Sustainable finance in Germany: mapping discourses, stakeholders, and policy initiatives

The Sustainable Finance Landscape in Germany

10.4018/978-1-7998-8501-6.ch014 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 286-311

Author(s):

Berthold Matthias Kuhn ◽

Claudia Tober

Keyword(s):

Current Trend ◽

Rating Agencies ◽

Policy Initiatives ◽

Insurance Sector ◽

Sustainable Finance ◽

Ethical Investments

This chapter discusses the current trend of mainstreaming sustainable finance in Germany. It provides an overview of contributions of different stakeholders to this trend and sheds light on the evolution of the sustainable finance landscape in Germany, including banks, the insurance sector, rating agencies, nonprofits, and academia. EU regulations are currently driving change and promoting sustainable finance in Germany. New policy initiatives and regulations are closely monitored and discussed by diverse stakeholders, including organisations with a long-standing expertise in promoting responsible and ethical investments. Advocacy-oriented nonprofits critically address greenwashing and engage in debates on qualitative aspects. The sustainable finance trend is expected to gain further traction in Germany.

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A Typology of Caregiving Situations and Service Use in Family Carers of Older People in Six European Countries

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000031 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 5-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Mirko Di Rosa ◽

Christopher Kofahl ◽

Kevin McKee ◽

Barbara Bień ◽

Giovanni Lamura ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Older People ◽

Support Services ◽

Family Caregiving ◽

Service Use ◽

European Countries ◽

Limited Resources ◽

Family Carers ◽

Policy Initiatives ◽

Typology Of Care

This paper presents the EUROFAMCARE study findings, examining a typology of care situations for family carers of older people, and the interplay of carers with social and health services. Despite the complexity of family caregiving situations across Europe, our analyses determined the existence of seven “caregiving situations,” varying on a range of critical indicators. Our study also describes the availability and use of different support services for carers and care receivers, and carers’ preferences for the characteristics of support services. Our findings have relevance for policy initiatives in Europe, where limited resources need to be more equitably distributed and services should be targeted to caregiving situations reflecting the greatest need, and organized to reflect the preferences of family carers.

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Reconciling Indigenous and Settler Language Interests: Language Policy Initiatives in Nunavut

Journal of Canadian Studies ◽

10.3138/jcs.43.2.159 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 159-180 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Annis May Timpson

Keyword(s):

Language Policy ◽

Policy Initiatives

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The mediating role of medical professionalism on financial self-interest GPs

British Journal of General Practice ◽

10.3399/bjgp18x697193 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 68 (suppl 1) ◽

pp. bjgp18X697193

Author(s):

David McCaffrey ◽

Chris O’Riordan ◽

Felicity Kelliher

Keyword(s):

General Practitioners ◽

Financial Resources ◽

Medical Professionalism ◽

Fiscal Constraints ◽

Policy Initiatives ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Documentary Analysis ◽

Self Interest ◽

Fluid Interpretation

BackgroundWhile no normative definition exists, medical professionalism emphasises a set of values, behaviours and relationships that underpin public trust in a physician. The empirical setting for this study is the Irish health care system where GPs receive income through a unique mix of private fee income and state funded capitation. GPs’ income per patient has fallen by 33% under state schemes between 2008 and 2013 due to changes in health policy and national fiscal constraints.AimThis paper examines how general practitioners conceptualise and operationalise medical professionalism and financial self-interest in the Irish healthcare system.MethodTo address this research aim, a historical documentary analysis (2009–2016) of national and medical newspapers was used to investigate GPs’ expressions of medical professionalism and financial self-interest.ResultsThe vagueness of language in differing definitions of medical professionalism may lead to a GP having a fluid interpretation depending on the situation. While general practitioners expressed core humanistic values, such as empathy and compassion, the expression of altruistic values were limited when practitioners indicated there was constraint on the financial resources of a practice.ConclusionCentral to the analysis of a medical practitioner’s treatment of patients and receipt of fee income is the tension between medical professionalism and financial self-interest. Developing an understanding of this tension has implications for those undertaking healthcare policy initiatives and the recruitment and retention of general practitioners in primary care.

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