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Stranded Assets and the Transition to Low-Carbon Economy
In the context of the low-carbon transition, stranded assets can be defined as assets that have suffered unanticipated or premature write-downs,...
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Stranded Assets and Protecting Value of Food Value Chain from Disasters and Other External Shocks
Stranded assetsStranded Assets are those that have suffered unanticipated or premature write-downs, lost value or turn into liabilities due to...
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Why Sustainable Finance? Why Now?
After the failure of the UN climate talks in Copenhagen in 2009 a small group of finance experts decided to find ways to use the power of finance to...
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Review and Prospect of Assets Management Market Supervision Policy
Since the China Banking Regulatory Commission issued the “Interim Measures for the Administration of Personal Banking Business of Commercial Banks”...
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Sustainability and Systemic Risk in EU Banking Regulation
Sustainable finance has well and truly entered the world of banking regulation – a field of law that above all aims to keep the financial system...
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Other Comprehensive Income
Other comprehensive income contains all changes that are not permitted to be included in profit or loss. It is particularly valuable for...
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Sustainable Finance: The Policy Framework
Rather than tackling climate change, most governments are still subsidizing fossil fuels. The EU has taken a global lead on develo** a legislative...
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Information as a Driver of Sustainable Finance
The development of sustainable finance builds on an efficient ecosystem of sustainability-related information. The incorporation into market prices...
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The Role of Financial Institutions in Addressing Climate Change
Climate change is an impending danger that humanity has been facing for the past few decades. Recurring cyclones, floods, and severe droughts have...
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The Actors
One may disagree about the extent of climate change or the urgency to change the oiloil industry, but we pretty much all agree that the change is...
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Best Practices and Case Studies
In the previous chapters, we outlined the theoretical framework for a new monetary regime and the positive impacts it would have, which would enable...
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Sustainable Finance: Banks, Sustainability, and Corporate Financial Performance
After a short overview about the history of sustainable banking, the chapter discusses the business case of sustainability and the sustainability...
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Sustainability and Financial Risks The Impact of Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Social Inequality on Financial Markets
Despite growing discussions on the relationship between sustainability and finance, so far little attention has been given to the relation linking...
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Auf der Suche nach grünen Zahlen: Wie Versicherer zur Klimaneutralität gelangen
Allein in der Europäischen Union haben extreme Wetterereignisse in den vergangenen 40 Jahren fast 150.000 Menschenleben gekostet und über 500...
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Outsourcing and Internal Management Issues of Sovereign Wealth Funds
The Palgrave Handbook of Sovereign Wealth Funds aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of SWFs from a multidimensional perspective. It spans the...
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Integrating Climate Risk into Commercial Banks Operations
This chapter deals with climate risks, their impact on commercial bank operations, and the potential products and mechanisms by which these actors...
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Changing Dynamics of Financial Risk Related to Investments in Low Carbon Technologies
The Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) emphasizes the need to mitigate the impact of climate...
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Insurance Companies
This chapter delves into Insurance Companies' climate risk exposure, exploring business-specific definitions, how climate change transmission...
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The impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on the world’s largest listed insurance firms
We examine the short-term market impact of the beginning of the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine (24 February 2022) on the world’s...
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Klimawandel und Schadenversicherung
Von den physikalischen Auswirkungen des Klimawandels wird vor allem die SchadenversicherungSchadenversicherung weltweit stark betroffen sein, da...