Essays about: "Sustainable and responsible investment"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 67 essays containing the words Sustainable and responsible investment.

1. 11. Investing with an Objective Conscience: A qualitative study on standardization of socially responsible investing in the Swedish financial market

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

   Author : Markus Johansson; Simon Fast; [2021]
   Keywords : Socially Responsible Investing; Standardization; Heterogeneity; EU Taxonomy; Institutional Investors;

   Abstract : The transition towards a sustainable capital market requires private and institutional investors to shift investments to truly socially responsible companies. Identifying genuinely socially responsible investment (SRI) opportunities is, however, complicated by greenwashing, as some companies attempt to portray themselves as more sustainable than they truthfully are. READ MORE

3. 12. Challenges of Achieving a Green Future and Financial Security - A Multiple Case Study of Swedish Pension Firms' Green Bond Assessment Processes

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : My Ewrelius Ryde; Josefina Röckert; [2020]
   Keywords : Green bonds; ESG Assessment; Conventional Bond Assessment; Socially Responsible Investing; Institutional Logics; Pension Firms; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Deriving from an increased awareness of the devastating effects of global warming consequences, the interest for green bonds is growing at an explosive pace. However, researchers and practitioners have raised concerns about the challenges of assessing green bonds. READ MORE

4. 13. The relationship between CSR and the interest bearing cost of debt : An analysis of Nordic countries

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Jonas Wahlström; Oscar Carlsson; [2020]
   Keywords : ESG; CSR; sustainability; cost of interest bearing debt; risk management; Over investment view; Nordic countries;

   Abstract : Corporate social responsibility (CSR), or perhaps the lack of it, is widely debated today. Regulations and international discussions surrounding the topic is taking up a larger room in the public domain with the Paris Climate Accords being a pinnacle where a number of countries decided to agree to quite ambitious climate goals. READ MORE

5. 14. Gender Differences in Financial Decisions

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Lisa Rygård; [2020]
   Keywords : gender differences; decision making under risk; investment; sustainability; leadership gender; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Investment behavior is strongly affected by the level of risk we are willing to take and to what extent we believe an investment is going to be successful. It has been found in previous experiments that men and women tend to have different risk preferences and beliefs, with dissimilar investment behavior as consequence. READ MORE

6. 15. ESG Performance in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Fixed Income in the Context of Home Bias

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jasper Chan; Min Chan Kim; [2020]
   Keywords : Home Bias · ESG · ETF · ESG Equities · Fixed Income; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper explores home bias and the performance of exchange traded funds (ETFs) and bonds under the context of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). It analyzes investment strategies led by non-financial variables such as sustainable and responsible investment and how it affects the expected returns and risk and if the home bias phenomenon is weaker when following the said strategy. READ MORE