Green and Sustainable Finance: Principles and Practice in Banking, Investment and Insurance (Chartered Banker Series, 7)

Cover
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Sir Roger Gifford – an appreciation
Introduction: About Green and Sustainable Finance: Principles and practice in banking, investment and insurance
1 An introduction to green and sustainable finance
	Introduction
	Sustainable finance
	Green finance
	The dimensions of green finance 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 Climate change and our changing world
	Introduction
	Our changing planet
	The climate system and anthropogenic climate change
	Climate change and the finance sector
	Supporting the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy
	Key concepts
	Review
	Notes
3 Building a sustainable financial system: International, national, industry and institutional responses
	Introduction
	Global policy responses to climate change and sustainability
	Finance sector initiatives to support the growth of green and sustainable finance
	Institutional responses – embedding sustainability into strategy
	Key concepts
	Review
	Notes
4 Measuring and reporting impacts, alignment and flows of green and sustainable finance
	Introduction
	Monitoring, measuring and reporting: impacts and outcomes
	Monitoring the alignment of lending and investment portfolios with the Paris Agreement
	Monitoring, measuring and reporting: tracking flows of climate finance
	The data challenge
	Key concepts
	Review
	Notes
5 Risk management
	Introduction
	Introduction to climate, environmental and sustainability risks
	Classification of climate, environmental and sustainability risks
	The evolving regulatory response to climate, environmental and sustainability risks
	Pricing climate-related and environmental risks – putting a price on carbon
	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 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 FinTech
	Introduction
	Introduction to FinTech
	Applying FinTech tools and techniques in green and sustainable finance
	Policy and finance sector initiatives to support FinTech in green and sustainable finance
	Costs and challenges of FinTech
	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
	Emerging areas of interest in green and sustainable finance
	Your role and future as a green and sustainable finance professional
	Key concepts
	Review
	Notes
Index