Richard Peers, Founder of ResponsibleRisk sets the scene for Sustainable Finance. Live, the first in a series of events that sets out to provide actionable strategies, debunk the myth that value cannot be created by meeting sustainability goals and show how revenue can be generated through trustworthy implementation of ESG (environmental, social and governance) measures.
In this exclusive interview, Richard speaks with Hannah Wallace, FinextraTV, about what has stopped banks and large organisations from investing in Sustainable Finance and taking action in the past, the pattern of “Fear of doing good, as might do bad", how the issue of climate change has come to the forefront and what's driving commitment in this area. He ends by highlighting some use cases of AI & ML in this space and addresses whether the opportunities of assessing vast data sets to produce the products and solutions necessary in Sustainable Finance, outweigh the challenges.