Happy Hour Fintech : une soirée pour faire rayonner les fintechs durables

On 14 September 2023, LBP AM hosted the 4th edition of the Fintech Happy Hour. Organised by the Institut de la Finance Durable (IFD), in partnership with LBP AM and Finance Innovation, this event brought together those involved in innovation for a sustainable and inclusive economy.

On 14 September 2023, LBP AM hosted the 4th edition of the Fintech Happy Hour. Organised by the Institut de la Finance Durable (IFD), in partnership with LBP AM and Finance Innovation, this event brought together those involved in innovation for a sustainable and inclusive economy.

For its 4th edition, the Fintech Happy Hour took place on our premises. Introduced by Pierre Ernst, General Secretary and member of LBP AM's Executive Board, and Camille Buewaert, Head of the IFD's Impact, Fintech and ESG Talents programmes, this event gave three sustainable fintechs - Greenly, OnlyOne and Synomen - the opportunity to pitch their innovations and all the participants the chance to discuss the financing of sustainable fintechs and the importance of ESG criteria for greater resilience and performance.

Is ESG an essential criterion for financing?
 

To discuss this topic, the organisers have brought together Guillaume Lasserre, Deputy Head of Investment Management at LBP AM, Damien Launoy, Managing Director of 115K and Jean-Emmanuel Challan Belval, CEO of Greenscope, for a round table discussion on "ESG: an essential criterion for financing?

Several conditions, such as regulation and simplification, were put forward by the speakers to speed up the transition of our models and give ESG its rightful place so that it becomes the driving force behind the transformation of companies. While Europe is ahead of the game in this area, notably with the SFDR and CSRD regulations, it must give itself the means to remain so. Investors of conviction like LBP AM are the first to support these regulations, which are a sine qua non for transition, as Guillaume Lasserre pointed out. For his part, Jean-Emmanuel Challan Belval stressed the need for simplification tools to give managers the means to take action and change their business model, via the CSRD. This view was shared by Damien Launoy, who also stressed the need to harmonise the reporting formats that investors require of executives.

In conclusion, the speakers emphasised the role of investment funds in the involvement and progress of the companies they support in terms of sustainability.