The impact of sustainability performance indicators on financial stability: evidence from the Russian oil and gas industry

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 8157-8168

  Orazalin, Nurlan ^a   Mahmood, Monowar ^a   Narbaev, Timur ^b  

^a KIMEP UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^b KAZAKH BRITISH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Financial stability; Global reporting initiative; Russia; Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GAS INDUSTRY; MARKET SYSTEM; OIL INDUSTRY; PANEL DATA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENT; OIL INDUSTRY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; RUSSIA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85061024791     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-04325-9     Document Type: Article

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