This week, we launch Episode 7 of the Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit Podcast with WWF: Financial Institution Perspectives.
Our guests are Paulina Villalpando and Collin Lobo from HSBC, discussing how a major global bank approaches environmental crime risk in practice. We discuss the evolution of financial institutions' approach to environmental crime, the challenges banks face in detection and prevention, how ESG and financial crime compliance intersect, and practical advice for institutions just starting to address these risks.
We talk to Paulina Villalpando, Associate Director for Nature at HSBC, and Collin Lobo, Regional Head of Financial Crime Compliance for MENAT at HSBC, about a financial institution's approach to environmental crime risk.
We talk to Adam Farhan, Director at Rimbawatch, and Pamela Avusi, Coordinator of the Papua New Guinea Environmental Alliance, about the challenges and complexities of deforestation in Southeast Asia
We talk to Sasha Lezhnev, Senior Policy Advisor at The Sentry, about conflict gold and other minerals in the DRC, and how these minerals connect to the global financial system.
We talk to Melina Risso, Director of Research at the Igarape Institute, about illegal mining in South America.
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We discuss the drivers behind wildlife trafficking, the material impacts on both people and nature, and explores how we might tackle the illegal wildlife trade.
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We discuss the vulnerabilities of financial institutions to laundered proceeds of environmental crime, key ML mechanisms, real life examples of ML and corruption in practice, and practical steps financial institutions can take to tackle these issues.
We discuss how environmental crimes converge with financial crimes, practical tools and guidance available in the Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit, and recommendations for financial institutions to take action to address their exposure.
