Finance and Business Issues (FBIs)

Green economics path is not an easy one. It is characterized by steps, changes in resource efficiency and shift in emphasis from shareholder value to stakeholder value. As a long-term process, it will require new skills, collaborations, continued innovation, investment with uncertain returns and change in what the market values. This is the purview of Finance and Business Issues (FBIs). Issues to be engaged in the financial matters include provision of some of the tools required to support a transition to sustainable development and poverty alleviation such as loans, equity, insurance and other financial products and services needed by companies, government organizations and individuals that consider social and environmental externalities. On the business angle, we shall be looking at a more resilient supply chain, new investment opportunities, increased consumer demands for sustainable goods and services, sales growth and duration of sales, training and job creation, reduced dependency on natural resources, mitigation against the negative financial risks from environmental impacts among others. Some of the goals and action agenda to be looked at here include