Environmental alpha [[electronic resource] ] : institutional investors and climate change / / [edited by] Angelo A. Calvello

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139860403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, 2009, c2010
• ISBN: 0-470-54338-8; 1-282-30678-2; 9786612306785; 1-118-26674-9; 0-470-54334-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (435 p.)
• Collana: Wiley finance series
• Altri autori (Persone): CalvelloAngelo A. <1956->
• Disciplina: 363.738/746
• Soggetti: Environmental economics; Climatic changes
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Series statement from jacket.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The science of climate change / Richard A. Betts -- The economics of the climate change challenge / Dimitri Zenghelis -- Climate change policy : what investors need to know / David Gardiner -- Risks and their impact on institutional investors / Mindy S. Lubber -- The case for climate change as the paramount fiduciary issue facing institutional investors / Paul Q. Watchman -- SRI or not SRI? / Matthew J. Kiernan -- Taxonomy of environmental investments / Angelo A. Calvello -- Investing in climate change / Mark Fulton and Bruce M. Kahn -- Carbon as an investment opportunity / Jurgen Weiss and Véronique Bugnion -- Market-based solutions to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) / Stefanie Engel, Charles Palmer, and Martin Berg -- Effective clean tech investing / Russell Read and John Preston -- Sustainable commercial property / Tim Dixon -- Liquid alpha : the case for investing in water / Rod A. Parsley and Hua Liu -- A collaborative response to climate change / Danyelle Guyatt -- Corporate responsibility and environmental investing / Tony Hoskins and Martin Batt -- Beyond best practices / Angelo A. Calvello.
• Sommario/riassunto: The definitive guide to how institutional investors should approach the ; risks and opportunities associated with climate change Environmental Alpha provides institutional investors with the comprehensive framework they need to assess the risks and investment opportunities tied to climate change. Climate change will present institutional investors with some of the most important risks and opportunities they will face for generations to come. Climate change has the potential to affect many sectors in radically different degrees over time, and institutional investors need to have