Klarna's Alexander Farsan: 'Sustainability will only work at scale if it meets people where they are'

Stuart Stone
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Payment tech firm's head of climate and environment shares lessons to be learned from the 'resale' industry and foundational insights from COP15 in Copenhagen

As Klarna's head of climate and environment, Alexander Farsan, leads the Swedish fintech and digital bank's climate and environmental strategy as it aims to achieve net zero emissions across its value...

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