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Transforming Finance: Evolving Sustainable Investment Strategies to Advance Financial Inclusion Through Impact Investing and ESG Criteria—A Bibliometric Analysis

In: Financial Resilience and Environmental Sustainability

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  • Priya Makhija

    (JAIN (Deemed-to-Be University))

  • Anil Kumar

    (Graphic Era Hill University Haldwani)

  • R. Thanga Kumar

    (JAIN (Deemed-to-Be University))

Abstract

Emerging trends in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment are being shaped by financial institutions, governmental bodies, and global organizations. Many ESG players have achieved strong and inclusive progress in adopting ESG practices, which has resulted in an increase in a wide range of disclosure requirements and investing language. The creation of sustainable investment strategies, with an emphasis on the integration of impact investing principles and ESG criteria leading to transformational finance, can help investors deal with the metric inequalities and lack of comparability that they now confront. In order to balance profit and purpose in the financial sector, this chapter emphasizes the significance of aligning financial goals with social and environmental objectives. It also aids in understanding the ways that impact investing and ESG criteria are influencing financial markets and forming investment practices. Global research trends in transformative finance from 2000 to 2024 were shown using bibliometric analysis. With the most pertinent writers being Scholtens B, Dorfleitner G, Viviers S, Pastor, and Flammer C, the survey found that the most prolific publications were the Journal of Business Ethics and the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment. Impact investment and corporate social responsibility are related to socially responsible investing, according to the co-occurrence network diagram. The study highlights how crucial it is to integrate ESG standards and impact investing concepts into investment strategies in order to reduce risks and match portfolios with social and environmental goals. It demands clear reporting guidelines, strong effect measurement mechanisms, and legal incentives to promote the expansion of sustainable finance. It also emphasizes the need of stakeholder collaboration and participation in promoting constructive transformation across industries. There are restrictions, though, such the keywords and search parameters that were employed and the requirement for more study.

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  • Priya Makhija & Anil Kumar & R. Thanga Kumar, 2025. "Transforming Finance: Evolving Sustainable Investment Strategies to Advance Financial Inclusion Through Impact Investing and ESG Criteria—A Bibliometric Analysis," Springer Books, in: Firdous Ahmad Malik & Samriti Mahajan & Devendra Kumar Yadav & Naveed Ahmad Lone & Shahid Amin (ed.), Financial Resilience and Environmental Sustainability, pages 121-146, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-96-4269-4_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-4269-4_5
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