Environmental finance : a guide to environmental risk assessment and financial products
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Environmental finance : a guide to environmental risk assessment and financial products
(Wiley finance series)
Wiley, c2002
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-351) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An engaging and comprehensive look at the intersection of financial innovation and the environment
This unique book provides readers with a comprehensive look at the new markets being created to help companies manage environmental risks, including weather derivatives, catastrophe bonds, and emission trading permits. Filled with real-world case studies and timely advice, Environmental Finance contains corporate strategies that financial service professionals as well as their clients must understand in order to proactively improve a company's environmental performance.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: THE EMERGING WORLD OF ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE.
Introduction.
An Emerging Field.
Why Is It Happening at This Particular Time?
Lessons Learned.
How Might Environmental Finance Prepare Us for the Challenges Ahead?
Conclusion.
CHAPTER 2: CONCEPTS AND TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE.
Introduction.
Environmental Management and Shareholder Value Creation.
Environmental Management Systems.
Stakeholder Relationships.
Looking Ahead: Scenarios and Simulations.
Tools for Risk Transfer.
Trading Atmospheric Emission Reduction Credits.
Conclusion.
CHAPTER 3: THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR.
Introduction.
Structure of the Global Market for Financial Capital.
Forces Reshaping Financial Service Industries.
Core Financial Services.
Response of the Financial Services Sector to Deregulation.
Financial Services' Approach to Environmental Issues.
Conclusion.
Endnotes.
CHAPTER 4: BANKING.
Introduction.
Commercial Banking.
Direct Liability of Contaminated Land.
Brownfield Redevelopment.
Risk Management.
Environmental Products and Services.
Niche Markets and Microcredit.
Internal Environmental Management.
UNEP Financial Institutions Initiative.
Measurements and Reporting of Environmental Management.
Investment Banking.
Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for the Banking Sector.
Sustainable Energy Funds.
The Price of Carbon.
Reputational Risk.
Conclusion.
Web Sites.
CHAPTER 5: INSURANCE.
Introduction.
Angus Ross, Invited Author's Comment.
Contaminants in the Environment.
Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events.
Transferring Risk from the Insurance Industry to the Capital Markets.
Regional Variations in the Response of Insurance Companies to the Environmental Challenge.
Conclusion.
Endnote.
CHAPTER 6: INVESTMENTS.
Introduction.
Evolution of Screening for Social and Environmental Responsibility.
The Relationship between Environmental and Financial Performance.
Performance of Environmentally Screened Funds.
Variation in Research Results.
Socially Responsible Investment Portfolio Performance Ratings.
Institutional Portfolio Managers.
Environmental Products in Fund Management.
Environmental Research and Rating Organizations.
Weightings.
Investable Indexes.
Conclusion.
Endnotes.
Web Sites.
CHAPTER 7: CLIMATE CHANGE AND FINANCIAL VULNERABILITY.
Introduction.
Accepting Climate Change as a Real Phenomenon.
Physical Impacts of Climate Change.
Vulnerability by Economic Sector.
Anticipating Human Response to Climate Change.
Critical Factors in Human Response to Climate Change.
Conclusion.
Web Sites.
CHAPTER 8: Environmental Reporting and Verification.
Introduction.
Trends in Environmental Reporting.
Main Types of Environmental Reporting.
Pollution Release and Transfer Registers.
Accounting Profession and Security Regulators.
Environmental Reporting from the Preparer's Perspective.
Environmental Reporting from the User's Perspective.
Progress in Environmental Reporting.
Alan Willis, Invited Author's Comment.
Conclusion.
Web Sites.
CHAPTER 9: Strategies for Managing Environmental Change.
Introduction
Greenhouse Gas Emission Targets: Rationale, Types, and Methods.
Green Housekeeping.
Environmental Reporting.
Global Monitoring.
Climate Change Programs.
New Weather-Related Products.
Trading Pollution Reduction Credits.
Conclusion.
Endnotes.
Web Sites.
CHAPTER 10: THE WAY AHEAD.
Introduction.
Business and Environmental Change: What's New?
The New Paradigm.
Data Quality.
Leadership.
Environmental Change: From Challenge to Opportunity.
The Environmental Learning Curve: Redefining Success.
APPENDIX A.
UNEP Statement by Financial Institutions on the Environment and Sustainable Development.
List of Signatories to the UNEP Statement by Financial Institutions on the Environment and Sustainable Development.
UNEP Statement of Environmental Commitment by the Insurance Industry.
Status of the UNEP Statement of Environmental Commitment by the Insurance Industry.
APPENDIX B.
APPENDIX C.
The Annex 1 Countries.
ACRONYMS.
REFERENCES.
INDEX.
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