Part 1 -- Introduction.- Chapter 1 -- Sustainable Finance: An Overview and Introduction By Dieter Gramlich.- Part 2 -- Sustainable Finance Frameworks.- Chapter 2 -- The Rise of Sustainable Debt By Adrien-Paul Lambillon.- Chapter 3 -- Bridging Finance and Social Good: A Comprehensive Review of Social Impact Bonds By Pedro Verga Matos and Tania Pereira Christopoulos.- Chapter 4 -- Digitalization, Finance, and Sustainability: A Configurational Approach Applied to the European Union By Aliza Sajjad, Atia Alam, Farah Naz, and Casey Jussaume.- Chapter 5 -- The Impact of Advice in Sustainable Finance By Fred de Jong.- Chapter 6 -- Impact Investing for Ocean Protection: The Case of Blue Bonds.
A Legal Perspective By Michele Siri and Diletta Lenzi.- Chapter 7 -- Evaluating Lagos as an Emerging Urban Center in the Context of Climate Change, Sustainable Finance, and Environmental Sustainability By Temidayo Olanrewaju Aduloju and Ayodeji Anthony Aduloju.- Part 3 -- Evolutions in Sustainable Finance.- Chapter 8 -- Local Environmental Preferences and Green Startups By Mascia Bedendo and Linus Siming.- Chapter 9 -- The Impact of Natural Disasters on Stock Prices in China: A Comparative Analysis of State-Owned and Privately Owned Enterprises By Shurui Liu and Thomas Walker.- Chapter 10 -- Cost-Pricing Mechanisms for Sustainable Rural Electrification in Local Energy Communities By Anthony Junior Bokolo Chapter 11 -- The Relationship Between Financial Development and the Use of Renewable Energy: The impact of the Pandemic in Selected Southeast Asian Countries By Chien Nguyen.- Chapter 12 -- The Cost of Sustainability Reporting: Are Investors Charged Twice for Sustainability-Related Disclosures? By Irina Bevza and Martha O´Hagan-Luff.- Chapter 13 -- Green Promises and Gray Realities in the Global Oil Industry: Analyzing Credibility and Charting Future Directions By Vincent Hooper and Naji Odel.
- Part 4 -- Markets for Sustainable Finance.- Chapter 14 -- Green Bonds and the Greenium By Karim Henide.- Chapter 15 -- Investing in Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds: Enablers, Barriers, and Challenges Faced by Australian Retail Investors By Neha Deo and Maria Estela Varua.- Chapter 16 -- Country-Level ESG Scores and Foreign Portfolio Investment By Maela Giofré.- Chapter 17 -- The Impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors on the Financial Performance of S&P 500 Listed Firms By Xiaobo Mu and Thomas Walker.- Part 5 -- Managing Sustainable Finance.- Chapter 18 -- Risk-Return Management in Sustainable Finance: Collateral Basket Challenges for Synthetically Replicated Sustainability-Linked ETFs In A European Context By Irina Bevza and Martha O''Hagan-Luff.- Chapter 19 -- The Systemic Risk of ESG Investment By Nathan Dong.
- Chapter 20 -- Geopolitical Risks and Their Influence on Banks'' Sustainability: A Status Review By Robert Bopp.- Chapter 21 -- Financial Risks Associated with Biodiversity Loss By Zannatus Saba.- Chapter 22 -- Financial Water Risk Exposure of Commodities: Precipitation and the Price of Copper By Dieter Gramlich and Isabelle Jolin.- Part 6 -- Sustainable Finance Perspectives.- Chapter 23 -- How Can Organizations Use the Social Progress Index to Manage Their Social and Environmental Performance? By Urs Jäger, Luis Emilio Cuenca, Stephanie Rüegger, and Arturo Rodriguez.- Chapter 24 -- Does Gender Diversity Matter for Investors: Evidence from U.S. Socially Responsible Mutual Funds By Giuliana Birindelli, Claudia Capozza, and Antonia Patrizia Iannuzzi.
- Chapter 25 -- Natural Disasters and Firm Performance: Exploring the Moderating Effects of Gender Diversification By Bita Hajjari and Thomas Walker.- Chapter 26 -- A Comparative Analysis of AI Approaches for ESG Data Extraction from Corporate Annual Reports By Elham Kheradmand, Mitra Mirshafiee, and Sep Pashang.- Chapter 27 -- Democratizing Sustainability Assessment: Leveraging Generative AI for Assessing Corporate Sustainability By Melanie Luxembourger and Maxime Pettinger.