Sustainable Finance and Society explores how finance can be managed to address pressing global challenges. This book investigates the evolving financial ecosystem shaped by new stakeholder capitalism. It examines how finance can be leveraged to benefit society while balancing environmental, social, and financial performance.
Sustainable Finance and Society explores how finance can be managed to address pressing global challenges.
Part of the Routledge Business and Society series, this book investigates the evolving financial ecosystem shaped by new stakeholder capitalism. It examines how finance can be leveraged to benefit society while balancing environmental, social, and financial performance. Through a combination of theoretical insights and empirical studies, the book offers a comprehensive framework for understanding sustainable finance as a driver of societal well-being. This book provides a thorough analysis of sustainable finance, from the roles of financial markets and institutions to the rise of socially responsible investments. Key topics include sustainable investing evaluation, green finance, entrepreneurship, innovation, and the role of women in finance leadership. The book features a deep dive into the challenges and opportunities of managing finance for societal benefit, offering valuable insights for aligning financial practices with ethical, environmental, and social goals.
It is essential reading for academics, researchers, and policymakers interested in finance for society. It is also relevant for finance practitioners, sustainability experts, and institutional investors looking to implement socially responsible financial practices and addressing the grand challenges of the 21st century.
Introduction PART I. Sustainable Finance as Ecosystem
1. The ecosystem
of sustainable investing: key players and roles
2. The interplay of
stakeholders in the Sustainable Finance Ecosystem: a European perspective
3.
Sustainable finance literacy and financial well-being: a literature review
PART II. Sustainable Investing evaluation
4. Watch out and prevent!
Addressing new rising risks in finance. A theoretical framework
5. Corporate
social responsibility, real options, and value: the role of internal
resources
6. Understanding ESG indexes as drivers for multiple stakeholder
value creation PART III. Sustainable finance, Entrepreneurship, and
Innovation
7. Sustainable entrepreneurial finance: the role of digital
technologies
8. Sustainable private equity: leveraging ESG integration
9. A
new role for social finance in the social open innovation trend
10. Green
innovation and financial structures in firms: new insights from a survey of
Italian SMEs PART IV. Impact Investing, Accounting and Financial Public
Policies
11. Sustainable finance: a plea for impact, the integration of
vulnerable stakeholders and an interdisciplinary research agenda
12. How to
truly take sustainability matters into account for finance?
13. The
integration of sustainable finance by public authorities in France: a
bureaucracy of experts legitimised by New Public Management PART V.
Sustainability, Financial Markets, and Institutions
14. Banks and national
recovery and resilience plans: sustainability awareness and organizational
challenges
15. Bank-firm relationship: relevance and evidence of
sustainability issues
16. Toward green financing: the case of net zero
banking alliance program in the banking sector
17. Decarbonizing Finance: The
case of insurance alliances
18. The climate courtroom: unpacking the
spillover effects of climate change litigations in the energy sector in
Europe
19. Introducing environmental adjustment factors: risks and
opportunities PART VI. Advancing women for Sustainable Finance
20. Toward
sustainable finance paradigm: the role of gender diversity
21. Empowering
sustainable finance: the impact of women in European equity fund management
and ESG integration
Francesco Gangi is Full Professor of Management at the Universitą degli Studi della Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli. His main research interests cover corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investments. He has published in international journals and books. Past SIG Chair of the Business for Society SIG, currently he is in charge as the Italian Representative in the EURAM Council of Country Representatives.
Daniele Angelo Previati is Full Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions at the University of Rome III and Fellow of the SDA Bocconi School of Management. He was President of ADEIMF, the Italian scientific association of the Professors in Financial Markets and Institutions and Corporate Finance, from 2019 to 2021. His current research interests include financial literacy and education, fintech, alternative finance, stakeholder engagement, HR and intellectual capital management, operational risks, and strategy, with special reference to financial services companies.
Flora Sfez is an Associate Professor at the IAE-University of Poitiers, specialising in corporate finance, and a researcher at CEREGE laboratory. She has been the vice president in charge of finance at the University of Poitiers since December 2020 and is responsible for the masters degree in finance and financial engineering. Her research and publications focus on the bureaucratisation of financial markets and have evolved to address the issue of expert control in financial organisations and the valuation of football transfers.
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