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Sustainable Finance Live 2023: Democratising geospatial data and informing AI usage

In the keynote and Q&A session, ‘What is the role of AI in sustainable finance as we consider the role of satellite based geospatial data in city design?’, speaker Donna Lyndsay, strategic market lead environment and sustainability at Ordnance Survey, explored the use of data analytics and geospatial technology in green urban planning.

10 October 2023

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Sustainable Finance Live 2023: The bank’s role in financing sustainable cities

Moving swiftly to the interactive workshop, the session Sustainable Finance Live is known for was hailed as being a rapid cocreation opportunity for attendees and where ideas became reality in just an hour.

10 October 2023

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Sustainable Finance Live 2023: Bring everyone to the party for decarbonisation

Leading the SustainableFinance.Live's 2023 keynote session, Roxana Slavcheva, global lead for the built environment, World Resources Institute (WRI), dove right in to her session titled the ‘Role of AI in Decarbonising the Built Environment: An Urban Policy Perspective.’

10 October 2023

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Which? puts six UK banks on 'red' alert list over fossil fuel investments

Some of the UK’s biggest high-street banks have been put in a 'red' warning category based on new analysis of their fossil fuel investments and green policies.

10 October 2023

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Sustainable Finance Live 2023: How to move fast and break things to disrupt the inertia

Kicking off Sustainable Finance Live 2023 at Events@no6 in London, founder of ResponsibleRisk Richard Peers, highlighted the objective of this year’s event, to bring people together in their likeminded desire to drive sustainability in their work.

10 October 2023

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SEB draws attention to carbon removal market and nature-related risk

Sustainable finance is a swiftly growing industry, with new innovations arising rapidly from all over the world. In conversation with an author of SEB’s Green Bond Report, Finextra considered the latest advancements in the sustainability sector leading up to our annual Sustainable Finance Live conference.

06 October 2023

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John Wise appointed chairman of ESG Book

Serial fintech entrepreneur John Wise has been appointed chair of sustainability and data technology startup ESG Book.

05 October 2023

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Sustainable Finance Live sneak peek: Finastra’s Chirine Ben Zaied

As Sustainable Finance Live 2023 approaches on 10 October at Events@No6 London, Finextra spoke to a few speakers to provide attendees with an insight into what’s to come. This week we spoke with Chirine Ben Zaied, head of innovation at Finastra who will be mentoring the hackathon participants, which is taking place ahead of and during the conference.

04 October 2023

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Atom Bank to measure climate impact on mortgage book

Atom Bank is to assess the climate risks of its mortgage book using profiling technology from Kamma.

27 September 2023

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Sustainable Finance Live 2023 Sneak Peek: Triodos Bank’s Amandine Tetot

In preparation for this year’s Sustainable Finance Live event, taking place at Events@No6 London on 10 October 2023, Finextra quizzed upcoming speakers on engaging topics that will be discussed at the conference.

26 September 2023

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Achieving sustainable growth: Acting on ESG priorities

Finextra sat down with Kalliopi Chioti, chief marketing at ESG officer at Temenos, and Schuyler Weiss, CEO of Alpian at the Temenos Community Forum during May, where the experts discussed paths to sustainable growth for banks and emerging ESG solutions.

22 September 2023

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Sustainable Finance Live 2023 sneak peek: The Green Digital Finance Alliance’s Jannika Aalto

Gearing up for the annual Sustainable Finance Live conference on 10 October 2023 at Events@No6 London, Finextra is interviewing industry experts who will be speaking at the insightful panel discussions during the conference.

22 September 2023

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