Mackenzie Schnell

Responsible production and consumption — the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 12 — has become an increasingly important conversation within the ‘slow fashion’ movement, especially since the 2013 Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh. Consumers have cast a spotlight on cotton textile production against the broader domain of sustainable fashion.

Is fintech the key to connecting the unbanked in emerging markets with financial services? In developing countries, where 20 per cent of individuals surveyed by Findex 2017 reported the main reason for not having a bank account is lack of a proper ID, financial technology providers are leading efforts to close the gap between unbanked individuals without IDs and access to financial services.