Green Bonds: in search of new paths for joint negotiation of Finance and Sustainability
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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8077.2022.e80823Keywords:
Green Bonds, Finance, Inovation, Innovation, SustainabilityAbstract
Green Bonds (GBs) são considerados a inovação financeira em sustentabilidade mais proeminente das últimas década. Enquanto objeto cujo mercado ainda se encontra em estágio incipiente, lacunas teóricas sobre o tema revelam a necessidade de estudos voltados a sua investigação. Constituem objetivos desta pesquisa identificar as principais perspectivas teóricas utilizadas na investigação dos GBs e analisar elementos específicos/ similares destes com títulos convencionais. Mediante o uso da técnica de Revisão Sistemática de Literatura com abordagem problematizadora, os resultados demonstram que, embora exista uma variação de lentes teóricas utilizadas no estudo do tema, o foco permanece em estudos quantitativos na área de finanças corporativas, responsabilidade social corporativa e teoria dos stakeholders. Em paralelo, aspectos similares a títulos convencionais e específicos desta categoria foram notados. Conclui-se que, por se tratar de um mercado incipiente, componentes e papéis dos atores envolvidos com GBs ainda aparecem sobrepostos e vislumbrados com importância distinta em algumas situações.
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