NZ’s sustainable finance credibility gap

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Dr Manbo He, Professor of Finance at University Canada West and Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Finance at Griffith Business School
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Dr Manbo He, Professor of Finance at University Canada West and Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Finance at Griffith Business School

By Manbo He

COMMENT: New Zealand has built serious sustainable finance infrastructure - but risks failing to attract the global capital that infrastructure was designed for, because it lacks the practitioner capability to operate it credibly.

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