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Investing in a Sustainable World : Why GREEN Is the New Color of Money on Wall Street.
Title:
Investing in a Sustainable World : Why GREEN Is the New Color of Money on Wall Street.
Author:
KIERNAN, Matthew J., Ph.D.
ISBN:
9780814410936
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (321 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Changing Finance and Financing Change: The Genesis of This Book -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Welcome to the Sustainable Investment Revolution! -- 2 What's Taken Us So Long?: The Power of Intellectual and Organizational Inertia -- 3 Perverse Outcomes and Lost Opportunities -- 4 But What Does the Evidence Really Say? -- 5 Toward a New Postmodern, Sustainable Portfolio Theory -- 6 Why Does it All Matter, Anyway?: The State of the World -- 7 Sustainability and Competitive Advantage: The New Corporate Imperative-and Some Success Stories -- 8 The Game-Changers. Part I: Collective Initiatives -- 9 The Game-Changers. Part II: The Individual Owners of Capital -- 10 The Game-Changers. Part III: The Service Providers -- 11 Making It Happen -- 12 Some Final Thoughts -- APPENDICES: HOW IT'S ACTUALLY DONE -- Appendix 1 "Intangible Value Assessment" of Petro China -- Appendix 2 Carbon Beta Profile of Arcelor SA -- Appendix 3 The "Global 100" Most Sustainable Companies -- Appendix 4 Top 20 Independent Sustainability Research Providers (Thomson Extel) -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
A wake-up call for investors and companies who don't yet realize the new key to profitability.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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