Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance

Mario La Torre is Full Professor in Sustainable Finance and Impact Banking at the Department of Management, Sapienza University of Rome. Mario carries out research in banking, financial intermediaries and financial markets, impact finance and ethical finance, and finance for the culture and media industry. He is the author and co-author of many international books and papers. He is the editor of the series Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance.Sabrina Leo is Associate Professor at the Department of Management, Sapienza University of Rome. She is a Lecturer in Strategies, Performance and Digital Innovation in Banking, in Economics of Financial Intermediaries, and in Economics and Management of Banking. Her recent research focuses on the impact of technologies in the financial system and on innovation in the payment system.

• Chapter 1 Introduction The Rising Importance of Sustainable Finance: A Crucial Global Priority.- Section 1–Impact & Transparency.- Chapter 2 Sustainable finance and impact investments in micro-small and medium enterprises: the role of financial literacy.- Chapter 3 A social impact measurement tool developed for social enterprises.- Chapter 4 Unlocking transparency: harnessing blockchain for anti-money laundering in alternative assets. The case of fine art and real estate.- Chapter 5 Transparency during M&A transactions: does it reward or discount? An empirical study.- Chapter 6 How to deal with tax avoidance in sustainable finance?.- Chapter 7 ESG, Sustainability and Materiality Analysis In The Factoring Supply Chain.- Section 2 – Products & Markets.- Chapter 8 ESG European framework in the Italian leasing industry: a textual analysis.- Chapter 9 One step forward, one step back: sustainable securitisations before and after the EU Green Bond Standard.