Sustainable Finance and ESG: Risk, Management, Regulations, and Implications for Financial Institutions (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3031242823 ISBN 13: 9783031242823

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

Synopsis

​​In recent years sustainable finance along with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects and their implications for financial institutions have attracted the attention of academics and policy makers. The aim of the book is to bring together chapters that discuss the most recent empirical and theoretical evidence in the field, along with policy making and regulatory initiatives. The book covers topics such as the changing role of banks in the financial system, the differences between sustainable banks and traditional banks, ESG and financial performance, bank social responsibility and customer satisfaction, ESG risk management of financial institutions, the politics of climate finance and policy initiatives, and the role of bank regulators. It will be of interest to academics and policymakers working in banking, risk management, sustainable finance and related fields.

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About the Author

Chrysovalantis Gaganis is Professor of Finance in the Department of Economics at the University of Crete, Greece.

Fotios Pasiouras is Professor of Banking & Finance at Montpellier Business School, France.

Menelaos Tasiou is a Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Methods and Data Analytics at the School of Economics, Accounting and Finance at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Constantin Zopounidis is Professor of Financial Engineering and Operations Research, at Technical University of Crete, Greece, Distinguished Research Professor in Audencia Business School, France, a Senior Academician of both the Royal Academy of Doctors and the Royal Academy of Economics and Financial Sciences of Spain.

From the Back Cover

​​In recent years sustainable finance along with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects and their implications for financial institutions have attracted the attention of academics and policy makers. The aim of the book is to bring together chapters that discuss the most recent empirical and theoretical evidence in the field, along with policy making and regulatory initiatives. The book covers topics such as the changing role of banks in the financial system, the differences between sustainable banks and traditional banks, ESG and financial performance, bank social responsibility and customer satisfaction, ESG risk management of financial institutions, the politics of climate finance and policy initiatives, and the role of bank regulators. It will be of interest to academics and policymakers working in banking, risk management, sustainable finance and related fields.

Chrysovalantis Gaganis is Professor of Finance in the Department of Economics at the University of Crete, Greece.

Fotios Pasiouras is Professor of Banking & Finance at Montpellier Business School, France.

Menelaos Tasiou is a Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Methods and Data Analytics at the School of Economics, Accounting and Finance at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Constantin Zopounidis is Professor of Financial Engineering and Operations Research, at Technical University of Crete, Greece, Distinguished Research Professor in Audencia Business School, France, a Senior Academician of both the Royal Academy of Doctors and the Royal Academy of Economics and Financial Sciences of Spain.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3031242823
• ISBN 13: 9783031242823
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 221
• Editor: Gaganis Chrysovalantis, Pasiouras Fotios, Tasiou Menelaos, Zopounidis Constantin