Sustainable Financial System

This book follows the theoretical approach of the Economics of Financial Intermediaries scientific sector, which sees the financial system as a complex infrastructure made up of intermediaries and financial markets, financial instruments, and a system of rules. The sustainable financial system sees these components move in compliance with the principles of sustainability, expressed in the three areas summarized by the acronym ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance). In this way, sustainable financial intermediaries operate in compliance with and in favor of the environment, and the rights of stakeholders and according to good governance and organization practices.
Sustainable financial instruments allow money to be moved by pursuing ESG objectives, and regulation requires compliance with the principles of sustainability in financial intermediation, in the structure of the instruments, and in the information documents.
The book contains a valuable work of knowledge systematization on the topic of sustainable banking and finance, which includes both analysis and contributions to research and tools useful for financial education on the use of financial resources for the care of the "common home" and collective well-being.

Mariantonietta Intonti is an Associate Professor in Banking and Finance, qualified as a Full Professor, at the University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Department of Economics and Finance. She holds a Ph.D. in Science of Banking and Finance at Unical, and she has held the position of Visiting Research Professor at the Bangor Business School, University of Wales (Bangor, UK). She is the Delegate to Sustainability by the Director of the Department and Referent for the University of Bari of the "Education Working Group" in the National Network of Universities for Sustainable Development. She is a member of the Teaching Staff of the National Doctoral Program in Scientific, Technological and Social Methods Enabling Circular Economy (University of Padova) and in Gender Studies (University of Bari). She has also collaborated with the School of Higher Education of the Catholic University ALTIS and with the Italian Forum for Sustainable Finance. Her main fields of research include: sustainable finance and banking, SRI funds, green and social bonds, capital adequacy in banks and Basel Accords, corporate governance in banks, crowdfunding, and fintech.