The financial sector has a significant presence in the activities of business corporations through equity investments and debt financing. This chapter investigates how the financial sector shapes the environmental performance of corporations and assesses whether the global movement for socially...

This article investigates the theory of universal investors and their ability to be agents for socially responsible investing (SRI), with particular regard to the Canadian context. The influential theory depicts large financial institutions as motivated to reduce the social and environmental...

Access to finance is crucial if we are to achieve the fundamental transition of our time: securing a safe and just society operating within the planetary boundaries. In the era of global market capitalism and deregulation, Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) offer one of the few public economic...