Is the loss of the banking “passport” the biggest risk posed by Brexit to financial companies in the UK? Not according to Paolo Galvani, founder and CEO of fintech startup MoneyFarm. Continue Reading
For entrepreneurs, start-ups are often synonymous of cutting-edge technology, disruption of markets and aspiration to do good. For investors, they mean risking on new ventures in the hope to find the unicorn, the label given to companies valued more than US$ 1 billion. There hasn’t just one in the renewable energy sector yet. Continue Reading
The clean tech industry suffers from a chronic lack of women. The share of female employees in the sector is at 20 to 25 % in developed countries. But the industry needs all sorts of skills not just ‘hard hat’ disciplines, says Juliet Davenport, CEO of Good Energy. Continue Reading
Imagine if companies were held responsible for ignoring the risk of climate change in their investment decisions. The problem is real, as pension funds could be accumulating assets that in the long run will not earn financial returns. Continue Reading
As senior vice-president at Unilever for sustainable business and communications Sue Garrard is responsible not only for global communication, but also for embedding the sustainable business programme across the entire organisation. Unilever is not only pioneering a new business model, it is also changing the face of PR. Continue Reading