Financial institutions shape our future when they decide which projects, initiatives, and businesses they will finance and which they will not. The criteria banks include in their decision-making processes matter. The principles of Just Banking are part of a growing movement of businesses that use triple-bottom-line reporting, which combines financial profitability with social and/or environmental impact.

Katrin Kaeufer, in her forthcoming book “Just Money: From Ego-system to Eco-system Finance” looks at some recent examples that clearly illustrate the role of business and especially of finance in addressing the daunting social and environmental challenges we face as a global community today.

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