Finance for a Better World: The Shift toward Sustainability

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Microfinance; Financial Inclusion and Social Responsibility....Pages 7-29
Explaining the Take-Off of Socially Responsible Investment....Pages 30-50
Socially Responsible Investment: Global Convergence or Local Divergence?....Pages 51-70
The Use of Shareholder Proposals to Address Corporate Human Rights Performance....Pages 71-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Sustainable Banking: the Banco Real Model....Pages 91-117
Insurers’ Corporate Responsibility Policies: a Response to the Industry’s Bad Image?....Pages 118-139
The Relative Valuation of Socially Responsible Firms: an Exploratory Study....Pages 140-167
Building the Case for Long-Term Investing in Stock Markets: Breaking Free from the Short-Term Measurement Dilemma....Pages 168-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Financing Agriculture in Developing Countries: Governance Models Promoting Sustainability....Pages 189-203
Innovative Investments for Sustainability: Solutions for the Twenty-First Century....Pages 204-224
Financialization: Limits and Ways Out....Pages 225-239
Conclusion: Manifesto for Finance that Serves the Common Good....Pages 240-243
Back Matter....Pages 244-258