Journal Seventeen Nr. 5

The article emphasizes the need for the financial system to be aligned with the necessary transition towards a more sustainable economic model. While sustainability has different dimensions (including social and governance), we concentrate our efforts on climate change, as it has attracted the need for urgent actions by financial markets and institutions, on ground of financial stability.

This research explores the role of sustainability rating agencies in driving sustainable development. More specifically, this research analyzes the main challenges facing sustainability rating agencies in the current context of global risks and how are facing such risks. 

Financial inclusion has the potential to make an important contribution to reducing poverty and inequality. However, there are still more than 1.7 billion people in the world without access to these services. 

The objective of this article is to address the importance of promoting financial inclusion in Mexico for the achievement of the SDGs, and to document various advances in this regard. In the first place, the relationships that have been found regarding the link between financial inclusion and different aspects of economic development are presented.