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.

Michel Dion is retired professor from the École de gestion, Université de Sherbrooke (Québec, Canada), since January 2023. He has been Chairholder of the CIBC Research Chair on Financial Integrity (from 2010 to 2022) and Chair of the Department of Management and Human Resources Management (from 2017 to 2022), at the École de gestion, Université de Sherbrooke (Québec, Canada). His main fields of research include business ethics, ethical leadership, financial crime, corruption.