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Socially conscious bank Aspiration raises $135 million

Socially conscious US neobank Aspiration has closed a $135 million Series C investment round, as consumers increasingly shop around for climate neutral financial products.

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Climate change to the fore as Clim8 smashes crowdfunding target

Ethical investment app Clim8 has smashed through its pre-launch crowdfunding target, reaching £1.35 million from 1200 investors

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Barclays invests in green marketplace SaveMoneyCutCarbon

Barclays has made a "significant" investment in SaveMoneyCutCarbon, a digital aggregator that provides a marketplace where customers can shop for products and solutions that help reduce their carbon footprint.

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Basel Committee takes climate-related risk stocktake

Many national regulators are already undertaking regulatory and supervisory initiatives on climate-related financial risks, according to a BIS report, although most have not yet factored the mitigation of such risks into the prudential capital framework.

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Northern Trust tapping data transparency and ESG to navigate volatility

American financial holding company Northern Trust’s head of front office solutions, Melanie Pickett, tells Finextra Research about some of the complexities in delivering reliable data analytics to institutional clients, which are of even greater importance during periods of volatility such as now.

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Bank of America's Head of FIs GTS: Cash has increased in prominence as a security

Despite the assumption that the Coronavirus pandemic will prove the last nail in the coffin, Bank of America's head of financial institutions GTS believes demand for paper money as a security has in fact increased.

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Sustainable Finance Live to go virtual

Sustainable Finance Live, the series of workshops hosted by Finextra Research and Responsible Risk, is becoming a virtual event in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Antony Jenkins on sustainability: ‘You can’t please everyone’

In conversation with Finextra TV, Antony Jenkins, founder and executive chairman of 10x Future Technologies and former Barclays CEO, highlights that the single most important factor in the push toward sustainability is transparency.

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Morningstar to take over ESG ratings outfit Sustainanalytics

Morningstar is to acquire 100% ownership of Sustainanalytics, a Dutch-domiciled provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings and research.

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PensionBee: Coronavirus will see greater engagement with pensions

Clare Reilly, head of corporate development at PensionBee, believes the current challenging economic conditions could lead people to engage with their pensions more closely.

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Sustainable investment app Clim8 launches Crowdcube campaign

Sustainable investment app Clim8 Invest is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube ahead of a planned summer launch.

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EBRD: Spending to counteract Coronavirus creates chance to 'tilt to green'

The European Bank for Reconstruction and development (EBRD) says fiscal support for Covid-19 impacted businesses should be directed towards firms that pledge to reduce their environmental impact, arguing that escalating climate change makes future pandemics more likely.