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Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are reshaping long-term investment strategies. Leading experts demonstrate how ESG principles can guide investment choices, influence risk and return, and connect to broader goals such as corporate social responsibility and impact investing.
Evaluating theories, methodologies, performance and practice, the Handbook explains the ideas behind ESG investing and how applications relate to real portfolios. Chapters explore topics including the use of AI and machine learning for measuring ESG performance, the issues surrounding sustainability reporting in global value chains and cognitive biases in ESG investing. Authors highlight the growing need for consistent and transparent data, as differing rating systems and reporting standards make it difficult to compare companies. Ultimately, the Handbook emphasises that ESG investing is becoming an essential part of modern finance but must overcome data and measurement challenges to reach its full potential.
Bridging theory and practice, the Handbook of ESG Investing is a valuable resource for scholars and students of economics, finance and the environment. Its focus on policy and regulatory implications will also benefit policymakers and practitioners in the finance sector.
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The Handbook of ESG Investing provides an excellent overview of this field, with worldwide contributors well-placed to evaluate the importance of ESG factors for the financial markets and the impact of ESG regulation. Its authors utilize a broad set of advanced econometric techniques to present credible findings. -- Christopher F. Baum, Boston College, USA This volume provides a comprehensive survey of ESG investing while acknowledging the fields methodological and practical challenges. Its analyses of topics such as rating divergence, portfolio design and impact claims underscore both the promise and the limits of current ESG practices and offer readers a clear but critically grounded assessment of sustainable finance. -- Martina Linnenluecke, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Edited by Hans Lööf, Professor Emeritus of Economics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and Visiting Professor, University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Maziar Sahamkhadam, Associate Professor of Economics, School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden and Andreas Stephan, Professor of Economics, School of Business and Economics and Faculty of Technology, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
