Fair Finance India, as a technical partner, co-designed and organized a session on responsible finance at ACCESS Holding Ventures' annual Inclusive Finance India (IFI) virtual summit 2021. The overall objective of the session was to increase awareness of significance and principles of Sustainable finance among financial institutions and banks. Financial inclusion which has been the focus of IFI summits over the years, Fair Finance initiative aimed at advancing comprehensive and true financial inclusion by way of integrating tenets of ESG and sustainable and responsible finance in core policies and strategies of financial institutions. 

The session was held on 20th January 2021 and saw participation mainly from civil society groups, the banking sector and asset managers.

Details of panelists:

• Royston Braganza, CEO, Gramin Capital India
• Wei Yuan, Sustainable Banking Network, International Finance Conversation
• Arindom Datta, Executive Director and Head of Rural and Development Banking /Advisory, Rabo Bank

Moderated by: Shankar Venkateshwaran, Chairperson, Oxfam India Board

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