What does the activity involve?
An interactive classroom session developed by the LSFI for students to explore how the financial system works, what sustainable finance means in practice, the main financial products, and how their everyday financial choices matter. The session uses Luxembourg as a concrete example of a global sustainable finance hub.
What are the intended learning objectives?
By the end of the session, students will be able to:
- Explain what finance is and how it flows through the economy
- Understand what sustainable finance and ESG mean and why they matter
- Identify the main financial products (shares, bonds, investment funds) and their sustainable equivalents
- Recognise tools for making sustainable financial choices, including labels, ESG criteria and the right questions to ask
- Learn about Luxembourg’s role as a leading centre for sustainable finance in Europe and globally