{"product_id":"sustainable-9780231206808","title":"Sustainable","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSustainable\u003c\/i\u003e, a finance-industry veteran offers an insider’s look at the promises, prospects, and perils of ESG investing. Proposing practical and actionable solutions to social and environmental problems, Terrence Keeley provides an incisive vision of the roles business and finance play in building a flourishing society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA strategy for real change calls for rethinking processes in their entirety. -- Pope Francis\u003cbr\u003eIf you’ve been looking for the definitive book on how ESG investing does and does not work—you’ve found it. \u003ci\u003eSustainable\u003c\/i\u003e not only describes how more of your portfolio can do well and do good but also reveals in illuminating, fast-paced detail why many current ESG strategies will not. Keeley explains clearly what business and finance can and cannot do to promote better social and environmental outcomes on their own. -- Paul McCulley, former chief economist of PIMCO and UBS Americas\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSustainable\u003c\/i\u003e is a book for our times. It has valuable lessons for investors, corporations, and policy makers alike. -- Stanley Fischer, former vice chair of the Federal Reserve\u003cbr\u003eHow can capitalism work better for the majority? How can we uplift our forgotten communities, and maximize human potential? Keeley’s \u003ci\u003eSustainable\u003c\/i\u003e says markets, government policies, and civil society all have important roles to play—and none can succeed without the others. If you are looking for a comprehensive roadmap for progress and sensible solutions that can be implemented right now, read this book. You will be inspired. -- John Hope Bryant, chairman and CEO, Operation HOPE\u003cbr\u003eIn a world where so many advocates sell ESG with no holds barred, claiming benefits for all involved, this book stands out, with well thought through and balanced arguments for incorporating virtue into business and investing decisions and the trade-offs involved. While ESG as an acronym may and perhaps should fade, the question of how to balance profits and virtues will stay with us. This book will help us work our way to an answer. -- Aswath Damodaran, Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education and professor of finance, New York University Stern School of Business\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUSTAINABLE\u003c\/i\u003e by financial advisor Terrence Keeley is a well-written treatise on a complex topic: ‘Moving Beyond ESG to Impact Investing.’ It is accessible to a wide range of readers. * Book Talk … A Conversation *\u003cbr\u003eThe importance of \u003ci\u003eSustainable\u003c\/i\u003e is reflected in the authorship of its foreword, which is by BlackRock’s CEO, Larry Fink. * Rupert Darwall, RealClearFoundation “Books \u0026amp; Culture” *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: The Promise . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Stakes\u003cbr\u003e2. Stakeholders Versus Shareholders\u003cbr\u003e3. Activists, Their Arguments—and a Little Engine That Could\u003cbr\u003e4. C-Suite Insurrectionists\u003cbr\u003e5. What if +1°C = −$100 trillion?\u003cbr\u003e6. What’s the United Nations Got to Do with It?\u003cbr\u003e7. Materiality\u003cbr\u003e8. A Few Words About Indices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: The Perils . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Values Versus Valuations\u003cbr\u003e10. Hardwiring Corporate Goodness\u003cbr\u003e11. Inside the ESG Arms Race\u003cbr\u003e12. Crowded Trades\u003cbr\u003e13. Let’s Speak Privately\u003cbr\u003e14. Fight or Flee?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Solutions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. Civics Lessons\u003cbr\u003e16. Impact Investing at Scale\u003cbr\u003e17. The 1.6 Percent “Solution”\u003cbr\u003eConclusion (or How to Avert Our Failed Future)\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Exemplars of Hope\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400370659671,"sku":"9780231206808","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231206808.jpg?v=1730470523","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sustainable-9780231206808","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}