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New Energy Nexus launches climate fintech cards and payments challenge

Global network of accelerators and funders of climate solutions, New Energy Nexus, has just announced the launch of its Climate Fintech: Cards & Payments Challenge (C&P Challenge).

08 September 2021

News/sustainable

Hedera Hashgraph beats DLT competitors on energy consumption

A research report by University College London (UCL) has examined the varying environmental impacts of six different distributed ledger technologies (DLT), finding that Hedera Hashgraph boasts the lowest overall energy consumption of the group.

08 September 2021

Company update/sustainable

NAB extends offering of ESG derivatives to Australian business

NAB today launched specialist derivative products tied to environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets.

31 August 2021

Company update/sustainable

AIB hones in on ESG with social bond framework

AIB has launched a Social Bond Framework paving the way for the bank to issue a Social Bond in the near future to further support communities across Ireland. The move comes at a time when Euro issuance of bonds for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) purposes looks set to exceed €350bn this year*.

23 August 2021

News/sustainable

UOB adopts risk management framework Equator Principles

Leading bank in Asia, United Overseas Bank (UOB), has today announced it has been approved to join the Equator Principles Association, and has adopted the Equator Principles (EPs).

20 August 2021

Company update/startups

British Business Bank announces £99.8m commitment to Shire Leasing

The British Business Bank today announces a further £62.4m of financing to Shire Leasing under its ENABLE Funding programme, which aims to improve the supply of finance solutions to smaller UK businesses for business–critical assets.

19 August 2021

Company update/sustainable

ICE and risQ introduce social impact scores

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, and risQ, a Boston-based startup focused on geospatial climate, economic and demographic data, today announced the launch of a new data service that was designed to allow users to understand and score the potential social impact of an investment.

11 August 2021

News/sustainable

TNFD’s Simon Zadek on advancing the way nature is priced

Speaking with Finextra’s Richard Peers, Simon Zadek, co-chair for the technical hub of the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and chair of the Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) initiative, discusses the different approaches sovereign debt, natural capital, nudging, and the role that F4B and the TNFD play in that.

09 August 2021

News/startups

MUFG launches second fintech VC fund

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has set up its second venture capital fund to invest a $182 pot in fintech startups.

29 July 2021

News/sustainable

Climate X raises $1.5m to tackle climate risk

Climate X, a startup that uses data and analytics to help businesses, government and individuals tackle the multi trillion-dollar climate risk problem, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding.

16 July 2021

Company update/sustainable

FE fundinfo inks ESG data deal with MSCI

Global fund data and technology company FE fundinfo has partnered with MSCI to enhance its ESG capabilities.

12 July 2021

Company update/regulation

MSCI expands SFDR reporting service

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, today expanded its toolkit of climate data and reporting capabilities to help investors meet the requirements of the European Union (EU) Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

09 July 2021

News/sustainable

OCBC introduces sustainability training programme for all employees

OCBC Bank is rolling out sustainability training for its 30,000 employees and adding ESG-related jobs as part of its "future smart" programme.

09 July 2021

Company update/sustainable

DirectID and Doconomy join forces to combat climate change

Global FinTech DirectID have signed a partnership agreement with pioneering Swedish impact tech company Doconomy.

08 July 2021

Company update/sustainable

Jupiter makes new sustainable investment hires

Jupiter is pleased to announce a number of appointments within its sustainable investing strategies, doubling the size of the existing resource and adding fresh investment expertise to key portfolios.

07 July 2021

News/inclusion

Norway leads the way for female opportunity

A study released by German digital bank N26 has found that Norway, followed closely by Finland and Iceland, is leading the charge with overall female opportunity, scoring highly on political representation, corporate leadership, and women’s legislation.

07 July 2021

Company update/sustainable

Nasdaq launches ESG Data Hub

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced the launch of ESG Data Hub, the latest expansion of Nasdaq's growing suite of products aiming to support investors in their sustainable investment decisions.

29 June 2021

Research/ESGtech

Sustainable Finance Live - Valuing Nature: Better Assessing Financial Risk

02 June 2021 80 downloads

News/sustainable

NatWest calls for SMB commitment to UK government net zero campaign

NatWest has set the standard after becoming the first banking partner to join the UK Government Together for our Planet campaign.

28 May 2021

News/sustainable

Goldman Sachs joins Green Software Foundation

Goldman Sachs is the first financial service player to sign up to a new Green Software Foundation founded by Microsoft, Accenture, GitHub and ThoughtWorks.

27 May 2021