Mega Financial Holding participated in the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) held November 9 in Antalya, Turkey, marking the first time the public bank leader sent General Manager and Chief Sustainability Officer Zhang Chuanzhang to lead its sustainability team to the conference. The company shared Taiwan's financial industry net-zero transition practical experience on the international stage as a member of the Sustainable Finance Forerunner Alliance. COP31's core theme is positioned as 'from commitment to implementation,' dedicated to ending empty political declarations.
Mega Financial Holding Presents at Climate Finance Forum
Zhang Chuanzhang served as a panelist at a climate finance forum co-hosted by the International Cooperation and Development Fund and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI). The forum focused on how financial institutions can use precise and innovative sustainable finance frameworks to guide industries toward low-carbon transition while maintaining financial resilience and risk management in the face of extreme climate risks. Zhang stated that this balance represents the core key for the financial industry to practice responsible finance and move toward a net-zero future.
Company Leads Cross-Sector Sustainability Working Group
Mega Financial Holding serves as convener of the "Financial Industry Net-Zero Promotion Platform - Cross-Departmental Consultation Working Group" under the Financial Supervisory Commission's Sustainable Finance Forerunner Alliance. The company acts as a bridge connecting government policies, financial resources, and industry transformation needs. As of now, it has organized 6 investment and financing practice seminars on supportive economic activities, connecting 160 financial institutions and enterprises with over 1,000 participants in physical and online formats. The company also leads research on blended finance and impact investment mechanisms, forming a financial industry research group to study how to combine public sector, development institutions, and private capital to reduce early-stage risks in sustainability and transition projects and enhance capital mobilization capacity.
Mega Financial Holding Engages in Blue Zone Discussions
The company conducted in-depth exchanges with international financial industry representatives in COP31's Blue Zone, focusing on transition finance, climate adaptation and resilience, climate information disclosure, nature-related financial disclosure, and public-private sector climate finance mobilization. Mega Financial Holding stated that the group continues to strengthen sustainability governance and responsible finance, guiding enterprises to implement net-zero transition through investment and financing management and client engagement. Through COP31 participation, the company aims to connect international climate governance, financial innovation, and Taiwan's industrial needs, transforming them into executable, enterprise-applicable, and market-measurable sustainable finance actions.
The company emphasized that it will uphold the "sustainable finance forerunner" spirit, fulfill policy missions as a public bank responding to national industrial development, expand the financial industry's influence, and partner with financial and industrial sectors to make finance not only support transition but become a key force accelerating transition, implementing the sustainability mission of "exerting positive influence and leading sustainable development."
FAQ
What did Mega Financial Holding do at COP31 on November 9?
Mega Financial Holding participated in COP31 held November 9 in Antalya, Turkey, with General Manager Zhang Chuanzhang leading the sustainability team to share Taiwan's financial industry net-zero transition practical experience and serve as a panelist at a climate finance forum co-hosted by the International Cooperation and Development Fund and CABEI.
How many seminars has Mega Financial Holding organized as part of its sustainability leadership role?
As convener of the Financial Industry Net-Zero Promotion Platform's Cross-Departmental Consultation Working Group, Mega Financial Holding has organized 6 investment and financing practice seminars on supportive economic activities, connecting 160 financial institutions and enterprises with over 1,000 participants in physical and online formats.
