A New Approach To Finance With Sustainability Perspective: Green Finance And Its Applications

Year 2019, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 139 - 160, 01.10.2019

Nurgün Komşuoğlu Yılmaz

An Erratum to this article was published on October 6, 2022. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/fcpe/issue/72933/1192671

Abstract

In this study, the concept of green fi nance, which examines fi nancial activities from an environmentally sensitive perspective, is emphasized. Green fi nance covers all initiatives of investors to fund, implement and create infrastructure for projects with sustainable impacts through fi nancial instruments and models developed. In other words, green fi nance is a concept formed by the integration of environmental issues into the fi nancial system and is often used interchangeably with green investment.
In this study, it is given on a detailed literature regarding the concept of green finance and has been evaluated both academic studies point about
green financial situation in Turkey as well as examining business practices.
As a result of this study, a road map for green finance is presented.

Keywords

Green Finance, Sustainability, Turkey

Sürdürülebilirlik Perspektifiyle Finansa Yeni Bir Yaklaşım: Yeşil Finans Ve Uygulamaları

An Erratum to this article was published on October 6, 2022. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/fcpe/issue/72933/1192671

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, finansal faaliyetleri, çevreye duyarlı bir bakış açısıyla inceleyen yeşil finans kavramı üzerinde durulmuştur. Yeşil finans, yatırımcıların finansal araçlarla ve geliştirdiği modellerle sürdürülebilir etkileri olan projelere kaynak sağlama, uygulama ve altyapı oluşturma adına tüm yapılan girişimleri kapsar. Bir diğer deyişle Yeşil finans çevre ile ilgili konuların finansal sistemle bütünleştirilmesi sonucu oluşan bir kavramdır ve sıklıkla yeşil yatırımla birbirinin yerine kullanılmaktadır.
Bu araştırmada yeşil finans kavramı ile ilgili olarak ayrıntılı bir literatür taramasına yer verilerek hem akademik çalışmalar hem de işletme uygulamaları incelenmiş ve Türkiye’de yeşil finans konusunda gelinen durum değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda yeşil finans konusunda işletmelere yönelik bir yol haritası sunulmuştur.

Keywords

Yeşil Finans, Sürdürülebilirlik, Türkiye

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