Preface
INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS AND GOVERNANCE
Is the EU Action Plan for Sustainable Finance: A Game Changer?
Karen Wendt
Environmental Social and Governance, Executive Remuneration, and Firm Performance
Will Mackay and Lei Xu
Is There a Growing Opportunity or a Widening Gap? On the Effectiveness of Voluntary Initiatives and Non-Regulatory Guidance Facing Science Based Targeting
Franz Knecht and Vera Calenbuhr
Internal Mechanism and Quality Of CSR Disclosure: Evidence from China
Lei Xu, Long Wu and Shidi Dong
Evolutionary Investment and Leadership as Agents for Rapid Transformation: Including the Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT, PBC Case
Michael Sonntag, Claire Mesesan and Arnold Lau
National Guidelines for Sustainable Finance and the Sustainable Development Goals
Truzaar Dordi and Olaf Weber
The Potential of the Islamic Financial Industry and its Role in Promoting Education: Value Based Financing for Sustainable Development
Oliver Wenczel
Finance as Public Good for Sustainability
Eberhard Schnebelvi
GREEN ECONOMY FINANCE
Integrating the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals into Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: A Reflection on the Financial Sector
Amr ElALfy and Olaf Weber
Does Long-Term Investment Really Pay Off? Evidence from Listed Mining Firms in Canada
Ying Li and Lei Xu
Tax Reform, Tax Aggressiveness and Corporate Value: Evidence from China’s Enterprise Income Tax Law Reform
Guodong Yuan, Ron P. McIver and Lei Xu:
Smart Infrastructure Finance: Investment in Data-Driven Industry Ecosystems
Peter Adrians, Antti Tahvanainen and Matthew Dixon
Decarbonizing Finance—A Challenge or Business Opportunity?
Karen Wendt
SOCIAL ECONOMY FINANCE
Sustainability as a Driver of Innovation for the Banking Business-Business Policy Options of Social Impact Investing for German Banks
Henry Schäfer
Leapfrog Investing – Selecting Thriveable Investments for a Flourishing Future
Robin Lincoln Wood
Social Stock Exchanges: Democratization of Capital Investing for Impact
Karen Wendt
Index
Biography
Karen Wendt is an entrepreneur in impact investments, alternative conflict resolution and diversity. She is scientist and editor of a scientific sustainable finance series. She was awarded “investment banker” of the year 2020 by Prestige Awards, London and won the Financial Times “Sustainable Finance Award” in 2007. Karen has accumulated investment banking experience in leading positions over 20 years. She advises big corporations in transformation processes, impact creation and strategy, and teaches empirical investment.
