Our March 2025 issue sits at the intersection of two potent forces shaping the future of finance. Just as the digital transformation is unlocking remarkable capabilities across the industry, financial institutions are increasingly focused not just on growth, but on sustainability. Investors, consumers and governments are turning to the financial sector to address the looming climate crisis, poverty and other global challenges.

If necessity is the mother of invention, then climate change and the immense risks it poses should prove a catalyst for progress. Indeed, the field of sustainable digital finance is producing remarkable innovations — from environmental data analysis powered by artificial intelligence to blockchain-based tokens that can incentivize greener decisions. And like all disruptions, it has also come with scrutiny and political debate, as citizens consider what values should underpin our economic order.

This issue of Duckbucks gathers investors, founders, scholars and industry analysts to weigh in on how digital finance and sustainability are coming together, and what possibilities that collision creates. Inside: Where are green fintechs thriving? How can AI unlock climate investment? And can you really make money by saving the world?

What’s inside?