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HSBC talk sustainability at Reuters’ Future of Money Event

Harry Clynch 10/12/2021 No Comments

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Rwanda aims to become the Luxembourg of Africa for green finance

03/12/2021

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Tailored Investing with ALLINDEX

30/11/2021

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Guangzhou: The Beating Heart of China’s Electric Vehicles Push

20/10/2021

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Bank of America Increases Environmental Business Initiative Target to $1 Trillion by 2030

April 8, 2021

The $1.5 trillion goal builds on Bank of America’s longstanding work with clients to provide lending, capital raising, advisory and investment services, as well as develop financial solutions and drive innovation, to spur transformative change.

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Assessing the Sustainability practices of Banks – Mazars launches annual Study

February 26, 2021

The number of banks that foster a culture of sustainability and which have updated their governance structures accordingly is up by half (51%) while there is a similar increase (45%) in the number of banks which now align their disclosures with ESG reporting standards.

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Climate Emergency on the Agenda for Wall Street

January 26, 2021

In the meantime, talks have escalated back in the U.S., with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling for President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency just today.

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Swiss on a roll with green fintech

January 4, 2021

When it comes to green fintech, Switzerland is on a roll. The Alpine country is stepping up its support for the fashionable holy union of fintech and sustainable investing, with its Federal Council having launched a Green Fintech Network to ‘identify areas in which the conditions for green fintech could be improved’.

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What Disruptive Trends impacted Banking the most in 2020?

December 30, 2020

t’s not just for publicly listed companies anymore, ESG has become an ever more present concept throughout 2020. When Greta Thunberg met Sir David Attenborough on Skype back in January, it didn’t seem as significant as perhaps it does today:

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Why are private asset investors focussing on ESG in 2021?

December 1, 2020

Crucially, once we come out of the other side of the crisis, private asset investors and their portfolio companies are in a unique position to act as change agents to build back stronger economies, and ESG considerations must play an integral part in this rebuilding. Upcoming legislation will no doubt drive the direction in which investors will move regarding ESG strategy but is important to be proactive beyond the regulatory requirements and focus on a strategy that drives change.”

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How is Refinitiv preparing a Red Flag for ESG?

November 12, 2020

“I believe the role of the investment community is also key to making effective change. The more that investors make decisions based on ESG criteria that they can trust, the better it will be for sustainability in the long term.