From Digital Finance to Sustainability: FinTech as a Catalyst for ESG Integration
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Sustainability is no longer a buzzword. It's becoming the operating system of modern finance. From green bond markets surging past record highs to AI-driven ESG screening reshaping how capital is allocated, the convergence of digital innovation and environmental responsibility is rewriting the rules of financial intermediation.
Our report, From Digital Finance to Sustainability: FinTech as a Catalyst for ESG Integration, investigates how alternative credit markets, bank-FinTech partnerships, and green financial instruments are accelerating the transition toward a more sustainable financial architecture. Drawing on firm-level data from Germany, cross-country credit analysis spanning China and the United States, and EU-wide evidence on green bond issuance and emissions trends, we map the channels through which FinTech is embedding ESG into the core of financial decision-making.
This isn't about greenwashing or corporate virtue signaling. It's about the structural forces, technological, regulatory, and institutional, that are making sustainability a prerequisite for competitiveness rather than an afterthought.
Whether you're interested in sustainable finance, digital innovation, or the policy frameworks shaping Europe's green transition, this report offers a data-driven perspective on one of the defining questions of our generation: can financial technology make capitalism work for the planet?
This is why the Bocconi Students Fintech Society has made ESG integration the focus of this research: because in a world racing toward climate targets, the tools we use to allocate capital will determine whether we get there in time.
Research Report
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Project Team
Project Leader: Luigi Marsero
Analysts: Jessica Zainea Pop, Adam Lugossy, Srilakshmi U Sirurmath, Julien Dietrich
Association Board :
Guillaume Abaz (President), Andrea Botero (Head of M&A and VC), Neil Maaouni (Head of Data Analysis), Roxane Midorge (Head of Generalist), Mathilde Castaigne (Head of Events), Noé Wierzba (Head of Operations).
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