Finance
Why transformation matters
Finance shapes which business models and technologies scale. Yet today’s financial system often underprices long‑term risk and fails to allocate capital at the pace required to address climate, nature and resilience challenges. As risks accelerate, financial institutions face both exposure and opportunity to rewire finance to support long‑term value creation.
What is holding progress back
Barriers remain systemic: fragmented data, short investment horizons, misaligned incentives and policy uncertainty. These dynamics lock in capital flows that reinforce market failures and cannot be addressed by any single institution.
How we accelerate change
Through our Rewiring Finance Agenda we are:
- Reframing how risk, value and fiduciary responsibility are understood, to reflect long‑term economic, climate and nature realities rather than short‑term returns alone.
- Convening financial institutions, regulators, businesses and policymakers, creating shared understanding and alignment around the changes needed to shift capital at scale.
- Developing practical tools, guidance and market signals, that support the reallocation of capital towards sustainable, resilient economic outcomes.
- Embedding new financial norms, through leadership education and policy engagement that help translate insight into system‑wide practice.