Sustainable Banking : Managing the Social and Environmental Impact of Financial Institutions

__Sustainable Banking__ introduces business leaders and students to the many ways in which financial institutions can manage their environmental and social impact and meet the needs of the current generation without compromising the needs of future generations.

Sustainable Banking introduces business leaders and students to the many ways in which financial institutions can manage their environmental and social impact and meet the needs of the current generation without compromising the needs of future generations. Olaf Weber and Blair Feltmate go beyond the business case for sustainability: how managing environmental, social, and governance risk can contribute to a bank’s bottom line – to make the sustainability case for banking: how banks and other financial institutions can make a positive impact on society.

In their book, Weber and Feltmate discuss the key aspects involved in making a financial institution sustainable: how to manage the direct and indirect impacts of banking activities on the community and the environment, how to minimize and mitigate the environmental footprint of internal operations, and how to account for various types of environmental and social risk in lending and project finance. They also introduce sustainable banking products and strategies being adopted by industry leaders, such as responsible investing, social finance, and impact lending.

Contents 5 Preface 9 SUSTAINABLE BANKING. Managing the Social and Environmental Impact of Financial Institutions 11 1. Introduction to Sustainable Banking 13 2. History of Sustainable Banking 35 3. The Business Case for Sustainability 55 4. The Direct and Indirect Impacts of Banking on Sustainable Development 89 5. Internal Processes 115 6. Sustainable Lending and Project Finance 124 7. Responsible Investment 151 8. Social Finance and Impact Investing 175 9. The Sustainability Case for Banking 203 References 227 Index 245