Latest Sustainable News: Finextra Research

Triodos Bank CEO: 'Bankers should be eco-warriors'

Presenting at the Bristol Distinguished Address Series, Dr Bevis Watts, chief executive of Triodos Bank UK spoke on the essential role banking must play in driving action on climate change.

31 January 2020

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Bunq customer spending in two months sees 40,000 trees planted

Users of Dutch digital bank Bunq have spent enough on their Green Cards to plant 40,000 trees in the last eight weeks.

30 January 2020

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Can financial markets drive sustainability? Not with CAT bonds

France’s emlyon business school has found that resorting to catastrophe bonds (CAT bonds) to insure losses caused by extreme climate events only serves to make investors richer.

30 January 2020

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BlackRock recommends a common language for sustainable investing

Hot on the heels of BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s letter warning global chief executives of climate change market risk, the world’s largest fund manager has released a summary of recommendations for sustainable investment.

28 January 2020

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Lloyds to introduce carbon emissions app

Lloyds Banking Group is to release a digital app to allow Commercial Banking clients to identify and make energy-efficient investments in their buildings.

28 January 2020

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Davos 2020: Refinitiv launches sustainable data alliance

Announced at the World Economic Forum, Refinitiv will join forces with influential global bodies to create a first-of-its-kind alliance to monitor sustainable finance through data.

22 January 2020

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Davos 2020: Financial inclusion and fintech is key to meeting the UN SDGs

While technology has yet again been a central topic of discussion at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, there has also been a determined focus on fintech and how financial inclusion is key to meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

22 January 2020

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Betting on AI to reduce risk in sustainable investment

The quest toward improving corporate sustainability is mired by uncertainty: uncertainty of emissions volume, extreme weather events, timing of such events, and inevitably, the toll they may take on investment. This uncertainty is regarded by investors as risk.

22 January 2020

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Rabobank collaborates on blockchain-based app for coffee drinkers with IBM

Rabobank has collaborated with IBM on the development of an application allowing consumers to support the farmers who grow the beans that make their cups of coffee.

07 January 2020

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Finextra's year in review

With 2019 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most popular news items, videos and community engagement activities over the course of the past year.

23 December 2019

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