Reaching the SDGs: The Critical Role of Financial Industry Players

October 21, 2019 00:26:10
Reaching the SDGs: The Critical Role of Financial Industry Players
LSEG Sustainable Growth
Reaching the SDGs: The Critical Role of Financial Industry Players

Oct 21 2019 | 00:26:10

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Show Notes

Are we, as investors and industry professionals, capable of helping to reach the global goals set by the UN, and why should we care? We can have a role in enforcing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while also creating new economic opportunities. Learn more about the ways the financial industry may contribute to combating global challenges and meeting the SDGs in our interview with Julia Walker, Executive Director at Refinitiv, and author of “Sustainable Development Goals: Harnessing Business to Achieve the SDGs through Finance, Technology and Law Reform.”

 

Guest speaker: Julia Walker, Executive Director at Refinitiv, Member of the UN Secretary Generals Task Force of Digital Financing of the SDGs, Asia Pac Chair of the International Regulatory Technology Association

 

Check out Julia’s newly published book - “Sustainable development goals: Harnessing Business to Achieve the SDGs through Finance, Technology and Law Reform” - https://www.amazon.com/Sustainable-Development-Goals-Harnessing-Technology/dp/1119541816



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