The green bond market has grown rapidly since its inception in 2007. Climate-aligned standards provide investors with the confidence that their investments deliver a measurable climate benefit. Serving as a benchmark, these standards demonstrate alignment with the Paris Agreement, against which...

The financial sector has gone through tough times recently, after it became clear that banks had been taking irresponsible financial risks. This has not only had far-reaching negative consequences for the banks themselves, but also for the global economy and, therefore, for millions of people in...

We examined the impact of including sustainability-related constraints in optimal portfolio decision-making. Our analysis covered an investment set containing the components of the S&P500 index from 1993 to 2008. Optimizations were performed according to the classic mean-variance approach, while...