Sustainable finance which aims at integrating environmental, social or governance criteria into financial service is increasingly gaining momentum across the world and plays a crucial role in realizing the objectives agreed upon in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement.Wei Yuan, senior representative of the Sustainable Banking Network (SBN) Global Secretariat and the Coordinator for Asia Region and Measurement Working Group speaking at the launch of Roadmap for Sustainable Finance In Sri Lanka, at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka this week said that sustainable finance is reaching the mainstream of financial markets and noted that it creates more business opportunities for potential investors and institutions to finance the global transition to a low carbon future.