Publications

We publish about sustainability, credit banking and investment banking in newspapers, scientific journals and in two own series–the GOE Reports, which provide detailed information, and the GOE Perspectives, which are very condensed about a specific topic.

Asset management

Koellner, T., Suh, S., Weber, O., Moser, C. and Scholz, R. (in press). Comparing the environmental impacts of conventional and sustainable investment funds using Input-Output Life-Cycle Assessment. Journal of Industrial Ecology.
Weber, O. (2007) . Stetig bessere Performance. Leistungen zu Umwelt- und Sozialverträglichkeit sowie Governance haben Einfluss. Finanz und Wirtschaft. 3. Feb. 2007 download pdf
Weber, O. (2005). Sustainability Benchmarking of European Banks and Financial Service Organizations. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 12: 73-87.
Schaerrer, O. (2005). A leur insue, des fonds classiques cultivent les placements durables. Le Temps. Geneve: 22.
Moser, C. and T. Köllner (2005). Nachhaltige Aktienfonds im Visier. Finanz und Wirtschaft. 19.Oct. 2005. download pdf
Weber, O. (2004). The influence of SRI Funds on the environmental performance of firms. Paper presented at the EMAN 2004 (4. – 5. March 2004). Lueneburg, Germany.
Koellner, T., Weber, O., Fenchel, M., & Scholz, R.W. (2004). Principles for Sustainability Rating of Investment Funds. Business Strategy and the Environment, 14(1), 54-70.

Credit banking

Weber, O., M. Fenchel, et al. (in press). Empirical analysis of the integration of environmental risks into the credit risk management process of European banks. Business Strategy and the Environment.
Weber, O., & Sell, J. (2002). Valuation of Contaminated Sites as Collateral. Local Land and Soil News, 4/02, 21.
Weber, O. (2001). Assessment of Enterprises Environmental Risks: Using Photographs as Perceptual Stimuli. Journal of Environmental Psychology (21), 165-178.
Sell, A., Weber, O., & Scholz, R.W. (2001). Liegenschaftsschatzungen und Bodenbelastungen [Valuation of contaminated sites]. Working Paper 25. .ETH Zürich:, Umweltnatur- und Umweltsozialwissenschaften.
Scholz, R. W., Weber, O., Michalik, G., & Velosa da Silva, C. (2000). Der Einsatz von Oekorisk - ein erster Praxisbericht. [The use of Oekorisk - a first practice report]. Sparkasse, 10/2000 (117. Jahrgang), 450-452.
Michalik, G., Weber, O., & Scholz, R. W. (1998). Psychologische Faktoren des Erkennens ökologischer Kreditrisiken [Psychological Factors of Recognising Ecological Credit Risks]. Umweltpsychologie, 2(2), 30-41.
Weber, O. (1997). Integration von Wissensmodulen bei der Kreditvergabe [Integration of knowledge modules in the credit decision process]. (Vol. 7). Frankfurt a.M., Berlin, Bern, New York, Paris, Wien: Peter Lang.
Scholz, R. W., & Weber, O. (1995). Ökologische Risiken im Firmenkreditgeschäft [Environmental risks in corporate credit business]. Bank und Information, 8/95, 20-22.
Scholz, R. W., Weber, O., & Michalik, G. (1995). Ökologische Risiken im Firmenkreditgeschäft [Environmental risks in corporate credit business]. In D. Overlack-Kosel (Ed.), Kreditrisiken aus Umweltrisiken [Credit Risks Caused by Environmental Risks] (pp. 1-49). Bonn: Economica und Deutscher Sparkassenverlag.
Scholz, R. W., Weber, O., Stünzi, J., Ohlenroth, W., & Reuter, A. (1995). Umweltrisiken systematisch erfassen [The systematic assessment of environmental risks]. Schweizer Bank, 95/4, 45-47.

Banking general

Weber O. 2005. Sustainability Benchmarking of European Banks and Financial Service Organizations. Corp. Soc. Responsib. Environ. Mgmt. 12: 73–87
Weber, O., Köllner, T., & Scholz, R. W. (2003). Nachhaltigkeit im Finanzgeschäft. [Sustainability in the financial business] Schweizer Personalvorsorge, 01/03, 21-24.
Weber, O. (2000, 27.2.-1.3.2000). Sustainable Banking - Relationship between Banks, companies, society, and environment. Paper presented at the Transdisciplinarity: Joint Problem-Solving among Science, Technology and Society, Zurich.
Fenchel, M., Geiger, H., Mieg, H. A., & Weber, O. (2000). Nachhaltiges Bankgeschäft. [Sustainable Banking]. Umweltfocus, August 2000, 13-15.
Weber, O., & Fenchel, M. (2000). Betriebsökologie rückt in den Hintergrund. [Internal ecology is stepping to the background].Umweltfocus, April 2000, 39-41.
Weber, O., Scholz, R. W., & Michalik, G. (2000). Erstellung eines Umweltleitbilds für einen Finanzdienstleistungs-Verband. [Creating an environmental mission sheet for an association of the finance sector]. Umweltpsychologie, 4(1), 32-45.
Weber, O. (1999). Corporate Environmental Reports: Do they meet the Needs of the Stakeholders? Accountancy and Finance Update, 4(6), 26-28.
Weber, O., & Beeler, R. (1999). Incorporating Sustainability Aspects in Structured Trade and Commodity Finance. The Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 5(1), 98-112.
Weber, O., & Scholz, R. W. (1996). Ökologie und Umweltrisiken in Sparkassen und Landesbanken [Ecology and environmental risks at savings banks and regional banks]. Sparkasse, 8/1996, 372-373.