Sustainable Finance and Financial Crime

Sustainable finance is a holistic approach to the sustainability development goals (SDG), so that the interdependence between environmental, social, and governance issues is unveiled. Sustainable finance takes into account the various challenges following from social change and sustainability, the evolution of capital markets, and the development of efficient risk management practices. Governance issues are an integral part of sustainable finance. However, academic literature has generally neglected to consider strategies to prevent and fight financial crimes as a crucial component of sustainable finance. The aim of this book is to focus on the interconnectedness between sustainable finance and preventing/fighting financial crime, not only as a crucial governance issue, but also as a deep challenge for social and even environmental issues. There is no really sustainable finance without developing strong and efficient means to fight financial crimes.

About the Author

Michel Dion is Adjunct Professor from the École de gestion, Université de Sherbrooke (Québec, Canada), since January 2023 (Retired Professor). He has been Chairholder of the CIBC Research Chair on Financial Integrity (2010-2022) and Chair of the Department of Management and Human Resources Management (2017-2022) at the École de gestion, Université de Sherbrooke (Québec, Canada). His main fields of research include business ethics, ethical leadership, financial crime, corruption, management, spirituality, and organization. His research works have appeared in the Humanistic Management Journal , Leadership&Organization Development Journal , Business Ethics: A European Review , Social Responsibility Journal , Research in Ethical Issues in Organi- zations , the International Journal of Social Economics , and the International Journal of Organi- zational Analysis . His latest books include: Worldviews, Ethics, and Organizational Life (Springer, 2021); Financial Crime and Existential Philosophy (Springer, 2014). With David Weisstub and Jean-Loup Richet, he was co-editor of Financial Crimes: Psychological, Technological, and Ethical Issues (Springer, 2016). With Edward Freeman and Sergiy Dmytriyev, he was co-editor of Humanizing Business: What Humanities Can Say to Business (Springer, 2022). With Moses Pava, he was co-editor of The Spirit of Conscious Capitalism: Contributions of World Religions and Spiritualities (Springer, 2022).