Financial Services Sustainability

Financial services firm State Street names Jessica Donohue as head of global investment insights, sustainability & impact. Here are Donohue's priorities.

International banking firm Standard Chartered hires Credit Suisse veteran Dana Barsky as global head of sustainability strategy & net zero.

Rabobank hires Persefoni veteran Terryn Lawrence as chief sustainability officer (CSO) for North America. Here are four things for technology partners to know.

Apex Group, a global financial services provider, acquires the Data & Analytics Division of MJ Hudson Plc. Apex gains ESG, SaaS & analytics expertise.

Global IT consulting firm Wipro expands partnership with workflow automation software provider ServiceNow. The effort increasingly involves ESG (Environmental, Social and Government) standards across such vertical markets as financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, energy & utilities.

Before the SEC climate rule is finalized, you can (1) build your company’s GHG emissions inventory, (2) engage with internal finance and audit teams, (3) aligning with TCFD recommendations, and (4) establish governance. Ernst & Young explains how.

ERM & Novata partnership may help private equity firms & financial services firms to collect, analyze, benchmark & report relevant ESG information.

Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), the first Islamic commercial bank in the Kingdom of Bahrain, names Mohamed Kadhem Ebrahim as chief strategy & sustainability officer. 

Disclosure of nature-related risk is yet to become mandatory. However, regulators and government agencies are likely to require such disclosure soon, Accenture asserts.

IBM offers Envizi ESG Suite software discounts to New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) member companies. IBM VP Christina Shim explains why.

ACE Alternatives & ImpactNexus partner to provide financial fund managers with a “more agile, accountable, and transparent managed services platform to drive their sustainability agenda," the two companies said.

Connect Earth develops carbon data software tools for sustainable finance. Early partners include Q2, SAP & Thought Machine.

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could have financing implications for climate- & green-focused technology startups. Here's why.

Banyan Infrastructure, which develops a sustainable financing software platform, raises $25 million in Series B funding. Climate software investor Energize Ventures led the round.

Sustainability consultancy ERM acquires NINT Group for ESG and financial services clientele expansion in Latin and South America.