How does environmental performance affect financial performance? Evidence from Japanese manufacturing firms

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1691-1700

  Iwata, Hiroki ^a   Okada, Keisuke ^b  

^a FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental performance; Financial performance; Greenhouse gas emissions; Japanese manufacturing firms; Waste emissions

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANUFACTURING;

EID: 79958291116     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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