Ethics and Sustainability: How do they support each other?

This webinar forms part of the 2025 Sustainable Finance & ESG Series.

Description

This webinar will explore the intrinsic link between ethics and sustainability, emphasising how ethical decision-making underpins sustainable finance practices. Attendees will delve into the role of ethical governance in achieving long-term sustainability goals, and how businesses can balance profitability with social and environmental responsibility.

This webinar provides one-hour of CPD and offers insights and updates from a leading industry-expert speaker. 

Delegates places are interchangeable with colleagues from the same organisation.

 

Content

  • Defining the connection between ethics and sustainability

  • The role of ethical governance in sustainability goals

  • Ethical dilemmas in sustainable finance

  • Case studies of ethical failures and successes

  • Building an ethical foundation for long-term sustainability

  • Balancing profit with social responsibility

 

Presenter

Sophie Dupré-Echeverria

Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited
Sophie Dupre-Echeverria 

Sophie is the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer of Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited. She is responsible for driving an effective risk culture throughout the company, maintaining the risk and compliance frameworks, overseeing risk management, regulatory compliance and internal governance practices. She joined GIB (UK) with extensive experience in the field, having previously served as Head of EMEA Compliance and Operational Risk Control at UBS Asset Management, the Global Head of Organisational Risk at Barings and the Group Head of Investment Risk Framework at Schroders.

Sophie was Deputy Chair of the Risk Forum Committee from 2008 to 2016 and the Chair of the Investment Association’s Business & Enterprise Risk Committee from 2016 to 2019 and participated into the Climate Financial Risk Forum Working.

Sophie graduated from Université Lumière Lyon 2 with a Master’s degree in Economics and Finance. She is a member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and a fellow of the Climate Safe Lending Network.

Outside of work, Sophie is a Trustee and Audit Committee member at First Light Southwest, a charity supporting people affected by sexual violence and domestic abuse.