16/10/2026
Pinelopi Kassani led a panel of bankers, owners and auditors in exploring the role of sustainability in securing finance and in achieving better finance terms, in the shipping sector.
The discussion surfaced that the Greek Banks offer a variety of options, traditional and sustainability-oriented, to owners who can demonstrate a robust economic performance backed with reliable financial and non-financial data.
Both banks and the capital markets take an interest in sustainability-related information, irrespective of the developments in IMO’s Net Zero Framework.
In this environment, the role of the auditors in safeguarding the credibility of information that changes hands is as crucial as ever.
Konstantinos Economou, Vaios Papagrigorakis, Anastasios Zoupas, Nikos Melachrinos, Danae Bezantakou