COP28 Special: How Visa Eco Benefits is Helping Pave the Way to Sustainable Commerce

12/11/23 • 15 min

At Visa, we recognize the urgency of climate change and are committed to a new era of sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Together with our fintech partner ecolytiq, we launched the Visa Eco Benefits in CEMEA – a Sustainability-as-a-Service solution, enabling Visa cardholders to understand the impact of their spending on the environment and encourage sustainable consumption.

Hear from Otto Williams, SVP, Head of Product, Partnerships, and Digital Solutions CEMEA at Visa and Ulrich Pietsch, Co-Founder and Managing Director of ecolytiq, on how Visa Eco Benefits is empowering financial institutions to meet climate-conscious consumer demand.

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