Institutional investors' power to change corporate behaviour : international perspectives / edited by Suzanne Young, Stephen Gates.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Young, Suzanne.

Gates, Stephen.

Series:

Critical studies on corporate responsibility, governance and sustainability ; v. 5.

Critical studies on corporate responsibility, governance and sustainability, 2043-9059 ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporations--Investor relations.

Corporations.

Institutional investors.

Corporate governance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (452 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, Yorkshire : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aim of the book series is to explore public concerns and practical issues deeply and rethink theoretical debates and institutional policies critically in the broad area of corporate responsibility, corporate governance and sustainability around the world. It examines the social, economic and environmental impacts of corporations, and the real effects of corporate governance, CSR and business sustainability on societies in different regions. It facilitates a better understanding of how value systems, cultures and traditions in different societies may affect the policies and practices of corporate responsibility, governance and sustainability. It identifies the future development trends of corporate responsibility, governance and sustainability in contexts when examining and exploring those key issues.

Contents:

Institutional investors power to change corporate behavior : an introduction / Suzanne Young, Stephen Gates

Organizing the collective action of institutional investors : three case studies from the principles for responsible investment initiative / Jean-Pascal Gond, Valeria Piani

Responsible investment, ESG, and institutional investors in Australia / Suzanne Young

Corporate climate change disclosure practices and regulation : the influence of institutional investors / Julie Cotter, Muftah M. Najah

Financialization of corporate ownership and implications for the potential for climate action / David Peetz, Georgina Murray

Social and environmental shareholder resolutions : investor activism and corporate compromises / Paul Dunn

Institutional investors, firm performance, and the prospects for socially responsible investing : evidence from New Zealand / Krishna Reddy, Andrea Bather

Strategic responses to new institutional pressures : the case of institutional investor activism in France / Nathalie Del Vecchio, Carine Girard

Institutional investors : active ownership through nomination committees / Hanne Søndergaard Birkmose, Therese Strand

Banking foundations and the CSR of Italian listed banks : the case of Monte Dei Paschi di Siena / Nicola Moscariello, Barbara Masiello

Institutional investor support for climate change resolutions : a new challenge to capitalism or co-opted activism? / Ben Jacobsen

The role of social performance in microfinance investment decisions / Ludovic Urgeghe

ESG : from negative screening to human capital analysis / Carol Royal, Loretta ODonnell

A motivation puzzle : can investors change corporate behavior by conforming to ESG pressures? / Kyoko Sakuma-Keck, Manuel Hensmans

Proactive investor relations : how corporations respond to pressures from social responsibility investors / Stephen Gates.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781781907719

1781907714

OCLC:

866642940