Sustainable finance and investments / Elisa Gomez Gonzales.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sustainability: introduction -- Sustainable development strategic topics -- Strategic trends per sector -- Strategic macrotrends and disruptions shaping 2020-2030 -- Creating resilient strategies -- Sustainable finance.

"Sustainability management systems have proven not only to benefit the company that applies them but also to the world as a whole. Sustainability is slowly but steadily being incorporated into public policies, governments, private sector companies, and even freelancers. The world has begun to believe that we can actually operate and perform in a way that is respectful to the environment, society, and the economy enabling us to develop sustainably. This is not merely a trend or the hot topic for the coming years, but it is a crucial aspect of we want to continue prospering a thriving. A great part of sustainable management practices relies on people. People that work with a purpose; feel engaged, accountable, and responsible for their actions. People that want to make a difference for good. These people together form teams that work with purpose, feel engaged, connected, accountable, and responsible for their actions. This group of people forms companies, businesses, organizations, and overall a community of people that have in mind to be sustainable and to provide the best for future generations.
The purpose is the main driver for millennials in choosing a workplace and a career, this shift from other generational trends implies that companies and the workplace industry globally need to face a transformation. Millennials which will shortly constitute the biggest generation in the workplace have a broader understanding of sustainability. Not only a broader understanding but they go one step further and actually reject working for companies that do not create value and have a positive impact where they operate. Their understanding of sustainable development together with their immense technological capacity nowadays set the perfect scene for all types of companies and organizations to start implementing sustainability management systems. With sustainability management systems, renewable technology development goes hand-in-hand. Thus, along with an overview of what is happening around the world, this book covers the trends, future expectations, and forecasts. Typically, sustainability management systems or sometimes referred to as corporate social responsibility (CSR) are very much dependent upon international standards, regulation, legislation, and certifications which are very much industry-related or country-related. This means that they are heavily influenced by the culture, the economic positioning in the market, and the countries legal and political trends. Moreover, globalization has enabled access to products and services where they were not available before. All of these changes and limitations have created a difficult scenario for companies, where implementing sustainability measures imply allocating a great part of the budget and result in very time consuming for employees. The main aim of this book is to provide simple, effective, understandable, and applicable mechanisms for all readers. To enable and empower them to implement management systems that are adapted to the reality and expectations of their business. In this book, you will find all of those mechanisms and resources needed to ensure that sustainability is well embedded into a company through Human Resources Practices, Marketing, and Communication, Procurement, and CEO Leadership. This book is for all those that want to effectively implement sustainable management and culture into their current business practices. The book runs simply through all of the steps to design and create a strategy according to the needs and expectations of all the stakeholders, ensuring everyone involved feels accountable and responsible for their piece of the pie. It is also intended for all those studying or professionals that work as sustainability consultants or analysts to broaden their perceptions of sustainability implementation in a millennial digital world"-- Back cover.