"It's a year since financial education became a compulsory part of the curriculum for England's 11 to 16 year olds. But do you know the answers to some of the questions in their lessons?"

We basically want to build an interactive web-site for the exchange of financial and ecological ideas and knowledge amongst the general public and different financial players in a totally transparent and non biased way. Our ultimate aim is to help society realise that finance and ecology are essential elements to business for good, reaching the poorest of the poor and eliminating extreme poverty.

An enthusiastic speech by Chris Doude van Troostwijk of Luxembourg School of Religion & Society: "Ideas awake philosophers from a Kant perspective he declared". (Immanuel Kant argued that moral principles were simply products of reason. Kant believed that the incorporation of consequences into moral deliberation was a deep mistake, since it denies the necessity of practical maxims in governing the working of the will. According to Kant, reason requires that we confirm our actions to the categorical imperative which is an absolute duty).

We were privileged to be invited to attend a wonderful evening in Beckerich, Luxembourg on Tuesday 28 July 2015 which, together with CELL(Centre Ecological Learning Luxembourg), and Transition West, hosted the second overnight stop for the cycling team from AlterTour (www.altertour.net).

Climate Change: The Week That Was for 27 August 2015

Can you find positive ways to help, no matter how small?

Stephen Platt was a guest speaker at a The Institute For Global Financial Integrity in Luxembourg recently. He spoke about the role the international financial services industry has played in facilitating and laundering criminal funds and property.

Of course it is possible if senior financiers and governments have the will and can come together. We must keep up the momentum for change following the financial crisis. Otherwise the recent resurgence of largely unchanged financial institutions, particularly in the US, will continue.

Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will speak on Transparency and Integrity in Politics at TIGFI (The Institute for Global Financial Integrity) in Luxembourg on 1 December 2015 http://www.tigfi.org/ If you are unable to attend, follow us for a detailed report, opinions and exchange of ideas.

I found the article about Steve Hilton below in the archives of the Economist but it is not just politics we have to work on:

We at MFTSE Affairs S.A. aim to present at the next European Investment Bank's  Investor's Fair next year, in 2016. After all we are not only a social enterprise but we want to promote social enterprise and start-up companies as part of our remit. 

This was a wonderful opportunity to discover new, budding, enterprises with a socio-economic conscience looking for 'femPower' (see www.finance-eco-money.org ) Tools, Mentoring & Guidance on Investment, finance, ‘FineTech’ etc. 

The Top 6 Good-News Stories of 2015 Dec 18, 2015 From Bill Gates Notes: 1. Africa Went a Year Without Any Polio On July 24, Nigeria marked one full year without a single new case of locally acquired polio, the crippling and sometimes fatal disease. It is the last country in Africa to stop transmission of wild polio. This milestone represents a huge victory—one that some experts feared would never come.

Luxembourg Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna, was in Paris with a delegation of professionals of the financial sector on the occasion of a seminar for bankers and fund managers held by LFF.

Luxembourg for Finance will organise a financial mission to Singapore and Sydney on 20-25 February 2016. The mission is led by HE Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance and Chairman of Luxembourg for Finance.