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I am pleased to let you know about the following new book from Greenleaf Publishing - Positive Finance: A Toolkit for Responsible Transformation by Hervé Guez and Philippe Zaouati. The book has a Preface by Jacques Attali, French economist and first President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development .

For some, finance is the enemy: solely responsible for the global financial crisis and symbolic of an outdated model that is catapulting us toward social and ecological ruin. Such a view can seem tempting. The 2007-2008 meltdown of the financial system was intimately bound to the financialization of the economy and its consequences. However, in reality the crisis is an indicator that our economic model is obsolete. It is possible to imagine another way, which would consist of seeing finance as a "toolkit" for building a solution to the crisis.
 
Positive Finance presents a way to transform the economic model and reduce the ever-widening gulf of inequality, while taking into account environmental constraints. In order to achieve this, the authors argue that we must re-envision the allocation of capital in order to support social and technological innovations, to design and build sustainable infrastructure, and to finance the energy transition.
 
Reinvented, finance could become a powerful lever for setting these transformations in motion. This book is dedicated to proving that such leverage is within reach: here, the authors present a toolkit for putting money to work in the general interest. 

Dr Jake Reynolds, Director of Sustainable Economy, at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership has commented: "Guez and Zaouati capture one of the truly critical agendas in sustainable development: how to make capital work in the best interests of society. Read this book and be inspired."

 About the Authors
A financial analyst by training, Hervé Guez is Head of Research at Mirova, the asset management subsidiary of BPCE dedicated to responsible investment. Philippe Zaouati is the founder and CEO of Mirova.

Are you interested in reviewing this book? Or teach a module in a related area?

You can request review and inspection copies directly from the Greenleaf website - for more details please visitwww.greenleaf-publishing.com/positive

Please contact me directly with any queries or review opportunities.

Kind regards,

Becky