Investing in a sustainable world
Subtitle: why GREEN is the new color of money on Wall Street
By: Matthew J. Kiernan.
Publisher: AMACOM / American Management Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780814410929
Subjects: Investments -- Environmental aspects; Investments -- Social aspects; Green movement; Social responsibility of business; Investment analysis
Other titles: GREEN is the new color of money on Wall Street
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : changing finance- and financing change : the genesis of this book; title: Welcome to the sustainable investment revolution!; title: What took us so long? the power of intellectual inertia; title: Perverse outcomes and lost opportunities; title: But what does the evidence really say?; title: Sustainable investing : towards a new post-modern portfolio theory; title: Why does it all matter, anyway?; title: Sustainability and competitive advantage: the corporate imperative- and some success stories; title: The game-changers, Part I : collective initiatives; title: The game-changers, Part II : the individual owners of capital; title: The game-changers, Part III : the service providers; title: How it's actually done : the way forward for 21st century investors; title: Some concluding thoughts; title: Appendices; title: Appendix 1 : A typical company sustainability profile; title: Appendix 2 : A typical company carbon risk assessment.