Hello, this is Kasmira Jefford, editor-in-chief of Geneva Solutions, bringing you the latest news on sustainable finance and business, and trade.
Today we're covering the leadership race at World Trade Organization, and why the UK's candidate Liam Fox thinks he has the political weight for the task.
We're also taking a look at two new sustainable investment partnerships by Geneva-based firms - one involving a fund helping to finance the UN's sustainable development goals. |
Bamboo Capital manages CARE-SheTrades Impact Fund (Credit: ITC)
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Sustainable Business & Finance News
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Federal report warns of risk climate change to financial system.
Banks and other financial institutions in the US are at grave risk from climate change, according to a report released by the federal agency that regulates derivatives markets. The report—commissioned by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission—includes an exhaustive overview of risks, from falling real estate values in coastal flood zones to the inability of Midwestern farmers to repay loans after droughts or floods.
Quartz (EN)
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Here's what else is happening
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Several hundred demonstrators, with Swiss national councillor Regula Rytz, protest in Bern on Thursday against the conditions in Mora, Europe's largest refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, which, was almost completely destroyed by several fires and leaving most of its 12,000 refugees homeless.
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16 September: The economics of mutuality.
Led by Vanina Farber, IMD elea Professor of Social Innovation and Director, this webinar with the founder of Economics of Mutuality, Bruno Roche, will discuss both the duty and opportunity for business leaders, investors, and policymakers to reposition the corporation positively.
IMD (EN)
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