| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: MICROFINANCE AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT: EVOLUTION AND IMPACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS -- Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Social Responsibility / I. Guerin, M. Roesch & J-M. Servet -- Explaining the Take-Off of Socially Responsible Investment / P. Arena -- Socially Responsible Investment: Global Convergence or Local Divergence? / C. Louche -- The Use of Shareholder Proposals to Address Corporate Human Rights Performance / A. Kanzer -- PART II: ADOPTING A SUSTAINABLE PERSPECTIVE IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS -- Sustainable Banking: The Banco Real Model / L. Johnson & C. Scholten -- Insurers' Corporate Responsibility Policies: A Response to the Industry's Bad Image? / H-C.de Bettignies, F. Lepineux & C.K. Tan -- The Relative Valuation of Socially Responsible Firms: An Exploratory Study / A. Fatemi, I. Fooladi & D. Wheeler -- Building the Case for Long-Term Investing in Stock Markets: Breaking Free from the Short-Term Measurement Dilemma / S. Lydenberg -- PART III: IS A PARADIGM SHIFT UNDERWAY? THREE PIONEERING REFLECTIONS -- Financing Agriculture in Developing Countries: Governance Models Promoting Sustainability / S. Morvant-Roux -- Innovative Investments for Sustainability: Solutions for the 21st Century / A. White -- Financialization: Limits and Ways Out / P. Dembinski & F. Vigano -- Conclusion: Manifesto of the Observatoir de la Finance -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
This book provides an overview of current advances regarding the integration of sustainability in the financial sector. Its originality lies in the fact that it does not focus exclusively on a particular aspect of this emerging trend, but instead, presents various illustrations - for instance in the fields of SRI, sustainable banking or innovative investments - of what can be considered as the beginning of a paradigm shift in global finance. Indeed, the different contributions show that the still-dominant logic of financial markets and institutions - the search for short-term profits and the maximization of shareholder value - is increasingly questioned by alternative views and practices, which can be observed in a number of activities and countries. Written by academics and practitioners, this forward-looking book suggests that a change in mindsets and behaviors could open new paths for financial actors in the future - and even in the present, starting here and now |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Banks and banking.
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Social responsibility of business.
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Sustainable development -- Economic aspects
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Finance.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Banks & Banking.
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Finance and Accounting.
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Banks and banking
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Social responsibility of business
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Sustainable development -- Economic aspects
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Bankväsen.
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Företagens samhällsansvar.
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Hållbar utveckling -- ekonomiska aspekter.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bettignies, Henri Claude de
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Lépineux, François, 1968-
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| LC no. |
2008041044 |
| ISBN |
9780230235755 |
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0230235751 |
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