Empirical analysis of the integration of environmental risks into the credit risk management process of European banks

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 149-159

  Weber, Olaf ^a,b   Fenchel, Marcus ^a   Scholz, Roland W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GOE Gesellschaft für Organisation und Entscheidung mbH ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Banks; Credit management phases; Credit risk; Environmental performance; Environmental risk; Integration; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BANKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 41949136319     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.507     Document Type: Article

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