Six Trends Transforming Finance for a Sustainable Economy

The world of finance is changing. Since the financial crash in 2008, there has been a slow but steady move away from traditional finance models, as the value of embedding deeper approaches to social and environmental issues has become increasingly clear. Now, the world has taken a shocking blow from the COVID-19 pandemic. The tragic deaths, lost livelihoods, and curtailed freedoms are unprecedented, and no-one can tell how or when the global economy will recover from a downturn of this speed and scale. As we tackle one of the biggest global crises of our time, and look to rebuild in a way that ensures we emerge from this stronger and more resilient, sustainable finance – in other words, finance that takes account of positive and negative social and environmental factors, particularly the factors that tend to play out over the medium to long-term – will be more critical than ever.