Dear listeners, welcome to the podcast "IFZ Talking Finance"!

In episode 11, you will hear a conversation with Dr. Roland Mees, Director of Sustainable Finance of the bank ING. The topic of the conversation is "Sustainability-Linked Loans". We look at the key characteristics and the measurability of this form of financing linked to sustainability criteria. In addition, our expert gives a personal insight into his assessment of the future of sustainable financing.

The podcast "IFZ Talking Finance" was created by Thomas Birrer and Timo Heroth from the IFZ of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art to provide an insight into current financial topics. The main focus is on local and international trends and topics related to Swiss finance. Among other things, we look at the disruption caused by the digitalization of finance and sustainability-related issues and the opportunities and challenges for Swiss companies.

In each episode, we have an expert as a guest to give us an insight into a respective area of expertise and to let you, the listener, benefit from the expertise. At the same time, we also dive deeper into the motivation and passion for the respective topic.

We hope everyone enjoys listening!

Thomas Birrer and Timo Heroth