TY - BOOK AU - Kiernan,Matthew J. TI - Investing in a sustainable world: why GREEN is the new color of money on Wall Street SN - 9780814410929 AV - HF 451 K47i 2009 U1 - 332.6 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - AMACOM KW - Investments KW - Environmental aspects KW - Social aspects KW - Green movement KW - Social responsibility of business KW - Investment analysis KW - Inversiones KW - Aspectos Ambientales KW - Aspectos Sociales KW - Movimiento Verde KW - La Responsabilidad Social de las Empresas KW - Analisis de Inversiones KW - Sustainable investing N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-285) and index; Changing finance and financing change : the genesis of this book -- Welcome to the sustainable investment revolution! -- What's taken us so long? : the power of intellectual and organizational inertia -- Perverse outcomes and lost opportunities -- But what does the evidence really say? -- Toward a new postmodern, sustainable portfolio theory -- Why does it all matter, anyway? : the stage of the world -- Sustainability and competitive advantage : the new corporate imperative--and some success stories -- The game-changers, part I : collective initiatives -- The game-changers, part II : the individual owners of capital -- The game-changers, part III : the service providers -- Making it happen -- Some final thoughts -- Appendices: How it's actually done -- Appendix 1: "Intangible value assessment" of Petro China -- Appendix 2: Carbon beta profile of arcelor SA -- Appendix 3: The "global 100" most sustainable companies -- Appendix 4: Top 20 independent sustainability research providers (Thomson Extel) UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008030023.html ER -