Book Launch Press Conference: The Business Case for Sustainable Finance
Submitted by: ICWords Ltd.
2012-06-09 18:12:15
(OPENPRESS) June 10, 2012 -- A book launch will present the edited volume "The Business Case for Sustainable Finance", edited by Iveta Cherneva, which brings together finance industry perspectives from top global institutions, focusing on the bottom line for sustainable finance.
The book launch press conference will take place via live webcast on Wednesday 20 June 2012 at 11:30amEET / 10:30amCET / 9:30amGMT.
The English-speaking part of the launch at BTA Press Club in Sofia will be viewable by live webcast at: http://www.bta.bg/bg/pressclub led by Iveta Cherneva, managing editor of "The Business Case for Sustainable Finance" and executive director, ICWords Ltd.
From sector-specific perspectives such as investment, asset management, banking, and microfinance, to current topics such as quality of management, climate change, natural capital, labour, human rights standards, impact investing, and poverty reduction, to managing risk in emerging markets such as China and South Africa, the upcoming collection will provide a global picture of the way issues traditionally seen as only ethical and "do-good" issues actually affect financial returns in a very real numerical way.
"The Business Case for Sustainable Finance" includes chapters by BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Earth Capital Partners LLP, FirstRand Group Ltd., HSBC, SNS Asset Management, Georgetown Law School, University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership and University of Leeds.
Notes to Editors.
About the Book: The Business Case for Sustainable Finance is a an edited collection published by Routledge in London and New York on 20 June 2012.
About the Editor: Iveta Cherneva is the Executive Director of ICWords Ltd. and the editor of The Business Case for Sustainable Finance. Her career includes work for the United Nations, US Congress, Oxford GEG and a number of think-tanks, in five of the world's diplomatic capitals, including Washington DC, Geneva, New York, Stockholm and The Hague. She is also the author of the book Trafficking for Begging (2011), co-author of Beyond Market Forces: Regulating the Global Security Industry (2009), and a member of the Atlantic Council's NATO Working Group.
For more information contact: Iveta Cherneva, Editor, The Business Case for Sustainable Finance
Email: ivetacherneva@yahoo.com
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Author Blog: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4592965.Iveta_Cherneva/blog
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Iveta-Cherneva/e/B004IULPXY
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Reviews of "The Business Case for Sustainable Finance":
"Highly recommended. The book provides a truly global picture, drawing on the expertise of the foremost voices in the sustainable finance space." - Dr. James Gifford, Executive Director, United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment
"In this collection of outstanding essays - where the business case meets sustainable finance in China and South Africa; for poverty reduction and climate change; with microfinance and ESG analysis - the rubber meets the road and it will leave its mark. You won't want to miss it." - Steve Lydenberg, Founding Director, Initiative for Responsible Investment, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
"Topical and timely, the book will be useful to finance professionals, as well as students of finance. It addresses the elephant in the room: does sustainable finance make commercial sense for financial institutions?" - Colin Melvin, CEO, Hermes Equity Ownership Services Ltd.
