A framework to assist the financial community in incorporating water risks into their investment decisions

Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-109

  Nikolaou, Ioannis E ^a   Kourouklaris, George ^a   Tsalis, Thomas A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

environmental finance; environmental investment; ethical investments; financial stakeholder; sustainable development; water finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919492036     PISSN: 20430795     EISSN: 20430809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20430795.2013.823853     Document Type: Article

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