Episodes
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Blockchain platform brings the physical and digital worlds together for sustainable infrastructure
The Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement rely on the world making $6 trillion in infrastructure investment every year, funds which are difficult to channel into infrastructure High investment sizes, illiquid markets and a complex web of contracts limit infrastructure investment to…
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RFI Foundation and DDCAP Group™ release a “SME market influencer” case study and podcast
RFI Foundation and DDCAP Group™ are excited to jointly announce the release of a case study and podcast showing how DDCAP’s experience demonstrates how SMEs can influence others to adopt responsible finance. Despite lacking the scale of the financial institutions with whom they work, SMEs in...
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Can Islamic finance lead the responsible finance response to Covid19 in OIC countries?
This session, a replay of a webinar released on 11 May 2020 organized by RFI Foundation and Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC), looks at the role for Islamic finance in the Covid-19 response. Speakers: Blake Goud, CEO, RFI Foundation (Moderator) Abdulla Al Awar, CEO, DIEDC Ramya...
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Australia’s first sukuk mandate adds diversification to a Shariah-compliant responsible investment super fund
Shariah screens limit the number of defensive assets available for asset managers in narrow markets where financial institutions represent 25-30% of the market Investment managers can offset some of the additional risk by using ESG integration strategies, as well as investing in global sukuk The...
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Small is beautiful for the world’s tiniest sukuk
This month, we are featuring an update to our podcast with Matthew Martin, Founder & CEO of Blossom Finance that we released in June of last year. In this update podcast, Matthew gives us an update on Blossom Finance, which have recently closed the world’s first microsukuk. Blossom's sukuk is...
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Interview with Dr. Shalini Sharma
This episode of the RFI podcast features an interview with Dr. Shalini Sharma, Co-Founder and CEO of Sanshodhan: An E-Waste Exchange, the winner of the 2019 Support Disruption for Good Challenge sponsored by DDCAP Group. Dr. Shalini accepted the award and presented Sanshodhan to the audience of...
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Responsible Finance Champions: CIMB Islamic Bank's responsible finance journey
The RFI Foundation is excited to announce the release of an in-depth case study of one of our member financial institutions, CIMB Islamic Bank (“CIMB Islamic”), which has adopted responsible finance practices in a systematic way. The case study and this companion podcast are designed to show that...
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How does Islamic finance incorporate ESG and other responsibility concerns into industry practices?
This month, we are featuring an interview with Stella Cox CBE, Managing Director of DDCAP Group. As you’ll hear, she has been involved with the Islamic finance industry for many years and has been a consistent champion for Islamic finance, responsible finance and women in the financial sector.…
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A credit rating agency finds ‘natural’ links between Islamic finance, sustainability and ESG
When the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) launched their Credit Rating Initiative, one of the six founding members was RAM Ratings, after interacting with WWF and Saturna Capital on sustainable finance and understanding how a credit rating agency could drive change. RAM Ratings was the...
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An Australian Super Fund sees a role for Islamic investment to reverse 'intergenerational theft'
This month, we are featuring an interview with Talal Yassine, OAM, Managing Director of Crescent Wealth, who is also a member of the RFI Foundation Board of Trustees. In addition to his work at Crescent Wealth, he’s active across a range of organizations in Australia. Talal is an Adjunct…
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Creativity helps to build bridges between sustainable, responsible & Islamic finance and encourages beneficial uses of technology in the process
This month, we are featuring an interview with Mounir Khouzami, Executive Board Member, Chairman of the Advisory Board and Co-Founder of Swiss Arab Network, who has also recently joined the RFI Foundation Board of Trustees. As he will explain, Mounir is working across three nonprofits to advance...
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Poverty is not natural and can be overcome and eradicated - An interview with Inge Relph
This episode of the podcast features an interview with Inge Relph, Head of Sustainability & Strategic Relationships of the ERA Foundation, who has also recently joined the RFI Foundation Board of Trustees. Inge’s career has been guided by the global dimensions on human rights and how women can…
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Silicon Valley & Shari’ah compliant: Find out how thirdACT finances energy efficiency without debt
Diane Schrader is Founder & CEO of thirdACT. ThirdACT is a FinTech working to drive resiliency in communities with non-debt financing of energy efficiency and renewable energy investment. Instead of using debt, thirdACT finances properties’ energy efficiency upgrades in exchange for a share of...
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How can Islamic finance leverage technology in support of positive environmental and social impact?
We have been doing the podcast now for a year – this is the thirteenth episode – and so we’re going to change up the podcast with a guest host. Our guest host is Stuart Hutton, Chief Investment Officer of Simply Ethical, and he’ll interview Blake Goud, CEO of the RFI Foundation about RFI. In the...
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What happens when a commercial banker goes to divinity school?
Michael Looft has lived a storied life. A globe trotter by nature, he’s worked and traveled in upwards of 50 countries around the world. Michael has spent over a decade working in financial services for the poor (microfinance) at the crowdfunding organizations Kiva and Lendahand. He holds…
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Interview with Matthew Joseph Martin, Founder & CEO of Blossom Finance
Matthew Joseph Martin is an early pioneer in the application of financial tech for responsible finance. Combining his passion for Islamic finance with his deep financial technology background, Matthew founded Blossom Finance in 2014 which aims to increase the availability and inclusivity of…
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Islamic finance has much to gain by acknowledging and addressing gender imbalance
Dr Aishath Muneeza is Associate Professor at INCEIF and is one of the key founder of Islamic finance in Maldives. She is the first female Deputy Minister of Ministry of Islamic Affairs and the first chairperson of the Hajj Pilgrimage Fund of Maldives. Currently, she is the chairperson of Maldives...
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Interview with Daud Vicary Abdullah, Managing Director of DVA Consulting Sdn Bhd and an RFI Trustee
For one RFI trustee who recently retired from running an Islamic finance university, the way forward for Islamic finance has become clearer as he has had more time to think. Daud Vicary Abdullah, former president & CEO of INCEIF, the Global University on Islamic Finance, spoke to RFI Foundation…
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Interview with Dr. Sherin Kunhibava, Senior Lecturer at University Malaya Law faculty
In this podcast, we talk to Dr. Sherin Kunhibava, a Senior Lecturer at the Univerity Malaya Law faculty who had her research on how Malaysia’s Islamic banks approach environmental impact recently published in the Arab Law Quarterly. Dr. Sherin’s expertise is in commercial law and Islamic finance...
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Interview with Jessica Robinson, Founder & CEO, Moxie Future
In this podcast, we talk to Jessica Robinson, Founder & CEO of Moxie Future, who was previously Head of Asia for the UN supported Principles for Responsible Investment. Moxie Future is the world’s first insights, education and community platform empowering women as responsible and impact…
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Interview with Justin Sykes, Managing Director of Innovest Advisory
In this podcast, we talk to Justin Sykes, Managing Director of Innovest Advisory, a boutique advisory firm focused on the social enterprise sector. Innovest works to bring in private investors seeking both financial returns and a clear and measurable social impact. This positive impact comes...
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Interview with Morrad Irsane, Co-Founder of Melltoo
In order to promote financial inclusion, sometimes it is necessary to start with a non-financial activity to reach people who are not used to engaging with the financial sector. In this podcast, we talk to Morrad Irsane, Co-Founder of Melltoo about their peer-to-peer marketplace, no-meetup...
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Interview with Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, Under Secretary General, Partnerships at IFRC
In this podcast, we talk to Dr. Jemilah Mahmood who began her career as an obstetrician and gynaecologist before founding an international humanitarian relief organization in Malaysia. She shared wth us some examples of both the need and the opportunity for Islamic finance to bring a unique...
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Interview with Umar Munshi, Founder of Ethis Ventures
In this podcast, we talk to Umar Munshi, Founder of Ethis Ventures, a pioneering group of ethical and Islamic crowdfunding companies that fund government-backed Social Housing development projects in Indonesia. Ethis’ community has crowd-invested in projects to build 5,000 affordable houses in...
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Interview with Will Oulton, Global Head of Responsible Investment at First State Investments
Interview with Will Oulton, the Global Head of Responsible Investment at UK-based First State Investments. [more]
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Interview with SDG Challenge winner Naureen Hyat, Business Head, Tez Financial Services
Naureen Hyat, Business Head at Tez Financial Services, describes the upcoming launch of a pilot version of the company’s nano-loans FinTech product. Hyat, whose company won the Support Disruption for Good Challenge at the RFI Summit in Zurich in May, said the pilot would start in selected…
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