Introduction : changing finance- and financing change : the genesis of this book -- Welcome to the sustainable investment revolution! -- What took us so long? the power of intellectual inertia -- Perverse outcomes and lost opportunities -- But what does the evidence really say? -- Sustainable investing : towards a new post-modern portfolio theory -- Why does it all matter, anyway? -- Sustainability and competitive advantage: the corporate imperative- and some success stories -- The game-changers, Part I : collective initiatives -- The game-changers, Part II : the individual owners of capital -- The game-changers, Part III : the service providers -- How it's actually done : the way forward for 21st century investors -- Some concluding thoughts -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 : A typical company sustainability profile -- Appendix 2 : A typical company carbon risk assessment.
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