I love interacting with people who make me think. Recently, a fellow credit union marketing person, who remembered my background as a radio broadcaster,
We’d been eagerly awaiting an update to DFC’s downloadable project data for insight into the development finance agency’s recent investments and overarching portfolio composition. A new drop finally came earlier this month detailing transactions through FY2022 and timed with the release of DFC’s inaugural draft transparency policy. Here are some of our key takeaways and since they asked recommendations for DFC’s data practices in the future.
By Rachel Fixsen, Luigi Serenelli2021-02-05T14:30:00+00:00
The founder of $8.7trn (€7.2trn) asset manager BlackRock told the OECD’s Blended Finance Week and Impact event that the transition to a net-zero carbon global economy could not be achieved solely by action from public companies.
Larry Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock, said: “This has to be done in concert with government. It can’t just be done by capitalism – we can only play a small role in the totality of this.”
In a session entitled ‘The Pathway to the Net-Zero Economy’ at the digital event, he said: “If we’re going to have a world that’s going to be net-zero carbon and temperatures only go up one and half degrees, it can’t be just though public companies.