From the desk of editor-in-chief

Dear Readers,

I am pleased to introduce this special issue of the Journal of Sustainability finance and Investment (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tsfi20/current) on behalf of the Board of Editors and my co-editors. The journal publishes four issues each year. The Journal is now abstracted and indexed in the Chartered Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Guide (2018 edition) and Scopus as well as by several academic forums. The average number of downloads each article is growing, with 122K annual downloads/views. Concerns Citation metrics which stands to be 2.4 (2020) CiteScore, Q1 (2020) CiteScore Best Quartile,0.934 (2020) SNIP,0.445 (2020) SJR. All of these are encouraging indicators. Thanks to the Board Members’ unwavering support and the intellectual generosity of the readers and contributors (authors and reviewers).

One of the goals of this special issue is to encourage the publication of research from many fields to broaden the scope of the debate on financial markets, investment management, Sustainable banking, micro-finance, project financing, and philanthropy all have environmental, developmental, social, and governance principles. Readers may see how far we've come in this direction by looking at the current research this journal is catering which is growing in popularity. This is a crucial portion of this journal. We'd want to use this occasion to express our gratitude to the authors and publishers that sent us their work.

The aim of the journal is to come up with scholarly articles that focus on current business practices in area of Sustainable finance and Investment from around the globe and become a common platform for sharing international best practices by bringing together academicians, corporate practitioners, and research scholars from across all continents to provide an in-depth insight into global business.

As always, this special issue is truly international in nature with contributions from Switzerland, Spain, India, turkey, Malaysia, Bahrain, Jordan, Great Britain, Northern Ireland with wide ranging issues like Evaluation of Strategic and Financial Variables of Corporate Sustainability and ESG Policies on Corporate Finance Performance; Sustainability Reporting in Banking and Financial Services Sector: A Regional Analysis; Impact Of Credit On Sustainable Agricultural Development In India; Factors Of Applying Creative Accounting And Its Impact On The Quality Of Financial Statements In Jordanian Hotels, Sustainable Practices; Impact of Macroeconomic Variables on Sustainability Indices Using ARDL Model; Investment decisions in digital sukuk in the time of COVID19: Do tax incentives matter?; Nexus between Sustainable Economic Growth and Foreign Private Investment: Evidence from Emerging and developed Economies; Augmenting commercial banks’ other income through off balance sheet activities in relation to their determinants in the Indian banking system; The sustainable finance in cybersecurity investment for future profitability under uncertainty; What are you waiting to invest in grid-connected residential photovoltaics in California?

This journal brings to reality the international and global focus of sustainable finance & Investment and is developed strictly according to international standards striving to make it world’s foremost Journal in said area.

We specially thank the diverse and international Editorial Advisory Board, Editorial Board and Editorial Review Board members for their special interest in the journal. Their constant guidance, encouragement and motivation have helped create a high quality review process which in turn has enhanced the quality of this special issue. Feedback and suggestions are sincerely invited from our readers to help further improve the quality and content of this special issue of the journal. We hope that this Journal enriches its readers with contemporary areas of Finance & Investment and understanding of the best practices from around the globe.

Wishing readers an enjoyable reading experience!