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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