Sustainable Finance with Foraus, a Swiss Foreign Policy think tank

<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadirfranca/">Nadir Franca</a>, Senior Sustainable Fellow, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabstei/">Fabian Ligibel</a>, co-lead at <a href="https://www.foraus.ch/en/projects/sustainable-fintech/">Foraus - Sustainable FinTech</a>, spoke to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudolf-falat/">Rudolf Falat</a>, founder of the <a href="https://www.voiceoffintech.com/subscribe">Voice of FinTech</a> podcast, about Sustainable FinTech or Finance.</p><p>Here is what they covered:</p><ul> <li>Nadir's and Fabian's backstories</li> <li>What is Foraus? What are its mission and objectives?</li> <li>What is a think tank industry? What’s the competitive landscape for think tanks and how do you compare each other? </li> <li>How do you define Sustainable FinTech or Finance?</li> <li>Sustainability and impact investing are intertwined and both become mainstream. What’s the difference, especially when they are FinTech related?</li> <li>Most people by now heard about ESGs/SDGs – how can FinTech help humanity in achieving them? </li> <li>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 <a href="https://www.voiceoffintech.com/episodes/ep1-2020-6dkay">here</a> </li> <li>Recommended books: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/People-Power-Profits-Progressive-Capitalism/dp/039335833X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=stiglitz&amp;qid=1615134616&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1">People, power and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent</a> by Joseph E. Stiglitz, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Development-as-Freedom-Amartya-Sen/dp/0385720270">Development as freedom</a> by Amartya Sen or <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Entrepreneurial-State-Debunking-Public-Private/dp/1610396138/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3LCBCG0H8H7NO&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=mariana+mazzucato&amp;qid=1615134908&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=marianna+m%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C267&amp