NEWS & INSIGHTS

The Cost of Stagnant Capital When we speak of finance as neutral - a ledger, a tool for allocating resources or measuring returns - we obscure its deeper power. In truth, finance is the bloodstream of human civilisation: value coursing through communities, economies, ecosystems. Where it flows determines what lives, what grows, and what withers. Today’s financial system resembles an organism suffering from chronic circulation problems. Trillions sit locked away in pension fun

The Cost of Disconnection The story of modern economics is a story of disconnection. We've separated value from values, profit from purpose, and finance from the ecosystems that quietly sustain every market. We’ve treated the Earth like an infinite warehouse of resources, while designing financial models that reward short-term extraction over long-term regeneration.   That separation has now come full circle. The escalating climate crisis is not merely an environmental failur

By Higher Status Global   The Trillion-Dollar Elephant in the Room     Confronting climate change is widely seen as the defining global challenge of our time. Politicians declare it, CEOs pledge it, activists shout it and investors package it as strategy at summits.  And yet, here’s the number that should stop us cold: we face a $6 trillion* annual shortfall in climate finance - the gap between what is invested today and what's needed to meet the Paris Agreement’s net-zer

By Higher Status Global A Tipping Point in Human History Every generation tells itself it’s living through extraordinary times. But some moments in history justify the claim. This is one of them. The converging crises of our age - ecological collapse, climate volatility, economic fragility, and social unrest - have made one thing unmistakably clear: yesterday’s systems no longer work. Our economies were built on a logic of extraction, a devotion to growth for growth’s sake,

We’re thrilled to launch this space - a place to explore ideas, share insights, and dive into the work we’re doing to make finance a force for real-world impact. Here, we’ll bring you behind the scenes of our journey, stories from our own development process, reflections from our partners, and lessons learned at the intersection of technology, finance, and sustainability. Expect stories from our own development process, and reflections on how purpose-driven finance can reshap