An exploratory study of motivations driving corporateinvestment in voluntary climatechange mitigation in South Africa

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-108

  Reyers, Michelle ^a   Gouws, Daan ^a   Blignaut, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change strategies; Corporate sustainability; Investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954996911     PISSN: 10158812     EISSN: 22223436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v14i1.53     Document Type: Review

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