The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainable Finance by Walker, Thomas; Gramlich, Dieter;

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This handbook addresses the integration of economic, social, and ecological factors to achieve balanced and enduring financial decisions, focusing on both the challenges and the opportunities in sustainable finance globally. In addition to reviewing recent work in this area, the book offers insights into promising academic, practical, and regulatory advancements in the field.

This handbook explores new developments in sustainable funding and investment strategies, sustainable risk-return management, and digital sustainable finance. The book takes a forward-looking and future-oriented perspective to accompany the sustainability transformation. As the global economy and its participants try to navigate and address growing concerns relating to climate change, a detailed understanding of the current research and practical advances in the field is of utmost importance.

As such, the handbook offers both a conceptual discussion of sustainable finance alongside a collection of instruments to create, manage, and regulate sustainable investments. It includes contributions from theory and practice, i.e., a combination of theoretical and applied models with a forward-looking and innovative approach to current advances in the field. In addition, it explores the integration of sustainable finance and digitalization. It will be of interest to students, researchers, and practitioners of sustainable finance and impact finance.

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Part 1 ? Introduction.- Chapter 1 ? Sustainable Finance: An Overview and Introduction By Dieter Gramlich.- Part 2 ? Sustainable Finance Frameworks.- Chapter 2 ? The Rise of Sustainable Debt By Adrien-Paul Lambillon.- Chapter 3 ? Bridging Finance and Social Good: A Comprehensive Review of Social Impact Bonds By Pedro Verga Matos and Tania Pereira Christopoulos.- Chapter 4 ? Digitalization, Finance, and Sustainability: A Configurational Approach Applied to the European Union By Aliza Sajjad, Atia Alam, Farah Naz, and Casey Jussaume.- Chapter 5 ? The Impact of Advice in Sustainable Finance By Fred de Jong.- Chapter 6 ? Impact Investing for Ocean Protection: The Case of Blue Bonds. A Legal Perspective By Michele Siri and Diletta Lenzi.- Chapter 7 ? Evaluating Lagos as an Emerging Urban Center in the Context of Climate Change, Sustainable Finance, and Environmental Sustainability By Temidayo Olanrewaju Aduloju and Ayodeji Anthony Aduloju.- Part 3 ? Evolutions in Sustainable Finance.- Chapter 8 ? Local Environmental Preferences and Green Startups By Mascia Bedendo and Linus Siming.- Chapter 9 ? The Impact of Natural Disasters on Stock Prices in China: A Comparative Analysis of State-Owned and Privately Owned Enterprises By Shurui Liu and Thomas Walker.- Chapter 10 ? Cost-Pricing Mechanisms for Sustainable Rural Electrification in Local Energy Communities By Anthony Junior Bokolo Chapter 11 ? The Relationship Between Financial Development and the Use of Renewable Energy: The impact of the Pandemic in Selected Southeast Asian Countries By Chien Nguyen.- Chapter 12 ? The Cost of Sustainability Reporting: Are Investors Charged Twice for Sustainability-Related Disclosures? By Irina Bevza and Martha O ?Hagan-Luff.- Chapter 13 ? Green Promises and Gray Realities in the Global Oil Industry: Analyzing Credibility and Charting Future Directions By Vincent Hooper and Naji Odel.- Part 4 ? Markets for Sustainable Finance.- Chapter 14 ? Green Bonds and the Greenium
By Karim Henide.- Chapter 15 ? Investing in Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds: Enablers, Barriers, and Challenges Faced by Australian Retail Investors By Neha Deo and Maria Estela Varua.- Chapter 16 ? Country-Level ESG Scores and Foreign Portfolio Investment By Maela Giofre?.- Chapter 17 ? The Impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors on the Financial Performance of S&P 500 Listed Firms By Xiaobo Mu and Thomas Walker.- Part 5 ? Managing Sustainable Finance.- Chapter 18 ? Risk-Return Management in Sustainable Finance: Collateral Basket Challenges for Synthetically Replicated Sustainability-Linked ETFs In A European Context By Irina Bevza and Martha O?Hagan-Luff.- Chapter 19 ? The Systemic Risk of ESG Investment By Nathan Dong.- Chapter 20 ? Geopolitical Risks and Their Influence on Banks' Sustainability: A Status Review By Robert Bopp.- Chapter 21 ? Financial Risks Associated with Biodiversity Loss By Zannatus Saba.- Chapter 22 ? Financial Water Risk Exposure of Commodities: Precipitation and the Price of Copper By Dieter Gramlich and Isabelle Jolin.- Part 6 ? Sustainable Finance Perspectives.- Chapter 23 ? How Can Organizations Use the Social Progress Index to Manage Their Social and Environmental Performance? By Urs Ja?ger, Luis Emilio Cuenca, Stephanie Ru?egger, and Arturo Rodriguez.- Chapter 24 ? Does Gender Diversity Matter for Investors: Evidence from U.S. Socially Responsible Mutual Funds By Giuliana Birindelli, Claudia Capozza, and Antonia Patrizia Iannuzzi.- Chapter 25 ? Natural Disasters and Firm Performance: Exploring the Moderating Effects of Gender Diversification By Bita Hajjari and Thomas Walker.- Chapter 26 ? A Comparative Analysis of AI Approaches for ESG Data Extraction from Corporate Annual Reports By Elham Kheradmand, Mitra Mirshafiee, and Sep Pashang.- Chapter 27 ? Democratizing Sustainability Assessment: Leveraging Generative AI for Assessing Corporate Sustainability By Melanie Luxembourger and Maxime Pettinger.