Sustainable Commercial Property

Environmental Alpha: Institutional Investors and Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 265-296

  Dixon, Tim ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial buildings; Energy conservation; Environmental investing; Environmental, social, and governance issues; Responsible property investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885982653     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118266748.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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