The Cambridge Handbook of EU Sustainable Finance

‘This is a mighty book! It covers all the difficult issues in sustainable finance, from the viewpoint of the firm, regulators and the law. The authors are questioning - no policy aspect is taken at face value, but rigorously scrutinised. An essential volume for anyone working in or studying finance.’ Paul Fisher, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership‘This work is a tour de force. It provides an essential, highly readable account of the complexities involved in climate finance regulation. At a time of when policymakers are looking for real guidance and workable solutions to move the needle on sustainable finance regulation, this book offers a timely, comprehensive, and impactful response.’ Yesha Yadav, Milton R. Underwood Chair and Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School

Kern Alexander holds the Professorial Chair in International Financial Law and Corporate Governance at the Faculty of Law, University of Zurich. He is the author of many research articles and books, including Principles of Banking Regulation (2019) and Global Governance of Financial Systems (2006). His report Stability and Sustainability in Banking Reform: Are Environmental Risks Missing in Basel III? (2014) was the first study of the interrelationship between banking regulation, environmental sustainability and climate change.

Matteo Gargantini is Assistant Professor (tenure track) of Business Law at the University of Genoa. Previously, he worked at the University of Utrecht and at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law. Before joining academia, Matteo served at CONSOB, the Italian financial markets authority. He is an academic member of the Consultative Working Group for Corporate Finance of the Issuers Standing Committee at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). He is a regular lecturer at the LLM programme of Luigi Bocconi University and at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

Michele Siri is Professor of Corporate Law and Financial Regulation at the University of Genoa and Director of EUSFIL, the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on European Union Sustainable Finance and Law. He has held a Jean Monnet Chair on the EU regulation of financial and insurance markets. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Joint Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities, which he has been appointed to chair in 2021. He is a regular lecturer at the LLM programme of Luigi Bocconi University and at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. He is an academic member of the Advisory Committee of the Italian Financial Markets Authority.