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Compliance (2024)
Book Chapter
Torres, L. D. (2024). Compliance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (18-22). Edward Elgar Publishing

Compliance has become prevalent worldwide and especially following the passage of various national regulations such as the United States’ Sarbanes–Oxley Act, Australia’s Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act, and the UK Bribery Act. The cost of b... Read More about Compliance.

Doughnut economics (2024)
Book Chapter
Morris, D. (2024). Doughnut economics. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Edward Elgar Publishing

Sustainable Insurance (2024)
Book Chapter
O’Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable Insurance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (202-206). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch38

Sustainable insurance refers to the integration of environmental, social and governance issues into insurance activities. This relates to both property and casualty insurance— otherwise known as ‘non-life’ insurance— as well as life insurance. As wit... Read More about Sustainable Insurance.

Sustainable finance (2024)
Book Chapter
O'Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable finance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (196-201). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch37

Sustainable finance relates to the integration of environmental and social issues into banking, investment, and insurance activities, and the recognition that in doing so, the financial sector has tremendous leverage to shift international economies... Read More about Sustainable finance.

Sustainable banking (2024)
Book Chapter
Niamh, O. (2024). Sustainable banking. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (187-191). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch35

Sustainable banking refers to the integration of environmental and social issues into banking activities, principally including commercial and retail banking. As with institutional investors, sustainability issues in the banking sector are primarily... Read More about Sustainable banking.

Corporate social responsibility (2024)
Book Chapter
Matthews, L., & Ingram, C. (2024). Corporate social responsibility. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (43-54). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch09

In its most general sense, corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be understood as the recognition that corporations have a responsibility to society that includes but is not limited to their economic performance. There are a large number of defin... Read More about Corporate social responsibility.

Sustainable Investment (2024)
Book Chapter
O’Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable Investment. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (207-214). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch39

Sustainable investment, more widely currently known as “responsible investment”, refers to the integration of sustainability issues— otherwise known as environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the investment community— into core investmen... Read More about Sustainable Investment.