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Busting sustainable finance myths: Why Tariq Fancy is only half right on ESG

Hamish Monk Reporter at Finextra

Busting sustainable finance myths: Why Tariq Fancy is only half right on ESG

A controversial series of articles criticising the asset management industry’s approach to sustainable investing, authored by Blackrock’s former sustainable investing chief, Tariq Fancy, has thrown into question the efficacy of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) movement. As would be expected, the salad of responses to Fancy’s position...

01 November 2021 /sustainable

COP26: What the fintech industry will be looking out for at the climate summit

Paige McNamee Senior Reporter at Finextra

COP26: What the fintech industry will be looking out for at the climate summit

As world leaders begin their descent on Glasgow, we’ve rounded up the key forces and factors likely to demand attention throughout the imminent COP26 event. Drawing leaders from across the globe, the conference is set to see the likes of David Solomon, Jamie Dimon, Larry Fink, and Stephen Schwartzman, among many others, participate in the event’s p...

28 October 2021 /sustainable

The future of NFTs: Democratising space and digitising endangered species

Hamish Monk Reporter at Finextra

The future of NFTs: Democratising space and digitising endangered species

Earlier this year, the non-fungible token (NFT) bubble had swollen to colossal proportions. With the likes of musical artists such as Grimes selling $6 million worth of cryptoart in February, and artist Beeple’s ‘Everydays – The First 5000 Days’ piece pulling in $69 million at Christies in March, the NFT goldrush was in full swing. By April, howe...

17 August 2021 /sustainable

The IPCC climate change report: How is the fintech community responding?

Hamish Monk Reporter at Finextra

The IPCC climate change report: How is the fintech community responding?

A ‘code red for humanity’ has been declared, in the form of the first major review of climate change since 2013, and the sixth report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – published on Monday. In response, the fintech community has called for further collaboration, and widespread investment in natural capital and clean t...

10 August 2021 /sustainable

Providing better solutions for increasingly picky sustainable investors

Marco Mottadelli Head of Global Brokerage at Fineco Bank

Providing better solutions for increasingly picky sustainable investors

Sustainable investment is having a moment. There are now thousands of funds and indices especially promising to deliver returns along with also meeting a commitment to environmental, sustainability and government metrics. Whereas these options were once a rather niche section of the market, they have grown so rapidly in the past half decade that o...

02 August 2021 /sustainable

Marco Mottadelli Head of Global Brokerage at Fineco Bank

Providing better solutions for increasingly picky sustainable investors

Sustainable investment is having a moment. There are now thousands of funds and indices specifically promising to deliver returns along with meeting a commitment to environmental, sustainability and government metrics. Whereas these options were once a rather niche section of the market, they have grown so rapidly in the past half decade that one ...

29 April 2021 /sustainable

Checking the pulse of the UK’s purpose-driven banking ecosystem

Hamish Monk Reporter at Finextra

Checking the pulse of the UK’s purpose-driven banking ecosystem

Does the UK’s financial services sector only exist to drive profits for shareholders? Can we hard-wire deeper social and environmental purpose into our financial institutions? The burgeoning purpose-driven banking sector in the UK is key to securing a sustainable, democratic and resilient system for all, but how do we ensure it continues to grow i...

01 April 2021 /sustainable

Top French sustainable finance strategists provide an ESG reporting blueprint

Madhvi Mavadiya Head of Content at Finextra

Top French sustainable finance strategists provide an ESG reporting blueprint

At a Bloomberg EU Policy event ahead of International Women’s Day, Banque de France’s Sylvie Goulard and the French government’s Olivia Grégoire discussed how to encourage companies to commit to environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure, how to improve the quality of data provided by organisations and whether it is time to reinforce re...

04 March 2021 /sustainable

Davos 2021: Key leader takeaways and what they mean for fintech and the environment

Paige McNamee Senior Reporter at Finextra

Davos 2021: Key leader takeaways and what they mean for fintech and the environment

Finextra attended a very different, digital Davos this year which centred on ‘The Great Reset’. Covering global insights into the impact that fintech has on wider issues such as responding to Covid-19, restoring economic growth, and advancing a new social contract, for its 50th year the event also focused on wider themes such as bolstering global ...

29 January 2021 /sustainable

The never-ending sustainability questions banks must ask themselves

Jamie Crawley Reporter at Finextra

The never-ending sustainability questions banks must ask themselves

Financial institutions face an array of conflicts and conditions in determining the environmental and social impact of investments and assets and how to report them for regulatory or corporate purposes. Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) frameworks are underpinned by the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are in...

21 December 2020 /sustainable

Aligning ESG Measurements to Outcomes Has Been Notoriously Hard, Until Now

Richard Peers Founder at ResponsibleRisk Ltd

Aligning ESG Measurements to Outcomes Has Been Notoriously Hard, Until Now

Can Sustainable Finance help protect natural ecosystems and preserve Bio-diversity? In a previous life it seems, I travelled to Borneo with my wife. Thirty years ago, we were alone with a guide as we drifted along in a boat watching Proboscis monkeys shelter from the rain under leaves, like old men caught in the open and hiding under newspapers. W...

06 October 2020 /sustainable

Busting the myths around sustainable investing: part 3

Jamie Crawley Reporter at Finextra

Busting the myths around sustainable investing: part 3

Several assertions are made about sustainable investing – how reliable returns are, how complicated it is, how viable it is in a challenging economic environment and so on. Richard Peers, founder of Responsible Risk and Finextra Research contributing editor, has been discussing these claims with industry experts, to tackle some of the oft-heard com...

28 September 2020 /sustainable

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