An analysis of sovereign wealth and pension funds' ethical investment guidelines and their commitment thereto

Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 264-282

  Jensen, Ole Alexander ^a   Seele, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

business ethics; ethical guidelines; global compact; pension funds; social responsible investment; sovereign wealth funds; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938206100     PISSN: 20430795     EISSN: 20430809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20430795.2013.791144     Document Type: Article

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