Integrating Sustainability with Financial Markets: Risk, Return, and Responsibility

Title

Integrating Sustainability with Financial Markets: Risk, Return, and Responsibility

Creator

Pandey, Ananya

Description

This chapter explores the burgeoning field of green finance and its crucial role in aligning financial markets with sustainable development objectives. It examines how incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors influences traditional risk and return profiles, presenting both opportunities and challenges for investors and financial institutions. We delve into innovative financial instruments and strategies designed to mobilize capital towards environmentally sound and socially responsible projects. Furthermore, the chapter critically analyzes the evolving concept of fiduciary responsibility in the context of sustainability, arguing forabroaderinterpretationthatencompasseslong-termvaluecreationandplanetary well-being.Bybridgingthegapbetweenfinancialimperativesandsustainabilitygoals, this chapter underscores the transformative potential of integrating responsibility into the core of financial decision-making for a more resilient and equitable future. Copyright 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

Source

Utilizing Green Finance for Sustainable Development;pp.97-118

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

IGI Global Scientific Publishing

Coverage

Pandey A., Christ University, Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 979-833731242-2; 979-833731240-8; 979-833731241-5;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-1240-8.ch004

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