Latest Sustainable News: Finextra Research

AFME: Support banks in reducing investment in high carbon emitting sectors, don’t punish them

In light of the European Commission’s call for comment on the Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) posited that the cornerstone of future policies should be transition in the real economy – non-financial sectors – and banks should encourage and support them to reflect on uptake, effectiveness and identify issues and gaps in their current approach.

05 August 2020

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Moody’s VP: Bring alternative data to the mainstream for greater ESG transparency

The senior vice president of ESG engagement at Moody’s believes the key to driving demand for ESG investments lies in alternative data, of the like used by hedge funds managers and venture capitalists and not generally available in traditional data sets, such as financial statements.

30 July 2020

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Coordinating ESG solution ideation for investment and asset management

In June 2020, Finextra Research welcomed industry experts to Sustainable Finance Live, the first virtual interactive workshop to discuss how financial services firms and technology companies can achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

27 July 2020

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Mastercard launches sustainable card programme

Mastercard is launching a sustainable card programme to get its card issuers to switch to greener alternatives such as recycled, biodegradable and ocean plastics.

22 July 2020

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Morgan Stanley joins global carbon accounting coalition

Morgan Stanley has become the first top tier US bank to commit to measuring greenhouse gas emissions fueled by its loans and investment products.

22 July 2020

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Bank of the West launches new account to combat climate change

Bank of the West is launching a checking account in partnership with 1% for the Planet, that helps consumers to combat climate change

21 July 2020

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ESG standards: No silver platter of harmonised data

A desire for standardisation of ESG data may be folly, according to Bruno Bertocci, head of sustainable equities at UBS Wealth Management.

20 July 2020

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ABN Amro imagines the Triple-A bank of the future with Climate Safe Lending network

A group of financial services companies have collaborated to detail what a bank of a zero-carbon world must look like, which they describe as the “triple-A bank of the future”.

03 July 2020

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UNICEF turning to cryptocurrency in fight against Covid-19

Global children’s charity UNICEF is looking to greatly expand its use of cryptocurrency as it aims to respond to the demands of donors and better support companies around the world in their fight against the effects of Covid-19.

03 July 2020

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More maturity needed from AI, DLT and IoT to power sustainable finance data

The executive director of Green Digital Finance Alliance, a partnership between Ant Financial and the UN Environment Programme, has told Finextra Research about the mixed picture in being able to harness new technology to collect and tap into the data required to drive investment for sustainable goals.

30 June 2020

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Barclays drives impact investing through digital marketplace

In the wake of Finextra Research’s SustainableFinanceLive event, Richard Peers of ResponsibleRisk spoke with Damian Payiatakis, head of impact investing at Barclays and David Newman, co-founder of software fintech Delio, to dissect their new impact investing platform, Impact Agora.

30 June 2020

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Deutsche Bank spinoff IMP+ACT Alliance launches digital ESG fund transparency tool

IMP+ACT Alliance today launched the IMP+ACT Classification System (ICS), which will allow asset managers to self-report how they classify, measure and manage ESG impact, serving financial risk mitigation strategies and advancing global goals such as the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

24 June 2020

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