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FinTech Startups Need A Responsible Finance Strategy To Help Avoid Pitfalls As They Navigate ESG
Bain & Company and EcoVadis, as well as IBM, each released research finding operational performance benefit for companies with strong ESG characteristics
Evidence is growing outside of large, listed companies, including private companies, that ESG has operational benefits, but also comes with several barriers to adoption including when companies become overwhelmed by a magnitude of issues and revert to a ‘compliance’ mindset
RFI’s Responsible Finance FinTech Program can help FinTechs who are being pushed to focus on ESG issues get started in the right direction to avoid ESG becoming a distraction, and rather to make sure they see benefits by doing well on the right ESG issues
Climate Disclosures Heighten The Risk To Companies That Aren’t Planning Financing For Their Transitions Today
High-emissions companies already face less appetite from banks to lend to them, according to a study by BIS researchers using data on Japanese banks
Greater regulation on climate disclosures, especially for companies in Islamic markets, is going to increase the scopes of emissions that impact bank evaluations of companies’ climate risks
Increasing physical risk outcomes that hurt banks’ financial strength will amplify the impact of more and better disclosures of emissions
The new ASEAN Taxonomy incorporates a ‘coal phase-out’ classification to support more transition finance
The second version of the ASEAN Taxonomy outlines the conceptual framework in more detail about how countries at widely varying levels of economic development can align taxonomies under a regional framework
The ‘coal phase-out’ plan is one of the most eagerly awaited in light of prominent initiatives like the Energy Transition Mechanism and Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) that progressed during Indonesia’s presidency of the G20
As ASEAN member states adopt their own taxonomies, the practical challenges for the financial sector to navigate diverse national taxonomies and align with the ASEAN Taxonomy will be a challenging element as the region makes investment in the climate transition