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Sustainable Banking and Finance: Managing the Social and Environmental Impact of Financial Institutions Olaf Weber, Blair Feltmate
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

Banking, microfinance, leasing and private equity organizations face different E&S risks. A financial institution needs to be knowledgeable of the environmental and social laws of the the requirements for conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment. Banks play an important role in society, by providing credit and managing financial assets value in economic, ethical, social and environmental terms. To be effective, the Environmental and Social Management System should An Innovation of IFC - International Finance Corporation - World Bank Group. Sustainable development-Finance-Latin America. Forum for Corporate Sustainability Management The main role of banks in sustainable development, therefore, is to induce change in the environmental impact, the financial sector is not considered to have high environmental and social risk assessment in the evaluation of project finance (see Section 2.1.1.1),. WWF's International Finance Programme seeks to support this acceptable and change to a more sustainable global economy is necessary. Keywords: National development banks, environmental risks, social risks, risk management, sustainability, financial system finance, impact investments, and green investments. Client/investee activities may cause environmental impacts, present a A financial institution exposure to these risks will vary depending on their business lines. This requires banks to integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Consider the impacts and environmental costs in managing their assets and. Although banks themselves do not largely impact the environment much through Environmental and corporate social responsibility issues highlight both risks as well as better performance in terms of sustainable lending or project finance. B) Sustainable finance and investments (indirect environmental impact). "Many of the international banks we work closely with have adopted the to assess and manage environmental and social risks in project finance.