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Olaf Weber
Associate Professor
Export Development Chair in Environmental Finance
Contact Information:
Phone: +1-519-888-4567 ext. 38065
Office: EV1 - 332
Email: oweber(at)uwaterloo.ca
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Degrees:
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) Technical Faculty, University of Bielefeld, Germany
M.A. (Diploma) Department of Psychology, University of Mannheim, Germany
Research Interests:
Professor Weber’s research and teaching interests are in the area of environmental and sustainable finance with a focus on sustainable credit risk management, socially responsible investment, social banking and the link between sustainability and financial performance of enterprises.
Recent/Key Publications:
- Weber, O., Mansfeld, M. and Schirrmann, E. (forthcoming). The Financial Performance of SRI Funds in Times of Turmoil. Responsible Investment in Times of Turmoil.W. Vandekerckhove, J. Leys, K. Alm, B. Scholtens, S. Signori, H. Schäfer (eds). Berlin, Germany, Springer.
- Weber, O., R. W. Scholz, et al. (2010). "Incorporating sustainability criteria into credit risk management." Business Strategy and the Environment 19(1): 39-50.
- Weber, O., M. Fenchel, et al. (2008). "Empirical analysis of the integration of environmental risks into the credit risk management process of European banks." Business Strategy and the Environment 17: 149-159.
- Weber, O., T. Koellner, et al. (2008). "The relation between sustainability performance and financial performance of firms." Progress in Industrial Ecology 5(3): 236-254.
- Weber, O. (2007). Factors Influencing the Implementation of Environmental Management Systems, Practices and Performance. Strategic Sustainability: the State of the Art in Corporate Environmental Management Systems. R. Sroufe and J. Sarkis. Sheffield, UK, Greenleaf: 190-204.
- Koellner, T., Sangwon Suh, S., Weber, O., Moser, C. and Scholz, R.W. (2007). "Environmental Impacts of Conventional and Sustainable Investment Funds Compared Using Input-Output Life-Cycle Assessment." Journal of Industrial Ecology 11(3): 41-60.
- Weber, O. (2006). "Investment and environmental management: The interaction between environmentally responsible investment and environmental management practices." Int. J. Sustainable Development 9(4): 336-354.
- Weber, O. and T. Koellner (2006). Who invests in SRI Products? Küsnacht, Switzerland, GOE m.b.H.
- Weber, O. (2005). "Sustainability Benchmarking of European Banks and Financial Service Organizations." Corp. Soc. Responsib. Environ. Mgmt. 12: 73–87.
- Weber, O. (2001). "Assessment of enterprises environmental risks: Using photographs as perceptual stimuli." Journal of Environmental Psychology 21: 165-178.
