We explore the observable characteristics of sustainable banks, using a hand-collected dataset comprising of all public US bank holding companies, for the period 1999-2011. Our results indicate that sustainable banks are characterized by superior performance, more prudent behavior and a business...

A Green Economy (GE) is growing if economic prosperity goes hand-in-hand with sustainability – developing investments in green sectors and in greening brown sectors. Some investors are already screening companies through enhanced qualitative parameters. However, these practices usually lead...

This paper explores how companies that commit to Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR) overcome first trust and then cost barriers to successfully implement digitally enabled sustainability strategies. A CDR culture, triggered by the European Unions’ General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),...