ESG and Value Creation from a Corporate Finance Perspective - Integrating Sustainability into Financial Strategy

This book offers a rigorous examination of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) integration within corporate finance, bridging key gaps in existing academic research. The author reframes ESG not as a peripheral concern, but as a strategic imperative in contemporary corporate value creation. Drawing on recent theoretical advances and empirical findings, it analyses how ESG factors influence capital costs, financial performance, risk management, and long-term competitiveness for companies. The book is an essential reading for researchers and finance scholars wanting to deepen their knowledge on the topic. 

List of contents

Introduction.- ESG principles and conceptual foundations.- ESG metrics, indices and financial instruments.- ESG factors and firm financial performance.- Capital structure, risk management and ESG strategies.- Literature review (years: from 2020 to 2025 - journal: indexed Scopus & WOS).- Empirical studies and applications.- Final reflections on ESG and corporate finance.

About the author

Andrea Quintiliani is Assistant Professor of Corporate Finance at the University of "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara, Department of Management and Business Administration (Italy). He has held several academic positions, including Full Professor and Researcher in Financial Intermediation and Corporate Finance. His research focuses on corporate finance, the bank-firm relationship, internal credit rating systems,business valuation, and financial sustainability.

Summary

This book offers a rigorous examination of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) integration within corporate finance, bridging key gaps in existing academic research. The author reframes ESG not as a peripheral concern, but as a strategic imperative in contemporary corporate value creation. Drawing on recent theoretical advances and empirical findings, it analyses how ESG factors influence capital costs, financial performance, risk management, and long-term competitiveness for companies. The book is an essential reading for researchers and finance scholars wanting to deepen their knowledge on the topic. 

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Quintiliani
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 23.10.2025
• EAN: 9783032031464
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3203146-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Illustrations: Approx. 250 p.
• Series: Sustainable Finance
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Nachhaltigkeit, Benchmarking, Unternehmen und Umwelt, Grüne Unternehmensansätze, Sustainability, Management und Managementtechniken, CSR, Regulation, Risikobewertung, Corporate Finance, Credit Rating, risk management, Corporate Performance Management, capital markets, Financial Reporting, Impact Investing, ESG, Corporate Environmental Management, Finanzenwesen und Finanzindustrie, Corporate sustainability, Business Valuation, Investment Portfolios, Risk Premia, Financial Strategy