Financing change : the financial community, eco-efficiency, and sustainable development / Stephan Schmidheiny and Federico Zorraquin ; with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmidheiny, Stephan, 1947-

Contributor:

World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Zorraquin, Federico J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial services industry--Environmental aspects.

Financial services industry.

Financial services industry--Moral and ethical aspects.

Social responsibility of business.

Liability for environmental damages.

Sustainable development.

Economic development--Environmental aspects.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Largely descriptive rather than prescriptive, Financing Change is the first study to examine questions that will become increasingly important as populations burgeon and the developing countries enter financial markets.

Contents:

""Financing Change""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""The World Business Council for Sustainable Development ( WBCSD)""; ""Executive Summary""; ""The Game""; ""Eco-efficiency and the Financial Markets""; ""Financial Markets and the Development Process""; ""The Players""; ""The Company Leaders""; ""The Investors and Analysts""; ""The Bankers""; ""The Insurers""; ""The Accountants""; ""The Raters""; ""The Scorecard""; ""Appendix: Statement by Banks on the Environment and Sustainable Development""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary of Acronyms""; "Selected Bibliography and Further Reading""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index.

ISBN:

0-262-28314-X

0-585-15971-8

OCLC:

923250164