For the World's Profit : How Business Can Support Sustainable Development / edited by Homi Kharas, Koji Makino, John W. McArthur, Jane Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kharas, Homi, editor.

Makino, Koji, editor.

Nelson, Jane, editor.

W. McArthur, John, editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2025.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Contents:

1. Overview, Homi Kharas (Brookings Institute, USA), Koji Makino (Kyoto University, Japan), John W McArthur (Brookings Institution), Jane Nelson (Harvard Kennedy School, Brookings Institution, USA) Section I: Corporate Actors 2. The Business Case for Mainstreaming Sustainability, Paul Polman (Founder, Net Positive) 3. Strengthening Local Business Linkages to Achieve Development Impact, Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (Founder, LEAP Africa and Co-Founder, Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition) 4. Embedding Sustainability into Corporate Governance Structures and Management Incentives, Emily Farnworth et al, (University of Cambridge, UK) 5. Corporate Multistakeholder Partnerships to Achieve System-level Impact, Jane Nelson (Harvard Kennedy School, USA) Section II: Financial actors 6. Scaling Sustainable Finance: The Role of Asset Owners, Sasja Beslik (Chief Investment Strategy Officer, SDG Impact Japan) 7. Creating Incentives for Investors to Tackle Societal Challenges, Carsten Stendevad (Co-CIO for Sustainability, Bridgewater Associates, USA) 8. Aligning Banking with Equitable Finance, Liliana Rojas-Suarez (Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development, USA) 9. Sustainable Stock Exchanges, Nicky Newton-King (Former CEO, Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Director, World Federation of Exchanges) 10. Sustainable insurance, Ekhosuehi Iyahen (Secretary General, Insurance Development Forum) Section III: Regulators, Standard-Setters and Policymakers 11. Global Sustainability Taxonomies and Reporting Standards

The New Normal, Rick Samans (Director of Research, ILO) 12. The Role of Third-Party Assurance in Sustainability, Tom Seidenstein (Chair, International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board & Warren Maroun, Professor, University of Witswatersrand School of Accountancy, and IAASB board member) 13. SDGs and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Context of Developing Countries: India's Efforts to Achieve the SDGs through the CSR Act, Katsuo Matsumoto (Director General of Infrastructure Engineering Department, JICA) 14. Tackling the Challenge of Transparency in Corporate Lobbying, Alberto Alemanno (Jean Monnet Professor, HEC Paris) 15. Closing the Loop: Moderating Societal SDG Progress and Business Contribution, Ichiro Sato (Executive Senior Research Fellow, JICA-Ogata RI, and Kei Endo, Research Fellow, JICA-Ogata RI)

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: For the World's Profit

Print version:

ISBN:

9780815741053

0815741057

0815741030

9780815741039

9780815741046

0815741049

Publisher Number:

90104163299

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