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Financial Services
Regulation is moving faster than capability.
Green hiring growth
7.5%
LinkedIn 2025
SBTi adoption
Rapid
SBTi 2025
Key regulations
Financial services faces a unique dual pressure: SFDR and CSRD require sustainability disclosure at the product and entity level, while ISSB demands climate risk integration across portfolios. Yet most firms lack the workforce capability to deliver.
The SFDR skills gap
Fund managers need to classify products under Article 6, 8, or 9. This requires sustainability fluency that most portfolio teams don't have. The gap between compliance obligation and workforce readiness is where reputational risk lives.
Green hiring is accelerating
Financial services saw 7.5% growth in green hiring from 2021-2025, making it one of the fastest-growing sectors for sustainability talent demand (LinkedIn Global Green Skills Report, 2025).
SBTi is becoming table stakes
With 10,000+ companies validated and 40% of global market cap committed, SBTi targets are moving from voluntary to expected. Asset managers and insurers without validated targets face growing scrutiny from LPs and regulators.