The impact of institutional and social context on corporate environmental, social and governance performance of companies committed to voluntary corporate social responsibility initiatives

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 673-684

  Ortas, Eduardo ^a   Álvarez, Igor ^b   Jaussaud, Jacques ^c   Garayar, Ainhoa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Corporate environmental; Corporate social responsibility; Institutionalism; Social and governance performance; Stakeholder engagement; United Nations Global Compact

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); INSTITUTIONALISM; SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84946471419     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.089     Document Type: Article

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