Designing a Sustainable Financial System

1. Introduction; Thomas Walker, Stéfanie D. Kibsey, and Rohan Crichton Part I- System and Sector-level Transitions towards Sustainability 2. An Alternative Finance Approach for a More Sustainable Financial System; Rosella Carè, Annarita Trotta, and Alessandro Rizzello3. Social and Environmental Responsibility in the Banking Industry: A Focus on Commercial Business; Beatriz Fernandez Olit, Marta de la Cuesta González, and Francisco Pablo Holgado4. Seeking Greener Pastures: Exploring the Impact for Investors of ESG Integration in the Infrastructure Asset Class; Roy R. Sengupta, Tessa Hebb, and Hakan Mustafa5. Pricing Carbon: Integrating Promise, Practice, and Lessons Learned from the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX); Paula DiPerna Part II- Innovations in Best Practices, Tools, and Financial Products 6. Designing Carbon: Neutral Investment Portfolios; Gianfranco Gianfrate7. Sustainability Stress Testing the Financial System: Challenges and Approaches; Dieter Gramlich8. Responsible Investment Requires a Proxy Voting System Responsive to Retail Investors; Ian Robertson9. The Creation of Social Impact Credits: Funding for Social Profit Organizations; Marcel Minutolo, John Stakeley, and Chloe Mills10. Crowdfunding Sustainable Enterprises as a Form of Collective Action; Helen Toxopeus and Karen Maas11. Palm Oil: Mitigating Material Financial Risks via Sustainability; Gabriel Thoumi Part III- The Role of Regulation, Standards, and Policy 12. Towards a Theory of Sustainable Finance; Joakim Sandberg13. Mobilizing Early-Stage Investments for an Innovation-Led Sustainability Transition; Friedemann H. J. Polzin, Ulrika Stavlöt, and Mark W. J. L. Sanders14. Financial Sector Sustainability Regulations and Voluntary Codes of Conduct: Do They Help to Create a More Sustainable Financial System?; Olaf Weber15. Why Self-Commitment Is Not Enough: On a Regulated Minimum Standard for Ecologically and Socially Responsible Financial Products and Services; Andreas Oehler, Matthias Horn, and

Thomas Walker is Full Professor in the Department of Finance, Associate Dean, Research and Research Programs, and Co-Director of the David O'Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, Canada. Prior to his academic career, he worked in the German consulting and industrial sector at firms such as Mercedes Benz, Utility Consultants International, and Telenet.

Stéfanie D. Kibsey coordinates the Sustainable Investment Professional Certification program at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, Canada, and she previously worked at the David O'Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise and La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. She specializes in connecting sustainability with finance.

Rohan Crichton is a faculty member at McGill University, Canada. He is also completing his Ph.D. in management at Concordia University, Canada. Rohan brings to both roles almost twenty years of work and consulting experience garnered from such organizations as, the United Nations, the Public Service of Canada, VSO International, and Bell Canada.