Impact investing – real change or just hype? That's the panel topic at START Summit in St. Gallen today!

Upright's founder Annu Nieminen will discuss alongside great co-panelists: Ted Persson (@eqtventures) Fridtjof Detzner (Planet A Ventures), Philip Specht (@Aenu_impact). Let's go!

Annu Nieminen is the founder of The Upright Project - a tech startup making impact assessments more honest and reputable. Read how her studies at Aalto University helped shape her approach to complex problem-solving!

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Annu Nieminen #ESG #ComputerScience

How has the culture surrounding #ESG changed in #finance ? Featuring #SMEBank , Finfra, SaaScada, The Upright Project and Hexaware Technologies.
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Great news: Upright's Founder & CEO Annu Nieminen was awarded ”Entrepreneur of the Year” at the Nordic Women in Tech Awards in Reykjavik last night!

We sincerely thank the jury for this recognition for Annu & Upright’s net impact mission. Nordic Women in Tech Awards

We’re glad to be featured on the ESGFintech100 2023 list by FINTECH GLOBAL!

The list consists of “the world’s most innovative ESG tech companies that every financial institution needs to know about in 2023.”

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Upright is named among Insider's “The Most Promising Climate Tech Startups of 2023,” according to top VCs!

Honoured to be featured alongside forerunning companies, like @Solugen & @Recycleye.

Full article to subscribers 👇

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“No company can afford to think that all is well as long as they don’t own polluting factories. Those polluting parts of the value chain would not exist without their downstream users’ demand and upstream suppliers’ contribution.' Upright's Founder Annu Nieminen in Kauppalehti

'Solving the world's hardest problem' states the cover story about Upright's Founder & CEO Annu Nieminen in the Finnish business daily Kauppalehti. A great deep dive into Upright & the net impact model!

Full story in Finnish here (paywalled): kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/annu-n…

First Japanese coverage of Upright is out: a feature in Forbes JAPAN, diving deep into net impact & Nordic entrepreneurial spirit! 🤩

Currently, Upright’s impact data is used by 200+ professional investors & companies in 15+ countries across 3 continents. The journey continues!

What do even big players in asset management still get wrong about ESG and impact? Our Founder & CEO Annu Nieminen discusses in an interview with AMWatch.

Full article (log-in required) 👇
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#assetmanagement #impactinvesting #netimpact

Aaron Sibarium It's not about 'woke'. ESG ratings don't even try to measure companies' impact on the world.

We need *actual* impact metrics measuring core business impacts.

We at The Upright Project build this. See the science-based impact of Tesla, BAT & 10k others:

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Thought dealing with #CSRD requires an army of sustainability experts or a huge budget for external help?

Then join Upright's webinar to learn how we conduct impact materiality assessments with our AI-enabled impact data engine.

Info & registration 👇
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”I cheered when I heard the news about CSRD. Businesses should have already done this work of understanding how they impact society - instead of only doing it now that some regulation forces them,” shares Kati, Vice President Sustainability Fiskars Group in @FIBSry panel.

Measuring impact in 2023 is not easy, agree the panelists at @FIBSry event.

Upright’s Annu Nieminen discussing net impact with:

Kati, VP Sustainability Fiskars Group

Päivi Koivisto, VP Sustainability Cargotec

Moderated by Terhi Koipijärvi, Senior Advisor, Miltton.

Upright analyzed the net impact of the 211 medium & large member companies of @FIBSry - a pretty good representation of the Finnish private sector.

Our Markus Weckman presented the results. The beef: there’s work to do to optimize resource use for maxinum value creation.

”It’s simply not enough to talk about *how* a company does what it does. We need to talk about *what* the company does. If the core business is not future-proof, it doesn’t help that the reporting process or code of conduct is on point.” Upright Founder & CEO Annu Nieminen