The Future of Banking is Sustainable - But Only With the Right Framework
At the 2025 CEE Sustainable Finance Summit, Ugo Biggeri, Regional Representative for Europe at the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), delivered a compelling vision for the future of banking, one rooted in ethics, sustainability, and systemic transformation.
In his keynote, Biggeri pushed beyond the mainstream focus on expanding green finance products. Real change, he emphasised, demands a holistic approach, one that embeds sustainability across all banking operations, from lending and investment to governance and supply chains.
Biggeri highlighted GABV member banks as clear examples of this model in action. These institutions consistently outperform their mainstream peers on both impact and profitability, benefiting from lower credit losses and strong reputational capital. Their success, he argued, proves that sustainable banking is not only viable, it is also financially sound.