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The impact of open innovation on biodiversity in 2023

This PREDICT 2023 Series features Katherine Foster, Executive Director, Green Digital Finance Alliance, discussing her expectations for sustainability post-COP15, identifying the innovation and collaboration needed to accomplish the conference's targets, and predicting how we will innovate in 2023 to address the fragmented solutions that protect biodiversity.

23 January 2023

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The regulations affecting environmental impact reporting

In this PREDICT 2023 episode, Anita De Horde, Co-founder and coordinator, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, discusses what COP15 policies require of businesses and financial institutions and how Big Data can assist with measuring and reporting environmental impacts throughout supply chains and portfolios in the year ahead.

23 January 2023

Using Star Trek to predict sustainable finance moves in 2023

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Richard Peers Founder at ResponsibleRisk Ltd

Using Star Trek to predict sustainable finance moves in 2023

17 January 2023

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The financial industry's responsibilities post-COP27

In this instalment of our PREDICT 2023 series, Maya Hennerkes, Director, Climate Strategy and Delivery, Green Financial Systems, EBRD, says what’s left to be done by the finance industry in 2023 post- COP27: UN Climate Change Conference, and how implementation, execution, and open data this year in Sustainable Finance will strengthen the economy and planet.

12 January 2023

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The opportunities found in new regulations aimed at helping nature recovery

Speaking in Finextra’s PREDICT 2023 Series, Jessica Smith, Nature Lead, UNEP Finance Initiative, shares her optimism for 2023 following COP15: The UN Biodiversity Conference. She considers how Target 19 will mobilize $200bn per year to help fund biodiversity strategies by 2030 and predicts what FIs and tech companies can do to meet the new Paris-level agreement for nature while benefiting from its opportunities.

12 January 2023

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Leveraging technology to improve sustainability

Marianne Haahr, Nature-related Finance Lead, Global Canopy, shares her predictions for 2023 following talks at COP15: The UN Biodiversity Conference, and what they will mean for finance and technology-related companies, such as, how open data assists businesses in incorporating ESG and where the new agreements made at COP15 will take us in the year ahead.

12 January 2023

CBDC infrastructure in 2023 – scapegoats, politics, and interoperability

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Níamh Curran Senior Reporter at Finextra

CBDC infrastructure in 2023 – scapegoats, politics, and interoperability

11 January 2023

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What COP15 & the global biodiversity framework mean for Fintech in 2023

In this PREDICT 2023 episode, Dr Vian Sharif, Head of Sustainability, FNZ Group, highlights the key points made at COP15: The UN Biodiversity Conference, and what they mean for Fintech. Dr Vian Sharif considers the current acceleration within the Fintech sector and the forecast for meeting targets agreed upon at the conference, and what needs to be prioritised this year to align growth with sustainability.

11 January 2023

5 predictions for fintech in 2023: What’s next after a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year?

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Arvin Abraham Partner at Goodwin Procter

5 predictions for fintech in 2023: What’s next after a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year?

05 January 2023

Banking and fintech movers and shakers: what can we expect in 2023?

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Madhvi Mavadiya Head of Content at Finextra

Banking and fintech movers and shakers: what can we expect in 2023?

04 January 2023

US cryptocurrency policy and the impact of the 2022 midterm elections

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Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

US cryptocurrency policy and the impact of the 2022 midterm elections

03 January 2023

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4 career trends to consider in 2023

30 December 2022

Will 2023 be the year of the four-day work week?

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Will 2023 be the year of the four-day work week?

23 December 2022

In-person networking is making a comeback for 2023

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Jennifer McShane Contributor at Jobbio

In-person networking is making a comeback for 2023

16 December 2022

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Madhvi Mavadiya Head of Content at Finextra

What does net zero mean for banks?

15 December 2022

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2023 predictions: Citi forecasts weakest annual global economic growth in 40 years

A recent Citi Global Wealth Investments (CGWI) report has predicted the weakest annual global economic growth in forty years, outside of the global financial crisis and pandemic shutdowns.

09 December 2022