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Ticking Boxes or Taking Action? Rethinking the Role of Research(ers) in Sustainable Finance

Susan Cooper et al.

Business and Society2026https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503261428438article
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Current sustainable finance research risks overemphasizing incremental rather than transformational solutions to pressing socioecological crises due to buying into the dominant narrative on sustainable finance. We outline ways to research sustainable finance reflexively and responsibly.

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@article{susan2026,
  title        = {{Ticking Boxes or Taking Action? Rethinking the Role of Research(ers) in Sustainable Finance}},
  author       = {Susan Cooper et al.},
  journal      = {Business and Society},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503261428438},
}

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