Embracing Change and the Thrill of Challenge: It’s All Part of the Business

Change is the only constant — and Marco Boldrin, CEO and co-founder of Lugano-based Copernicus Wealth Management, embraces it. “One of the most thrilling things about business is the challenge of managing change,” he says. It’s not enough to react,

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Eric Pedersen on The Power of Active Ownership: Battling the Vung Ang 2 Threat

What should a responsible investor do when they see a company carrying out harmful activities? Eric Pedersen, Head of Nordea Asset Management’s Responsible Investments Team explains the company’s philosophy. Nordea Asset Management regularly ponders the “What should we do?” question.

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Nordea Asset Management: Meet the Responsible Investments Team

Nordea Asset Management has one of the largest and most experienced responsible investment teams in Europe: 20 dedicated ESG analysts from academia, independent organisations, and investment circles. To stay at the forefront of responsible investing (RI), the team — set

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Arthur Huang: ‘We Take a lot of Risks — That’s How we Grow’

The company Arthur Huang co-founded with Jarvis Liu in 2005, Miniwiz, has been praised by The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and the World Economic Forum for its pioneering efforts to incorporate post-consumer recycling applications into a closed-loop building

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EXIM Hungary: Hungary’s Export Expert has Strong Focus on Finance and Foreign Market Expansion

EXIM, the official export credit agency of Hungary, is the only domestic bank and insurer specifically focusing on international trade, foreign market expansion, and investments. EXIM Hungary is the junction of two legal entities: the state-owned Hungarian Export-Import Bank (Eximbank

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BLKB: Sustainable by Conviction, not Merely by Convention

BLKB is a future-orientated Swiss bank — with history. It was founded 150 years ago to meet local financial needs and has been taking responsibility for its region ever since. Today, BLKB’s forward-looking orientation expresses its comprehensive sustainability efforts. With

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Le Groupe La Poste: Committed to its Customers — and Sustainability

Since the 15th century, French postal service Le Groupe La Poste has been connecting the country, keeping pace with societal changes and continuously serving the public. Faced with the current decline in mail volume, and the boom in digital and

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Bon Courage: Hard Work, a Tight Team and a Bold Approach Have Taken Le Groupe La Poste Ahead

Le Groupe La Poste’s director of strategy, Diane Abrahams, believes in challenging the status quo. “We must have the courage to surround ourselves with people who contradict us,” she says. “They help us escape our own cognitive biases.” In 2015,

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Johan Thijs: Proud, Profitable and Prepared for Anything – KBC Weathers the Storm

“In March 2020, Covid knocked on the door,” recalls KBC Group CEO Johan Thijs. “We went into crisis mode.” Belgium — KBC has its headquarters in Brussels — was badly hit. The following months held something of a nightmare for

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Laura Penna: Pandemic Shines a Light on Plight of Disadvantaged Communities — and Bolsters Social Impact Investment

UniCredit continues to focus on financial inclusion and positive social impact. The pandemic has put the spotlight on social issues, says UniCredit’s Laura Penna, head of Group Social Impact Banking. “We’re seeing much wider awareness, not only from governments and

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