https://www.scmp.com/rss/322692/feed David Broadstock is a visiting scholar at the Centre for Economic Sustainability and Entrepreneurial Finance of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Corporate finance is evolving. Top management teams and senior company executives are under growing pressure to adopt management practices and investment choices that are both socially responsible and financially rewarding. These objectives can sometimes be at odds with each other. The pressure for firms to be socially responsible is growing at a rapid pace. This is true especially in the Greater China region, which is fast establishing itself as a specialist hub for energy finance. To see this,... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2112354/going-green-changing-face-corporate-finance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2112354/going-green-changing-face-corporate-finance?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Sep 2017 04:26:18 +0000 Sustainability is the backbone of business – this has always been true and for largely obvious reasons. Any organisation which is absent of sustainability is destined to, at some point or another, fail. Typically this is not a desirable outcome for an organisation. So sustainability is the name of the game. In today’s society what exactly do we have in mind when referring to sustainability? I will elaborate on the concept under two broad themes: economic, and environmental. “Economic... https://www.scmp.com/business/global-economy/article/1956350/finding-balance-between-economic-and-environmental?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/global-economy/article/1956350/finding-balance-between-economic-and-environmental?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 May 2016 07:43:47 +0000