LEADER 05279nam 22006015 450 001 9910647782403321 005 20251008155109.0 010 $a9783031225390 010 $a3031225392 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-22539-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7191438 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7191438 035 $a(CKB)26089875500041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-22539-0 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926089875500041 100 $a20230202d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aContemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance $eExploring Performance, Impact Measurement and Financial Inclusion /$fedited by Mario La Torre, Sabrina Leo 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (308 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Impact Finance,$x2662-5113 311 08$aPrint version: La Torre, Mario Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031225383 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- Section 1 -- 2. How to scale impact investments? Evaluating the application of the Synthetic Control Method in impact measurement -- 3. Impact investments measurement: bridging research and practice -- 4. ESG Ratings, scores, and opinions. The state of the art in literature -- Section 2 -- 5. Corporate financial performance and ESG performance: which one leads European banks? -- 6. Is performance the key issue in SRI funds? Conclusion and lessons learned from three decades of studies -- 7. The financial side of the Social Impact Bond: the determinants of the returns -- 8. Catastrophe Bonds: A Mitigation Opportunity In Turmoil Period -- Section 3 -- 9. Collaboration or Community? The Impact of the Institutional Forces in Promoting Social Crowdfunding -- 10. Financial Inclusion and the Gender Gap across Islamic and non-Islamic Countries. 330 $aThe notion of sustainable development is applied to financial activities through sustainable finance. As a result, sustainable finance attempts to produce long-term value by allocating capital to projects that, in addition to providing economic benefits, are furthermore beneficial to society and do not burden the environment. This book sheds light on contemporary challenges in sustainable finance, addressing two key perspectives: measurement and performance, products and business models. In particular, the volume examines theoretically and empirically the relations between business models and non-financial impact, both environmental and social; as for the social goals, a special focus of the book is dedicated to the gender gap. Mario La Torre is currently full professor in Banking and Finance at the Department of Management, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Mario does research in Banking, Financial Intermediaries and Financial Markets, Impact Finance and Ethical Finance, and Finance for Culture and Media Industry. He is the author and co-author of many international books and papers and is the editor of the series Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance. Mario is Responsible for the Center for Positive Finance and has promoted the University Alliance for Positive Finance; he is the author of the Blog "Good in Finance". Sabrina Leo is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is a Lecturer in Bank accounts strategies and performance and Digital Banking and Economics of Financial Intermediaries. Her primary areas of research are related to traditional topics and innovative ones. The first is related to the banking and financial market, credit management policies and financial intermediaries, the regulation of non-bank financial intermediaries. The second looks at DLT, Digital Payments, IT Governance in banks, Microfinance, Impact and Sustainable Banking, Social Impact Finance, Audio-visual, and Art Finance. More recently, she has been focusing on innovation in the payment system and the impact of technologies in the financial system. She is the author and co-author of many international papers, and co-author of national books. She is a Research Fellow of D?A ? Digital Euro Association. She was a Scientific Observer of the Italian Advisory Board at the G8 Task Force on Social Impact Investments. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Impact Finance,$x2662-5113 606 $aFinancial services industry 606 $aDevelopment economics 606 $aSustainability 606 $aFinancial Services 606 $aDevelopment Economics 606 $aSustainability 615 0$aFinancial services industry. 615 0$aDevelopment economics. 615 0$aSustainability. 615 14$aFinancial Services. 615 24$aDevelopment Economics. 615 24$aSustainability. 676 $a338.927 702 $aLa Torre$b Mario 702 $aLeo$b Sabrina 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910647782403321 996 $aContemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance$92129742 997 $aUNINA