Latest Sustainable News: Finextra Research

Startups selected for inaugural climate incubator

Eight climate-focused startups have been selected to participate in what is claimed to be the world's first climate-focused fintech incubator in the Nordics and Baltics.

04 November 2022

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Lord Christopher Holmes selected for SustainableFinance.LIVE keynote

Lord Christopher Holmes, Baron Holmes of Richmond will open Finextra’s fifth SustainableFinance.LIVE conference and hackathon as keynote speaker on the 29th of November.

04 November 2022

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Singapore Fintech Festival 2022: MAS MD Menon equates fintech transformation to Wu Xing

Day two of Singapore Fintech Festival kicked off with Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore on the global plenary stage highlighting that innovation and digitalisation of financial services has marched on, gathered pace, and has become more pervasive.

04 November 2022

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BlackRock and Proxymity agree UK proxy voting deal

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has agreed a deal with digital investor communications platform Proxymity, that will enable retail investors in the UK to participate in proxy battles.

03 November 2022

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Singapore Fintech Festival 2022: Deputy PM Wong sets the fintech agenda

Lawrence Wong, deputy prime minister and minister for finance, Republic of Singapore, took to the stage at Singapore Fintech Festival to make several announcements that will set the backdrop for the nation state’s fintech journey in years to come.

02 November 2022

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Bank of Ireland to roll out bio-sourced cards

Bank of Ireland has begun rolling out bio-sourced debit and credit cards across its entire cards portfolio.

31 October 2022

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HKEX launches carbon marketplace

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has launched an international carbon marketplace to connect capital with climate-related products and opportunities.

31 October 2022

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FCA to clamp down on greenwashing

In a bid to clamp down on greenwashing, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing a package of new measures including investment product sustainability labels and restrictions on how terms like ‘ESG’, ‘green’ or ‘sustainable’ can be used.

25 October 2022

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Why attend Sustainable Finance Live?

Finextra will be hosting its fifth annual Sustainable Finance Live conference to take place on November 29th. The event will be hosted both online and in-person at Events @ No 6 in Aldgate, London.

21 October 2022

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UK watchdog bans HSBC climate change ads

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned HSBC from running two advertisements, concluding that they are "misleading" about the bank's climate change efforts.

19 October 2022

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Sibos 2022: Spotlight on Greenomy, Swift Innotribe's sustainability winner

Escaping from the main stage for a hot minute, Finextra listened in to a pitch on the Sibos Discover stage, where Fabian Vandenreydt, chief strategy officer at Greenomy, outlined the ESG-focused fintech’s plan to streamline banks’ and corporates’ sustainable finance reporting in line with the EU Taxonomy, SFDR and CSRD/NFRD.

13 October 2022

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Sibos 2022: ‘The biggest problem with ESG is its complexity’ – Brown Brothers Harriman

At Sibos 2022 in Amsterdam, we spoke to Adrian Whelan, global head of regulatory intelligence, Brown Brothers Harriman, ahead of his panel session, ‘Green, clean, and ESG: Rewiring capital markets for a new generation of responsible investors.’

13 October 2022

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