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Sustainable Finance: A Multidimensional and Multi-actor Framework

Visual Codes of Sustainable Finance Concepts

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Crescentino, D. & Crescentino, L.

Active Engagement

Sancak, I.

Active Ownership

Sancak, I.

Active Voting

Sancak, I.

Anthropogenic Climate Change

Sancak, I.

Anthropogenic Emission

Sancak, I.

Baseline and Credit Mechanism

Gerres, T.

Best-in-Class Screening

Sancak, I.

Best-in-Universe Screening

Sancak, I.

Biocapacity

Sancak, I.

Biodiversity

Sancak, I.

Biodiversity Finance

Sancak, I.

Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII)

Sancak, I.

Biodiversity Loss

Sancak, I.

Biosphere Integrity

Sancak, I.

Blended Finance

Sancak, I.

Blue Bonds

Ocal, T.

Blue Economy

Barrachina, M.

Blue Finance

Barrachina, M

Brown Economy

Sancak, I.

Brown Taxonomy

Sancak, I.

Brundtland Report

Crescentino, D. & Crescentino, L.

Business Sustainability

Gómez de Liaño, C.

Business-as-Usual

Aracil, E.

Cap and Trade System

Gerres, T

Carbon Allowance

Gerres, T.

Carbon Bubble

Sancak, I.

Carbon Credit

Gerres, T.

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Sancak, I.

Carbon (Dioxide) Capture

Gerres, T.

Carbon (Dioxide) Capture & Storage (CCS)

Gerres, T.

Carbon (Dioxide) Capture & Utilization (CCU)

Gerres, T.

Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e)

Sancak, I.

Carbon Emission

Sancak, I.

Carbon Emission Permit

Gerres, T.

Carbon Finance

Taskin, D.

Carbon Footprint

Sancak, I.

Carbon Leakage

Gerres, T.

Carbon Markets

Gerres, T.

Carbon Neutrality

Sancak, I.

Carbon Offsetting

Sancak, I.

Carbon Price

Gerres, T.

Carbon Removal / Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)

Sancak, I.

Carbon Sequestration

Sancak, I.

Carbon Sink

Sancak, I.

Carbon Taxation

Sancak, I.

Chief Sustainability Officer

Sancak, I.

Circular Economy

Barrachina, M.

Climate

Sancak, I.

Climate Change

Sancak, I.

Climate Change Adaptation

Sancak, I.

Climate Change Mitigation

Sancak, I.

Climate Crisis

Sancak, I.

Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB)

Sancak, I.

Climate Finance

Taskin, D.

Climate Neutrality

Sancak, I.

Climate Stress Test / Testing

Sancak, I.

Climate-related Risk (CrR)

Ocal, T.

Common Good Value

Sancak, I.

Community Investing

Sancak, I.

Conference of the Parties (COP)

Sancak, I.

Corporate Citizenship

Gómez de Liaño, C.

Corporate Engagement

Sancak, I.

Corporate Governance

Brogi, M.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Gómez de Liaño, C.

Corporate Sustainability

Gómez de Liaño, C

Decarbonization

Sancak, I.

Development Finance

Moreno de Tejada, O.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Gómez de Liaño, C.

Double Materiality

Sancak, I.

Doughnut Economics

Wikström, T.

Dynamic Materiality

Sancak, I.

Earth Overshoot Day

Sancak, I.

Earth System

Sancak, I.

Ecological Footprint

Sancak, I.

Ecosystem Services

Sancak, I.

Emission Allowance

Gerres, T.

Emission Trading

Gerres, T.

Emissions Trading System

Gerres, T.

Enlightened Shareholder Value (ESV)

Sancak, I.

Environmental Capital

Sancak, I.

Environmental Economics

Vargas, C

Environmental Externalities

Vargas, C.

Environmental Factors (E of ESG)

Sancak, I.

Environmental Finance

Sancak, I.

Environmental Footprint

SoGReS-MF Research Group

Environmental Kuznets Curve

Sancak, I.

Environmental Risk

Ocal, T.

Environmental Taxonomy

Sancak, I.

Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors / ESG Factors / ESG Criteria

Sancak, I.

Equator Principles

Sancak, I.

ESG Analysis

SoGReS-MF Research Group

ESG Engagement

Sancak, I.

ESG Fund

Jurado, A.

ESG Incorporation

Sancak, I.

ESG Integration

Sancak, I.

ESG Investing/Investment

Sancak, I.

ESG Rating

Lagasio, V.

ESG Reporting

Sancak, I.

ESG Risks

Ocal, T.

ESG Voting

Sancak, I.

Ethical Investment / Ethical Investing

Sancak, I.

EU Taxonomy for Sustainability

Lagasio, V.

Exclusionary Investing

Benedetti, H.

Exclusionary Screening

Sancak, I.

Externalities

Sancak, I.

Finance-as-Usual

Sancak, I.

Financial Inclusion

Aracil, E

Financial Materiality

Sancak, I

Fossil Fuel

Sancak, I

Global Reporting Initiative

Kanashiro, P.

Global Warming

Sancak, I.

Global Warming Potential (GWP)

Sancak, I.

Governance Factors (G of ESG)

Lagasio, V.

Green Asset Ratio (GAR)

Ocal, T

Green Assets

Ocal, T

Green Bond Principles

Ocal, T

Green Bonds

Ocal, T

Green Company

Sancak, I.

Green Economy

Sancak, I.

Green Equities

Martin Bujack, K.

Green Finance

Ocal, T.

Green Fintech Taxonomy (Green Fintech Classification)

Ocal, T.

Green Growth

Sancak, I.

Green Investment

Martin Bujack, K.

Green Lease, Green Leasing

Ocal, T.

Green Loan

Ocal, T.

Green Loan Principles

Ocal, T.

Green Mortgage

Ocal, T.

Green Premium

Sancak, I.

Green Project

Sancak, I.

Green Taxonomy

Sancak, I.

Green Water

Sancak, I.

Greenhouse Effect

Sancak, I.

Greenhouse Gas Emission (GHG Emission)

Sancak, I.

Greenhouse Gas Neutrality

Sancak, I.

Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol)

Sancak, I.

Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)

Sancak, I.

Greenium

Sancak, I.

Greenwashing, Greenwash

Sancak, I.

Impact Finance

Pareja, B.

Impact Investing

Pareja, B.

Impact Lending

Pareja, B.

Impact Loan

Pareja, B.

Impact Materiality

Sancak, I.

Impact Measurement and Management

Ballesteros, C.

Inclusionary Investing

Benedetti, H.

Inside-out Perspective

Sancak, I.

Integrated Report

Sancak, I.

Integrated Reporting

Sancak, I.

Integrated Thinking

Sancak, I.

Integrated Value

Sancak, I.

Integrated Value Creation (IVC)

Sancak, I.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Crescentino, L. & Crescentino, D

Internalization

Sancak, I.

International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)

Sancak, I.

International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)

Sancak, I.

Katowice Climate Package

Sancak, I.

Keeling Curve

Sancak, I.

Kyoto Protocol

Sancak, I.

Land Degradation

Ocal, T.

Land Degradation Neutrality

Ocal, T.

Land-system Change

Ocal, T.

Land-use Change

Ocal, T.

Life Cycle Assessment

SoGReS-MF Research Group

Linear Consumption

Sancak, I.

Linear Economy

Sancak, I.

Linear Production

Sancak, I.

Long-term Value Creation (LTVC)

Sancak, I.

Materiality

Esteban-Sánchez, P. & Pardo, E.

Microcredit

Sancak, I.

Microfinance

Sancak, I.

Microinsurance

Sancak, I.

Microloan

Sancak, I.

Millennium Development Goals

Crescentino, D.

Montreal Protocol

Sancak, I.

Nationally Determined Contributions

Pauw, P.

Natural Capital

Sancak, I.

Natural Resource

Sancak, I.

Negative Emission

Sancak, I.

Negative Externalities

Sancak, I.

Negative Screening

Sancak, I.

Net Zero Economy

Sancak, I.

Net Zero Emission

Sancak, I.

Non-Financial Information

Sancak, I.

Non-Financial Reporting

Sancak, I.

Norms-based Screening

Sancak, I.

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

Sancak, I.

Outside-in Perspective

Sancak, I.

Paris Agreement

Sancak, I.

Parts per Million (ppm)

Sancak, I.

Physical Risk

Sancak, I.

Pieconomics

Sancak, I.

Pigouvian Tax

Sancak, I.

Planetary Boundaries

Sancak, I.

Planetary Boundaries Framework

Sancak, I.

Porter Hypothesis

Sancak, I.

Positive Externalities

Sancak, I.

Positive Screening

Sancak, I.

Principles for Responsible Banking

Ocal, T.

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

Benedetti, H.

Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI)

Sancak, I.

Race to Zero

Sancak, I.

Renewable Energy

Sancak, I.

Responsible Consumption

Fernandez-Olit, B.

Responsible Investment

Fernandez-Olit, B.

SASB Standards

Kanashiro, P.

Scope 1 GHG Emissions

Sancak, I.

Scope 2 GHG Emissions

Sancak, I.

Scope 3 GHG Emissions

Sancak, I.

Shareholder Action

Sancak, I.

Shareholder Activism

Sancak, I.

Shareholder Primacy

Sancak, I.

Shareholder Value

Fernandez-Olit, B.

Short Termism

Fernandez-Olit, B

Sin Company

Fernandez-Olit, B.

Sin Stock

Fernandez-Olit, B.

Social Bank

Cotelo-Ouréns, Y.

Social Bonds

Cotelo-Ouréns, Y.

Social Externalities

Cotelo-Ouréns, Y.

Social Factors (S of ESG)

Cotelo-Ouréns, Y.

Social Finance

Cotelo-Ouréns, Y.

Social Taxonomy

Paraskevas, P.

Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)

Paraskevas, P.

Stakeholder Capitalism

Sancak, I.

Stewardship

Sancak, I.

Stranded Asset

Sancak, I.

Sustainability

SoGReS-MF Research Group

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)

Sancak, I.

Sustainability Disclosure

Pardo, E. & Esteban-Sánchez, P.

Sustainability Index

Aracil, E.

Sustainability Linked Loans

Ocal, T.

Sustainability Linked Loan Principles

Ocal, T.

Sustainability Rankings

Madera del Pozo, A.

Sustainability Rating Providers

Madera del Pozo, A.

Sustainability Ratings

Zeidan, R.

Sustainability Reporting

Sancak, I.

Sustainability Risks

SoGReS-MF Research Group

Sustainability Science

Sancak, I.

Sustainability Score

Madera del Pozo, A.

Sustainability Taxonomy

Sancak, I.

Sustainability Transformation

Sancak, I.

Sustainability Transition

Sancak, I.

Sustainability-themed Investing

Sancak, I.

Sustainable Business Model

Aracil, E.

Sustainable Development

Aracil, E.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Aracil, E.

Sustainable Digital Finance

Sancak, I.

Sustainable Finance

Aracil, E. & Sancak, I.

Sustainable Finance Forms

Sancak, I.

Sustainable Finance Literacy

Sancak, I.

Sustainable Finance Stages

Sancak, I.

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

Sancak, I.

Sustainable Finance Technology (SuFTech)

Sancak, I.

Sustainable Insurance

Sancak, I.

Sustainable Investing, Sustainable Investment, Sustainability Investment (SI)

SoGReS-MF Research Group

Sustainable Investment Fund

Jurado, A.

Sustainable Investment Strategies

Sancak, I.

Sustainable Lending

Ocal, T.

Taxonomy

Sancak, I.

Thematic Investing

Sancak, I.

Tradable Emission Permit

Gerres, T.

Tradable Emission Right

Gerres, T.

Transition Finance

Sancak, I.

Transition Management

Vargas, C.

Transition Risk

Vargas, C.

Triple Bottom Line

Aracil, E.

Twin Transformation

Sancak, I.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Pauw, P.

United Nations Global Compact

Sancak, I.

United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights

Pardo, E. & Esteban-Sánchez, P.

Value Reporting Foundation

Sancak, I.

Values-based Banking

Cotelo-Ouréns, Y.　

This book compiles and explains technical terms in sustainable finance in an easy-to-navigate A-Z format.

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