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Business & Economics Sustainable Development

Sustainable Banking

Managing the Social and Environmental Impact of Financial Institutions

by (author) Olaf Weber & Blair Feltmate

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2016
Category
Sustainable Development, General, Management
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442645028
    Publish Date
    Jan 2016
    List Price
    $89.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442612952
    Publish Date
    Jan 2016
    List Price
    $43.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442629332
    Publish Date
    Apr 2016
    List Price
    $33.95

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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.

About the authors

Olaf Weber is an associate professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development at the University of Waterloo.

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Blair Feltmate is head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo.

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