The research is part of the Ecobanking Project of CLACDS, whose goal is to help the Latin American banking sector stay current on best practices in analysis criteria and environmental management development tools used by major international banks, for taking concrete environmental measures in their functional areas.
This document highlights the environment's importance in credit operations, seen in the form of risk, and gives information collected at Swiss banks concerning techniques for assessing environmental risk. The institutions visited were the Union Bank of Switzerland , Zürcher Kantonalbank, and Credit Suisse; in addition, support was provided by the Swiss Federal Technological Institute ETH-UNS. The role of executives, organizational culture and the use of new “green products” is also analyzed.
This document is available as part of the publication:
POLO-CHEVA, D., ROJAS, E. Ecobanking: Options for Sustainable Banking Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung, InWent , Berlin , 2004.
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