Against a backdrop of global complexity and interconnectedness, this month’s “Journal of Sustainable Finance and Banking” focuses on “Urban Innovation” as the cities of the world are ripe with both risk and opportunity.
This month’s JSFB features articles that examine many aspects of urbanization – from existential threats (like the lack of natural water resources in Singapore), to tremendous opportunities (like the potential of “green” bonds in financing cleaner energy), and new tools to more effectively measure the ability of the private sector to address societal need. We traverse oceans and green spaces, the state of housing in India and renewable energy projects, as our cities and their planners consider the necessary steps to adapt for decades to come.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS MONTH’S ISSUE:
Updating the Global Equity Strategy Investment Clock, By Michael Geraghty
Featured Domain: UrbanInnovation.mobi, By Erika Karp and Michael Geraghty
A Catalyst for Collaboration in Water Tech Innovation, By Will Sarni
Cracking the Affordable Housing Market in India, ByMatias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava
Is Investing in Ocean Health a Key to Our Urban Future? By Maria Damanaki
CarbonCount: A Quantitative Impact Scoring System for “Green” Bonds, By Ken Locklin and David Posner
Giving Fiduciaries a Hand with Infrastructure Due Diligence, By John Williams
Smart Transportation: The Urban Life Force, By Carol L. Stimmel
Integrating Green Spaces to Build Stronger Communities, By Deborah Marton
The “Model Room,” ByAndy Zheng
READ THE APRIL 2015 EDITION OF THE JSFB.