Payments for ecosystem services and corporate social responsibility: Perspectives on sustainable production, stakeholder relations, and philanthropy in Thailand

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 497-511

  Thompson, Benjamin S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

biodiversity; conservation; corporate sustainability; natural capital; payments for environmental services; return on investment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAPITAL; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INVESTMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

THAILAND;

EID: 85058246848     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.2260     Document Type: Article

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