Essential Concepts of Sustainable Finance

This book compiles and explains technical terms in sustainable finance in an easy-to-navigate A-Z format.

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Elisa Aracil is a professor of business and economics and a researcher at Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica in Universidad Pontificia Comillas Madrid (Spain). She has worked in investment banking for more than ten years. Her research focuses on sustainable banks, innovation and digital transformation, corporate social responsibility, financial inclusion, and the role of finance in mitigating societal grand challenges. She has published her work in scientific journals such as the Journal of Business Research, the Journal of Cleaner Production, Finance Research Letters, Business Strategy and the Environment, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Business Ethics: A European Review, Business Strategy and Development, Sustainability, and the International Journal of Emerging Markets. She participates in various research projects at the national and international levels, funded by the European Commission, and is the Director of the CaixaBank Chair of Sustainable Economy.

Ibrahim Sancak is both an academic and a finance professional with more than 20 years of financial industry-related experience. He served as the founding director of the Market Oversight and Enforcement Division at the Capital Markets Board of Turkey. Dr. Sancak joined the ZWIRN-Research Center of the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences (Germany) as a professor of finance in February 2019. Since then, he has been actively conducting scientific research in sustainable finance and digital finance. In 2020, he took part in delivering a sustainability management guide for Bankenfachverband, a key financial industry association in Germany. He teaches the "Economic Thinking and Sustainable Finance" course of the Sustainability & Risk Management (MSc) program at the university. He also teaches at various European universities, including the University of Roma Tre in Italy. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master of business administration from Ankara University (Turkey), a master of science in finance from the George Washington University (the US), and a PhD in banking from Marmara University (Turkey). Professor Sancak also holds three certificates from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on market regulation and supervision.

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Sustainable Finance: A Multidimensional and Multi-actor Framework

Visual Codes of Sustainable Finance Concepts

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Crescentino, D. & Crescentino, L.

Active Engagement

Sancak, I.

Active Ownership

Sancak, I.

Active Voting

Sancak, I.

Anthropogenic Climate Change

Sancak, I.

Anthropogenic Emission

Sancak, I.

Baseline and Credit Mechanism

Gerres, T.

Best-in-Class Screening

Sancak, I.

Best-in-Universe Screening

Sancak, I.

Biocapacity

Sancak, I.

Biodiversity

Sancak, I.

Biodiversity Finance

Sancak, I.

Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII)

Sancak, I.

Biodiversity Loss

Sancak, I.

Biosphere Integrity

Sancak, I.

Blended Finance

Sancak, I.

Blue Bonds

Ocal, T.

Blue Economy

Barrachina, M.

Blue Finance

Barrachina, M

Brown Economy

Sancak, I.

Brown Taxonomy

Sancak, I.

Brundtland Report

Crescentino, D. & Crescentino, L.

Business Sustainability

Gómez de Liaño, C.

Business-as-Usual

Aracil, E.

Cap and Trade System

Gerres, T

Carbon Allowance

Gerres, T.

Carbon Bubble

Sancak, I.

Carbon Credit

Gerres, T.

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Sancak, I.

Carbon (Dioxide) Capture

Gerres, T.

Carbon (Dioxide) Capture & Storage (CCS)

Gerres, T.

Carbon (Dioxide) Capture & Utilization (CCU)

Gerres, T.

Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e)

Sancak, I.

Carbon Emission

Sancak, I.

Carbon Emission Permit

Gerres, T.

Carbon Finance

Taskin, D.

Carbon Footprint

Sancak, I.

Carbon Leakage

Gerres, T.

Carbon Markets

Gerres, T.

Carbon Neutrality

Sancak, I.

Carbon Offsetting

Sancak, I.

Carbon Price

Gerres, T.

Carbon Removal / Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)

Sancak, I.

Carbon Sequestration

Sancak, I.

Carbon Sink

Sancak, I.

Carbon Taxation

Sancak, I.

Chief Sustainability Officer

Sancak, I.

Circular Economy

Barrachina, M.

Climate

Sancak, I.

Climate Change

Sancak, I.

Climate Change Adaptation

Sancak, I.

Climate Change Mitigation

Sancak, I.

Climate Crisis

Sancak, I.

Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB)

Sancak, I.

Climate Finance

Taskin, D.

Climate Neutrality

Sancak, I.

Climate Stress Test / Testing

Sancak, I.

Climate-related Risk (CrR)

Ocal, T.

Common Good Value

Sancak, I.

Community Investing

Sancak, I.

Conference of the Parties (COP)

Sancak, I.

Corporate Citizenship

Gómez de Liaño, C.

Corporate Engagement

Sancak, I.

Corporate Governance

Brogi, M.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Gómez de Liaño, C.

Corporate Sustainability

Gómez de Liaño, C

Decarbonization

Sancak, I.

Development Finance

Moreno de Tejada, O.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Gómez de Liaño, C.

Double Materiality

Sancak, I.

Doughnut Economics

Wikström, T.

Dynamic Materiality

Sancak, I.

Earth Overshoot Day

Sancak, I.

Earth System

Sancak, I.

Ecological Footprint

Sancak, I.

Ecosystem Services

Sancak, I.

Emission Allowance

Gerres, T.

Emission Trading

Gerres, T.

Emissions Trading System

Gerres, T.

Enlightened Shareholder Value (ESV)

Sancak, I.

Environmental Capital

Sancak, I.

Environmental Economics

Vargas, C

Environmental Externalities

Vargas, C.

Environmental Factors (E of ESG)

Sancak, I.

Environmental Finance

Sancak, I.

Environmental Footprint

SoGReS-MF Research Group

Environmental Kuznets Curve

Sancak, I.

Environmental Risk

Ocal, T.

Environmental Taxonomy

Sancak, I.

Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors / ESG Factors / ESG Criteria

Sancak, I.

Equator Principles

Sancak, I.

ESG Analysis

SoGReS-MF Research Group

ESG Engagement

Sancak, I.

ESG Fund

Jurado, A.

ESG Incorporation

Sancak, I.

ESG Integration

Sancak, I.

ESG Investing/Investment

Sancak, I.

ESG Rating

Lagasio, V.

ESG Reporting

Sancak, I.

ESG Risks

Ocal, T.

ESG Voting

Sancak, I.

Ethical Investment / Ethical Investing

Sancak, I.

EU Taxonomy for Sustainability

Lagasio, V.

Exclusionary Investing

Benedetti, H.

Exclusionary Screening

Sancak, I.

Externalities

Sancak, I.

Finance-as-Usual

Sancak, I.

Financial Inclusion

Aracil, E

Financial Materiality

Sancak, I

Fossil Fuel

Sancak, I

Global Reporting Initiative

Kanashiro, P.

Global Warming

Sancak, I.

Global Warming Potential (GWP)

Sancak, I.

Governance Factors (G of ESG)

Lagasio, V.

Green Asset Ratio (GAR)

Ocal, T

Green Assets

Ocal, T

Green Bond Principles

Ocal, T

Green Bonds

Ocal, T

Green Company

Sancak, I.

Green Economy

Sancak, I.

Green Equities

Martin Bujack, K.

Green Finance

Ocal, T.

Green Fintech Taxonomy (Green Fintech Classification)

Ocal, T.

Green Growth

Sancak, I.

Green Investment

Martin Bujack, K.

Green Lease, Green Leasing

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