Recommended reading
Sustainable finance
- Financial sector responsibility: the state of the art
- ( A. Newton / Ethical Corporation Online , 2006)
- This report offers insight into how major institutions are responding to the sustainable development agenda, and also examines increased expectations on business transparency and the role of regulator...
- Business & economic development: financial sector report
- ( AccountAbility , 2004)
- This report offers an overview of the outcomes of a research programme aimed at introducing the concept of ‘economic impact’ as a regular aspect of business performance and outcomes. ‘Economic impact’...
- Climate change and the financial sector: an agenda for action
- ( WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature , 2005)
- This report identifies risks for the financial sector which are due to climate change, and develops actions that demonstrate how integrated financial services companies can turn these risks into oppor...
- False profits: how Australia's finance sector undervalues the environment and what we can do about it
- ( Australian Conservation Foundation Inc. , 2006)
- This report examines successful innovations in the finance sector in Australia, which address sustainability issues. It examines the financial decision-making processes that lead to ‘false profits’, i...
- A big deal?: corporate social responsibility and the financial sector in Europe
- ( Friends of the Earth , 2005)
- This report discusses the limitations of current voluntary initiatives to manage the negative social and environmental impacts generated by the finance sector in both developed and developing countrie...
