This book proposes that the solution to growing burden of carbon emission lies within the technology innovation as continued advancements in processes make businesses lean and smart.
In the dynamic landscape of contemporary finance, the emergence and growth of ESG investing signifies a paradigm shift, redefining the foundational tenets of portfolio analysis and management. This book provides a comprehensive examination of ESG investing, tracing its evolution and current significance in financial markets.
This book argues that the creation of Smart Cities requires a long-term and holistic approach towards financing strategies. It systematizes the issues related to Smart City financing and develops a financing model that considers a lasting, systematic, and complete approach to the development of Smart City solutions.
This book argues that the pandemic represents a wake-up call for financial systems to be better prepared for the climate crisis and social risk and has provided a stimulus to scale down the reliance of the global economy on fossil fuels.
This book addresses current developments in the field of sustainable finance, conveying the relevant theories in connection with their practical application. It considers the sustainable finance ecosystem from a broad and integrated viewpoint and presents a comprehensive and cohesive roadmap.
Sustainable Financial Structured Products: Managing Risk Appetite across Modelling, Structuring, and Hedging gives an overview of all relevant aspects of Financial Structured Products (i.e. long-term savings products) from the risk perspective of both issuers (banks, insurers) and customers.
It delves into the transformative potential of Alipay, the world's largest FinTech platform, and its role in achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through innovative fintech solutions.
This book explores the diverse challenges facing the EU and in particular examines the impediments to financial stability and sustainable growth and how these can be overcome.
This broader perspective provides a better understanding of the interconnected nature of the environmental, societal, communal, political, and financial issues affecting sustainable real estate, revealing the wide-ranging impact of practitioners' decisions on the sustainable real estate system.
This is not just another book with yet another trading system. This is a complete guide to developing your own systems to help you make and execute trading and investing decisions. It is intended for everyone who wishes to systematise their financial decision making, either completely or to some degree.
This book applies some of the lessons from network disciplines - such as ecology, epidemiology, and engineering - to study and measure how small probability events can lead to contagion and banking crises on a global scale.
A study of the investment portfolios of takaful companies, their general investment patterns, and their future investments. It looks at shareholders as well as general and family funds to determine where these companies are investing today, and where they are likely to invest in the future.
Examining the structure, politics and historic development of taxation in several countries, this book compares three quite different political democracies. It provides an account of the ways these democracies have financed their welfare programs despite widespread resistance to taxes.
The emergence and consolidation of the so-called modern state was one of the most remarkable features of the early modern period and went hand in hand with the development of fiscal and financial systems.