“People are now understanding they are going to have to depend on each other – employees are deciding to take a day off work without pay, or even a pay cut, to avoid their colleagues losing their jobs – that’s kind of a new phenomenon,” says Mr Wallis. He believes there is a growing sense of community.

“People are trying to understand that we are all in this together, not just in an idealistic, altruistic way, but in a practical way,” he says. He is also concerned about how future generations will look after the environment. “We are stewards of fragile resources,” he says.

“That conversion to a green economy is more than structural, it is also spiritual and that is the chance this crisis offers us,” he says.