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  <title>A Different Kind of Bank: How to Embed Impact in Finance</title>
  <description>  Hear from Sian Williams, Chief Risk Officer at&amp;amp;nbsp;Triodos&amp;amp;nbsp;Bank UK, as we examine how values-led banking can generate positive impact for people,&amp;amp;nbsp;planet&amp;amp;nbsp;and the financial system. &amp;amp;nbsp;   When we think about sustainable finance, the conversation often revolves around targets,&amp;amp;nbsp;disclosures&amp;amp;nbsp;and voluntary alliances. But what happens when sustainability is not an add-on, but the foundation of a bank’s entire business model?&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   If sustainability is the starting point, lending decisions inevitably look different, and more complex. Not everything can be reduced to a model. Challenging trade-offs between risk, return and impact&amp;amp;nbsp;emerge. And judgment, values and governance play a much larger role in&amp;amp;nbsp;determining&amp;amp;nbsp;which activities are financed, and which are not.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   In this episode, we explore:&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;     The real-world positive impact that a mission-driven bank can generate for communities,&amp;amp;nbsp;climate&amp;amp;nbsp;and nature;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;       How balancing risk, return and impact shapes lending decisions in practice, and what that means for the bank’s governance and internal decision-making;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;       And whether the model of values-led banking is truly scalable — or whether its greatest influence lies in&amp;amp;nbsp;demonstrating&amp;amp;nbsp;what is possible for the wider financial system.&amp;amp;nbsp;     &amp;amp;nbsp;   ----------------&amp;amp;nbsp;   &amp;amp;nbsp;   To find out more about the Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR®) Certificate, follow this link:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://www.garp.org/scr&amp;amp;nbsp;   For more information on climate risk, visit GARP’s Global Sustainability and Climate Risk Resource&amp;amp;nbsp;Centre:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://www.garp.org/sustainability-climate&amp;amp;nbsp;   If you have any questions, thoughts, or feedback&amp;amp;nbsp;regarding&amp;amp;nbsp;this podcast series, we would love to hear from you at:&amp;amp;nbsp;climateriskpodcast@garp.com&amp;amp;nbsp;    &amp;amp;nbsp;   ------------------&amp;amp;nbsp;   &amp;amp;nbsp;   Today’s&amp;amp;nbsp;Speaker   Sian Williams is Chief Risk Officer at&amp;amp;nbsp;Triodos&amp;amp;nbsp;Bank UK, a mission-driven institution that&amp;amp;nbsp;seeks&amp;amp;nbsp;to balance profit with people and planet.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   With more than 30 years’ experience in finance,&amp;amp;nbsp;including senior risk and compliance roles at Lloyds Bank, and as a banking supervisor at the Bank of England and Financial Services Authority,&amp;amp;nbsp;she brings deep&amp;amp;nbsp;expertise&amp;amp;nbsp;across traditional banking, mission-driven&amp;amp;nbsp;finance&amp;amp;nbsp;and regulation.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;  </description>
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