A change in attitudes will be necessary to effect real change financial analysts and professionals with a full understanding of sustainability aspects related to their future jobs , and how the investment or lending of banking decisions will impact the societies they live in .
“ We need to reform the educational system , because then you get people that are educated about this in the financial system . They will embrace the change and make that change happen .
“ I think we are at the beginning of a very big shift , with big players getting engaged , and we see a lot of interest from customers and clients .”
For Beslik , it comes down to a triumvirate of issues . “ I call it a
triangle ,” he explains . “ You have an income inequality or income distribution on one hand . Then you have climate change as one of the sort of risks that are not related to any particular society , it ’ s more of a global issue . I think income inequality is also .
“ The third one I think is related to transparency and participation – how transparent are you about your business and the way you run it , and also how do you participate in solutions that we need as a society going forward ?
“ I think these three things interact with each other in a very interesting way going forward , and they all demand a quite big mental shift .”
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