Environmental Credit Risk Management in Banks and Financial Service Institutions

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 248-263

  Weber, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Commercial banks; Corporate social responsibility; Environmental credit risk; Risk management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CORPORATE STRATEGY; CREDIT PROVISION; EXPORT; FINANCIAL SERVICES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

CANADA;

EID: 84858798300     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.737     Document Type: Article

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