Innovations in Sustainable Finance

In this episode, I talk with Philipp Aeby, founder and CEO of RepRisk, an ESG data provider. We discuss how innovations in artificial intelligence have changed the way RepRisk processes data. We then move on to the role of transparency, how it can help to improve business conduct globally, as well as about the transparency of RepRisk’s own data generating process.Links to some of the things we talk abouthttps://www.reprisk.com/research-lab For questions or feedback write to isf-podcast@unisg.ch

Harald Walkate, with 25 years of finance experience, explains blended finance and how it transforms sustainable finance. Topics include wind turbines in Mali, accessing deep pockets, and scoring impact points. The podcast also discusses making renewable energy projects appealing to pension funds, challenges in dividing credit, and the future of blended finance.

Sustainable Finance has become an important phenomenon in financial markets but is still a new field. That means, there are new things happening every day. It is important to keep innovating in this field, and to critically evaluate what is going on. In this podcast, Julian Kölbel discusses ideas in sustainable finance. New ideas, good ideas, even dangerous ideas. He invites guests who are doing something novel, something interesting, something different that is worth discussing. His goal is to learn from them, to connect their ideas to academic insights, and contribute to the future development of the field of sustainable finance.Julian Kölbel works as an Assistant Professor in Sustainable Finance at the Center for Financial Services Innovation at the University of St.Gallen (FSI-HSG). For questions or feedback write to isf-podcast@unisg.ch