Finanças sustentáveis e ESG nos bancos que atuam no Brasil

Abstract

This study investigates the performance of banks operating in Brazil in relation to sustainability, conceptualizing the National Financial System, its creation and evolution. It deals with the concept of sustainability in the historical and economic context, and the emergence of the Environmental, Social and Governance themes, analyzing its characteristics, weaknesses, situating it in the current moment. It explores documents provided by financial institutions and exposes the performance that they already developed. It also presents the products with the green nomenclature that the financial institutions are offering to their clients, observes if these products are as interesting as traditional products to the general public, and defines the study of green finance in the large banks that operate nationally, besides treating the subject green economy. And, finally, it demonstrates the viability of investing in green products, observing if there are financial benefits to the clients adhering to the new products offered by the largest Financial Institutions that operate in Brazil