Designing a Sustainable Financial System [electronic resource] : Development Goals and Socio-Ecological Responsibility /
Walker, Thomas.editor.
Kibsey, Stéfanie D.editor.
Crichton, Rohan.editor.
This edited collection brings together leading theoretical and applied research with the intent to design a sustainable global financial future. The contributors argue that our world cannot move toward sustainability, address climate change, reverse environmental degradation, and improve human well-being without aligning the financial system with sustainable development goals like those outlined by the United Nations. Such a system would: a) be environmentally and socially responsible; b) align with planetary boundaries; c) manage natural resources sustainably; d) avoid doing more harm than good; and e) be resilient and adaptable to changing conditions. The overarching theme in this collection of chapters is a response to the worldwide, supranational sustainable finance discussions about how we can transition to a new socio-ecological system where finance, human well-being, and planetary health are recognized as being highly intertwined.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. An Alternative Finance Approach for a More Sustainable Financial System -- 3. Social and Environmental Responsibility in the Banking Industry: A Focus on Commercial Business -- 4. Seeking Greener Pastures: Exploring the Impact for Investors of ESG Integration in the Infrastructure Asset Class -- 5. Pricing Carbon: Integrating Promise, Practice, and Lessons Learned from the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) -- 6. Designing Carbon: Neutral Investment Portfolios -- 7. Sustainability Stress Testing the Financial System: Challenges and Approaches -- 8. Responsible Investment Requires a Proxy Voting System Responsive to Retail Investors -- 9. The Creation of Social Impact Credits: Funding for Social Profit Organizations -- 10. Crowdfunding Sustainable Enterprises as a Form of Collective Action -- 11. Palm Oil: Mitigating Material Financial Risks via Sustainability -- 12. Towards a Theory of Sustainable Finance -- 13. Mobilizing Early-Stage Investments for an Innovation-Led Sustainability Transition -- 14. Financial Sector Sustainability Regulations and Voluntary Codes of Conduct: Do They Help to Create a More Sustainable Financial System? -- 15. Why Self-Commitment Is Not Enough: On a Regulated Minimum Standard for Ecologically and Socially Responsible Financial Products and Services.
This edited collection brings together leading theoretical and applied research with the intent to design a sustainable global financial future. The contributors argue that our world cannot move toward sustainability, address climate change, reverse environmental degradation, and improve human well-being without aligning the financial system with sustainable development goals like those outlined by the United Nations. Such a system would: a) be environmentally and socially responsible; b) align with planetary boundaries; c) manage natural resources sustainably; d) avoid doing more harm than good; and e) be resilient and adaptable to changing conditions. The overarching theme in this collection of chapters is a response to the worldwide, supranational sustainable finance discussions about how we can transition to a new socio-ecological system where finance, human well-being, and planetary health are recognized as being highly intertwined.
Finance, Public.
Economic policy.
Economics.
Environmental economics.
Public Finance.
Political Economy/Economic Systems.
Environmental Economics.