Economic, environmental, and social performance indicators of sustainability reporting: Evidence from the Russian oil and gas industry

Energy Policy

Volumn 121, Issue , 2018, Pages 70-79

  Orazalin, Nurlan ^a   Mahmood, Monowar ^a  

^a KIMEP UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Emerging Markets; Global Reporting Initiative; Oil and Gas Industry; Russia; Sustainability Reporting

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC UTILITIES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; EMERGING MARKETS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; RUSSIA; SOCIAL PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABILITY INFORMATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY REPORT; SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING;

GAS INDUSTRY;

ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GAS INDUSTRY; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; OIL INDUSTRY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SUSTAINABILITY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 85048825519     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.06.015     Document Type: Article

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