Part I: Climate Change challenge, CSR, ESG issues: the state of the art -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapater 2: Self-consciousness and awareness as adaptation enablers -- Chapter 3: Climate change challenges and the policy makers initial response -- Chapter 4: SRI, ESG and Value of...

1. Introduction; Nadia Linciano, Claudia Guagliano and Paola Soccorso -- Part I. Disclosing Non-financial Information -- 2.The Role of Finance in Sustainable Growth; -- 3. Information as a Driver of Sustainable Finance; S. Lovisolo -- Part II. The State of the Market -- 4. Corporate Governance and...

This Palgrave Pivot aims to examine the bourgeoning relationship between the Principles for Responsible Investment and the Credit Rating Industry. Since May of 2016, when the partnership was initially publicised, the PRI have endeavoured to incorporate Credit Rating Agencies into its initiative...

Part I. State of the Art -- 1. An Overview of Green Finance -- 2. Defining Green Finance: Existing Standards and Main Challenges -- 3. The Development of Green Finance by Sector -- 4. Sustainable Finance Management -- 5. Financial Performances of Green Securities -- 6. Institutional Initiatives...

1. Enhancing Efficiency in Sustainable Markets; Mario La Torre and Helen Chiappini -- 2. Financing Sustainable Goals: Economic and Legal Implications; Raffaele Felicetti and Alessandro Rizzello -- 3. Rethinking Taxation and Impact Investments; Alessandro Mazzullo -- 4. Profitable Impact Bonds:...

1. An Overview of the Sustainability-Financial Risk Nexus -- 2. The Impact of Climate Change on the Banking and Insurance Industries -- 3. The Transition to a Low-carbon Economy and Stranded Assets -- 4. Sustainability-related Risks, Risk Management Frameworks and Financial Disclosure -- 5....

Chapter 1. What’s in a name? Mapping the galaxy of green finance -- Chapter 2. The green financing framework between innovation and resilience: a growing toolbox of green finance instruments -- Chapter 3. Green finance and SDGs: emerging trends in the design of a green investment portfolio --...

1. Introduction -- Section 1 -- 2. How to scale impact investments? Evaluating the application of the Synthetic Control Method in impact measurement -- 3. Impact investments measurement: bridging research and practice -- 4. ESG Ratings, scores, and opinions. The state of the art in literature --...

Part I. Overview and Relevance in Africa -- 1. ESG: Importance, Origins and Emergence -- 2. ESG in Africa: Necessity and Applicability -- Part II. The Strategic Management of ESG during and after a Global Pandemic -- 3. Applying Strategic Management to ESG: Relevance of a Multipronged Approach...

1. Introduction -- 2. Theory of Socially Responsible Investment: A Review -- 3. The Performance of Socially Responsible Investing: A Review -- 4. SRI: An insight on the evolution of its definition and a focus on the European ESG Regulation -- 5. Attractiveness of sustainable business and...