Green and Sustainable Finance Principles and Practice in Banking Investment and Insurance 2nd Edition by Simon Thompson ISBN 9781398609242 1398609242

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ISBN 10: 1398609242
ISBN 13: 9781398609242
Author: Simon Thompson

To achieve this change, it is vital for the finance sector to allocate capital to the firms, investments and activities looking to create a more sustainable world. Green and Sustainable Finance offers a comprehensive guide to green and sustainable principles and practice in banking, investment and insurance to help finance professionals manage sustainability risks and support their clients and customers in transition. Given the need for urgent, rapid and sustained change, it is essential that all finance professionals understand and apply these principles so that every professional financial decision takes account of sustainability.

Written by the CEO of the Chartered Banker Institute this fully updated second edition includes the most recent assessments of climate science from the IPCC, extended coverage of sustainability reporting and carbon accounting, and regulatory and market developments in sustainability risk management. It also features material on the rapid growth of sustainable lending and investment and the latest finance sector alliances and initiatives. Endorsed by the Chartered Banker Institute as the core text for the global benchmark Certificate in Green and Sustainable Finance, this book is essential reading for finance professionals, university students and individuals working to embed sustainability in business, finance, policy and regulation.

Green and Sustainable Finance Principles and Practice in Banking Investment and Insurance 2nd Edition Table of contents:

1 Dimensions of green and sustainable finance

Introduction

Sustainable finance

Green finance

The dimensions of green and sustainable finance

Challenges for green and sustainable finance

Opportunities for green and sustainable finance

The UN Sustainable Development Goals

Key concepts

Review

Notes

2 Our changing world: The Triple Planetary Crisis

Introduction

Our changing planet

The climate system and anthropogenic climate change

Climate change, biodiversity loss and the finance sector

Key concepts

Review

Notes

3 Building a sustainable financial system: International, national and finance sector responses

Introduction

Global policy responses to the Triple Planetary Crisis

Finance sector initiatives to support the growth of green and sustainable finance

Key concepts

Review

Notes

4 Impact analysis: Measuring and reporting environmental and social impacts

Introduction

Monitoring, measuring and reporting: Impacts and outcomes

Monitoring the alignment of financial activities with the Paris Agreement

The data challenge

Key concepts

Review

Notes

5 Risk management

Introduction

Introduction to climate, environmental and social sustainability risks

Climate, environmental and sustainability risks for financial institutions

Climate, environmental and sustainability risk management in practice

The evolving regulatory response to climate, environmental and social sustainability risks

Pricing climate and environmental risks

Key concepts

Review

Notes

6 Responsible retail, commercial and corporate banking

Introduction

The role of banking in the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon world

UN Principles for Responsible Banking and the Net-Zero Banking Alliance

Retail banking products and services

Corporate and investment banking products and services

Key concepts

Review

Notes

7 Green and sustainable bonds

Introduction

Introduction to debt capital

Green bonds

Other types of green and sustainable bonds

Green and sustainable bond listings, indices and funds

Securitization

Key concepts

Review

Notes

8 Central and development banks

Introduction

The role of central banks

The role of development banks

Key concepts

Review

Notes

9 Responsible and sustainable investment

Introduction

Introduction to investment

Introduction to responsible and sustainable investment

Responsible and sustainable investment products and services

Challenges to the continued growth of responsible and sustainable investment

Key concepts

Review

Notes

10 Insurance: Impact underwriting

Introduction

The role of insurance in the financial system

The insurance sector and climate-related risks

UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance and the Sustainable Insurance Forum

Promoting sustainability through insurance: Impact underwriting

Climate (climate risk) insurance

Key concepts

Review

Notes

11 Green and sustainable digital finance

Introduction

Introduction to digital finance

Applying digital finance tools and techniques in green and sustainable finance

Policy and sector initiatives to support digital finance in green and sustainable finance

Costs and challenges of digital finance

Key concepts

Review

Notes

12 The future of green and sustainable finance

Introduction

Progress in aligning finance with sustainability

Challenges to the growth and mainstreaming of green and sustainable finance

Embedding the principles and practice of green and sustainable finance into organizational strategy and culture

Your role and future as a green and sustainable finance professional

Personal reflection

Key concepts

Review

Notes

Index

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