Latest Sustainable News: Finextra Research

Banco Sabadell invests in climate tech startup

Banco Sabadell's BSTartup Green programme has joined a $1.1 million funding round for climate tech startup Wegaw.

08 February 2022

WildEarth NFTs show conservation is about supporting people as much as wildlife

In a bid to help protect endangered animals, British TV channel, WildEarth, has launched its own NFTs. Crucially, 40% of the primary sale proceeds go to local custodians of the land on which the animals live. In an exclusive interview with Finextra, Graham Wallington, co-founder, CEO, WildEarth, explained the philosophy behind this approach: nature can look after itself – it just needs a home. The real mission is to ensure local populations have an economic incentive to not poach.

04 February 2022

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Climate fintech funding 3x higher than all previous years combined - CommerzVentures

According to CommerzVentures’ second report on climate fintech, venture capital (VC) funding for fintechs driving net-zero economies hit a record high in 2021.

04 February 2022

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HSBC earmarks $100 million to fund green technology

HSBC is to allocate $100 million to funding green technology projects as part of the Breakthrough Energy Catalyst network.

01 February 2022

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Euroclear invests in sustainable finance platform Greenomy

Euroclear has made ean investment in Greenomy, a Belgium-based sustainable finance technology platform.

01 February 2022

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EDMC study highlights 11 key challenges around ESG data

The EDM Council (EDMC) has just released a study which provides recommendations to ratings providers and data aggregators (RPDAs) on major challenges around the ESG data supply chain.

28 January 2022

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Etcho to offer SDG-linked investment app

The sustainable development goal-linked investment app Etcho recently closed its pre-seed funding round, raising £279,000 from angel investors and on Crowdcube.

28 January 2022

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ECB to run climate risk stress test

The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched a supervisory climate risk stress test to assess how prepared banks are for dealing with financial and economic shocks stemming from global warming.

27 January 2022

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Citi to spend $100 million on revamping London tower block

Citi is to undertake a $100 million refurbishment of its skyscraper in Canary Wharf, reflecting optimism about Britain's role in a post-Brexit future and a switch to more flexible working practices in the wake of the pandemic.

26 January 2022

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Westpac rolls out ESG training programme for institutional staff

Westpac is to provide 800 staff with 'practical take-aways' for advising clients on environtmental, social and governance issues as more comanies seek help in transitioning to a net-zero future.

25 January 2022

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City of London policy chair hails UK capital as a centre of green finance

This week, the FCA and the City of London Corporation held a demo day for its Sustainability Cohort initiative, which aims to further green the financial sector and catalyse the transition to net zero.

18 January 2022

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Doconomy raises $19 million to accelerate carbon emission reduction goal

Climate data platform Doconomy has raised $19m of equity capital to help accelerate expansion and the recruitment of new talent.

17 January 2022

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