By Utkarsh Narain and Shyam Datye
“Accountants are going to save the world!”, claimed Peter Bakker, the Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2013. Green finance might just be their opportunity to do that.
Climate change has been at the heart of developmental debates since almost three decades. From the Rio Summit of 1992 to the Paris Agreement of 2018, governments around the world have made commitments to mitigate the impact of global warming. Many businesses and individuals have also taken upon themselves to minimise their negative impact on the environment. The rapid degradation of environment and natural resources has made the world question conventional notions of economic growth and sparked a debate on the trade-offs between economic growth and environmental sustainability.
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On June 27, 2020, three cohorts of Lee Kuan Yew School students came together for the first-ever SIG Soirée, an evening of drinks, games and conversation among members of the School’s Social Investment Group (SIG) since its founding.
