Essential Concepts of Sustainable Finance

Description

This book compiles and explains technical terms in sustainable finance in an easy-to-navigate A-Z format. The interdisciplinary nature of sustainable finance means that those researching and working in the field often have to turn to a variety of different sources to look up various non-financial terms. Recognizing this issue, Ibrahim Sancak and Elisa Aracil have curated a comprehensive list of the key terms most commonly used in the field. Each entry maps out an important concept or idea and illustrates how it relates more broadly across this growing discipline, such as the changes and innovations required by the financial sector to meet the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Overall, Essential Concepts of Sustainable Finance will enable readers to communicate more effectively about finance within the context of sustainability. With related terms and further reading included alongside the entries, this innovative and accessible volume will be of great interest to students, scholars, and practitioners alike. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements Sustainable Finance: A Multidimensional and Multi-actor Framework Visual Codes of Sustainable Finance Concepts A 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Active Engagement Active Ownership Active Voting Anthropogenic Climate Change Anthropogenic Emission B Baseline and Credit Mechanism Best-in-Class Screening Best-in-Universe Screening Biocapacity Biodiversity Biodiversity Finance Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) Biodiversity Loss Biosphere Integrity Blended Finance Blue Bonds Blue Economy Blue Finance Brown Economy Brown Taxonomy Brundtland Report Business Sustainability Business-as-Usual C Cap and Trade System Carbon Allowance Carbon Bubble Carbon Credit Carbon Dioxide (CO[sub(2)]) Carbon (Dioxide) Capture Carbon (Dioxide) Capture and Storage (CCS) Carbon (Dioxide) Capture & Utilization (CCU) Carbon Dioxide Equivalent ( CO2e) Carbon Emission Carbon Emission Permit Carbon Finance Carbon Footprint Carbon Leakage Carbon Markets Carbon Neutrality Carbon Offsetting Carbon Price Carbon Removal / Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Carbon Sequestration Carbon Sink Carbon Taxation Chief Sustainability Officer Circular Economy Climate Climate Change Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Mitigation Climate Crisis Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) Climate Finance Climate Neutrality Climate Stress Test / Testing Climate-related Risk (CrR) Common Good Value Community Investing Conference of the Parties (COP) Corporate Citizenship Corporate Engagement Corporate Governance Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Sustainability D Decarbonization Development Finance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Double Materiality Doughnut Economics Dynamic Materiality E Earth Overshoot Day Earth System Ecological Footprint Ecosystem Services Emission Allowance Emission Trading Emissions Trading System Enlightened Shareholder Value (ESV) Environmental Capital Environmental Economics Environmental Externalities Environmental Factors (E of ESG) Environmental Finance Environmental Footprint Environmental Kuznets Curve Environmental Risk Environmental Taxonomy Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors/ ESG Factors/ ESG Criteria Equator Principles ESG Analysis ESG Engagement ESG Fund ESG Incorporation ESG Integration ESG Investing/ Investment ESG Rating ESG Reporting ESG Risks ESG Voting Ethical Investment / Ethical Investing EU Taxonomy for Sustainability Exclusionary Investing Exclusionary Screening Externalities F Finance-as-Usual Financial Inclusion Financial Materiality Fossil Fuel G Global Reporting Initiative Global Warming Global Warming Potential (GWP) Governance Factors (G of ESG) Green Asset Ratio (GAR) Green Assets Green Bond Principles Green Bonds Green Company Green Economy Green Equities Green Finance Green Fintech Taxonomy (Green Fintech Classification) Green Growth Green Investment Green Lease, Green Leasing Green Loan Green Loan Principles Green Mortgage Green Premium Green Project Green Taxonomy Green Water Greenhouse Effect Greenhouse Gas Emission (GHG Emission) Greenhouse Gas Neutrality Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) Greenium Greenwashing, Greenwash I Impact Finance Impact Investing Impact Lending Impact Loan Impact Materiality Impact Measurement and Management Inclusionary Investing Inside-out Perspective Integrated Report Integrated Reporting Integrated Thinking Integrated Value Integrated Value Creation (IVC) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Internalization International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) K Katowice Climate Package Keeling Curve Kyoto Protocol L Land Degradation Land Degradation Neutrality Land-system Change Land-use Change Life Cycle Assessment Linear Consumption Linear Production Linear Economy Long-term Value Creation (LTVC) M Materiality Microcredit Microfinance Microinsurance Microloan Millennium Development Goals Montreal Protocol N Nationally Determined Contributions Natural Capital Natural Resource Negative Emission Negative Externalities Negative Screening Net Zero Economy Net Zero Emission Non-Financial Information Non-Financial Reporting Norms-based Screening O OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Outside-in Perspective P Paris Agreement Parts per Million (ppm) Physical Risk Pieconomics Pigouvian Tax Planetary Boundaries Planetary Boundaries Framework Porter Hypothesis Positive Externalities Positive Screening Principles for Responsible Banking Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) R Race to Zero Renewable Energy Responsible Consumption Responsible Investment S SASB Standards Scope 1 GHG Emissions Scope 2 GHG Emissions Scope 3 GHG Emissions Shareholder Action Shareholder Activism Shareholder Primacy Shareholder Value Short-Termism Sin Company Sin Stock Social Bank Social Bonds Social Externalities Social Factors (S of ESG) Social Finance Social Taxonomy Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Stakeholder Capitalism Stewardship Stranded Asset Sustainability Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Sustainability Disclosure Sustainability Index Sustainability Linked Loans Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles Sustainability Rankings Sustainability Rating Providers Sustainability Ratings Sustainability Reporting Sustainability Risks Sustainability Science Sustainability Score Sustainability Taxonomy Sustainability Transformation Sustainability Transition Sustainability-themed Investing Sustainable Business Model Sustainable Development Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Sustainable Digital Finance Sustainable Finance Sustainable Finance Forms Sustainable Finance Literacy Sustainable Finance Stages Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Sustainable Finance Technology (SuFTech) Sustainable Insurance Sustainable Investing, Sustainable Investment, Sustainability Investment (SI) Sustainable Investment Fund Sustainable Investment Strategies Sustainable Lending T Taxonomy Thematic Investing Tradable Emission Permit Tradable Emission Right Transition Finance Transition Management Transition Risk Triple Bottom Line Twin Transformation U United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) United Nations Global Compact United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights V Value Reporting Foundation Values- based Banking Appendix – List of International Organizations in Sustainable Finance Notes on Contributors