Selected Publications in Finance

Credit Rating Systems

• Krütli, P., Stauffacher, M., Flueeler, T. & Scholz, R. W. (2010). Functional-dynamic public participation in technological decision making: Site selection processes of nuclear waste repositories. Journal of Risk Research 13(7), 861-875.
• Overlack-Kosel, D., Scholz, R.W., Erichsen, S., Schmitz, K.W. & Urban G. (Eds.). (1995). Kreditrisiken aus Umweltrisiken. [Loan risks due to environmental risks]. Bonn: Economica.
• Reuter, A., Scholz, R.W., Weber, O. & Welsch, F. (1994). Die Kontodatenanalyse (KONDAN): Merkblatt Betriebswirtschaft. [The KONDAN analysis of account data: instructions for business administration]. Stuttgart: Deutscher Sparkassenverlag.
• Weber, O., Fenchel, M. & Scholz, R. W. (2008). Empirical Analysis of the Integration of Environmental Risks into the Credit Risk Management Process of European Banks. Business Strategy and the Environment, 17(3), 149-159.
• Weber, O., Scholz, R. W. & Michalik, G. (2010). Incorporating Sustainability Criteria into Credit Risk Management. Business Strategy and the Environment, 19(1), 39-50.

Eco-efficiency

• Scholz, R.W. & Wiek, A. (2005). Operational Eco-Efficiency – Comparing Companies’ Environmental Investments in Different Domains. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 9(4), 155–170.
• Scholz, R.W., Bösch, S., Stauffacher, M. & Oswald, J. (Eds.). (2001). Zukunft Schiene Schweiz: Oekoeffizientes Handeln der SBB. [Future of railway systems: Ecoefficient treat of the Swiss Railway Company]. Zürich: Rüegger Verlag.
• Scholz, R.W. (unter Mitarbeit von Bühlmann, R., Heitzer, A.). (Ed.). (2001). Erfolgskontrolle von Umweltmassnahmen. [The evaluation of goal attainment for environmental means]. Heidelberg: Springer.

Sustainable Finance

• Koellner, Th. Suh, S., Weber, O., Moser, C. & 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. (ISI 2004: 1.170)
• Krütli, P., Stauffacher, M., Flueeler, T. & Scholz, R. W. (2010). Functional-dynamic public participation in technological decision making: Site selection processes of nuclear waste repositories. Journal of Risk Research 13(7), 861-875.
• Sell, J., Koellner, T., Weber, O., Pedroni, L., Proctor, W., & Scholz, R. W. (2007). Ecosystem services from tropical forestry projects - The choice of international market actors. Forest Policy and Economics, 9, 496-515. (ISI 2006: 0.907)
• Walter, A. I. & Scholz, R. W. (2006). Sustainable innovation networks: an empirical study on interorganisational networks in industrial ecology. Progress in Industrial Ecology – An International Journal, 3(5), 431–450.
• Köllner, T., Fenchel, M., Weber, O. & Scholz, R.W. (2005). Principles for Sustainability Rating of Investment Funds. Business Strategy and the Environment, 14, 54–70.
• Scholz, R.W., Weber,O., Michalik,G. & Velosa da Silva,C. (2000). "Der Einsatz von Oekorisk – ein erster Praxisbericht." The use of the tool Oekorisk- a first practical report. Sparkasse. 10/2000 (117. Jahrgang): 450–452.
• Weber, O., Scholz, R.W. & Michalik, G. (2000). Erstellung eines Umweltleitbilds für einen Finanzdienstleistungs-Verband. [Designing the environmental management guidelines for an association of financial services' providers]. Umweltpsychologie [Environmental Psychology], 4(1), 32–45.
• Michalik, G., Weber, O. & Scholz, R.W. (1998). Psychologische Faktoren des Erkennens ökologischer Kreditrisiken. [Psychological factors in the recognition of environmental credit risks]. Umweltpsychologie [Environmental Psychology], 2, 30–41.