ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 crisis has proven that sustainability of an institution or organization requires a constant review of one’s strategic positioning and the execution of pertinent plans in response to evolving externalities. Resilient organizations continue to revive themselves through effective R&D and the renewal of their range of products and services. Financial and Technological Innovation for Sustainability: Environmental, Social and Governance Performance examines approaches to sustainability under the ongoing development of energy sustainability and the green finance initiatives. It unveils global heterogeneous efforts in achieving Environmental Social Governance (ESG) performance in light of climate change, global sustainability and concerns over corporate “greenwashing”.
The book assembles a wealth of case studies from a variety of contemporary organizations that actively pursue sustainable development while seeking their next economic growth. These global cases demonstrate the salience of governance that institutes continuous advancements to enable the timely revitalization of corporate strategies, technological innovation and deployment of financial resources for sustainability transformation regardless of their stages of lifecycle. They reveal distinct approaches to financial and technological innovation in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America in pursuing the shared UN Sustainable Development Goals. The intertwined public-private partnership and implications of geopolitics under an evolving global financial system for sustainability transformation are articulated.
This book will appeal to academics as well as business and finance professionals, who are keen to understand the interrelationship between financial and technological innovation, and to those who want to comprehend the underlying global challenges and opportunities of adopting emerging technologies to reinvent a business model that forges measurable and impactful ESG performances.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|20 pages
Introduction
part II|100 pages
Cases in America, Europe and Africa
chapter 2|31 pages
Emerging Technological Innovation of Renewable Energies through Cleantech Ventures
chapter 3|21 pages
Social Bonds as an Innovative Financial Instrument for ESG Initiatives
chapter 4|21 pages
Sustainable Development of Solar Power for the European Transition to Renewable Energy
chapter 5|25 pages
Scaling Renewable Energy Capacities for Sustainability in Africa
part III|110 pages
Cases in Asia-Pacific
chapter 7|19 pages
Turning an ESG Agenda into Action through New Product Development
chapter 10|18 pages
Design and Implementation of Electric Vehicle Transport Systems
part IV|19 pages
Conclusions