Investing in a Sustainable World: Why Green Is the New Color of Money on Wall Street. Matthew J. Kiernan
Investing in a Sustainable World: Why Green Is the New Color of Money on Wall Street Matthew J. Kiernan ebook
Publisher: AMACOM
Page: 320
ISBN: 9780814410929
Welcome to the Sustainable Investment Revolution! The investment world today is on the cusp of a transformation literally of unprecedented proportions. A series of powerful and converging global mega trends from emerging markets to climate change are making the ability of companies to manage environmental and social (ES) issues increasingly critical to their competitiveness, financial performance, and even to their very survival. And precisely the same holds true for their investors. For at least the next 20 years, ES considerations will be redefining the contours and competitive dynamics of the entire, $70 trillion-plus global investment universe.
Unfortunately, most investors aren’t adequately equipped to deal with this brave new world. Paralyzed by increasingly obsolete mindsets, analytical tools, and research, they seem largely oblivious to both the enormous risks and the opportunities, which not only lie ahead but are already here today. Successful 21st-century investors will need to learn how to cope with this radically changed new environment; this insightful new book will be invaluable in showing them how to do so.
Investing in a Sustainable World explains why institutional investors have been so reluctant, even antagonistic, about making ES a central strategic element in their decision making processes. More important, the book details how several leading-edge investors are getting ahead of the curve, and how you can and must too.
This new revolution is not your grandmother’s “socially responsible investing” (SRI); instead, it is a resolutely mainstream phenomenon, focused on achieving superior financial returns. What’s more, its impacts will likely be far more positive and transformational than those achieved by the SRI niche approaches with which it is so frequently confused.
Investing in a Sustainable World provides readers with:
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An explanation and puncturing of investment dogmas and mythologies that have until now prevented investors from recognizing and taking full advantage of global megatrends.
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An incisive analysis of the accelerating forces that are making the new sustainВable investment strategies not only prudent, but indispensable: climate change, pollution, population growth, human rights, access to affordable medicines in emerging markets, opportunities for the 4 billion people at the “base of the economic pyramid,” and more.
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A first-time look at how leading-edge mainВstream asset owners pension funds, foundations and endowments, and even a sovereign wealth fund are actively incorporating ES factors into their investment strategies.
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Snapshots of some of the pioneering money managers, consultants, and research firms driving the Sustainable Investment Revolution forward.
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A conceptual framework and road map for other forward looking investors ready to follow their lead.
From energy to real estate and banking to automobiles, the competitive landscape for business is changing in unprecedented ways and at a furious pace. Featuring compelling examples, real numbers, and incontrovertible evidence, Investing in a Sustainable World shows you why and how the smart money is now on green—and will be for at least the next few decades.
Matthew J. Kiernan, Ph.D., is founder and Chief Executive of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc., the top-ranked sustainВaВbility investment research firm in the world. He had preВviously served as DirecВtor of the World BusiВness CounВcil for SustainВable DevelВВopment, and has spoken sevВeral times at the presВtiВgious World Economic Forum in Davos, SwitzerВland. Dr. Kiernan diВvides his time among Toronto, New York, and London.
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