Why finance should care about ecology
Abstract
Finance ignores ecosystems, which has resulted in a growing list of environmental and social problems. This article assesses the importance of ecology for finance. It suggests that the financial intermediation perspective can align finance and ecology for the benefit of society. This requires that financial institutions account for information about the impact of finance on the environment and vice versa, and that they are held accountable by their supervisors in this domain.
Citation
Scholtens , B 2017 , ' Why finance should care about ecology ' , Trends in Ecology and Evolution , vol. 32 , no. 7 , pp. 500-505 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.03.013
Publication
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0169-5347Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.03.013
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