Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance: Creating an Efficient Market Through Innovative Policies and Instruments

Critically discusses prominent issues in the sustainable finance sector, covering a range of topics including the SDGs, impact investing and taxation

Proposes novel models and solutions to challenges facing sustainable finance, such as climate-smart agriculture and microfinance

Presents empirical case studies from across the globe, with a particular focus on Europe, Latin America and Africa

Mario La Torre is Professor of Banking and Finance at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, and author of the blog Good in Finance. His research revolves around banking, financial intermediaries and financial innovation. Also an expert in ethical finance, microfinance and finance for the audiovisual industry, Mario is series editor of Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance. He is a member of the Board of the Italian National Body for Microcredit and was previously a member of the G8 Taskforce on Social Impact Investments. As well as publishing in academic journals, Mario is the co-editor of the book, Socially Responsible Investments (Palgrave, 2019).

Helen Chiappini is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at G. D’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, focusing on climate change and sustainable investments. Additionally, she teaches Impact Investing at the Pontifical Lateran University of the Vatican City. Helen is the sub-series editor of Palgrave Studies in Green Finance and Guest Editor of Sustainability. Her areas of research include green finance, impact investments, socially responsible investments and microfinance. She has written and co-edited two books: Social Impact Funds (Palgrave, 2017) and Socially Responsible Investments (Palgrave, 2019).