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Sustainable Finance: Ringing in a Second Chance
There can be no Green Deal without sustainable finance. The good news is that the sustainable finance entered the Covid-19 crisis holding a strong hand. Since 2008, sustainable finance has overcome its first hurdle by taking shape, earning its stripes and demonstrating its ability to create value. Today, a new opportunity stands out against the backdrop of the global pandemic – to become the central axis in a transformation of the financial system, a critical component to renewing the rest of the economy.
In his new book ‘Sustainable finance: ringing in a second chance’, Mirova’s Philippe Zaouati argues that sustainable finance should underpin a green and inclusive economic reset and outlines what a roadmap to effective transformation might look like.
Key Highlights
- In 2008, it was finance that precipitated the crisis. Roundly castigated for its opacity, its arcane complexity and its lack of connection with the real economy, finance found itself alone in the dock.
- The crisis we are currently experiencing is somewhat different, as it is due to an exogenous shock. Once again, however, it highlights the shortcomings of financial capitalism.
- Market finance remains the symbol of these malfunctions, but it is not a direct cause of this crisis. This time, it stands alongside all the other industries affected by the current situation.
- Never before have authorities, whether political or economic, placed so much emphasis on the need to invest in a sustainable and inclusive economy.
- The post-Covid world will need sustainable finance more than ever. Today is no time for half-measures. A second chance is here. Let’s not allow it to slip away.