Marianne HaahrOct 7, 20194 min readSustainable Digital Finance Readiness The UN Secretary General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the SDGs launched its interim report of findings during the General Assembly
Marianne HaahrOct 7, 20193 min readLetter from the Director on Black Money“Black money”—money derived from criminal activity—was the theme of the October 2 speech by the Central Bank of the Netherlands
Marianne HaahrSep 28, 20195 min readNew SDFA report on Digitization of Green Bonds SDFA was honored to present our new report “Blockchain: Gateway for Sustainability linked Bonds”, in partnership with HSBC and Hiveonline
Marianne HaahrSep 10, 20193 min readBiotoken Pilot program in Australia One of the more encouraging developments over the summer was the first tentative movements of the biotoken concept from the ideas stage a...
Marianne HaahrSep 10, 20194 min readDigital Transition Finance - The Case of Japan Japan just hosted the FINSUM, a large fintech event bringing together policymakers, regulators, fintechs, and financial service...
Marianne HaahrAug 7, 20193 min readAutomating Green Metrics The new EU taxonomy comes at a time when fintech is converging with blockchain, IoT (Internet of things) and AI (artificial intelligence).
Marianne HaahrAug 7, 20193 min readFocus on the European UnionThe European Union has recently made several historical decisions with the potential to help shape a green digital finance ecosystem.
Marianne HaahrJul 31, 20194 min readIntriguing InnovationsDoconomy card. In Scandinavia, the Doconomy (or DO) card has a built-in carbon limit. It monitors the carbon footprint of its users and...
Marianne HaahrJul 24, 20193 min readGreen power -and accountability- to the peopleThe greening of fintech is a powerful idea whose time now seems to have come. We saw this more clearly than ever last week with the...
Marianne HaahrJul 17, 20192 min readFor the first time mobile-led ecological protection is being extended beyond ChinaThe idea of leveraging digital technologies to solve environmental problems on a large scale, an idea pioneered by Alipay Ant Forest, is...
Marianne HaahrJul 10, 20193 min readMile Wide, Mile DeepAmong all of the interesting developments this year in green digital finance, the one that excites me the most is the BBVA issuance of a...
Marianne HaahrJun 26, 20195 min readInitial Community Green Bond Offering (ICGBOs) Perceived risks related to financing of green assets in developing countries is one of the principle obstacles standing in the way of...
Marianne HaahrMay 5, 20194 min readDigital Technology Help Green Central Banks It is a short walk to the Banque de France from the offices of ‘Finance for Tomorrow’ in Paris Europlace in the center of the city. The...
Marianne HaahrMay 5, 20193 min readSustainable finance in a world saturated with capital and data When you put the individual into a capital market instrument, the investment starts to behave differently.
Marianne HaahrApr 22, 20191 min read400 million users plant trees on Alipay AppBy the end of 2018, over 400 million people, or 5% of the world’s total population, had joined Ant Forest’s initiative. Read more on Medium
Marianne HaahrNov 14, 20183 min readNew Report: Reveals how digital technology can innovate finance for sustainabilityThe financial sector is at the forefront of adopting digital technology, but only to a limited extent to innovate the financial system to...
Marianne HaahrApr 19, 20181 min readSustainable Digital Finance Alliance Convenes First High-level Advisory Board MeetingOn 19 April 2018, the Sustainable Digital Finance Alliance convened its first high-level Advisory Board meeting in Washington, D.C.
Marianne HaahrMar 22, 20181 min readPaulson institute co-convenes Fintech and Green Finance RoundtableOn March 22, 2018 the Sustainable Digital Finance Alliance took part in a fintech and green finance roundtable co-convened by the Paulson...
Marianne HaahrMar 1, 20181 min readThe green team speaks to... SIMON ZADEKWhat top three green finance trends do you anticipate in 2018? First and most obvious is market scaling through standardization, or what...
Marianne HaahrDec 18, 20171 min readEXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE: China’s Ant Financial shows how digital clout can fight climate changeErik Solheim, UN Environment’s Executive Director, and Eric Jing, CEO of ANT financial, demonstrate how sustainability can be creatively...
