A Journey into ESG Investments The Theory and Practice of the CSR-Financial Performance Nexus

This book deals with climate finance and presents a balance between the theoretical framework—as drawn by the most widely cited practitioner-oriented and academic journals in environmental management—and experimental finance. Does sustainability work eventually? This book explores the data from empirical analysis to address this question. The book investigates the effectiveness of Corporate Social Responsibility and its empirical verification by analyzing the correlation between firm-specific ESG characteristics and financial performance, and will be of interest to academics, researchers, and practitioners of sustainable finance and climate finance.

Part 1 – The ESG investing in the asset management industry.- Chapter 1 How and why Asset Managers use ESG.- Chapter 2 ESG rating: a fundamental driver for investing in the asset management industry.- Part 2 –Testing ESG strategies.- Chapter 3 Investors' standpoint: Developing climate finance-oriented Investment Strategies.- Chapter 4 ESG Investment strategies in action.- Part 3 - A focus on Investing in the three pillars of ESG.- Chapter 5 Pillar 1 – Environment Investment Theme.- Chapter 6 Pillar 2 – Social Investment Theme.- Chapter 7 Pillar 3 – Governance Investment Theme.

Giuseppe Galloppo is a Professor of Finance at Roma Tre University, Italy. He teaches Climate Finance for both Master and Doctoral students at many universities in  Eastern Europe and the Mena Region. He has published scientific papers in several top academic journals. Additionally, he has worked as a member of several research teams, including the National Council of Research, the Statistical Information Commission at Presidency of Prime Minister Authority, and ASEAN Awareness Forum (Italian Foreign Office Ministry). He has been a quantitative asset allocation manager while also being involved in research projects dealing with the assessment of sustainable corporate actions for listed companies at Milan Euronext Growth market and the implementation of the new EBA Loan Policy.