Sustainable development and the financial system: Society's perceptions about socially responsible investing

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 410-428

  Escrig Olmedo, Elena ^a   Muñoz Torres, María Jesús ^a   Fernández Izquierdo, María Ángeles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental; Financial system; Governance criteria (ESG criteria); Social; Socially responsible investing (SRI); Sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INVESTMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84884143433     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1755     Document Type: Article

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