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Checking the pulse of the UK’s purpose-driven banking ecosystem

Hamish Monk Senior Reporter at Finextra

Checking the pulse of the UK’s purpose-driven banking ecosystem

Does the UK’s financial services sector only exist to drive profits for shareholders? Can we hard-wire deeper social and environmental purpose into our financial institutions? The burgeoning purpose-driven banking sector in the UK is key to securing a sustainable, democratic and resilient system for all, but how do we ensure it continues to grow i...

01 April 2021 /sustainable

Top French sustainable finance strategists provide an ESG reporting blueprint

Madhvi Sonia Head of Content at Finextra

Top French sustainable finance strategists provide an ESG reporting blueprint

At a Bloomberg EU Policy event ahead of International Women’s Day, Banque de France’s Sylvie Goulard and the French government’s Olivia Grégoire discussed how to encourage companies to commit to environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure, how to improve the quality of data provided by organisations and whether it is time to reinforce re...

04 March 2021 /sustainable

Davos 2021: Key leader takeaways and what they mean for fintech and the environment

Paige McNamee

Davos 2021: Key leader takeaways and what they mean for fintech and the environment

Finextra attended a very different, digital Davos this year which centred on ‘The Great Reset’. Covering global insights into the impact that fintech has on wider issues such as responding to Covid-19, restoring economic growth, and advancing a new social contract, for its 50th year the event also focused on wider themes such as bolstering global ...

29 January 2021 /sustainable

The never-ending sustainability questions banks must ask themselves

Jamie Crawley

The never-ending sustainability questions banks must ask themselves

Financial institutions face an array of conflicts and conditions in determining the environmental and social impact of investments and assets and how to report them for regulatory or corporate purposes. Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) frameworks are underpinned by the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are in...

21 December 2020 /sustainable

Aligning ESG Measurements to Outcomes Has Been Notoriously Hard, Until Now

Richard Peers Founder at ResponsibleRisk Ltd

Aligning ESG Measurements to Outcomes Has Been Notoriously Hard, Until Now

Can Sustainable Finance help protect natural ecosystems and preserve Bio-diversity? In a previous life it seems, I travelled to Borneo with my wife. Thirty years ago, we were alone with a guide as we drifted along in a boat watching Proboscis monkeys shelter from the rain under leaves, like old men caught in the open and hiding under newspapers. W...

06 October 2020 /sustainable

Busting the myths around sustainable investing: part 3

Jamie Crawley

Busting the myths around sustainable investing: part 3

Several assertions are made about sustainable investing – how reliable returns are, how complicated it is, how viable it is in a challenging economic environment and so on. Richard Peers, founder of Responsible Risk and Finextra Research contributing editor, has been discussing these claims with industry experts, to tackle some of the oft-heard com...

28 September 2020 /sustainable

Busting the myths around sustainable investing: part 2

Jamie Crawley

Busting the myths around sustainable investing: part 2

Several assertions are made about sustainable investing – how reliable returns are, how complicated it is, how viable it is in a challenging economic environment and so on. Richard Peers, founder of Responsible Risk and Finextra Research contributing editor, has been discussing these claims with industry experts, to tackle some of the oft-heard com...

21 September 2020 /sustainable

Busting the myths around sustainable investing: Part 1

Jamie Crawley

Busting the myths around sustainable investing: Part 1

Several assertions are made about sustainable investing – how reliable returns are, how complicated it is, how viable it is in a challenging economic environment and so on. Richard Peers, founder of Responsible Risk and Finextra Research contributing editor, has been discussing these claims with industry experts, to tackle some of the oft-heard com...

14 September 2020 /sustainable

How social impact investing initiatives are leading by example

Richard Peers Founder at ResponsibleRisk Ltd

How social impact investing initiatives are leading by example

Sarah Gordon, CEO, Impact Investing Institute (III), and I sat down across a virtual desk last week to discuss her role, who the III are what they plan to achieve. Sarah started by explaining that the III builds on from previous initiatives around social impact investing that were set after the UK leadership of the G8 in 2012, to see what was stop...

20 April 2020 /sustainable

Richard Peers Founder at ResponsibleRisk Ltd

Pensions for the Planet

When Richard Curtis, co-founder of Red Nose Day, Make Poverty history and writer/director of a few much loved films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral states that Pensions are going to have the biggest impact on climate change and the UN SDGs, you lean in to learn more. Last week I tuned into an online briefing via The Conduit Club a club for c...

01 April 2020 /sustainable

Rethinking Business at a Rethought conference

Richard Peers Founder at ResponsibleRisk Ltd

Rethinking Business at a Rethought conference

As we all switch to online conferences, I tuned into a day long event hosted by Imperial College entitled ‘Beyond Sustainability: Radically Rethinking the Purpose of Business’. Mike Coupe, the CEO of Sainsburys, set the scene outlining the journey of the Retailer from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through Environment Social and Governance ...

31 March 2020 /sustainable

Why carbon neutral is the new must-have mantra for banks

Paige McNamee

Why carbon neutral is the new must-have mantra for banks

Climate change and environmental sustainability are undeniably top of mind for institutions across the financial services landscape. Whether the catalyst was the Greta Thunberg effect, the sheer frequency of extreme weather events, or merely a 2020 resolution, a distinct change of tone has washed over the industry as financial firms at every level...

10 February 2020 /sustainable

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