Sasja Beslik: global finance industry ‘is the key to a sustainable future’
Sustainable finance expert Sasja Beslik says the industry is changing, but that many still see sustainability principles “as a restriction”.
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Sasja Beslik doesn’t sleep well at night. Perhaps the finance industry’s most prominent campaigner for sustainability and action on the climate crisis, Beslik says everyone has their cross to bear. And the cause of the insomnia? Addressing rising temperatures will be “really, really really tough,” he says.
But he wants everyone to know is that the financial industry could be the key to fighting the climate crisis, but it could also be doing more.
“We’re globally not using the toolbox. The financial industry is that toolbox and it’s cost
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