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Corporate Sustainability

Sustainability is one of the four key pillars of HASE’s strategy and brand value. At HASE, we are committed to building a future-proofed business, helping our customers and the markets transition to a net zero economy and driving ESG evolution in local financial industry. Our ambition is to achieve net zero operation by 2030 and align the financed emissions in our portfolio of clients to net zero by 2050.

We are seeking a high caliber ESG professional to join our team as Director, ESG and Carbon. Supporting the Head of Corporate Sustainability, you will be shaping and communicating the bank’s corporate sustainability strategy including development and delivery of our climate ambition; advising on governance, business strategies, and risk management; and engaging with clients, regulators, investors

Key Responsibilities

Managing financed emission

Drive the Sustainability Execution Programme including financed emissions analysis and embedding, net zero policy implementation, transitioning our customers and partnerships and advocacy.Develop implementation plans for the decarbonization of financed emission, including establishing a baseline, setting interim science-based reduction targets, and tracking performance by adopting internationally recognized standards, methods and benchmarks.Implement sectors’ decarbonization policies and the net zero transition plan, including working with businesses to identify the high-emitting customers and to assess their transition plans before formulating further engagement strategies with relationship managers.Act as a subject matter expert with various sectors decarbonization knowledge, support the businesses to help identify the technologically feasible solutions and offer thought leadership in ESG capacity building and engagement with the clients.

Enhancing sustainable finance and investment

Collaborate with various businesses and functions to integrate ESG considerations into business operations, processes, and decision-making.Serve as go-to subject matter experts in HASE on topics such as sustainable finance taxonomy and standards, ESG disclosure, environment and climate risk management, sustainable economy opportunities, sustainability integration and sustainability policy and regulations in Hong Kong and China.Support market activation by closely working with Businesses on sales activation and co-execution, proposition development, and product innovation.Be a valued member in various businesses and support their sustainability priorities.

Reporting and engagement

Prepare and present reports with analytics on ESG performance, initiatives, and progress to senior management and stakeholders.Stay updated on industry trends, regulations, and developments related to ESG and provide recommendations to enhance the bank's ESG performance.Lead bank's clients ESG capacity building programme to facilitate and help clients' knowledge and skills on ESG and climate change topics.Support engagements with regulators, government bodies and other key external stakeholders (including industry associations, investors, key NGOs and think-tanks) on sustainability and climate change agenda.