Shareholder activism on environmental issues: A study of proposals at large US corporations (2000-2003)

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 317-330

  Monks, Robert ^a   Miller, Anthony ^b   Cook, Jacqueline ^c  

^a Lens Governance Advisors   (United States)

^b United Nations Conference on Trade and Development   (Switzerland)

^c The Corporate Library   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; ExxonMobil; Shareholder activism; Socially responsible investing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR); EXXONMOBIL (CO); SHAREHOLDERS; SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING (SRI);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INVESTMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144317344     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2004.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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