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Oportun Wins Finovate Award for Excellence in Sustainability

3BL Media

September 27, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT), a mission-driven fintech and digital banking platform, today announced that it has been named the 2022 Finovate Award Winner for Excellence in Sustainability. Reducing our carbon footprint by purchasing 7,240 tonnes of carbon offsets. SOURCE: Oportun.

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Should ESG Investors Own Cryptocurrency?

3BL Media

Investors, for their part, should consider the nuances of individual digital currencies and weigh the pros and the cons in the context of their own sustainability goals. And many crypto mining companies are using renewable sources of power and have committed to carbon offsetting. Still, it’s a tall order. “We

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Natural carbon sinks, carbon mineralization and direct-air capture are early focus areas for Stripe’s 2019 Negative Emissions Commitment , which aims to spend at least double in these areas compared with what it pays for carbon offsets. Intel AI for Youth seeks to bridge the digital divide in STEM education.

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The ESG Interview: Profits that Don’t Cost the Earth

Chris Hall

Founded in 2009 and with US$200m in assets under management, SLM concentrates solely on the developed world and has operations across Europe, the USA and Australia. The funds] offer a mid to high single digit internal rate of return. It’s not double digit, but it’s also much different risk profile.”.