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Innovations in Sustainable Finance #1 with Harald Walkate
Harald Walkate explains how blended finance works and how it transforms the idea of "sustainable finance" into "financing sustainability".
"Blended finance is like music" – in the first episode of our new Podcast "Innovations in Sustainable Finance" host Julian Kölbel talks to Harald Walkate.
Harald knows about finance, he has 25 years of experience, having worked at Natixis Investment Managers and Aegon Asset Management. He also knows about music, he plays the piano really well. Harald explains how blended finance works, and how it transforms the idea of "sustainable finance" into "financing sustainability". Along the way, they talk about wind turbines in Mali, Milton Friedman, how to access deep pockets, and scoring impact points. As a bonus, you can listen to one of Harald’s recent recordings.
For those looking for more information, some links to the things we talk about:
Link to the track and Harald’s Music on Spotify
You can find the 6 articles in the “Music is Like Blended Finance” series that we discuss in the podcast on the website of Route17, the blended finance advisory firm that Harald is a founding partner of: https://route17.world/thought-leadership/
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