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By placing value-based and sustainability consideration at the core of the economic recovery plan, enormous opportunities lie for Islamic finance to support sustainable solutions towards postpandemic recovery. With deeper materialisation of these principles nurtured into modern financial context, it could create a seismic change in mainstreaming value-based consideration as an anchor to any business and commercial decisions. This encourages the embedment of Shariah values in financial offerings to deliver positive outcomes. The wisdom, diligence, and inquisitive mind of Shariah scholars are thus undoubtedly the integral component within a 1/4  BIS central bankers' speeches  financial system in providing impactful and practical Shariah advice amid the fast-changing business environment. More so, during the time of crisis. We see this transpiring. Through an industry-driven initiative, Islamic banking institutions in Malaysia are committed to adopt “Value-based Intermediation” (VBI) which advocates for positive and sustainable impact through the practices, offerings, and conduct of institutions. Guidance is also provided in incorporating SDG-oriented risk considerations in financing and investment decision making process, through the Value-based Intermediation Financing and Investment Impact Assessment Framework (VBIAF). Similar importance has also been recognised in the takaful industry, with the recent introduction of VBI for Takaful Framework. The framework focuses on integrating VBI principles into the underwriting and investment decisions, as well as business operations of takaful and retakaful operators that will reshape and sharpen practices of the industry towards delivering economic and societal outcomes more sustainably.