"Report: Human Rights and Sustainable Finance - Exploring the Relationship", 11 Feb 2016

This report analyses the role of human rights in delivering a sustainable financial system at three levels of interaction: the systemic level, client level and consumer level. In the wake of this global financial crisis, recognition has grown that the financial system must not only be sound and stable, but also sustainable. With this in mind, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched an Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System in early 2014 to explore how to align the financial system with sustainable development. Numerous research papers were commissioned by the UNEP Inquiry on different aspects, with IHRB asked to explore the relationship between finance and human rights. This complements the Inquiry's global report, The Financial System We Need, published in October 2015.