Mindful Finance - A Change in Approach

Mindfulness: enabling a mindset for sustainable finance? Financial firms are increasingly looking to mindfulness training as a way to improve staff well-being and performance. But could it have broader implications for the future of finance?

Read the Article by Dan Nixon.

Sustainable investing “must go mainstream”, urged Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, earlier this year.

Since then, the stream of claims about putting sustainability issues at the heart of finance continues. Christine Lagarde spoke last week about making climate change a “mission-critical” priority for the European Central Bank. At a conference on Ethical Finance in October, meanwhile, political and industry leaders repeatedly called for a new paradigm in finance, with Gary

Sustainable Finance needs a new mindset

Hey bankers, watch out! Times are changing. ''I dare to assert that in the long run only a credit institution that is committed to sustainability can survive in the market,'' says Raimund Röseler, executive director banking supervisory, at German Financial Markets Supervisory Authority BAFIN, ''Institutions that do not adapt may not be able to find investors, customers and young and motivated employees in the long term.'' (Article quoted at present available in German language only, check out BaFin website)

And additionally: where are the 180 billion euros a year supposed to come from that are needed in Europe alone to achieve the Paris climate protection targets?