NEWS WIRE: United Kingdom: Financial Times Releases Sustainable Banking Report

Source: Financial Times.The below preview and the full report are available online. 

LONDON, June 4 – A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has come to sustainable banking. The credit crunch and collapse of the structured products market have turned much accepted financial wisdom on its head. The world has gained a new appreciation for long-term risk, and regulators around the globe seek to impose new standards on institutions they supervise.

This special report includes the following eleven articles:

  • Economic crisis sows seeds of change – Sustainability may be a winner in the fallout from the global credit crunch, writes Brooke Masters
  • Cost-cutting: Leading banks reap benefit of environmental agendas – The rewards for thinking green can be considerable, says Sarah Murray
  • Opportunities: Big institutions learn to think small – Developed countries have good reasons to look at the developing world, says Mike Scott
  • Dangers: Credit crunch holds many key lessons for the future – Banks can benefit from the chaos – if they know what to avoid, says Mike Scott
  • ASA: Maoism to microfinance: a journey of hope – David Chazan profiles last year’s winner of the award for Banking at the Bottom of the Pyramid
  • Investors: Institutions lead the way in investments – Socially responsible funds have held up well in the crisis, says Deborah Brewster
  • Lars Thunell: IFC foresees a bigger role in wake of global crisis – The International Finance Corporation chief talks to Tom Braithwaite
  • Guest column: Value of awards shines in the gloom – The continuing effort of the industry to develop more sustainable practices amid the biggest global economic crisis since the second world war should be cause for optimism, writes John Willman
  • Viewpoint: Green risks and rewards – grounds for optimism – The global finance sector needs to not just manage climate risk, but unlock the economic opportunities presented by climate change, writes Steve Howard
  • Age of scarcity: Resource shortages yield investment opportunities – Environmental and population shifts need to be understood, writes Mike Scott
  • Banco Real: Brazilian lender focuses on both profit and growth

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