In:
Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd, Vol. 14, No. 03 ( 2012-09), p. 1250017-
Abstract:
Increasing resource efficiency can potentially deliver important economic and environmental benefits. Many of these benefits are regularly foregone because the financial sector's capacity to adequately take the opportunities and risks arising from resource utilization and related climate change aspects into account has so far remained relatively undeveloped. Focusing on the case of Germany, a number of barriers to the inclusion of resource efficiency and climate change aspects into financial services' considerations are presented. Corresponding measures for improving the capacity of the financial sector to better integrate resource efficiency considerations and climate change related risks into its operating procedures are introduced. The measures encompass the areas of risk controlling, company reporting, institutional reporting requirements, as well as additional supporting measures.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1464-3332
,
1757-5605
DOI:
10.1142/S1464333212500172
Language:
English
Publisher:
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd
Publication Date:
2012
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2027553-5
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