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This book analyses how socially responsible investments as well as the rising importance of Islamic finance are linked to the shift towards renewable energy. Academics and practitioners in the field take a global perspective and present case studies from several countries. The book is divided into three parts: The first part sheds new light on the energy shift towards renewable energy. The second shows the increasing interest of investors in sustainability, and the authors argue that investors not only look at expected returns and risks, but also at social returns. Finally, the third part explains the need for social returns in Islamic finance, which cannot be explained by traditional finance theory. This is the fifth volume in a series on energy organized by the Centre for Energy and Value Issues (CEVI).

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Prof. André Dorsman is president of CEVI, partner of DISP (Dutch International Sustainability Platform) and also linked to the VU University Amsterdam.
Prof. Özgür Arslan-Ayaydin is vice treasurer of CEVI and a faculty member at the department of Finance, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Prof. Mehmet Baha Karan is vice president of CEVI and a faculty member at the department of Business Administration (Finance ) at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.

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