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Sustainable Finance

Literature

Financial Markets - The Strategic Challenge of Sustainability.
Niki Rosinski (2001) In: The Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Vol. 3, Autumn 2001, p. 32-36. Greenleaf Publishing, London.

The article uncovers the business case for sustainability by exploring a scenario for the financial markets. The key message for businesses is: sustainability is a major driver for economic benefit and shareholder value. The challenge ahead is to create added value by integrating sustainability into the core strategic and management processes of a company.

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Nachhaltigkeit, Globalisierung und Finanzm�rkte
by Professor E.U. von Weizsaecker, 2001 (in German only)

Whether or not sustainability will be the key concept of the future world economy increasingly depends on the behaviour of financial markets, Professor E.U. von Weizsaecker says in this recent paper. Once they have realized that today's economies are unsustainable they could act as a catalyst for sustainable development. Signals for such change already exist in the financial markets.
Visit von Weizsaeckers website or download [ pdf 20 kB] the paper.

Sustainable Finance
by Niki Rosinski, diploma thesis, 2001 (in German only)

This paper explores the state of sustainability in the financial markets and consequences for companies:
As an important resource provider, financial markets have a considerable impact on corporate strategies. Today, signals for increased importance of sustainability are multiplying in the financial markets. Therefore it will become more and more difficult for companies to evade the challenge of sustainability. Thus, companies that act in a proactive way will be able to profit from future changes triggered by sustainable development.

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Greening the Financial Sector
by F. Hinterberger, D. Bannasch, K. Schlegelmilch, H. Stiller, T. Orbach, A. M�ndl
Background Paper, CDG International Business Forum, 1998.

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Academia

Chair of Corporate Sustainability Management, University of Lueneburg
Competence centre for sustainable finance. Publications.

Resource Centres

Business for Social Responsibility
http://www.bsr.org

BSR�s mission is to help companies be commercially successful in ways that demonstrate respect for ethical values, people, communities and the environment

Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index (DJSGI)
http://www.sustainability-index.com

More information on the world's first index to track the performance of sustainability-driven companies world-wide.

Eco-Reporter (in German only)
http://www.ecoreporter.de

Site for profitable investment in ethics and ecology. Interesting Newsletter on sustainable investment issues.

Global Reporting Initiative
http://www.globalreporting.org

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) promotes international harmonization in the reporting of relevant and credible corporate environmental, social and economic performance information to enhance responsible decision-making. The GRI pursues this mission through a multi-stakeholder process of open dialogue and collaboration in the design and implementation of widely applicable sustainability reporting guidelines.

OEKOM Research (in German only)
http://www.oekom.de

Corporate responsibility rating, research, sector analysis etc.

SAM Sustainability Group
http://www.sam-group.com

Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) is an independent asset management company. SAM manages institutional and private mandates in line with sustainability criteria. SAM offers sustainability-driven investment vehicles such as the Sustainable Performance Group and various mutual funds. And together with Dow Jones & Company, SAM launched the world's first index to track the performance of sustainability-driven companies world-wide.

SustainAbility
http://www.sustainability.co.uk/

SustainAbility is an internationally established strategic management consultancy dedicated to promoting the business case for sustainable development. The three main areas of operation are foresight, agenda-setting and change management.

World Resources Institute (WRI)
http://www.wri.org/capmarkets/

Among others you will find WRI publications aimed at improving the management of environmental issues by the private sector.

Link Lists

SustainableBusiness.com
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/links/

Publications, events and links on sustainable business.

UNEP Financial Institutions Initiative
http://www.unep.ch/

This Initiative of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) aims at promoting the integration of environmental and sustainability considerations into the business choices of the financial sector. In addition, this site offers a comprehensive link list.

Magazines

Greener Management International
http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/

Greener Management International is a leading quarterly management journal drawing together strategic environmental and sustainability issues as they affect organisations world-wide.

Sustainable Business Investor
http://www.sbi-e.com

In co-operation with Euromoney and Dow Jones Sustainability Group Indexes SAM publishes a magazine on Sustainability Investments.

Tomorrow Magazine
http://www.tomorrow-web.com/

Tomorrow is an independent magazine focusing on the integral relationship between business and the environment. It is dedicated to providing up-to-date, objective information on environmental business issues that affect all major industries.

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