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Author:   Homi Kharas ,  Koji Makino ,  John W. McArthur ,  Jane Nelson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Brookings Institution
ISBN:  

9780815741022

ISBN 10:   0815741022
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   18 September 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Overview, Homi Kharas (Brookings Institute, USA), Koji Makino (Kyoto University, Japan), John W McArthur (Brookings Institution), Jane Nelson (Harvard Kennedy School, Brookings Institution, USA) Section I: Corporate Actors 2. The Business Case for Mainstreaming Sustainability, Paul Polman (Founder, Net Positive) 3. Strengthening Local Business Linkages to Achieve Development Impact, Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (Founder, LEAP Africa and Co-Founder, Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition) 4. Embedding Sustainability into Corporate Governance Structures and Management Incentives, Emily Farnworth et al, (University of Cambridge, UK) 5. Corporate Multistakeholder Partnerships to Achieve System-level Impact, Jane Nelson (Harvard Kennedy School, USA) Section II: Financial actors 6. Scaling Sustainable Finance: The Role of Asset Owners, Sasja Beslik (Chief Investment Strategy Officer, SDG Impact Japan) 7. Creating Incentives for Investors to Tackle Societal Challenges, Carsten Stendevad (Co-CIO for Sustainability, Bridgewater Associates, USA) 8. Aligning Banking with Equitable Finance, Liliana Rojas-Suarez (Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development, USA) 9. Sustainable Stock Exchanges, Nicky Newton-King (Former CEO, Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Director, World Federation of Exchanges) 10. Sustainable insurance, Ekhosuehi Iyahen (Secretary General, Insurance Development Forum) Section III: Regulators, Standard-Setters and Policymakers 11. Global Sustainability Taxonomies and Reporting Standards— The New Normal, Rick Samans (Director of Research, ILO) 12. The Role of Third-Party Assurance in Sustainability, Tom Seidenstein (Chair, International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board & Warren Maroun, Professor, University of Witswatersrand School of Accountancy, and IAASB board member) 13. SDGs and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Context of Developing Countries: India's Efforts to Achieve the SDGs through the CSR Act, Katsuo Matsumoto (Director General of Infrastructure Engineering Department, JICA) 14. Tackling the Challenge of Transparency in Corporate Lobbying, Alberto Alemanno (Jean Monnet Professor, HEC Paris) 15. Closing the Loop: Moderating Societal SDG Progress and Business Contribution, Ichiro Sato (Executive Senior Research Fellow, JICA-Ogata RI, and Kei Endo, Research Fellow, JICA-Ogata RI)

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Homi Kharas is a senior fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development at The Brookings Institution. He studies politics and trends influencing developing countries, including aid to poor countries, the emergence of the middle class, and global governance and the G20. Koji Makino is a visiting fellow at the JICA-Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development and professor at Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University, Japan. John W. McArthur is a senior fellow and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution. He co-founded and co-chairs the 17 Rooms initiative, an innovative approach to catalyzing ideas and action for the Sustainable Development Goals. Jane Nelson is the founding director of the Corporate Responsibility Initiative and a senior research fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School and a nonresident senior fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development, Global Economy and Development program, Brookings Institution.

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