The Finance Innovation Lab incubates the people and the ideas that can change the financial system for the better. Our vision is a financial system that serves people and planet – one that’s democratic, responsible and fair.

Our work is rooted in an understanding of finance as a complex system: a network of relationships with a specific purpose, worldview and set of values. Our fundamental belief is that because humans created the financial system, humans can change it. This is so important because our financial system has become disconnected from the real needs of people, the environment and the wider economy. Dysfunctions in the financial system lie at the root of many of today’s challenges, from fossil fuel addiction to structural inequality.

We were founded in 2009 as a joint project of WWF-UK and ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales), and we are now a Registered Charity (number 1165269) and Company Limited by Guarantee (number 09380418).