Introducing the Global Rethinking Finance Collaborative
The Global Rethinking Finance Collaborative (GRFC) catalyses futures-informed leadership in sustainable finance. We mobilise capital for bold, systemic solutions, connecting visionary investors with scalable, risk-mitigated initiatives, to advance shared prosperity.
The GRFC is a collaborative platform designed to accelerate transformative action. Positioned between mainstream finance and promising, evidence-based solutions to global challenges, we are grounded in science, data, and a commitment to systemic change.
Our ecosystem includes stakeholders working to address economic injustice: informed funders, financiers, and investors (such as pension funds, high-net-worth individuals, family offices, businesses, and foundations), alongside governments, multilateral bodies (including global and regional development finance institutions), academia, youth leaders, local communities, and grassroots innovators.
Our Articles of Association define our core objectives:
- to champion high-level,
- evidence-based advocacy and policy dialogue and,
- to facilitate and demonstrate forward-looking business models and financing mechanisms.
We leverage next-generation environmental, social, and governance (ESG) indicators, independently validated, to track progress and drive systemic transformation. A key focus is to sustainably finance our operations over the short to medium term. We do this through a blended model that includes in-kind contributions, services, membership fees, donations, and modest revenue from consultancy and partnership brokering.
Our Code of Conduct upholds authenticity, a deep commitment to collaboration for the greater good, and, rooted in experience, a business-smart, predator-savvy transparency. We maintain zero tolerance for breaches of trust, confidentiality, or professional integrity.
The GRFC positions itself in the space between business and finance, and the proven, scalable, risk-adjusted initiatives we believe are essential to building greater prosperity and peace for all life on a healthy planet.
We believe that investment in social capital and institutional resilience is both a shared need and a collective responsibility. These are the relational foundations, the “glue”, that address historic injustices, level the playing field, and enable a more equitable distribution of risks and benefits.
We reject the blanket narrative that labels less-advantaged countries as “corrupt.” Corruption is a global issue, and the data shows that far greater returns flow to offshore tax havens and international business and finance systems. These systems often knowingly partner with global elites who exploit opportunities for personal gain, at the cost of communities, ecosystems, and global peace.
We see ourselves not as deal makers or advisors chasing margins, but as enablers and facilitators. We consciously choose not to join the booming, often flawed, and highly profitable industry of advisory services and high-stakes deal brokering. Nor do we compete for shrinking official development assistance (ODA) or philanthropic funding streams aimed at capacity building, institutional strengthening, or investor appeasement.
We view much of today’s financial activity as a distracting misallocation of resources. Diverting funds away from the urgent work of demonstrating futures fit strategies and alternative investments. These opportunities offer far more than just fair and reasonable returns; they represent a chance to invest in systems that benefit people, planet, and long-term stability.