Sustainable Finance––Integrating Sustainability into Corporate Banking

Laura Maida ()
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Laura Maida: Intesa Sanpaolo

Chapter Chapter 7 in Corporate Sustainability in Practice, 2021, pp 111-124 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract ThisSustainable finance chapter describes how financial institutions are integrating sustainabilitySustainability into their financing processes, presenting different strategiesStrategy applied. First, there is a mention to the “excluding policies” that limit activities on sensitive sectors, and to specific initiatives, banks are launching to promote financial inclusion. More focus is dedicated to the risk management perspective, as additional regulation is expected to come soon in this field. Afterwards, there is a remark to some overarching approaches to sustainable lendingSustainable lending, i.e. embedding ESG lens into the whole credit value chain. In conclusion, three enabling factors are stated: (i) availability of data, (ii) training and divulgation, (iii) governanceGovernance and CEOs commitment. The chapter includes also a brief account of the Intesa Sanpaolo case.

Keywords: Sustainability; Impact banking; Climate change risks; ESG; Sustainable lending; Sustainable finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56344-8_7

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