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Sustainable Finance Live: Regulations driving sustainable transactions

Regulation and policy can be an important step sustainable transactions at a global level. There are many different perspectives on how to help implement these regulations within the financial services, which this Sustainable Finance Live session covered.

11 October 2024

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UK fintechs have an overall positive impact on the country - Innovate Finance

The FinTech Impact Report 2024 reports that the UK fintech sector has improved financial inclusion and sustainable initiatives across the country.

11 October 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live: The role of data for Nature Capital

In the last panel of the day, moderated by Richard Peers, founder of ResponsibleRisk, the discussion centred around the role of data in nature intelligence and financial services.

09 October 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live: Making nature worth investing in

The Sustainable Finance live section session of the day entitled 'Showcase of the Art of the Possible' aimed at showing potential journey of discovering natural capital to making it tradable.

09 October 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: Analysing the transaction journey and assessing nature-related risk

Dr Nicola Ranger, director of the global finance and economy group, Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford, spoke on her work at the institute in a keynote and then with moderator Richard Peers in the Q&A session, ‘What’s missing from the transaction journey?’ Dr Ranger outlined how nature risks are priced and which methods the Green Finance Institute (GFI) has put forward to assess nature-related risk.

08 October 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: The role of ESG data in the nature capital marketplace

Founder of ResponsibleRisk, Richard Peers, moderated a session at Sustainable Finance Live called ‘What is the role of impact and ESG data in ensuring economic profit of nature capital in the marketplace?’, with speakers Cain Blythe, founder of Ecosulis and Credit Nature; Simon Crichton, head of nature, food, and resource at Triodos Bank; Giles D'Souza strategic business lead in remote sensing and GIS at Planet; James Lockhart-Smith, VP sustainable finance at Verisk Maplecroft; and Donna Lyndsay, strategic market lead environment and sustainability at Ordnance Survey.

08 October 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: How can natural capital be assessed and why does it need to be?

Kicking off Sustainable Finance Live 2024 at Events@No6 in London, Richard Peers, founder of ResponsibleRisk and contributing editor at Finextra opened with an introduction outlining the themes and objectives of this year’s event, to understand natural capital risk, pricing, and trade.

08 October 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: 4 days to go!

Finextra’s annual Sustainable Finance Live conference will be held at Events@No6 in London next week.

04 October 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: Ronesans Enerji’s Green Finance Framework

Earlier this month, Ronesans Enerji announced its Green Finance Framework to drive sustainable development in Turkey. A collaboration between financial investment institution Ronesans Holding and TotalEnergies, the joint venture aims to push forth proactive green finance projects.

27 September 2024

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Bank of England to form AI consortium

The Bank of England (BoE) is calling on financial services firms to join its artificial intelligence (AI) consortium designed to oversee the use of the technology within the sector.

26 September 2024

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European Investment Bank lends Nexi €220m

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending Italian paytech giant Nexi Group €220 million to support digital payment innovation.

26 September 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: UK Foreign Secretary pledges to prioritise nature and climate finance

In a speech at Kew Gardens on Monday, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy spoke on how the UK government will be realigning its priorities to commit to green initiatives and combatting climate change.

20 September 2024

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