The transition to a sustainable economy currently involves a fundamental transformation of our capital markets. Lawmakers, in an attempt to overcome this challenge, frequently seek to prescribe and regulate how firms may address environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns by formulating...

Generally accepted principles of effective corporate governance have taken hold in the context of different models of governance, whose implementation is also linked to the share structure of the companies and to the dynamics of risk's capital markets. Global companies need a global approach in...

1. Introduction -- 2. Economy and reality -- 3. Economic systems and enterprises -- 4. Corporate governance: shareholders, employees, stakeholders -- 5. Sustainability, ownership and the role of shareholders -- 6. Understanding money -- 7. Understanding the monetary system -- 8. Balance sheets...

Part I – General aspects of ESG -- 1. Introduction: the multiples roles of corporate governance under ESG (Paulo Câmara) -- 2. Sustainability as a game changer in corporate governance (Guido Ferrarini) -- 3. ESG and the shift on corporate purpose (Beate Sjåfjell) -- 4. Sustainability and...