The role the financial system can play in tackling global challenges - flooding, deforestation, climate change and poverty to name a few - is clear. But where to start with understanding the intricacies of the capital markets and just what a sustainable financial system might look like?
We've compiled a list of ten individuals, NGOs, banks and incubators on Twitter who can help you steer the sometimes murky waters of finance.
This is only a tiny snapshot of sustainable finance tweeters, so please leave other suggestions in the comments section.
@EmmaHowardBoyd
Emma is the sustainable investment and government director at Jupiter Asset Management, an independent non-executive director of the Environment Agency Board and a member of the 30% Club steering committee aimed at getting more women in boards.
@CarbonBubble
With the aim of aligning the financial markets to tackle climate change, Carbon Tracker has campaigned very successfully on unburnable carbon and the risk it poses to the financial system.
@UNEP_FI
The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative is a partnership on sustainable finance between the UN and private finance. Counting more than 200 members, it developed the Principles of Responsible Investment.
@rosaltmann
An economist, pensions and investment expert who has advised the treasury and the prime minister. She's campiagns on social justice and finance for the many not the few.
@citylordmayor
The official account of Fiona Woolf, the lord mayor of the City of London. In her role as an ambassador for the City and the UK's financial and professional services industry she is working to promote a sustainable and inclusive financial sector.
@ShareActionUK
The only organisation which exists to campaign specifically in the capital markets, ShareAction is a great follow for anyone interested in responsible investment.
@Suitpossum
A heady mix of financial activist, anthropologist, author, journalist and former broker, his tweets are similarly eclectic from local currencies and fintech to climate finance and the gender bias of bitcoin.
@moveyourmoneyuk
"Move your money, and bank on something better!" is this organisations's rallying cry, as it calls on people to wrest back control of their own money.
@TheFinanceLab
Co-created by WWF and ICAEW, the Finance Innovation lab aims to incubate positive change in the financial system.
@triodosuk
The Dutch bank that bills itself as the world's leading sustainable bank lends only to organisations that benefit people and the environment.
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