Green Finance and Green Investments. Opportunities and challenges of new business models

Download or read book Green Finance and Green Investments. Opportunities and challenges of new business models written by and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Document from the year 2020 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, , language: English, abstract: Climate change is happening. The results of numerous climate researchers and studies have long since confirmed it. Species extinction, floods, droughts - global warming is changing the world we live in. Despite all this, many consumers do not see the need to limit their consumption and lifestyle. Yet they could long ago determine the direction of industry's production. As this publication shows, only society, politics and business can work together to create a Green Economy. The Paris Climate Agreement and the UN summits in 2015 set the milestones for a green economy. It explains whether, why and to what extent green investments make sense. The book focuses primarily on ecological and sustainable investments in the financial sector. This is because enormous investments are needed to achieve a green economy. It presents various investment approaches as well as the opportunities and challenges of green finance. From the contents: - Capital Investment; - Investment; - Finance; - Environmental protection; - Sustainability