The Inquiry
into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System has been initiated by the
United Nations Environment Programme to advance design options that would
deliver a step change in the financial system’s effectiveness in mobilizing
capital towards a green and inclusive economy. A group of concerned citizens
met at the international banking summer school in Lyon 2014 and founded a
working group with participants from 7 countries from social banking, civil
society, business and academia. We are all practitioners who can see that a
sustainable and responsible financial system is possible if certain core
values of sustainability, transparency, diversity, fairness and inclusion are
at its core. We have submitted a working paper to the Inquiry to stimulate
discussion. It is time we stopped turning a blind eye to what is wrong with
the financial system and in opening our eyes, turned our face towards a values
based system. Here is our CALL TO ACTION.       

The CALL TO ACTION here

Values Based Banking: here