Sustainable Investment: Consequences for Psychological Well-Being
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 7228
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Behavioral Decision Making; Environmental Psychology; Economic Psychology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues
The Special Issue is dedicated to sustainable investment (SI), generally referring to the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors that are integrated into the financial investment process. It is recognized that the financial industry has a significant direct impact on the financial and social stability of society, as well as an indirect impact on the planet’s ecosystem. However, less is known about how SI influences future environmental, economic, and social consequences that affect citizens’ psychological well-being. Such knowledge promises to be important to society’s current transitions to become environmentally sustainable without threatening citizens´ psychological well-being. Submissions solicited for the Special Issue should discuss or empirically demonstrate conditions facilitating the successful accumulation of this knowledge, whether by means of interacting with companies; choosing strategies for investing in company stocks; or by other means such as altering investment practices, organizational norms, and interpretations of the legal aspects of the fiduciary role to become aligned with beneficiaries’ visions of a good life. Articles published in the Special Issue should not ignore but rather break away from a focus on the relation between SI and financial returns.
SI has become a specialization in many traditional departments of business schools. From engaging an exclusive group of trustees, investors, and researchers, it is now increasingly common among these professionals. The mainstreaming and marketing of SI emphasize the need for a clear and universal definition including how SI relates to other specializations such as socially responsible investment (SRI), ethical investment (EI), and corporate social responsibility (CSR). An important task for all submissions to the Special Issue is hence to provide an unequivocal definition of SI. This is particularly important since the Special Issue is expected to attract a readership of sustainability researchers who may not be familiar with the research on SI. The Special Issue should be an opportunity for those engaged in SI research to increase other sustainability researchers´ knowledge of SI, thereby possibly paving the way for more interdisciplinary collaboration in the future.
Prof. Tommy Gärling
Dr. Magnus Jansson
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- beliefs and values
- corporate social responsibility
- ethical investment
- fiduciary duty
- financial market
- financial return
- investment strategy
- organizational culture
- psychological well-being
- socially responsible investment
- stakeholder engagement
- sustainable finance
- sustainable investment
