Overview
- Emphasizes the need to align financial systems with sustainable development goals
- Contributes new research to multiple disciplines, including finance, management, and environmental studies
- Adds critical voices to the ongoing discussion about socio-ecological responsibility
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Business In Association with Future Earth (PSSBAFE)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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System and Sector-Level Transitions Towards Sustainability
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Innovations in Best Practices, Tools, and Financial Products
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The Role of Regulation, Standards, and Policy
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Thomas Walker is Full Professor in the Department of Finance, Associate Dean, Research and Research Programs, and Co-Director of the David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, Canada. Prior to his academic career, he worked in the German consulting and industrial sector at firms such as Mercedes Benz, Utility Consultants International, and Telenet.
Stéfanie D. Kibsey coordinates the Sustainable Investment Professional Certification program at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, Canada, and she previously worked at the David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise and La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. She specializes in connecting sustainability with finance.
Rohan Crichton is a faculty member at McGill University, Canada. He is also completing his Ph.D. in management at Concordia University, Canada. Rohan brings to both roles almost twenty years of work and consulting experience garnered from such organizations as, the United Nations, the Public Service of Canada, VSO International, and Bell Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Designing a Sustainable Financial System
Book Subtitle: Development Goals and Socio-Ecological Responsibility
Editors: Thomas Walker, Stéfanie D. Kibsey, Rohan Crichton
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Business In Association with Future Earth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66387-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66386-9Published: 31 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88232-1Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66387-6Published: 22 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2662-1320
Series E-ISSN: 2662-1339
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 429
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Finance, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Environmental Economics