ESG investment is on the rise as consumers want to make a positive impact with their money. Dubious sustainability scores make this difficult.
CSR initiatives and certifications are getting buffeted by corporate and political polarization around "doing good" versus "doing well."
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·In this conversation, we are so lucky to tap into the brilliant mind of none other than Sheila Warren who sits on the Executive Committee of the World Economic Forum and is a key member in the executive leadership of the Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR), in which she oversees strategy across the entire C4IR Network, consisting of centers in 13 countries. Sheila also holds board member and advisory positions at multiple institutions and organizations including The MIT Press (Cryptoeconomic Systems), The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), NGO network TechSoup and she is a Member of The Bretton Woods Committee.
More specifically, we discuss her professional journey from small claims court to NGO Aid to refugees to corporate law to The WEF, touching on rational choice theory, corporate personhood and its correlation to the growth around ESG, new substrates, DAOs and protocols, artificial intelligence, the purpose of The World Economic Forum and its impact on governments and society alike, and just so much more!
There is a huge multi-trillion dollar asset class that few investors have any exposure to but we literally rely on...
While financial institutions are starting to progress on sustainability, there are several ways that progress can be accelerated.
This week we sat down with OakNorth's Matt Bullivant, to talk about ESGs and fintech's advantage in data which could impact carbon emissions.
[Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles we are publishing from Wharton Fintech ahead of LendIt Fintech...
With controversy around ESG investing coming to a head, solar loans could offer respite, doing good and doing well as an asset class.
Banks use relationship-based services to attract and retain customers in these times of higher interest rates. SunTec Business Solutions President Amit Dua said if these services are correctly deployed, they benefit both the bank and the customer.
While many "green" fintech startups like Aspiration or Sugi appear on the market, their infrastructure can stay environmentally harmful.