Abstract
Over the last two decades, banks have been developing environmental credit risk assessment policies and procedures. Today, even NGOs who had been at the forefront of campaigns naming and shaming bad practices acknowledge banks are taking environmental risk management seriously. Nonetheless, they now challenge banks to go further, advocating a no harm approach based on a so-called veto of investments. The author draws a post-structuralist position on risk perception to argue a characterization of environmental governance in terms of action and veto may mislead debate. Instead, the author proposes the starting point for debate on the part banks can play in governing the environment lies in mutual agreement on precautionary action.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 149-161 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Business Strategy and the Environment |
Volume | 19 |
Early online date | 22 May 2007 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- banks
- NGOs
- credit
- risk
- governance
- environment