As Head of ESG Solutions EMEA, Farnam advises HSBC’s capital market clients on sustainable finance and ESG. She also sits on HSBC’s Green Bond and Loan Committee and represents HSBC on the ICMA Green Bond Principles Executive Committee, co-chairing the Climate Transition Finance Working Group. Previously Farnam worked at ESG ratings firm Sustainalytics, where she developed its second opinion services for sustainable bonds, and designed the firm’s methodology to determine corporate compliance with the UN Global Compact Principles.