This publication, developed in collaboration with Tameo, analyzes insights from the SSF Swiss Sustainable Investment Market Study 2024 and Swiss-specific data from the Tameo Private Asset Impact Fund Report 2023. Together, they provide a comprehensive view of the Swiss impact investing landscape...

It will be impossible to contain the global temperature rise to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels unless emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) decarbonise much more rapidly. This policy brief examines the economic case for advanced-country financial support for...

In recent years the transition towards a model of sustainable economic development has assumed central importance for the financial system. The inclusion of environmental, social and governance aspects (ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance) is taking an important role in the investment and...

Impact investing is based on using the ESG framework as a tool to evaluate firms that engage in generating positive impact. Most impact investors and fund managers now integrate the ESG framework in their investment and stock-picking process. However, due to lack of standardisation of ESG...

These lectures notes have been written for the course in Sustainable Finance given at the University of Paris-Saclay. The slides cover the following topics: (1) Introduction, (2) ESG Investing, (3) Impact of ESG Investing on Asset Prices and Portfolio Returns, (4) Equity Portfolio Optimization...

The rise of sustainable finance, ESG investment, and sustainability reporting, has gradually led to a growing disconnect among many financial-sector and corporate stakeholders, which can be observed between their positive sustainability performance claims and the organizational resources and...

Green bonds are financial instruments that deliver both returns and environmentally positive outcomes. They can be a key part of strategies to incorporate climate action into financial decision-making and help developing countries meet their Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goal...

In this paper we investigate the opportunity to issue a Special Purpose Vehicle with a mixed capital structure dedicated to the development of green and social infrastructure in less developed areas of the European Union

This research examines the incorporation of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into portfolio construction, focusing on identifying companies with strong ESG practices and their relationship with financial performance. Drawing on a US sample of companies and timely ESG data...

Impact investing is a class of investments that are designed to meet the non-pecuniary preferences of investors (or beneficiaries) and aim to generate a positive externality actively and causally through their ownership and/or governance of the companies they invest in. Impact investing emerged...

"The Little Book of Impact Investing will be an introduction to impact investing for all types of investors who aspire to do a little more than just profit from their investments.. It will explore some of the more fundamental questions like what impact investing is and isn't; who are today's...

TABLE OF CONTENT -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION TO ESG APPROACH -- ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN ESG INVESTING -- SOCIAL AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FACTORS IN ESG INVESTING -- ESG INTEGRATION IN INVESTMENT ANALYSIS -- ESG DATA AND METRICS -- IMPACT INVESTING AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF...

Introduction to alternative finance / Hasnan Baber, Mina Fanea-Ivanovici -- Innovative entrepreneurship through alternative finance : a framework for sustainable and innovative business models / Pitshou Moleka -- A nexus of digital entrepreneurship and industry 5.0 / Hajar Fatorachian, Chase...

"Sustainable Development Sustainable finance involves making investment decisions that consider not only financial returns, but also environmental, social, and governance factors. Additionally, the role and contribution of sustainable finance mechanisms in the transition to a resilient,...

This study contributes to social studies of accounting and finance by engaging concepts from the Communities of Practice (CoP) to explain intermediation practices in the Social Impact Investing (SII) sector. We use data from a field study to investigate how community-like practices shape the...

Sustainable finance – the integration of environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) issues into financial decisions – is an increasingly important topic. Within companies, sustainability is no longer an ancillary issue confined to corporate social responsibility departments, but a...

These lectures notes have been written for the course in Sustainable Finance given at the University of Paris-Saclay. The 725 slides cover the following topics: (1) the Market of ESG Investing, Ecosystem of Responsible Investing (2) ESG Scoring & Ratings, Performance of ESG Investing, ESG...

This white paper builds on a joint UZH-R20 event on Blended Finance at the World Austrian Summit in 2019. We combine literature review, original empirical and analytical work, and the consolidation of over 20 interviews with experts in the field to provide a balanced view on blended finance...

Social Impact Investment (SII) refers to the provision of finance to organizations addressing social needs. It is intended to achieve both a social impact as well as garner financial returns. Thus, SII may be understood as a business case for what was previously considered mostly philanthropic...

The change in the cost of capital that results from a divestiture strategy can be closely approximated as a simple linear function of three parameters: (1) the fraction of socially conscious capital, (2) the fraction of targeted firms in the economy and (3) the return correlation between the...