Sustainability is now increasingly recognized as central to the growth of emerging market economies. For the private sector, this represents both demands for greater social and environmental responsibility as well as a new landscape of business opportunity. The financial sector has been late to respond to this trend but is emerging as an important driver across all sectors in an economy. In the banking sector, new standards and codes of conduct promote corporate accountability, transparency, and consideration of impacts on the environment and society.

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