GOOD MOVES #7: Sustainable Banking
Hi everyone,
Mobilising finance was one of the main goals of COP26 a few weeks ago in Glasgow. Indeed, from financing the development of greener infrastructures to funding new technologies — while also disinvesting in big oil and other unsustainable businesses — the financial sector has a central role to play and, to say the least, an enormously complex challenge to tackle. And that’s not all of it. In addition, we as individuals can also participate in changing the current banking system by making better-informed personal banking choices.
In this episode, we explore both sides of the equation. First, we talked to Anna Eckardt about the contribution of the banking industry to sustainability and the role of behavioural science in that context. Then, we have summarised a report looking at how to encourage sustainable banking behaviours: what we need to be aware of as customers and how we can contribute to a climate-friendly future.
And coming back to COP26: if you have missed our pre-conference interview of Stuart Capstick about the importance of individual behaviour change to tackle the climate crisis, you can find the link to it below. In addition, Ramya Rao and Jubin Varghese, who attended some of the COP26 talks, have written a summary of key messages on behaviour change.
Enjoy Good Moves and stay sustainable,
The Behaven team
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Sustainability in the Banking Sector
Dr Anna Eckardt is an organisational consultant and the Managing Partner of MyLearningBoutique based in Switzerland. In this interview, we discuss the role of finance in sustainability and where the banking industry should be headed for a climate-friendly future.
Sustainable Banking Behaviours
In this report summary, we discuss the barriers to making sustainable banking choices and the opportunity for behavioural science to help overcome them.
Behaviour Change at COP26
At the start of COP26, we interviewed Stuart Capstick, deputy director of CAST, about the role of individual behaviour change to help tackle the climate crisis. And at the end of the two weeks, Ramya Rao and Jubin Varghese wrote a summary piece looking at key behaviour change takeaways from the conference.
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