Shifting from Shareholder to Stakeholder Model:  Using Sustainable Investment to Align Profit with Purposefulness

Dirk Schoenmaker; Willem Schramade; Jacqueline Nolan

Shifting from Shareholder to Stakeholder Model: Using Sustainable Investment to Align Profit with Purposefulness

Dirk Schoenmaker
, Willem Schramade
, Jacqueline Nolan

Department of Finance

Rotterdam School of Management

Research output: Memorandum/exposition › Teaching case › Academic

Abstract

Sustainability and money often seem like opposite ends of the pole – sustainability the way to a purer world, money its tainted obstacle. Analysts often struggle to integrate sustainability into investing; but we need money to reach our greener goals. This case provides a tool to integrate sustainability into investment, driving the analyst to view the whole rather than the parts, and to steer funding to sustainable companies without sacrificing return. It is a journey into a company’s true value as opposed to financial tourist highlights and, ultimately, a way of aligning profit with purpose.

Original language	English
Number of pages	20
Publication status	Published - 2019

Publication series

Series	RSM Case Development Centre

Bibliographical note

Based on published sources; 20 pages.
Follow the 'handle' link to access the Case Study on RePub.
For EUR staff members: the Teaching Note is available on request, you can contact us at rsm.nl/cdc/contact/
For external users: follow the link to purchase the Case Study and the Teaching Note.

Series

RSM Case Development Centre

Access to Document

http://hdl.handle.net/1765/123877

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