Attracting Sustainable Investment - A Professional Guide

This book is a practitioner's guide to sustainable development, laying out strategies for attracting investment for communities and their partners.

It proposes an innovative Sustainable Development Proposition (SDP) decision-making tool based on a propositional calculus that can be used to analyse the sustainability of an infrastructure investment. It draws on environmental sustainability governance data analysis enabling investors to understand the economic indicators, income potential, return on investment, demand and legal compliance, as well as community and social benefits. Identified risks, issues and advantages are managed and monitored, and the SDP guidance can be applied to improve the prospects of the project in order to attract investment. Sustainable Community Investment Indicators (SCIIs¿) have been developed to assist with attracting investment and monitoring feedback on infrastructure projects, designed by the author for remote rural and indigenous communities - in response to current industry tools that are designed for urban environments. The book includes a broad range of real-world and hypothetical case studies in agricultural and indigenous areas in South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific.

Taking a diverse economies approach, these industry tools can be adapted to allow for enterprise design with unique communities. This book provides sustainable development practitioners, including government agencies, financiers, developers, lawyers and engineers, with a positive, practical guide to addressing and overcoming global issues with local and community-based solutions and funding options.

List of contents

1. The Sustainable Investment Market 2. Sustainable environment 3. Sustainable governance 4. Sustainable economy 5. Sustainable technology 6. Case studies 7. Attracting Investment 8. Sustainable Community Investment Indicators (SCIIs) 9. Hypothetical case studies 10. Conclusion

About the author

Saskia Vanderbent is a lawyer based on the Gold Coast, in sunny Queensland, Australia. She holds a multi-disciplinary PhD from the faculty of Engineering and a Juris Doctor in Law.

Summary

This book is a practitioner’s guide to sustainable development, laying out strategies for attracting investment for communities and their partners. It is aimed at sustainable development practitioners, including government agencies, financiers, developers, lawyers and engineers.

Product details

• Authors: Saskia Vanderbent, Vanderbent Saskia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032349596
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3234959-6
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, NATURE / Ecology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, The environment, Environmental Economics, Urban & municipal planning, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Human Geography, Development Studies, Regional Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Alternative & renewable energy industries, Housing & homelessness, Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business, Housing and homelessness, Energy industries and utilities, Civil engineering, surveying and building