"This book explores sustainable financial systems, sustainable finance, blended finance, ESG risk, and individual and institutional motivations of financial managers in the sustainability. It also examines the link between finance, financial systems, financial markets, and externalities."

"Towards the end of 2016, the European Commission set up a High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (the HLEG) with '20 policy leaders from civil society, the finance sector and academia' . They were joined by nine observers from industry associations and other stakeholders, and were...

The article provides an overview of the most important current EU initiatives contributing to sustainable finance. After an introduction on how the concept of sustainability entered the domain of European policy, the definition of sustainable finance from the EU perspective is discussed, as well...

Mobilizing private finance for renewable energy and energy efficiency is critical for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) not only for the reduction of global temperature rise, but also for meeting fast growing energy demand. Two-thirds of green bonds issued in ASEAN countries...

Introduction: innovative finance and the visible hand -- Climate change: REDD forests, green bonds, and the price of climate finance -- Health care: medicine for market failure -- Financial inclusion and access to capital -- Redefining risk, response, and resilience towards a new disaster...