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Could satellite data propel finance industry into greener orbit?

Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski
clock 19 July 2021 • 2 min read
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New investor-backed project will harness artificial Intelligence analysis to help identify climate risks and hold firms' environmental targets to account

A new initiative promises to bring together data from satellites and AI technology to help 'green' the finance industry, its backers have claimed. The Spatial Finance Initiative - part of the UK Centre...

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