ESG risk and sustainability are gaining increased importance, especially in light of COVID-19. Finance continues to be a driver for sustainability, and recent regulations have forced banks and companies to transform their business models towards sustainability. The sustainable business models of banks and companies have so far been discussed separately, but this book looks to combine them by answering the following questions: Do banks impact corporate sustainability? How do banks impact company business models? How do banks and companies create sustainable value? How do banks impact company ESG risk? This monograph presents different approaches and tries to explain the impact of bank business models on company business models by discussing the relationship among banks decision-making processes, sustainable values creation in company business models, and ESG risk. The book provides a combination of financial and management-related activities, in the context of bank business models, taking into account the concept of sustainability, and will be of particular interest to in-house practitioners, giving them innovative knowledge about the models presented and used, and to students and young researchers. weiterlesen