Investing in a sustainable world : why GREEN is the new color of money on Wall Street / Matthew J. Kiernan.

Author: Kiernan, Matthew J.

Publisher: New York : AMACOM, c2009.

ISBN: 9780814410929
0814410928

Description: xx, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject: Investments Environmental aspects.
Investments Social aspects.
Green movement.
Social responsibility of business.
Investment analysis.

Contents: Changing finance and financing change : the genesis of this book -- Welcome to the sustainable investment revolution! -- What's taken us so long? : the power of intellectual and organizational inertia -- Perverse outcomes and lost opportunities -- But what does the evidence really say? -- Toward a new postmodern, sustainable portfolio theory -- Why does it all matter, anyway? : the stage of the world -- Sustainability and competitive advantage : the new corporate imperative--and some success stories -- The game-changers, part I : collective initiatives -- The game-changers, part II : the individual owners of capital -- The game-changers, part III : the service providers -- Making it happen -- Some final thoughts -- Appendices: How it's actually done -- Appendix 1: "Intangible value assessment" of Petro China -- Appendix 2: Carbon beta profile of arcelor SA -- Appendix 3: The "global 100" most sustainable companies -- Appendix 4: Top 20 independent sustainability research providers (Thomson Extel).