LSE is delighted to announce the launch of an Initiative in Sustainable Finance (ISF) as part of the newly formed Global School of Sustainability.
The ISF will apply academic rigour to the study of the incentives the private sector has to finance a sustainable future. Research themes will include the macro incentives that can be established to direct investment flows, for example through blended finance, and the micro incentives that encourage corporate action, for example through fund flows and investor stewardship. Finally, the ISF will consider the influence that sustainable finance regulation has on these incentives.
The ISF will conduct research, stimulate research, and disseminate research, making the best ideas from LSE academics available in actionable form for public and private sector actors. This research will provide insight on how the private sector can be incentivised to play an appropriate and effective role in the transition to a sustainable future.
Professor Amil Dasgupta, Academic Director of the ISF, said “The transition to a sustainable future will not be achieved without private sector participation. Rigorous study of the incentives and barriers the private sector faces to deploy capital towards a sustainable future is therefore vital for society to develop an effective transition plan.”
Professor Tom Gosling, Director of the ISF, said “Sustainable finance should and can contribute to financing a sustainable future, but this has not always been the case. LSE has an unrivalled range of capabilities to provide the rigorous critical scrutiny to ensure we focus on solutions that work and avoid what does not.”
For more information please contact Tom Gosling at t.gosling1@lse.ac.uk.
