging as a strategic player, leveraging its strengths in green technology, corporate sustainability, and financial innovation to accelerate the adoption of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) finance and responsible investment. To highlight this transformation, the Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance (TABF), in collaboration with the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) think tank Z/Yen, is hosting a high-level online forum: From Vision to Action: Taiwan’s Sustainable Finance Transformation.
This event will feature expert insights into Taiwan’s evolving sustainable finance policies, financial institutions’ sustainability transition strategies, and the integration of ESG standards into investment evaluation, risk governance, product innovation, and disclosure practices.
We invite senior executives, policymakers, institutional investors, and sustainability experts to join this timely dialogue and explore how Taiwan is positioning itself as a regional hub for green finance innovation—offering new pathways for cross-border collaboration, capital mobilization, and sustainable growth in the low-carbon economy.
Speakers:
Brenda Hu is Director-General in Department of Development and Innovation, Financial Supervisory Commission. The mission of this newly established department is to accelerate the development of Taiwan's financial market based on the existing financial stability, achieving the goal of a financial market that advances both "safety" and "development." With over 25 years at the FSC, Ms. Hu was appointed as the first head of the department and is currently spearheading Taiwan’s FinTech and sustainability agenda, including green and transition finance, fintech development roadmaps, regulatory sandbox, and overall financial market development projects. Before the role, she served in the Securities and Futures Bureau and the Banking Bureau. Her deeds included rolling out the Corporate Governance Blueprint, ESG reporting and futures trust funds. She was also in charge of reviewing and giving advices on fund-raising cases submitted by listed companies for effective registration, following up their financial and operational status, and safeguarding market integrity and shareholder rights.
Dr. Chia Wei Wang is Chief research fellow, Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance.
Speaker(s):
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Brenda Hu
Director-General in Department of Development and Innovation
Financial Supervisory Commission
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Dr. Chia Wei Wang
Chief Research Fellow
Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance
Chairman:
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Professor Michael Mainelli
Chairman
Z/Yen Group