The Utility and Limitations of MandatoryStandards for Carbon Disclosure: Exploring the EU ESG Regulatory Regime
This dissertation discusses the utility and limitations of implementing mandatory standardized carbon disclosures through financial services (FS) regulation in the European Union (EU) with the aim of mitigating climate change by channelling funds towards climate-friendly investments.
ESG Investing and Analysis - A Practitioner's Guide
ESG Investing and Analysis: A Practitioner’s Guide is designed to be a practical guide that analyses the most up-to-date and common ways in which ESG considerations are being taken in the investment process and is suitable for both practitioners and students.
Building the Right Board to Respond to the Climate Challenge
This research paper seeks to answer the question ‘what board characteristics are driving the climate change response of firms in the financial sector?’ To answer this, a review of relevant academic and practitioner literature was undertaken followed by a survey and semistructured interviews to collect insight from primary data.
Unholy Trinity: The IMF, World Bank and WTO
Who really runs the global economy? Who benefits most from it?
The answer is a triad of 'governance institutions' - The IMF, the World Bank and the WTO. Globalization massively increased the power of these institutions and they drastically affected the livelihoods of peoples across the world. Yet they operate undemocratically and aggressively promote a particular kind of neoliberal capitalism.