Aim and Scope of the Special Issue

Sustainability-related challenges, climate change, environmental regulation, social expectations, and technological transformation are increasingly reshaping the environment in which investment decisions are made. Beyond ethical considerations, sustainability has become a strategic, informational, and institutional force that affects firm behavior, investor expectations, capital allocation, and risk management practices across financial markets.

This Special Issue of Bankers, Markets and Investors aims to bring together interdisciplinary and practice-oriented research examining how sustainability-related forces influence investment decisions through changes in institutions, information structures, corporate strategies, and market dynamics. Rather than treating sustainability as a narrow financial attribute, the Special Issue encourages contributions that analyze sustainability as a systemic factor shaping how risks are perceived, priced, managed, and communicated to investors.

Consistent with the mission of the journal, submissions should emphasize clear economic intuition, empirical relevance, and implications for investors, financial institutions, and market participants, while avoiding excessive technical complexity in the main text.