Green Finance and Sustainability: Environmentally-aware Business Models and Technologies

Business scholars, environmental scientists, and engineers from both sides of the interface suggest how the financial sector can continue to increase profits without depleting finite resources or damaging the environment. They cover business models, regulation, and standards for sustainability; green information and communication technology sustainability; green finance and carbon market; green manufacturing, logistics, and supply-chain management; and regional development. Among specific topics are the role of environmental regulation in promoting technological environmental innovations, greener data centers in the Netherlands, carbon as an emerging tool for risk management, theoretical concepts for the environmental evaluation of airports, and the impact of the electricity market and environmental regulation on carbon capture and storage development in China. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)