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ESG Investing and AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and natural language processing have taken a firm foothold, and companies are exploring opportunities to leverage their power. ย AI and related tools will help investors navigate companiesโ€™ financial performance prospects and environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Letโ€™s look at some of the ways in which AI can support ESGContinue reading “ESG Investing and AI”

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We are at the doorsteps of 2030, the year designated to reduce the global temperature increase to 1.5ยฐC, and the picture is gloomy. Finance is a critical ingredient to saving our planet. And it seems to be in short supply. According to the IMF,ย the Asia-Pacific region faces a climate financing shortfall of at least $800Continue reading “๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: ๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ”

Biomaterials: Past is the Future

Biomaterials have long been part of our lives. We lived in wooden houses, wore clothes made of natural fibres (cotton and wool), and lived a natural life. With advances in technology, we started living in concrete houses, powering our heating, cooling, and transportation with fossil fuels. Our everyday products were made from synthetic materials. ClimateContinue reading “Biomaterials: Past is the Future”

CEO changes and net zero plans

A recent news story attracted my attention: โ€œShell has abandoned plans to cut oil production each year for the rest of the decade, in a shift in approach to firmly target fossil fuels and increase payouts to shareholders under its new chief executive.โ€ This got me thinking about the future of net zero. The effortContinue reading “CEO changes and net zero plans”

The EU and its Alphabet Soup

The European Union is awash with various regulations, standards and directives. And each one comes with its own confusing abbreviations. Here is a ready reckoner of these terms. CSDD: The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD) is a legislative framework that obliges companies, including those in financial services, to demonstrate what action they areContinue reading “The EU and its Alphabet Soup”