Business Chief US+CAN Magazine January 2018 | Page 40

SUSTAINABILITY

AXA and the United Nations Environment Program Inquiry held a conference to discuss ‘ New Rules for New Horizons : Reshaping Finance for Sustainability ’
SWEDISH FINANCE AND sustainability expert Sasja Beslik knows that things need to change : the status quo with the current construction of the global economy and the rate and means by which we are using the planet ’ s resources is not sustainable .
Beslik , one of his country ’ s foremost experts on finance and sustainability , feels an awakening and a global recognition of the need to reshape how financial challenges are looked at is necessary to effect meaningful change and bring long-term solutions .
At the end of last year , the UN ’ s top environmental body and the World Bank Group released a roadmap “ to help governments and the private sector design a global financial system that is fit-for-purpose ”.
The research found that climate
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