Evolutions in sustainable investing: strategies, funds and thought leadership

Real-world guidance for investment professionals on delivering attractive risk-adjusted and opportunity-directed returns across asset classes and regions Filled with interviews with leading practitioners, this book weaves a narrated web around best sustainable investment practices, guiding readers specificallyon investing their assets and with specific sustainability trends in mind, such as increasing constraints on global resources. Offers a clear road map to success by some of the most respected names in the field Includes interviews with leading practitioners Clearly explains how to get sustainable investing done Evolutions of Sustainable Investing is a practitioner's book specifically laying out how this positive investment philosophy is being practiced, leaving the more negative approaches of socially responsible investing behind. This book is essential for any investor limited by old strategies that disregard a changing world of diminishing resources, an increasing global population as wellas the market advantage now being experienced by the most efficient, innovative global companies. INDICE: Acknowledgments About the Editor About the Contributors About the Website Introduction Chapter 1 The Sustainability Imperative by David A. Lubinand Daniel C. Esty Sustainability: A Business Megatrend Getting the Vision Right Getting the Execution Right Building a Sustainability Performance System Summary Chapter 2 Jupiter Ecology by Mark L. Trevitt The Roots of the Fund Jupiter Ecology's Investment Process Good Governance Building a Following Buildingon Firm Foundations Assessing Companies for the Long-term Voting and Engagement: Participating in the Process of Change Finding Great Green Companies The Fund's Performance Chapter 3 A Predictor of Performance by Paul Hawken Investment in Natural Capitalism Discovering Opportunities Identifying the Companies of the Future Summary Chapter 4 Highwater Global by Alexis van Gelder, Dean Martucci and Erika Kimball Hawken Takes on Domini Fund Drivers Based on Global Sustainable Themes Finding Investment Opportunities Sustainable Investing is Responsible Investing Summary Chapter 5 Further Context by Cary Krosinsky The Starting Point for Measuring Sustainability Sustainability 2.0s Five Factors Summary Chapter 6 Sustainable Asset Management by Thomas O. Murtha and Ashley Hamilton SAM's Origins and Evolution Building a Sustainable Investing Practice: Basic Business Segments Measuring Intangibles: Sustainability Research Methodology The Sustainability Lens: Active Portfolio Management SAM and Performance SAM's Extended Family: The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes Sustainability Advocacy and Company Engagement Summary Chapter 7 Domini and BP by Colm Fay Domini Social Investments Safety, Environmental and Ethical Concerns The Domini Investment Philosophy Business Model Analysis: The KPI Alignment Model Integrating Business Model Alignment and Stakeholder Relationship Strength Chapter 8 The Story of Calvert by Sam Brownell and Sara Herald An Interesting History Calvert's People Calvert's Methodologies: Signature, Solution s Fit within Sustainable Investing DFIs Leverage of EM PE PE-Specific ESG Methods PE Best Practices and ESG Case Studies Contrasting PE and Listed Equity Investors New SI Activityin the PE Asset Class PE Allocations Increase Future Sustainability Themes inPE Summary Chapter 36 Blue Wolf: Implications for Private Equity by Adam Blumenthal and Michael Musuraca The Challenges and Opportunities Generating Results A Labor Relations Coda Summary Chapter 37 New Business Models, Measurement and Methodologies by Howard Brown Resources and Products versus Wealth The Trend of Doing More with Less Improving Overall Performance Summary Chapter 38 Terminology and Intention by Lloyd Kurtz Values Financial Performance Fiduciary Duty: Universal Ownership Impact Mapping Techniques to Motivation Summary Conclusion by Cary Krosinsky Appendix A Sample Curriculum Syllabus Appendix B Investors Index

• ISBN: 978-0-470-88849-0
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 512
• Fecha Publicación: 04/01/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés