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This essential reference work explores the role of finance in delivering sustainability within and outside the European Union. With sustainability affecting core elements of company, banking and capital markets law, this handbook investigates the latest regulatory strategies for protecting the environment, delivering a fairer society and improving governance. Each chapter is written by a leading scholar who provides a solid theoretical approach to the topic while focussing on recent developments. Looking beyond the European Union, the book also covers relevant developments in the United States, the United Kingdom and other major jurisdictions. Thorough and comprehensive, this volume is a crucial resource for scholars, policymakers and practitioners who aim for a greener world, a more equitable society and better-managed corporations.
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Kern Alexander holds the Professorial Chair in International Financial Law and Corporate Governance at the Faculty of Law, University of Zurich. He is the author of many research articles and books, including Principles of Banking Regulation (2019) and Global Governance of Financial Systems (2006). His report Stability and Sustainability in Banking Reform: Are Environmental Risks Missing in Basel III? (2014) was the first study of the interrelationship between banking regulation, environmental sustainability and climate change.Matteo Gargantini is Assistant Professor (tenure track) of Business Law at the University of Genoa. Previously, he worked at the University of Utrecht and at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law. Before joining academia, Matteo served at CONSOB, the Italian financial markets authority. He is an academic member of the Consultative Working Group for Corporate Finance of the Issuers Standing Committee at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). He is a regular lecturer at the LLM programme of Luigi Bocconi University and at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.Michele Siri is Professor of Corporate Law and Financial Regulation at the University of Genoa and Director of EUSFIL, the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on European Union Sustainable Finance and Law. He has held a Jean Monnet Chair on the EU regulation of financial and insurance markets. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Joint Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities, which he has been appointed to chair in 2021. He is a regular lecturer at the LLM programme of Luigi Bocconi University and at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. He is an academic member of the Advisory Committee of the Italian Financial Markets Authority.
Riassunto
This book addresses the need for updated knowledge on finance's role in delivering sustainability within and outside the European Union. It caters to scholars, policymakers, and practitioners who aim for a greener world, a more equitable society, and better-managed corporations.
Prefazione
A complete overview of the regulatory and corporate governance framework for sustainable finance at the European and international level.
