Latest Sustainable News: Finextra Research

Fintech at heart of UK's financial services growth strategy - Chancellor

The new UK government will focus on fintech and sustainable finance as key priority growth opportunities in financial services, says Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves.

15 November 2024

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Tehanu completes world’s first ‘interspecies money’ transfer

Africa-based startup Tehanu has completed its first ‘interspecies money’ transfer, which enables the transfer of funds through digital wallets associated with the conservation of Rwandan mountain gorillas.

01 November 2024

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Commbank comes clean over energy and water consumption for AI

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has clarified comments made by the bank's chairman at its general meeting over the use of renewable power sources and water to support its AI models.

01 November 2024

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CEO of ethical bank Triodos UK to step down

Bevis Watts, the CEO of Triodos Bank UK, is to step down after a ten-year stint at the helm of the ethical bank.

30 October 2024

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Creating green jobs through biodiversity conservation: Tehanu AI’s pilot project

Speaking to chief experts of Tehanu AI, Tosca Tindall and Patrick McSharry, Finextra learned about their nature-finance focused business that is working to incentivise nature stewardship by creating green jobs.

29 October 2024

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Sibos: APAC supplies nearly 25% of global sustainable bonds

“Investors are chasing sustainable bonds to buy, and we think that over $800 billion worth of supply globally, around 20-25% of that global share comes from APAC, namely Asia in particular,” said Chuaoni Huang of BNP Paribas during a sustainable focused panel session at Sibos 2024.

21 October 2024

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WWF and TNFD partner up to launch nature-related data platform

The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) has collaborated with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) to form a global Nature Data Public Facility (NDPF) that will facilitate financial institutions in capturing and collected nature-related data.

18 October 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: Hackathon winners announced

Team AgriEco Hub and Team 3 (NatureDelta) have been announced as the winners of this year’s hackathon, which took place in partnership with NayaOne alongside the conference.

14 October 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live: Environmental sector isn’t “investable or professional yet”

Dr Rich Stockdale, founder of Oxygen Conservation, gave the closing keynote of Sustainable Finance Live 2024, looking into how the investment into natural capital can evolve in the future.

11 October 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live: Regulations driving sustainable transactions

Regulation and policy can be an important step sustainable transactions at a global level. There are many different perspectives on how to help implement these regulations within the financial services, which this Sustainable Finance Live session covered.

11 October 2024

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UK fintechs have an overall positive impact on the country - Innovate Finance

The FinTech Impact Report 2024 reports that the UK fintech sector has improved financial inclusion and sustainable initiatives across the country.

11 October 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live: The role of data for Nature Capital

In the last panel of the day, moderated by Richard Peers, founder of ResponsibleRisk, the discussion centred around the role of data in nature intelligence and financial services.

09 October 2024

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