The environmental performance of Dutch government bond funds

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 92, Issue SUPPL 1, 2010, Pages 117-130

  Scholtens, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adjusted net savings; Bond portfolios; Ecological footprint; Environmental performance index; Environmental sustainability index; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894277347     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0637-4     Document Type: Article

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