Good, Evil, Wicked - The Art, Science, and Business of Sustainable Finance

This is an open access book offers candid, eye-opening insights of cautionary tales and successes of social investors in philanthropy, impact investing, and ESG as they advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals. A 10-year journey of research across five continents, Good, Evil and Wicked includes interviews with 1,800 CEOs and senior leaders in 20 countries and builds on the classroom experience of 800 senior executives from 80 countries. The book examines their stories using a unique framework, Deliberate Leadership. (TM)

This is an open access book.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Don't Be Evil.- Chapter 3. The Wicked.- Chapter 4. Do the Good.- Chapter 5. Deliberate Leadership in Action: ClimateWorks Foundation Case Study.-  Chapter 6. Courage and Community-based Investment: Fixing the Plumbing.- Chapter 7. Collaboration: Lost in Translation to Blend Capital for Change.- Chapter 8. Candor: Embracing Truth and Transparency.- Chapter 9. Creativity: Reimagining Leadership and Finance.- Chapter 10. Capital Redefined: Make Money Matter.

Product details

• Authors: Gayle Peterson, Ali Webb, Robert Yawson
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.05.2023
• EAN: 9783031228230
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3122823-0
• No. of pages: 190
• Illustrations: X, 190 p. 50 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Nachhaltigkeit, Sustainability, Open Access, Blue Economy, Financial Services, Impact Investing, Wicked Problems, ESG, Development Economics, Philanthropy, Sustainable Finance, Finanzenwesen und Finanzindustrie, Conservation finance, Climate change finance, SDG finance