Featured in Going global – 09-2022

Digital finance for direct impact

As finance goes digital, apps and services are helping investors to make easier green investments: solar projects with real carbon savings, cleaner investments, and even direct investment in startups. But can people really make better green investments just from their phone? Tristan Rayner speaks to three different companies looking to make a difference.

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Tristan Rayner

06 Sep 2022

Trine offers a platform for users to provide loans for various solar residential or commercial solar projects, often in regions with limited electricity access. | Image: Greenlight Power

The growth of financial investing via the web, and through apps on smartphones has created myriad new ways for the public to invest quickly and cheaply. Yet many of the options have been fairly conventional and arguably toothless when it comes to “impact investing.”In a climate-conscious era, investors can choose to invest in companies that …

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