Ticking Boxes or Taking Action? Rethinking the Role of Research(ers) in Sustainable Finance

Key Points

• The aim is to challenge conventional sustainable finance research that focuses too much on small, incremental changes instead of bold, transformative actions.
• Critically analyze current narratives in sustainable finance research
• Offer frameworks for reflexive and responsible research practices
• Highlight the need for action-oriented solutions
• Identified the pitfalls of prevailing narratives in sustainable finance
• Proposed new approaches that prioritize transformative strategies
• Encouraged accountability in research methodologies