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FinTech Startups Need A Responsible Finance Strategy To Help Avoid Pitfalls As They Navigate ESG
Bain & Company and EcoVadis, as well as IBM, each released research finding operational performance benefit for companies with strong ESG characteristics
Evidence is growing outside of large, listed companies, including private companies, that ESG has operational benefits, but also comes with several barriers to adoption including when companies become overwhelmed by a magnitude of issues and revert to a ‘compliance’ mindset
RFI’s Responsible Finance FinTech Program can help FinTechs who are being pushed to focus on ESG issues get started in the right direction to avoid ESG becoming a distraction, and rather to make sure they see benefits by doing well on the right ESG issues