Latest Sustainable News: Finextra Research

Sustainable Finance Live: Building actionable ESGtech strategies with a partnership ecosystem

Finextra Research and Responsible Risk hosted Sustainable Finance Live this week, the third workshop in a series of events encouraging collaboration in the ESGtech space.

09 December 2020

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Sustainable Finance Live: Using real-time measurement of climate change to address risk

Finextra Research and Responsible Risk today hosted Sustainable Finance Live, the second virtual workshop in a series of events designed to create actionable ESGtech strategies and build an ecosystem of partnerships that will turn strategy into reality.

08 December 2020

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WWF and World Bank report highlights opportunities in spatial finance

Ahead of Sustainable Finance Live, a Finextra Research and Responsible Risk event, WWF and The World Bank have released a report highlighting how the financial sector can benefit from the emerging field of spatial finance, complementing existing ESG data streams and providing an outline for a robust taxonomy.

03 December 2020

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HSBC reaps environmental benefits of pandemic switch to remote advice

HSBC UK has found a silver lining to the coronavirus cloud, revealing that the switch to remote wealth and investment advice during the pandemic has saved nearly 900,000 sheets of paper.

02 December 2020

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Nasdaq Ventures invests in ESG insight firm Matter

Nasdaq Ventures has invested in Copenhagen-based sustainability analysis and reporting provider, Matter.

01 December 2020

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‘Lifting the lid on Fintech’- customer-focused innovation or dangerous corporate power grab?

The finance sector's decision to ape Big Tech and adopt platform business models enabled and powered by the mass acquisition and manipulation of data is creating new risks for society, warns a report from the Finance Innovation Lab.

01 December 2020

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UBS introduces credit card made from corn

Swiss bank UBS has replaced plastic with corn for a new environmentally-friendly credit card and also introduced a purely virtual card.

24 November 2020

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Deutsche Börse buys majority stake in ISS for ESG play

Deutsche Börse has agreed to buy an 80% stake in governance, ESG data and analytics provider Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) in a deal that values the firm at nearly $2.3 billion.

18 November 2020

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Sugi launches green investment app

Sugi, an app that enables users to check the carbon impact of their investments, has launched a public beta in the UK.

17 November 2020

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Sustainable investment app Clim8 blows through Crowdcube target

Ethical investment app Clim8 has smashed through its latest crowdfunding target, reaching £2.35 million from a range of investment funds and 1900 retail investors.

12 November 2020

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Switzerland launches Green Fintech Network

Switzerland is setting up a Green Fintech Network to help the country take advantage of the "great opportunity" presented by sustainable finance.

06 November 2020

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Deutsche Börse leads $15 million round in Clarity AI

Deutsche Börse has led a $15 million funding round in Clarity AI, a Spanish fintech firm that uses machine learning and big data to help investors understand the sociatel impact of their investment portfolios,

05 November 2020

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