Motives for Sustainable Investor Behavior

The United Nations named the halt and reverse of land degradation in their 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This human-induced process has implications for the social welfare of millions of people and threatens the basis of their existence. Land degradation is estimated to cost about 490 billion USD per year and the finance sector and its actors play a significant role in the current use of land. But how do motives and perceptions influence sustainable investor behavior? In their trans-disciplinary study conducted at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, environmentalist Philippe Saner and eco-psychologist Tony Reyhanloo explore the extent to which individual investment behavior will shape our future landscape.

Artistic realization: Prisca Baumann, Michelle Schuhmacher