ABSTRACT
Feedback of government stakeholders is important in cities that have particularly strong regulatory and/or sustainability policies and in areas where limited water supplies are regionally managed. The finance industry has long considered investors, customers and employees to be typical company stakeholders, but there has been wildly varied progress in broadening this definition and in including assessment of social and environmental meta-trends into banking practices. Though financiers and other industries may face risks to the physical assets of business such as the building structures or even workforce populations, the primary impact for the finance industry translates to investment, underwriting and the role of financing in the sustainability of communities and industries. The assessment of such investment risks and opportunities will depend on the engagement of an evolving profile of stakeholders in information-gathering and planning for the finance and banking industry.
