Sustainable Finance

Sustainability has moved from the margins to the mainstream of the investment world evidenced by the fact that assets under management in the United States invested in responsible investment strategies have grown 76 percent since 2014. Any investor will tell you that demand for responsible investing is increasing. What many cannot explain, however, is how to quantify sustainability and how it corresponds with financial performance. 

Recognizing this gap in current thinking, the Center has launched a new project aimed at exploring this role of sustainability metrics for investors. The Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF) aims to produce fresh thinking and cutting-edge research on the challenges to integrating sustainability concerns into financial markets and investment decisions. YISF functions as a knowledge hub and provides space for intellectual exchange among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.

FEATURED READING

VALUES AT WORK: SUSTAINABLE INVESTING AND ESG REPORTING
Edited by Daniel C. Esty and Todd Cort
Pub. 2020
rethinking environmental/social/governance metrics for the mainstream investor
Daniel C. Esty and Todd Cort
Journal of Environmental Investing 
8 No. 1 (2017)