The Quality of Disclosures on Environmental Policy: The Profile of Financial Intermediaries

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 283-296

  Alberici, Adalberto ^a   Querci, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

environmental disclosure; environmental policy; environmental reporting; financial intermediaries; quality of disclosures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987923420     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1375     Document Type: Article

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