Search Results - subject:"Environmental Capital"

Sustainable development footprint: a framework for assessing sustainable development risks and opportunities in time and space

Amekudzi, Adjo; Khayesi, Meleckidzedeck; Khisty, C. Jotin - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 18 (2015) 1/2, pp. 9-40

This paper elaborates a framework, the sustainable development footprint, that can be used to assess progress in sustainable development in space and time. The framework views sustainability as consisting of the entire stock of its capital (natural and derived) and the rate of use of this stock...

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CORPORATE DISCLOSURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES: A TEST OF ALTERNATIVE THEORIES

Cho, Charles H.; Freedman, Martin; Patten, Dennis M. - HAL - 2009

In this study, we examine three potential explanations for the corporate choice to disclose environmental capital … companies use the disclosure of environmental capital spending as a strategic tool to address their exposures to political and …

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Growth linkages and policy effects in a village economy in Ethiopia: An analysis of interactions using a social accounting matrix (SAM) framework

FEREDE AGAJE, Tadele - Faculteit Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen, … - 2008

output, household income, investments in human and environmental capital in the study village. Apart from providing a … incorporates investment in human and environmental capital in the analysis of growth linkages using a village social accounting … on growth, household livelihoods, and investment in human and environmental capital. Accordingly, some simulations are …

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Corporate disclosure of environmental capital expenditures: A test of alternative theories

Cho, Charles H.; Freedman, Martin; Patten, Dennis M. - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 25 (2012) March, pp. 486-507

environmental capital spending amounts. Design/methodology/approach – Using archival data from a sample of Fortune 500 US firms …, but TRI is self-reported and its reliability is only as good as the inputs. Finally, although environmental capital … environmental capital spending as a strategic tool to address their exposures to political and regulatory concerns. Hence …

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Corporate disclosure of environmental capital expenditures

Cho, Charles H.; Freedman, Martin; Patten, Dennis M. - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 25 (2012) 3, pp. 486-507

environmental capital spending amounts. Design/methodology/approach – Using archival data from a sample of Fortune 500 US firms …, but TRI is self‐reported and its reliability is only as good as the inputs. Finally, although environmental capital … environmental capital spending as a strategic tool to address their exposures to political and regulatory concerns. Hence …

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The market valuation of environmental capital expenditures by pulp and paper companies

Clarkson, P. M.; Li, Y.; Richardson, G. D. - 2004

The objective of this study is to examine the market valuation of environmental capital expenditure investment related … to pollution abatement in the pulp and paper industry. The total environmental capital expenditure of $8.7 billion by our … the future economic benefits arising from environmental capital expenditure on an assessment of the firms' environmental …

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Protected areas and regional development: conflicts and opportunities - presented on the example of the UNESCO biosphere reserve Bliesgau

Wioletta, Frys; Birte, Nienaber - In: European Countryside 3 (2011) 3, pp. 208-226

All over the world, UNESCO biosphere reserves are designated in order to protect regionally distinctive landscapes. This designation represents a significant up-valuation of nature reserves and landscape conservation areas, forests and other mostly rural landscapes. In cases where biosphere...

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Protected areas and regional development: conflicts and opportunities - presented on the example of the UNESCO biosphere reserve Bliesgau

Wioletta, Frys; Birte, Nienaber - In: European Countryside 3 (2011) 3, pp. 208-226

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010534485

Environment and economic growth: a convergence approach

Dinda, Soumyananda - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 9 (2009) 1/2, pp. 137-144

The world economy faces a serious challenge from the global environmental degradation and appropriate environmental policy should be adopted in time to save it. The effective environmental policy prescription depends on the actual position of the economy: at what stage of growth/development the...

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Corporate environmental performance and market value of intangible assets

Lin, Shu Ling; Wang, Feng Chiung - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 5 (2009) 1, pp. 72-101

This study explores the relationship and effect between corporate environmental performance and market value of intangible assets in Taiwanese publicly listed manufacturing companies from 1991 to 2001. It further tests the reciprocal and causality relationship between three aspects of the...

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