Full Description
This book offers a comprehensive compilation of research on the evaluation of the most environmentally and socially responsible financial institutions using a multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach, with a focus on the principles of the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) model.
Contributed by highly esteemed scholars in the field of MCDM/A, the book serves as a distinctive global reference guide that focuses on the examination, quantification, and administration of sustainability in relation to the TBL within a multidimensional framework for decision analysis. It presents the implementation of a set of MCDA techniques addressing challenges in the accounting systems of financial institutions and facilitating the identification of the optimal sustainable option within this domain. It highlights recent advancements in decision-making methodologies, exemplified through practical applications in the financial industry, particularly focusing on sustainability-related subjects. As such, scholars and policymakers will find this book to be a valuable resource.
Contents
Triple Bottom Line and Decision Making: An Investigation of the Concept of Confluence.- Multicriteria Decision Analysis: The Hierarchy of Criteria in the Triple Bottom Line Framework.- Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance Factors toward a green finance framework.- ESG factors impact European eco-financial institution selection: a TOPSIS and entropy research.- Controversies surrounding anti-competition and anti-corruption policies in Europe's banking sector: assessing ESG aspects using the entropy weight-TOPSIS model.- A New Paradigm in Long-Term Sustainability: The Quadruple Bottom Line Framework as an Alternative to the Triple Bottom Line.