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SustainableFinance.Live will use healthy scepticism to promote ESG

Finextra Research will hold its second SustainableFinance.Live event on 23 March 2020 to peel away the misnomers and ‘greenwashed’ ideas about sustainable finance and explore the ways the industry can take proactive steps to deliver the UN SDGs.

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BBVA responsible business global head: “UN SDGs are the biggest business opportunity for banks”

Finextra Research spoke to Antoni Ballabriga, global head of responsible business at BBVA, co-chair of the global steering committee and European banks’ representative for the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) about sustainable finance in the investment and lending space.

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ADB launches $50 million fund to support SDG-minded startups

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), has established the ADB Ventures platform to feed investment and support to Asian startups which are developing solutions aimed at achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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ReceiptHero aims to plant one million trees by 2025

Finnish fintech ReceiptHero is to donate $1 to conservation charity One Tree Planted for every new merchant that joins the digital receipt platform, setting a five-year goal to plant one million trees.

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Nasdaq launches ESG reporting suite with acquisition of OneReport

Nasdaq has acquired OneReport, a privately-held provider of ESG data management and reporting services to Fortune 1000 firms.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.