Ebook: Investing in a sustainable world: why GREEN is the new color of money on Wall Street

From the Publisher: "Investing in a Sustainable World explains why institutional investors have been so reluctant, even antagonistic, about making ES a central strategic element in their decision-making processes. More important, the book details how several leading-edge investors are getting ahead of the curve, and how you can-and must-too." From energy to real estate and banking to automobiles, the competitive landscape for business is changing in unprecedented ways and at a furious pace. Featuring compelling examples, real numbers, and incontrovertible evidence, Investing in a Sustainable World shows you why-and how-the smart money is now on green-and will be for at least the next few decades.;Changing finance and financing change: the genesis of this book -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Welcome to the sustainable investment revolution! -- 2: What's taken us so long?: the power of intellectual and organizational inertia -- 3: Perverse outcomes and lost opportunities -- 4: But what does the evidence really say? -- 5: Toward a new postmodern, sustainable portfolio theory -- 6: Why does it all matter, anyway?: the stage of the world -- 7: Sustainability and competitive advantage: the new corporate imperative-and some success stories -- 8: Game-changers, part I: Collective initiatives -- 9: Game-changers, part II: Individual owners of capital -- 10: Game-changers, part III: Service providers -- 11: Making it happen -- 12: Some final thoughts -- Appendices: How It's Actually Done -- Appendix 1: Intangible value assessment of Petro China -- Appendix 2: Carbon beta profile of arcelor SA -- Appendix 3: Global 100 most sustainable companies -- Appendix 4: Top 20 independent sustainability research providers (Thomson Extel) -- Notes -- References -- Index.