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Schumacher, Kim; Chenet, Hugues; Volz, Ulrich - 2020

This paper examines the emergent role of sustainable finance and investment in Japan and scrutinizes the need for the Japanese financial system to mitigate growing climate risks and support the transition of the Japanese economy to a low-carbon, sustainable pathway. It first illustrates Japan's...

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Prudential requirements framework and sustainability

Binder, Jens-Hinrich - 2022

types of sustainability-related risks, the most obvious example being climate-related risks to the viability and …

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Incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Factors into Fixed Income Investment

Inderst, Georg - 2018

This research report is the result of a partnership between the World Bank Group (WBG) and Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) of Japan, initiated by the World Bank Group's President, Jim Yong Kim, and GPIF's Chief Investment Officer, Hiro Mizuno. The aim is for the World Bank and IFC –...

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Handbook of Sustainable Finance

Roncalli, Thierry - 2023

This handbook in Sustainable Finance corresponds to the lecture notes of the course given at University Paris-Saclay, ENSAE and Sorbonne University. It covers the following chapters: 1. Introduction, 2. ESG Scoring, 3. Financial Performance of ESG Investing, 4. Sustainable Financial Products, 5....

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Fostering green finance for sustainable development in Asia

Volz, Ulrich - 2018

Placing the Asian economies onto a sustainable development pathway requires an unprecedented shift in investment away from greenhouse gas, fossil fuel and natural resource intensive industries towards more resource efficient technologies and business models. The financial sector will have to...

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Finance : A Review of the Literature

Liang, Hao - 2020

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to the incorporation of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations into corporate management, financial decision making, and investors' portfolio decisions. Socially responsible firms are expected to internalize the externalities (e.g....

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Rise of the Shadow ESG Regulators : Investment Advisers, Sustainability Accounting, and Their Effects on Corporate Social Responsibility

Rissman, Paul - 2019

. Disclosure may soon be vastly improved with finalization of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board's financially material …

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Resurgence of ESG investments in India : toward a sustainable economy

Sarangi, Gopal K. - 2021

regulatory landscape governing ESG investments, and conducts a sustainability evaluation of a set of corporate entities. It uses … from a voluntary regime to a mandatory one. Finally, the sustainability assessment of a select set of corporate entities … sustainability and neglect social dimensions, both in their declarations and in their implementations. …

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Sustainable Investing with ESG Rating Uncertainty

Avramov, Doron; Cheng, Si; Lioui, Abraham; Tarelli, Andrea - 2021

This paper analyzes the asset pricing and portfolio implications of an important barrier to sustainable investing---uncertainty about the corporate ESG profile. In equilibrium, the market premium increases and demand for stocks declines under ESG uncertainty. In addition, the CAPM alpha and...

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How sustainable is Swiss real estate? : evidence from institutional property portfolios

Alessandrini, Fabio; Jondeau, Eric; Lang, Ghislaine; … - 2022

We evaluate the sustainability of real estate investment vehicles in Switzerland according to the three Environmental … companies, funds, and foundations) inquiring about their sustainability practices. Based on the data of this survey, we assess … on the three pillars of sustainability. We find that, in the aggregate, the performance of real estate investment …

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