A senior Irish-based academic who holds a chair in Operational Risk, Banking & Finance at UCD’s Smurfit Graduate Business School has been appointed to the Technical Expert Group tasked with shaping the European Union’s plans to make the financial system …
ClimateLaunchpad’s return to Ireland was marked by the successful completion of 2018’s 2-day boot camp, where eleven teams presented new and innovative cleantech ideas to combat climate change. Over the intensive, fun boot camp, founders developed their vision for …
Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po today met with Financial Services Minister Michael D’Arcy in Dublin to discuss ramping up both economies’ involvement in the rapidly growing area of green finance.
Ireland and Hong Kong are both making big …
Hear from Jane Ambachtsheer on the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and what Irish corporates and investors need to know.
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AIB has teamed up with Sustainable Nation Ireland and EU public-private partnership EIT Climate-KIC to fund an accelerator programme in Dublin that aims to fight climate change and decarbonise the economy.
The €400,000 programme will last for 18 months, with …
Hear from Sean Kidney of the Climate Bonds Initiative and Victoria Clarke from HSBC on what Green Bonds are and why they are becoming mainstream.
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The European Commission has released the first legislative package under the Action Plan for Financing Sustainable Growth. The four proposals included in the package will support the goals of the Capital Markets Union’s (CMU) to connect finance with the needs …
Hear from Jane Ambachtsheer, Partner and Global Head of Responsible Investment at Mercer Investments and member of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and our all female panel at the SIF Ireland breakfast seminar on climate related disclosures.
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Under government’s IFS 2020 Strategy and supported by the Department of Finance, yesterday (2nd May) Sustainable Nation Ireland hosted #SustainableFinanceDay. Consisting of three events centred around green finance and responsible business, just under 300 people participated.
First up was a …
Why is everyone talking about Green Bonds? That’s the question that Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) CEO Sean Kidney will be tackling in Dublin tomorrow for the closing event of Sustainable Nation Ireland’s #sustainablefinance day.
Green bonds surpassed expectations last year, …
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