Sustainable Finance with Foraus, a Swiss Foreign Policy think tank

Foraus, a Swiss foreign policy think thank, has also focused on researching and promoting sustainable FinTech and Finance. We talk to Nadir Franca, Senior Sustainable Fellow and Fabian Ligibel, co-lead at Foraus - Sustainable FinTech, about the current status and trends in sustainable FinTech and Finance.

Show Notes

Nadir Franca, Senior Sustainable Fellow, and Fabian Ligibel, co-lead at Foraus - Sustainable FinTech, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about Sustainable FinTech or Finance.

Here is what they covered:

• Nadir's and Fabian's backstories
• What is Foraus? What are its mission and objectives?
• What is a think tank industry? What’s the competitive landscape for think tanks and how do you compare each other? 
• How do you define Sustainable FinTech or Finance?
• Sustainability and impact investing are intertwined and both become mainstream. What’s the difference, especially when they are FinTech related?
• Most people by now heard about ESGs/SDGs – how can FinTech help humanity in achieving them? 
• Examples of FinTechs, which can make a noticeable impact vs. SDGs/ESGs and be financially sustainable as well. Yova, a Swiss sustainable investment platform - also appeared on this podcast earlier here
• Recommended books: People, power and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Development as freedom by Amartya Sen or The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths or Value of Everything: Making and taking in the global economy by Mariana Mazzucato and also discussed Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty
• Planned publications and events this year
• What’s the best to find out more about Foraus, sustainable FinTech and its research

Thank you Daniel Mika and the Swiss Finance + Technology Association (SFTA) for making it happen!

Foraus is a proud member of the Green Fintech Network Switzerland. Check out the Foraus - Sustainable FinTech for the network's recommendations on how to improve green FinTech in Switzerland.

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