Full Description
This book sheds light on current issues in sustainable finance through an in-depth analysis and discussion of relevant sustainable products and sustainable initiatives of several financial institutions. This edited collection critically presents and discusses several relevant theoretical issues, case studies of innovative financial products and sustainable institutions, as well as empirically investigates issues related to both financial and social performance. The book focuses on several innovative products across the sustainable finance ecosystem, including social impact bonds, crowdfunding and green bonds. Similarly, the book spotlights the sustainable investment strategies of institutions ranging from family foundations to asset managers.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Sustainable products.- Chapter 2: Who likes SIBs? A bibliometric analysis of academic literature.- Chapter 3: Fighting Poverty And Inequalities Through Social Impact Bonds: Learning From Case Studies For Supporting The Covid-19 Response.- Chapter 4.Green bonds capital returns: the impact of market and macroeconomic variables.- Part 2: Financial institutions and sustainable practices.- Chapter 5: Crowdlending's European regulation state of art, and the case of COLECTUAL as an official Spanish crowdlending platform.- Chapter 6: Understanding of Social Crowdfunding: The case of an Italian platform.- Chapter 7: Environmental, Social, and Governance Integration in Asset Management Strategy: The Case of Candriam.- Chapter 8: Impact Investing in Family Foundations: Beyond the Business Case for CSR.- Chapter 9. Norwegian pension fund divestments and the market effect.- Part 3: Investee organizations and impact measurement.- Chapter 10. Delivery Aid Differently: Women's Empowerment through Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing in Myanmar.- Chapter 11: Social impact assessment: measurability and data management.- Chapter 12: Social impact assessment in Italian innovative startups.- Chapter 13: Concluding remarks.
