https://www.finextra.com/ The Latest Financial IT Sustainable Headlines Copyright 2026 Finextra Research Ltd en-GB contact@finextra.com (Finextra Contact) https://www.finextra.com https://www.finextra.com/finextra-images/site/finextra.png https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48468/nature-related-financing-and-assessments-increases-worldwide---tnfd?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48468/nature-related-financing-and-assessments-increases-worldwide---tnfd?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Financial institutions have increased nature-related assessments and reporting across markets in the last year according to a Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) report. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48430/74-of-top-50-north-american-investors-are-assessing-climate-risks---ceres?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48430/74-of-top-50-north-american-investors-are-assessing-climate-risks---ceres?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:17:00 GMT Data from non-profit sustainability-focused organisation Ceres found that the top 50 North American investors are continuing with climate action quietly. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48385/greenly-and-normative-announce-merger-to-boost-climate-data-reporting?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48385/greenly-and-normative-announce-merger-to-boost-climate-data-reporting?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:35:00 GMT Carbon accounting platforms Greenly and Normative have announced their merge to create a single climate software system. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48263/how-investors-can-find-genuine-asset-class-parity-with-nature-based-solutions?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48263/how-investors-can-find-genuine-asset-class-parity-with-nature-based-solutions?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT Issues of biodiversity and conservation have often been subjects left to philanthropic efforts and left out of major budgetary discussions in fintech and banking boardrooms. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48213/ebas-esg-risk-dashboard-indicates-improvements-in-climate-related-data-availability?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48213/ebas-esg-risk-dashboard-indicates-improvements-in-climate-related-data-availability?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:59:00 GMT The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its 2025 ESG risk dashboard on Thursday, showing improvements in access and quality of climate-related data. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48190/triodos-bank-and-ethex-collaboration-to-boost-uks-direct-impact-investment?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48190/triodos-bank-and-ethex-collaboration-to-boost-uks-direct-impact-investment?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:36:00 GMT Triodos Bank will host all future UK crowdfunding investments on ethically-focused investment platform Ethex. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48115/naturealpha-and-the-nature-conservancy-make-geospatial-conservation-science-data-openly-accessible?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48115/naturealpha-and-the-nature-conservancy-make-geospatial-conservation-science-data-openly-accessible?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:09:00 GMT AI-powered nature intelligence platform NatureAlpha announced support for The Nature Conservancy’s pledge to make geospatial conservation science data accessible. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48065/caixabank-builds-public-benches-out-of-recycled-bank-cards?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48065/caixabank-builds-public-benches-out-of-recycled-bank-cards?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:01:00 GMT CaixaBank has embarked on a novel recycling project, turning old bank cards into benches that will sit in villages where the lender's mobile branches visit. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47999/fca-admits-trex-to-regulatory-sandbox-tests-advanced-climate-risk-modelling?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47999/fca-admits-trex-to-regulatory-sandbox-tests-advanced-climate-risk-modelling?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has onboarded Transition Risk Exeter Ltd (TREX) into its regulatory sandbox to test whether its approach to climate scenario analysis can provide financial firms a clearer view of physical risks like flooding or heatwaves, as well as risks linked to the move to a low-carbon economy. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47973/french-neobank-green-got-shatters-crowdcube-records?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47973/french-neobank-green-got-shatters-crowdcube-records?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:15:00 GMT French sustainable finance startup Green-Got has shattered European crowdfund records by raising €8 million ($9M USD) from 5,286 investors on Crowdcube in just 52 minutes. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47705/ekko-launches-tool-to-let-shoppers-see-how-spending-impacts-natural-world?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47705/ekko-launches-tool-to-let-shoppers-see-how-spending-impacts-natural-world?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 06 May 2026 00:01:00 GMT Sustainability fintech ekko has introduced the Nature Footprint, a real-time biodiversity metric that embeds directly into the payment experience to let people see how their everyday spending impacts the natural world. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47632/creditnature-and-stabiliti-enable-businesses-to-fund-nature-restoration-in-everyday-transactions?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47632/creditnature-and-stabiliti-enable-businesses-to-fund-nature-restoration-in-everyday-transactions?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:34:00 GMT Nature fintech CreditNature has partnered with nature-tech firm Stabiliti to enable businesses to embed nature finance into everyday economic activity. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110381/climate-impact-x-approved-as-custodian-for-abaxx-carbon-futures?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110381/climate-impact-x-approved-as-custodian-for-abaxx-carbon-futures?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:40:00 GMT Climate Impact X (CIX), a global environmental markets exchange, and Abaxx Technologies Inc. (TSX:ABXX) (OTCQX:ABXXF), announced that CIX has been approved as an eligible custodian for Abaxx Exchange’s carbon futures contracts. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110696/triodos-bank-uk-appoints-lauren-couch-head-of-business-banking?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110696/triodos-bank-uk-appoints-lauren-couch-head-of-business-banking?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:13:00 GMT Triodos Bank UK, a pioneer in sustainable banking headquartered in Bristol, has strengthened its business banking team to grow its impact-focused lending book with the appointment of Lauren Couch as Head of Business Banking. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110728/climate-impact-x-to-mergewith-carbonplace?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110728/climate-impact-x-to-mergewith-carbonplace?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:50:00 GMT Climate Impact X (CIX), a global environmental markets exchange headquartered in Singapore, and Carbonplace, a London-based full-service platform for carbon portfolio management and trading, have announced their intent to merge, bringing together complementary capabilities to build the financial market infrastructure underpinning the next phase of environmental markets. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3579/what-is-the-real-asset-thesis-for-investable-conservation?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3579/what-is-the-real-asset-thesis-for-investable-conservation?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT Joining FinextraTV for an episode of Unplugged, Tripp Wall, Founder and CEO, Pantheon Regeneration and Managing Partner, Trailhead Capital discussed his light bulb moment that prompted a new asset thesis for investable conservation. Providing context into his journey from alternative asset management to ecology, philanthropy and environmental regeneration, Wall explained how his financial background created a strong basis for improving existing nature asset frameworks. Wall went on to discuss the use of AI within nature bio-characteristic assesments, the future of sustainable approaches to data centers and, crucially, what epiphany led Wall to develop what he saw as the real asset thesis for nature conservation with return parity with other classes. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3458/why-climate-action-and-sustainable-investing-are-financial-risk-management?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3458/why-climate-action-and-sustainable-investing-are-financial-risk-management?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT In this FinextraTV Predict 2026 interview, Dazzle Bhujwala, Senior Director, Sustainable Investing, Ceres and Peter Cashion, Managing Investment Director, Sustainable Investments, CalPERS explore how investors are treating climate risk as financial and operational risk. They also explore how shifting policies and developing technologies, such as AI, are changing investment strategies. Highlighting why investors are increasingly focusing on climate as financial risk, Cashion and Bhujwala detail the increased ease provided by AI-driven systems that enable transitional accelerations. They explore the growing investment opportunities in clean energy and climate adaptation solutions. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3446/why-high-integrity-matters-more-than-efficiency-for-biodiversity-credits?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3446/why-high-integrity-matters-more-than-efficiency-for-biodiversity-credits?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:00:00 GMT In this Predict 2026 interview, Marianne Haahr, Executive Director, International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits, joined to discuss how biodiversity efforts are unfolding across this year. Haahr focused on avoiding the mistakes of former carbon markets and increasing efforts around high-integrity credit processes. Haahr briefly defines these markets as the purchasing of ‘verified improvements of nature’, usually bought per hectare, which does not sell nature as an asset, but funds the efforts that go into reforestation and rewilding projects. As more regulation becomes a driver in funding biodiversity, Haahr believes we will see more jurisdictions putting out regulations and building high integrity into the process. For all your fintech-related news, please visit https://www.finextra.com https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3428/hydrological-to-financial-linking-farmers-with-asset-owners?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3428/hydrological-to-financial-linking-farmers-with-asset-owners?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:44:00 GMT Joining Richard Peers, Founder, ResponsibleRisk, the winners of the Hackathon Established Class, Nataliya Tkachenko, Yasmin Liverpool and Andrew Torr explained the purpose behind their winning solution. Torr explained how there was a need to connect landowners and farmers - selling carbon credits - with asset owners who want to protect properties within catchment zones. Discussing the technological element further, Tkachenko defined the complexity of the problem, and categorised the solution as an agentic pipeline, linking hydrological and physical elements of the landscape to the real financial assets. They define their specialised agentic models as AI for good, with Liverpool explaining how the solution is ethical-by-design. Ensuring data governance, Liverpool emphasises the importance of robust scientific foundations, using deterministic AI for environmental scoring. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3423/how-multi-ai-systems-can-reduce-exposure-to-nature-related-risks?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3423/how-multi-ai-systems-can-reduce-exposure-to-nature-related-risks?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:00:00 GMT Joining Richard Peers, Founder, ResponsibleRisk, the winners of the Sustainable FInance.live hackathon, emerging class - NatureMind AI - made up of Hassan Sheikh, Alok Singh and Neetu Kushwaha - discuss their winning solution and how multi-AI systems can help infrastructure resilience. Sheikh began by outlining some of the challenges they noticed corporations and asset owners were facing in relation to extreme weather events, such as floods and heatwaves. Explaining how many traditional infrastructures are based on historical data and are not based on future scenario projections, causing infrastructural risk, they outlined the importance of better decision-making capabilities. They explained how many smaller organisations do not have the capacity or time to understand and investigate nature-based interventions and are defaulting to traditional infrastructure. As a solution to this, they say, a multi-AI system that draws together information from different sources on weather-related risks helps to reduce the capacity needs and with an implemented caching layer, can reduce latency and API costs. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3410/how-great-infrastructure-resilience-targets-are-holistic-not-numerical?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3410/how-great-infrastructure-resilience-targets-are-holistic-not-numerical?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:00:00 GMT Off the back of Sustainable Finance.Live 2025, Professor Samer Bagaeen, Professor, Royal Town Planning Institute Trustee and Technical Director, Arcadis (Town Planning) spoke to Richard Peers, Founder, ResponsibleRisk about resilient infrastructure and what that term actually means. Breaking resilience down into the ability to survive, adapt, grow and thrive, Bagaeen mentions the UK's attempt to build 1.5 million homes a year and explains how purely focusing on numbers, beyond a number of other important factors, has presented several problems. On the journey to improving these plans and infrastructure resiliencies, Bagaeen notes the ability for different departments to recognise the interconnectedness of their individual issues and to search for the shared source. It's in this holistic view, he says, where resilience can be developed stronger. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3408/funding-extinction-the-need-for-nature-positive-financing?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3408/funding-extinction-the-need-for-nature-positive-financing?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:00:00 GMT Before the recent Sustainable Finance.Live event, Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas OBE, CEO, Green Finance Institute spoke with Richard Peers, Founder, Responsible Risk about the GFI's mission to direct knowledge and funding from policymakers and financiers toward decarbonisation and nature-positive outcomes. Thomas discussed concerns around the size of fossil fuel financing that is still prevalent today and points to the importance of blended finance and a combination of public and private funding to achieve climate goals. Referring to a phrase Thomas picked up while working with the Task Force on Nature-related Disclosure (TNFD), she speaks to a 'gloom-athon' state of mind as the industry must focus on avoiding 'financing ourselves into extinction.' https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3388/geospatial-analytics-and-ai-actionable-intelligence-into-african-water-risks?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3388/geospatial-analytics-and-ai-actionable-intelligence-into-african-water-risks?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:45:00 GMT A year on from their Established Category win at the SF.Live Hackathon, Rochelle Mountany, CEO, AfriGIS and Helen Hulett, Chief Sustainabilty Officer, AfriGIS discussed the use of geospatial insights and AI with Richard Peers, Founder, ResponsibleRisk. Mountany explained how challenges like the Hackathon allow companies to test their teams and products in an environment where there is no threat of failure. Speaking to the evolution of geospatial solutions, Hulett described how these have helped asses water risks within Africa, stating that one of the biggest risks in Africa is how the water has been governed and managed on the ground. Hulett further explained how the financial sector is keen to invest in this sector, but don't understand enough about the issues and risks involved. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3370/speed-standardisation-and-safety-how-the-g20-is-creating-a-better-payments-world?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3370/speed-standardisation-and-safety-how-the-g20-is-creating-a-better-payments-world?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 07:00:00 GMT Whilst at the Finextra TV studio at Sibos 2025, Simon Eacott, Head of Payments, NatWest described the purpose-led initiatives behind the G20's mission, as well as outlining both the current progresses to be optimistic about and the crucial challenges left to solve. Eacott expressed a positivity surrounding the speed of cross-border payments, as well as the evolving adoption of messaging standardisation and explained how, with so many individual requirements, it takes a coalition of regulators, sharing fundamental principles and frameworks to succeed. Beyond this, he referenced the increase in conversation around the role stablecoins, CBDCs and digital assets within this journey, something that he stressed is good but should not lead to a primary focus on technology as a solution without first addressing the improvement of customer experiences at their core. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3321/12-questions-boards-should-ask-about-their-impact-on-nature?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3321/12-questions-boards-should-ask-about-their-impact-on-nature?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:30:00 GMT On this episode of Unplugged, David Craig, Co-Chair, TNFD, Chair of the Triple Private Equity Investment Committee & former CEO of Refinitiv, speaks to FinextraTV about what executive boards should be focussing on when assessing their exposure to nature. Listing the 12 questions these boards should ask according to a new framework by TNFD, Craig provides clearer directions for organisations to follow towards a more nature-friendly future and impact. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3242/making-an-impact-bevis-watts-on-10-years-in-sustainable-finance?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3242/making-an-impact-bevis-watts-on-10-years-in-sustainable-finance?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 07 May 2025 15:00:00 GMT Joining the virtual FinextraTV studio as part of the Unplugged series, Bevis Watts, CEO, Triodos Bank UK reflects on his last 10 years at the sustainable bank. From changing tides of industry, to moving toward the digital revolution, Watts describes his pride at the impact created and sets out his vision for the future as he steps down and away. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3240/financial-risk-management-and-the-environmental-crocodile-analogy?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3240/financial-risk-management-and-the-environmental-crocodile-analogy?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:47:00 GMT In this interview, Sandy Trust, Director of Sustainability Risk, Baillie Gifford joins the FinextraTV Unplugged studio to discuss how existing financial risk management disciplines align with the avoidance of environmental disruption through a crocodile analogy. As the lead author for a series of climate-related risk reports for The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, he reflects on the reception of the papers and the challenges and optimisms ahead. Dashboard mentioned: https://global-tipping-points.org/risk-dashboard/ https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3221/the-path-to-climate-progress-optimism-purpose-and-technological-innovation?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3221/the-path-to-climate-progress-optimism-purpose-and-technological-innovation?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:50:00 GMT In this Unplugged FinextraTV interview, Patrick Sheehan, Founder & Managing Partner, ETF Partners recounts the company’s 20 year journey leading VC sustainability through innovation. During this conversation, Sheehan explains the positive changes he’s witnessed as well as stating his belief that progress is possible when met with optimism, purpose and technological innovation. As well as calling for a return to simpler language, Sheehan shares his thoughts on the future. https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32942/the-key-questions-to-ask-about-sustainable-payment-cards?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32942/the-key-questions-to-ask-about-sustainable-payment-cards?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:32:16 GMT Author: A finextra community member https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32729/two-futures-of-money-and-why-the-pragmatic-path-may-be-the-more-revolutionary-one?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32729/two-futures-of-money-and-why-the-pragmatic-path-may-be-the-more-revolutionary-one?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:55:36 GMT Author: A finextra community member https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32623/why-payment-systems-matter-for-sustainable-consumption?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32623/why-payment-systems-matter-for-sustainable-consumption?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:55:33 GMT Author: A finextra community member https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32483/the-next-evolution-of-payments-from-financial-infrastructure-to-knowledge-infrastructure?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32483/the-next-evolution-of-payments-from-financial-infrastructure-to-knowledge-infrastructure?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:24:49 GMT Author: A finextra community member https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32434/green-banking-has-become-a-compliance-discipline-and-data-is-now-the-binding-constraint?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32434/green-banking-has-become-a-compliance-discipline-and-data-is-now-the-binding-constraint?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:09:56 GMT Author: A finextra community member https://www.finextra.com/banners/banner.aspx?opt=ad&baid=8220 https://www.finextra.com/banners/banner.aspx?opt=ad&baid=8220 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Webinar – How Acquirers are Commercialising Fraud Intelligence