Investing in a Sustainable World - Why GREEN is the New Color of Money on Wall Street

Informationen zum Autor Matthew J. Kiernan ! PH.D. is Founder and Chief Executive of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors! Inc.! the #1 ranked sustainability investment research firm in the world! with offices in New York! Tokyo! London! Paris! Sydney! San Francisco! and Toronto. He previously served as Director of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. In 2008! Dr. Kiernan spoke for the second time at the prestigious World Economic Forum in Davos! Switzerland. Klappentext For business and investors! there's no doubt about it: The smart money is going green...and the growing movement toward ecologically forward-thinking companies is quickly becoming bigger and bigger. What may be surprising to some is that socially responsible organizations aren't just doing the right thing for the environment! they are also paying off financially! making their investors money and increasing the bottom line. Investing in a Sustainable World offers clear proof! through facts! figures! and hard documentation! that "going green" leads directly to better stock market performance...and that in ves tors and companies who ignore it will! in fact! lose money. The book reveals the most powerful global mega - trends-from the ongoing focus on emerging markets to natural resource depletion-which are transforming the very basis on which companies will compete! and offers an approach to sustainability-enhanced investing beneficial to both investors and companies. Revolutionary and backed by undeniable statistics! this book shows the clear link between sustainability initiatives and clear-cut profitability. Zusammenfassung For business and investors! the movement toward ecologically forward-thinking companies is growing. Revolutionary and backed by undeniable statistics! this book shows the clear link between sustainability initiatives and clear-cut profitability. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Changing Finance and Financing Change: The Genesis of This Book Acknowledgments 1 Welcome to the Sustainable Investment Revolution! 2 What's Taken Us So Long?: The Power of Intellectual and ­Organizational Inertia 3 Perverse Outcomes and Lost Opportunities 4 But What Does the Evidence Really Say? 5 Toward a New Postmodern!Sustainable Portfolio Theory 6 Why Does it All Matter!Anyway?: The State of the World 7 Sustainability and Competitive Advantage: The New Corporate Imperative—and Some Success Stories 8 The Game-Changers. Part I: Collective Initiatives 9 The Game-Changers. Part II: The Individual Owners of Capital 10 The Game-Changers. Part III: The Service Providers 11 Making It Happen 12 Some Final Thoughts Appendices: How It's Actually Done ...

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• Autori: Matthew Kiernan, Matthew J. Kiernan
• Editore: Amacon Book Division
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2008
• EAN: 9780814410929
• ISBN: 978-0-8144-1092-9
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 160 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Agency/Distributed; Agency/Distributed
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia; Investment-Geschäft, Ökologische Wirtschaft