PRESS RELEASE:

London, 5 February 2010

Earthscan is delighted to announce the launch of the Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment.

The Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment will be the first journal to provide a dedicated international forum for the growing number of researchers, policy makers and practitioners working in sustainable finance, investments and governance. The focus of this inter-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal will be environmental, social and governance principles as formulated in managed investment, banking, project finance, and philanthropy.

The journal will help to develop a broad understanding of sustainable investment theory and practice by providing a venue for in-depth discussion and offering a range of accessible, impartial perspectives for professionals operating in the field.

Dr Matthew Haigh, Associate Professor at the Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, Denmark, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the journal. He has published widely in the area of sustainable investment and is an active member of several international sustainable investment networks, including the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Academic Network.

To be launched in 2011, the journal will initially be published 4 times per year (print and online).
The journal is accepting submissions for a themed issue on Regulatory Frameworks for sustainability in financial markets. For further details please visit http://www.asb.dk/article.aspx?pid=24445, or contact journals@earthscan.co.uk.

About Earthscan

Earthscan aims to be the leading English language information provider specialising in environment and sustainable development, worldwide. Earthscan has a strong and well‐established reputation for high‐quality and authoritative publishing of policy, professional and academic material. In over 20 years of publishing for academic, professional and general readers Earthscan has published over 1,200 titles, and the number of books continues to grow. Selling in over 120 countries, Earthscan publishes solution‐focused, informative and practical books covering a wide range of subject areas and research disciplines. This list is now augmented by a growing journals programme providing in‐depth research in the fields of Climate Change, Environmental Management and Built Environment.

For more information go to www.earthscan.co.ukor contact: emma.barnes@earthscan.co.uk; (tel: +44(0)207 841 1930).

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