Social Banking describes a way of value-driven banking that has a positive social and ecological impact at its heart, as well as its own economic sustainability. Although it has a long and successful history, it has arguably never been more topical than it is now in the aftermath of the latest...

Sustainable development is the globally embraced paradigm for integrating environment and development policies. Agreement ends with attempts at operationalizing the elusive notion of sustainability. A contentious debate among 'environmentalists' and 'environmental economists' has brought about a...

1. Social banking : introduction / Olaf Weber and Sven Remer -- 2. Social banking : a brief history / Riccardo Milano -- 3. Why do we need social banking? / Leonard Becchetti -- 4. Inside social banks / Christina von Passavant -- 5. Products and services / Olaf Weber -- 6. Financing change...