Sustainable Investing in Practice

Delve into the realities of sustainable investing and discover how to make Environmental, Social and Governance investing work for you with this practical guide offering insightful analysis, expert commentary and progressive solutions.

The compelling promise of progressing profits, purpose and the planet is what drives sustainable investing. Yet the field is also packed with challenges and pitfalls for the finance industry. Sustainable Investing in Practice provides a pragmatic steer for how finance professionals can navigate the realities of ESG investing so they can achieve the impact they desire. It addresses the obvious problems - a lack of common standards, opaque vocabulary, irrelevant data - that investors face. And it explains the skewed incentives and compromises that have held sustainable investing back. Yet it does not dwell on obstacles and defeat. Instead, it shows readers how to develop sustainable strategies and improve outcomes, covering critical topics such as ESG ratings, data and disclosure policies and multi-asset portfolios, while also documenting successful practices and pointing out how to modify inadequate ones. Packed full of insightful examples, analysis and interviews from expert commentators such as Paul Polman KBE, Richard Curtis OBE, and Gillian Tett, the book provides useful ideas and plans for how to take sustainable finance forward while balancing credibility and commerciality in equal measure. Written by two pioneering leaders within sustainable investing, this is a must-read for every finance professional, investor and regulator-whether they are seeking to fast track their careers, bring commercial and sustainable learning to their organization, or upgrade their understanding of this crucial but complex topic. It will also be of interest to students taking modules on sustainable finance.

Written by an experienced author team who built one of the financial industry's fastest growing and most decorated sustainable investing franchises

Auteur
James Purcell is the Group Head of Sustainable Frameworks at Credit Suisse. He and his team coordinate the firm's approach to sustainable investing and lending. Previously, James was the Group Head of Sustainable, Thematic and Impact Investing at Quintet Private Bank, a privately held bank operating out of 50 cities across Europe. Earlier in his career he was a managing director at UBS, where he spent more than a decade in roles based in London, Hong Kong, and Zurich.

Contenu

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 01: What is sustainable investing?;
  • Chapter - 02: Sustainable data and ESG ratings;
  • Chapter - 03: Sustainable public equity markets;
  • Chapter - 04: Sustainable public debt markets;
  • Chapter - 05: Sustainable private markets;
  • Chapter - 06: Themes and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;
  • Chapter - 07: Sustainable multi-asset portfolios;
  • Chapter - 08: Conclusion;