Socially responsible investment arises from the integration of environmental, social and governance criteria in investment decisions and the implementation of sustainable finance. As the impact of COVID-19 continues to be navigated, Responsible Investment Around the World considers economic recovery undertaken in different regions around the world. Financing policies and investment solutions are proposed that can responsibly help address the world’s most pressing issues – in climate change, social injustice, and access to healthcare. Paving the way for responsible investment towards creating a fairer and more equitable society, Julia M. Puaschunder offers a comparative approach that takes into account both law and economics to understand the most contemporary global international finance and responsible investment trends. The interdisciplinary nature of Responsible Investment Around the World appeals to academics and scholars, investors, business leaders, healthcare practitioners and NGOs. Tangible examples of successful responsible investment and financial solutions to solve worldwide predicaments make the book highly applicable to everyday finance and economics practice with real-world relevance.

Exploring a topic of growing importance that has scant coverage, Intergenerational Equity brings to the fore a comprehensive discussion of intergenerational predicaments. The book explores how corporate and financial social responsibility can leverage intergenerational harmony through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI). A warming earth under climate change, overindebtedness crises and demographic aging of a Western world population are putting pressure on future generations. Transparency and accountability are key for monitoring corporate and financial social responsibility in the interplay of public and private actors to ensure a sustainable humankind and intergenerational harmony. The author discusses the human constituents of responsibility and the international emergence of CSR, paying special attention to global governance multi-stakeholder partnerships. The rise of SRI in the international arena in the wake of stakeholder activism and intrinsic socio-psychological motives of socially responsible investors are also outlined and the role of leadership, trust and managerial ethics accentuated. Scholars, executives and readers motivated by the desire to improve corporate and financial market activities will benefit from this insightful and valuable book.