Are banks willing to make less money in order to deal with shipping clients who are responsible in their environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards?

Veteran Nordea shipping banker Martin Lunder thinks the answer may well be “yes”.

Others, however, think banks will stay focused on yield that they rake in from their lending.

Lunder was one of the bankers on a financial panel run by Seward & Kissel partner Lawrence Rutkowski at this week’s annual joint conference of the Hellenic-American and...