Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance. Capital Markets, Risk Management, Healthcare, and Digitalisation

This book offers a clear and engaging overview of how sustainable finance is reshaping the contemporary financial landscape. Bringing together contributions from scholars and practitioners across Europe, it examines the ways in which markets, regulatory frameworks, technological systems, and public policy are adapting to the demands of environmental and social transition. The book is organised into four main topics—capital markets, climate-related risk, healthcare investment, and tools for sustainability—and it shows how sustainable finance has grown to cover not just green financial products but also issues like the quality of information, trust in governance, and the ability of society to adapt. Readers will find analyses ranging from the pricing behaviour of green bonds and the role of digital financial literacy to the measurement challenges of climate risk, the investment needs associated with SDG 3, and new approaches to emission reporting that combine transparency with privacy. Across these chapters, the book offers an accessible yet rigorous account of sustainable finance as a system in flux—marked by promising innovation, persistent data limitations, and growing expectations that finance should serve long-term public objectives. It will appeal to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners seeking a concise, authoritative exploration of the opportunities and tensions that define sustainable finance today.