WEBVTT - https://subtitletools.com 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:05.720 Banking is really about connecting people. 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:10.640 Linking depositors to the projects that are financed with their money. 00:00:10.760 --> 00:00:14.000 And that connection has huge social power. 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:18.200 It's a movement; with that movement we can really change a lot together. 00:00:20.360 --> 00:00:25.440 In 2018 we have become much more visible in the public. 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:29.000 Triodos was much more seen almost as an activist. 00:00:29.400 --> 00:00:32.520 I'm really enthusiastic about what is possible in the coming years. 00:00:35.080 --> 00:00:39.240 As a society, as mankind, we really have to make choices. 00:00:39.400 --> 00:00:45.120 Choices which have consequences: the way we live; the way we operate our economy. 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:48.880 But also for ourselves: what we buy; what we do not buy. 00:00:49.080 --> 00:00:51.240 All sorts of impact that our money has. 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:54.360 I'm very inspired about what's happening around us ... 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:57.160 particularly the openness now in society ... 00:00:57.360 --> 00:00:59.600 about how can we change our financial system - 00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:03.480 that it is supporting us and not taking us from our core. 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:07.640 That is really what Triodos is about. And that is inspiring for all of us.