Yingfeng Ku

My first blog of sustainable finance gives you a brief introduction to sustainable finance. The second blog will give you a general idea of why people choose sustainable finance. Sustainable finance based on the sustainability, which means in financial activities, people should consider the needs of future generations, rather than short-termism. This could be regard as the ultimate reason of sustainable finance. International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF) established for the services of countries in the world for exploring better sustainable finance. Therefore, at the level of human beings or state, we can say sustainable finance is for: Having a sustainable development in long-term period If you access the website of banks or investment companies, sustainable finance of investment is now definitely displayed with prominently: For financial product providers, sustainable finance is not only could attractive potential sustainability investors, but also bring them other be...

With the signed of agreements such as Pairs Agreement, to deal with global warming and climate changes become a state-based strategy, sustainable development has become an inevitable tendency. In finance community, there has been a growing interest in sustainability among the investors, and lead to the occur of sustainable finance. Recently, sustainable finance seems to be a ‘market fad’. The amount of assets and the number of market participants engaged in sustainable finance are continuous to climb in global  (The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, 2019) . Banks and investment companies are also trying to align their policy with sustainability, issuing sustainable financial products which referred as ESG based. This means products should meet specific environmental, social and governance requirements. Someone may think ESG finance as sustainable finance nowadays because of the vigorously promote from media or companies. But the answer is negative, sustainable finance is wid...