The Research Network for Sustainable Finance - SUSFIN - conducts academic and policy-based research on issues that relate to financial market regulation and environmental and social sustainability. Related areas of research includes the governance of financial institutions and markets and their relevance to sustainability. Research projects supported are both discipline based and interdisciplinary. The network also facilitates applications for academic research grants and for contracts to conduct policy-based research. Guided by a research advisory panel consisting of representatives from top research universities and institutes, the network conducts outreach with practitioner bodies in the financial sector, and with governmental and non-governmental bodies.