Gambling on Green

Are you an investor using ESG integration in your traditional stock selection, but would like to know more about the risks and opportunities in impact investing?

Are you a business leader looking to boost revenues while reducing operational costs?

Are you an individual interested in learning more about ESG, and its influence on your community, the products you buy, and the future of how you work?

Veteran financial services executive Keesa Schreane provides a clear and useful manual for corporate executives and investors navigating the realm of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) challenges in Gambling on Green: Uncovering the Balance between Revenues, Reputations, and ESG. Many corporate managers are confused about how to lead a sustainable business strategy as ESG arguments and scandals make their way into both headlines and policies. Readers will differentiate fact from myth on ESG's controversial history, investing strategies, characteristics of sustainable organizations, and risks and rewards of sustainable partnerships.

In this book you will learn:

  • Why understanding the range of ESG investing strategies is increasingly important.

  • How a business' commitment to creating products with ESG in mind can meet customer needs, reduce operational costs, and re-position your organization in the marketplace

  • Differences between sustainable bond options to determine how they suit various situations

  • Stories on how some companies are building sustainability into their operations successfully, while others are struggling

Praise for Gambling on Green

  • "Keesa makes a clear and compelling case for integrating ESG into your business. From finance to manufacturing, all teams have a part to play in helping to address today's environmental and social issues."

    Mary Jane Melendez
    Chief Sustainability and Global Impact Officer, General Mills

  • "Keesa Schreane's book is an important read for corporate leaders who are committed to advancing the needle on the most critical environmental and social issues of our time."

    Mindy Lubber
    CEO and President, Ceres

  • "All firms should be thinking about the positive and negative impacts they have on the environment and society, not just because this is imperative to address the climate crisis and social injustice, but also because they are relevant considerations for profitability and growth. This is therefore a good time for Keesa Schreane to be examining these issues."

    Sarah Gordon
    CEO, Impact Investing Institute

  • "In Gambling on Green, Keesa Schreane provides an ambitious overview of today's rapidly changing business landscape where environmental and social challenges are now increasingly prominent. She makes a convincing case that smart companies need to look beyond a singular focus on maximizing short-term shareholder returns, both to reduce reputational risks and to score well in evolving ESG investor scorecards. Most interestingly she offers a range of examples, both positive and negative, of companies that are attempting to navigate this important but still very challenging terrain."

    Michael Posner
    Obama Administration, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at NYU's Stern School of Business