Extinction Governance, Finance and Accounting

Produktbeschreibung

The planet is currently experiencing a mass extinction event, with human and business activity being the root cause of species loss and habitat destruction. Industries, companies, banks, investors, accountants and auditors have all played their role. This book explores how they can also provide a solution. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Why Are Species Extinction and Biodiversity Collapse Relevant to
the Financial Markets, Accounting and Governance?; Part I Defining Extinction
Governance, Extinction Accounting and Extinction Finance 1 Extinction
Accounting, Finance and Engagement: Implementing a Species Protection Action
Plan for the Financial Markets; 2 Extinction Governance: Establishing a
Framework for Extinction Accounting, Accountability and Finance; Part II The
Urgent State of Nature: Addressing Extinction and Biodiversity Decline 3
Business, Extinction and the Future of Species: Moving from Good Intention to
Action against Species Extinction; 4 Business for Nature: How Businesses Can
Save Species and Preserve Biodiversity; 5 Heal Rewilding: A Landowning Model for
Species Recovery; 6 Oil Palm Industry and Biodiversity Loss: Enhancing
Governance through the Sustainability Policy Transparency Toolkit (SPOTT); 7
Cultural and Religious Aspects of Extinction Governance in the Middle East:
Accounting for Camels in the Israeli Context; 8 Middle Eastern Extinctions:
Building a Religious Motivation for Species Protection; 9 The Need for Good
Governance in Securing Environmental Justice; 10 A Regenerative Approach to
Biodiversity and Species Extinction Accounting; Part III Extinction Finance: How
Financial Market Mechanisms Can Save Species 11 'Extinction Bonds' Addressing
Biodiversity Issues through Sustainable Finance; 12 From Active to Passive:
Establishing a Framework for a Biodiversity Index Solution; 13 Biodiversity and
Sustainability Ratings: From Data to Assessments; 14 Assessing Financial
Exposure to Biodiversity Risks through Corporate Facility Mapping; 15 How to
Improve Biodiversity-Related Information; 16 Green Bonds from an Integrated
Thinking Perspective; 17 The Wildlife Conservation Bond: Exploring New Market
Mechanisms for Protecting Endangered Species; 18 Exploring a Mechanism with
Emancipatory Potential for 'Business and Biodiversity' in China: 'Ant Forest';
19 The Investors' Policy Dialogue on Deforestation (IPDD) Case Study: A
Collaborative Engagement Initiative with Governments to Mitigate Investment
Impacts Resulting from Deforestation; 20 Ending Extinction: Taking Action to
Transform the Financial System; 21 Extinction Accounting and Finance in Italy:
The Case of Fineco Bank; Part IV Extinction Engagement: How Investors Can Save
Species 22 The Global Asset Management Industry's Response to the Biodiversity
Crisis; 23 Engaging to Protect and Restore Biodiversity; 24 Biodiversity Loss
and Its Impact: A Practical Implementation in Portfolio Construction; 25
Addressing the Ecological Transition through Environmental, Social and
Governance Investing Powered by Artificial Intelligence and Fintech; 26
Revealing Plato's 'Shadow Kingdom': Rendering Pandemic Risk Explicit in
Extinction Engagement; Part V Extinction Accounting: How Accounting Can Save
Species 27 The Impact of the Natural Capital and Biodiversity Crises on the
Corporate and Investment Value Chain; 28 The Biodiversity Disclosure Project:
From Business Mainstreaming Guidelines, the Biodiversity Performance Rating of
Listed Companies to the Biological Diversity Protocol; 29 Research Methods: The
Role of Ecolinguistic Analysis in Species Protection - A Toolkit for
Practitioners and Academics; Part VI Reflections and Conclusion: Establishing a
Framework for Action 30 Extinction, Biodiversity Loss and COVID-19: Searching
for Meaning; 31 Hope for the Future: A CREATIIIVE Approach to Extinction
Governance, Accounting and Finance 

Autoreninfo

Jill Atkins holds a Chair in Financial Management at Sheffield University Management School, UK, and is a visiting professor of Accounting at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Martina Macpherson is Head of ESG Strategy and GMC Member at ODDO BHF Asset Management, President of NSFM NextGen and Visiting Fellow at Henley Business School, UK.