Help and guidance: Personal Financial Advice Service

Help and guidance: Personal Financial Advice Service

the sustainable generation. Our economy depends on a healthy planet. Planetary boundaries define the environmentally safe zones within which humanity and our economy can thrive. There are nine planetary boundaries that must be maintained for the Earth’s climate and ecology to remain stable: climate change, ocean acidification, ozone layer, forest degradation, agrochemical pollution, freshwater overuse, air pollution, toxic waste and biodiversity loss. Out of these nine, we have already breached six, and our current economy is putting growing pressure on those that remain. This economy is based on a flawed system – one that is Wasteful, Idle, Lopsided and Dirty (WILD), and is pushing our planet towards an environmental tipping point. However, we believe there will be major systems transformations that will be key to achieving a CLIC® economic model in Energy, Land and Oceans, Materials and the pricing of externalities such as Carbon. A transformation is well underway as investor demands, changing consumer behaviour and new regulations, become powerful drivers in the shift to a Circular, Lean, Inclusive and Clean (CLIC®) economy.