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Source: Estadão

Author: Isabela Moya, Lalla Nery, Lucas Fidalgo, Luíza Lanza, Marco Faleiro and Renan Monteiro

Image: Carbonext collection

"Startups that combine technology, financial services and ESG practices are emerging in Brazil to help clients put into practice projects with purpose, sustainability and traceability." Carbonext is cited in the article as a greentech that was present at COP 26 and we still have the lines of our Co-CEOs about the help of private enterprise in the carbon market.

"Some open the possibility of credit to minority groups. Others help preserve the environment through innovative solutions. And some are dedicated to attesting to the legitimacy of commitments to environmental, social, and corporate governance initiatives. ESGtechs have been growing in Brazil and drawing attention in the busy fintech ecosystem, which, after consolidating their position as competitors to the "banks" in the access to credit, have also started to offer services to help people and companies to apply responsible, sustainable and social impact practices. ... In evidence in the debates of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2021 (COP-26), which took place in Glasgow, Scotland, between October 31 and November 12, the carbon market still has a lot to evolve. A path that can be faster with the help of private initiative, as advocated by Janaína Dallan, member of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and cofounder of Carbonext, alongside Luciano Corrêa da Fonseca. Green fintech, or greentech as they are called, was present at COP-26."

Learn more: https://www.estadao.com.br/infograficos/economia,depois-das-fintechs-vem-ai-as-esgtechs,1210530