Mapping The Landscape of Sustainable Finance: A Systematic and Bibliometric Review

Anam Qamar; Abdur Rahman Aleemi; Muhammad Azeem Qureshi

doi:10.58921/jobams.7.1.148

Anam Qamar Ph.D. Scholar at the College of Business Management, Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Karachi, Pakistan
Abdur Rahman Aleemi Associate Professor at the Institute of Business and Health Management, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi, Pakistan
Muhammad Azeem Qureshi Associate Professor at the Department of Management & HR, Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Karachi, Pakistan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.58921/jobams.7.1.148

Keywords: Sustainable Finance, SPAR-4-SLR, Bibliometric Analysis, VOSviewer, Rpackage, Science Mapping, Performance Analysis, Scopus

Abstract

The notion of sustainable finance has gained immense importance both at academic and practitioner levels. The increasing regulatory requirements to implement sustainable finance within the financial framework are becoming stringent. This study aims to assess the evolvement of sustainable finance as a field of interest overt the time period ranges 2010-2024. For this purpose, systematic review along with bibliometric analysis have been performed following SPAR-4-SLR protocol in which 867 articles were selected from the Scopus database and systematically reviewed through performance analysis and science mapping using VOSviewer and the R-package. The findings resulted into four major themes in the context of sustainable finance primarily focused on sustainable development, sustainable finance, climate change, environmental policy, green finance.