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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”

Blended Finance: Unlocking Commercial Finance forSustainable Development

Here is my piece on Blended Finance, published in Artha, the IIM Calcutta finance journal. With investment needs to move to a green economy exceeding $1 trillion a year by 2030, governments and international agencies will find it challenging to fund this. Thus private and public finance will need to join hands. Blended finance blendsContinue reading “Blended Finance: Unlocking Commercial Finance forSustainable Development”

Financed Emissions

Banks play a dual role. At one end, they finance decarbonisation; at the other, they finance emissions through loans and investments. Thus, financed emissions are the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions linked to the investment and lending activities of financial institutions like investment managers, banks and insurers. It’s the carbon footprint of a firm’s investments orContinue reading “Financed Emissions”