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Switzerland is one of the world's leading financial centers, managing around a quarter of the world's cross-border assets. The first sustainable financial products in Switzerland were launched in the 1980s, making the country a pioneer in Sustainable Finance and a natural candidate to become a leading global hub for Sustainable Finance. A key role of a global hub is to shape the debate through academic thought leadership.
The Department of Finance at the University of Zurich is striving to play a pioneering role in the field of Sustainable Finance. At the beginning of March, it launched the "Initiative in Sustainable Finance", which addresses current challenges in this area - from the implications of climate change and the preservation of biodiversity to social concerns and governance issues. The initiative's research focuses on four main areas: Financial Institutions and Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Finance, Private Wealth and Sustainable Investing, Climate and Biodiversity Finance.
The department showcased how academic research can clarify practical and important questions at the initiative’s launch event during which recent research findings were presented to a wider audience.