Overview
- Explores what ESG and the sustainability agenda means for both investors and corporations
- Addresses the challenges faced and progress made by different types of companies in adopting ESG
- Offers a rare combination of pluralistic and multidisciplinary perspectives from law, economics, and finance
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
About this book
Since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis the prevailing economic development model based on an assumption of unlimited resources and, therefore, unlimited growth has been increasingly put into question by academics, policy-making agencies and even industry leaders themselves. Climate change, general environmental and natural resource degradation, widespread inequalities, and systemic governance failures are pressing capitalism to renew itself to deliver sustainable outcomes for a broader base of stakeholders. This has become known in more practical terms as the ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) and responsible investment movements. The pressure to change how we organise ourselves as societies and economies has implications for how large and small corporations, public or private, are governed and to the benefit of whom. This Handbook offers a rare combination of pluralistic and multidisciplinary perspectives from law, economics, finance and management, as well as an interesting mix of latest academic thinking and practical recommendations on ESG for boards and executive teams.Should companies be governed and managed for the benefit of their shareholders alone? Can companies be governed to deliver for shareholders as well as the broader stakeholder base? How can investors allocate capital to advance sustainability? Part I provides a pluralistic discussion of some of these fundamental questions besetting academics and practitioners alike while Part II examines recent regulatory developments and assesses what may need to change in terms of law and regulation to both hold companies to account for sustainability while enabling them to continue to provide vital goods and services. Part III of the book discusses how the different types of companies and investors are currently facing the sustainability imperative and incorporating ESG factors on how they operate and invest. The concluding chapter provides an overview of the key regulatory, ecosystem andboard-level gaps that require urgent and decisive action.
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
Table of contents (22 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
General Aspects of ESG
-
Front Matter
-
-
ESG Regulatory Developments
-
Front Matter
-
-
ESG in Particular Types of Companies
-
Front Matter
-
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Paulo Câmara is a Professor of the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Portugal, Managing Partner of Sérvulo & Associados and Head of Governance Lab, an independent research group dedicated to corporate governance. He is also the Chairman of the General Meeting of the Portuguese Association of Banks since 2016, and of other financial institutions, and Chairman of the General Meeting of the Portuguese Compliance and Regulatory Observatory since 2017.
Filipe Morais is a Lecturer in Governance & Reputation, and Programme Director of the MSc Management for Future Leaders at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. Filipe has published research papers, reports, chapters and books in the areas of corporate governance, strategic management and sustainability. He sits on the editorial board of the California Management Review and The Journal of Business Governance & Ethics. He is a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and the independent research group, Governance Lab.Accessibility Information
Accessibility information for this book is coming soon. We're working to make it available as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of ESG and Corporate Governance
Editors: Paulo Câmara, Filipe Morais
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99468-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99467-9Published: 29 June 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99470-9Published: 30 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-99468-6Published: 28 June 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 455
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Corporate Governance, Sustainable Development, Business Finance, Business Ethics, Finance, general