Absa CIB Executive Msizi Khoza provides valuable insights from Absa CIB’s sustainability report

What's Next with Aki Anastasiou

In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Absa CIB Managing Executive for ESG Msizi Khoza discusses how Absa CIB supports sustainability initiatives. In his current role, Khoza provides executive leadership over the firm’s numerous ESG-related initiatives. He also works with clients to help them access local and international capital markets that meet their financing needs. This What’s Next interview begins with Khoza discussing the pressures of his position, before unpacking the recently launched Absa CIB sustainability report. Khoza explains why it is important for Absa to publish this information, and unpacks how Absa balances social inclusion with protecting the environment. Another topic of interest is CIB’s approach to the fossil fuel, oil and gas sectors, which Khoza discusses in-depth, before talking about Absa’s contributions to the alternative and renewable energy industries. The conversation then moves to debt-for-nature swaps, and Khoza expands on these and the benefits they offer to South Africans. Khoza concludes the interview by noting how someone can engage with Absa on debt-for-nature swaps.