Sustainable : moving beyond ESG to impact investing / Terrence Keeley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keeley, Terrence, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Impact investing.

Investments--Moral and ethical aspects.

Investments.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]

Summary:

In Sustainable, a finance-industry veteran offers an insider's look at the promises, prospects, and perils of ESG investing. Proposing practical and actionable solutions to social and environmental problems, Terrence Keeley provides an incisive vision of the roles business and finance play in building a flourishing society.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

PART 1 The Promise . . .

Chapter One THE STAKES

Chapter Two STAKEHOLDERS VERSUS SHAREHOLDERS

Chapter Three ACTIVISTS, THEIR ARGUMENTS— AND A LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD

Chapter Four C-SUITE INSURRECTIONISTS

Chapter Five WHAT IF +1°C = -$100 TRILLION?

Chapter Six WHAT’S THE UNITED NATIONS GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Chapter Seven MATERIALITY

Chapter Eight A FEW WORDS ABOUT INDICES

PART 2 The Perils . . .

Chapter Nine VALUES VERSUS VALUATIONS

Chapter Ten HARDWIRING CORPORATE GOODNESS

Chapter Eleven INSIDE THE ESG ARMS RACE

Chapter Twelve CROWDED TRADES

Chapter Thirteen LET’S SPEAK PRIVATELY

Chapter Fourteen FIGHT OR FLEE?

PART 3 Solutions

Chapter Fifteen CIVICS LESSONS

Chapter Sixteen IMPACT INVESTING AT SCALE

Chapter Seventeen THE 1.6 PERCENT “SOLUTION”

CONCLUSION (or How to Avert Our Failed Future)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Appendix EXEMPLARS OF HOPE

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-231-55666-7

OCLC:

1352032483