Do responsible investment indices improve corporate social responsibility? FTSE4Good's impact on environmental management

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 495-512

  Mackenzie, Craig ^a   Rees, William ^a   Rodionova, Tatiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Environmental management; FTSE4Good; Investor engagement; Responsible investment indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881333672     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/corg.12039     Document Type: Article

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