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Do global financial markets capitalise sustainability? : evidence of a quick reversal
Moliterni, Fabio - 2018
This study investigates the growing importance of sustainability in financial markets by estimating the extent of … capitalisation of companies' commitment to sustainability on their market value. The spreading concern for social and environmental … issues, and especially for the material risks of climate change, induces policymakers to prioritise sustainability issues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011862953
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The environment and directed technical change : Comment
Hourcade, Jean-Charles; Pottier, Antonin; Espagne, Etienne - 2011
This paper discusses the growth model with environmental constraints recently presented in (Acemoglu et al., 2011) which focuses on the redirection of technical change by climate policies with research subsidies and a carbon tax. First, Acemoglu et al.'s model and chosen parameters yield...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009419743
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Policies and practices of low carbon city development in China
Wang, Can; Lin, Jie; Cai, Wenjia; Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2014
Globally as well as in China, cities have contributed to most of the economic output and have accordingly given rise to most CO2 emissions. In particular, given unprecedented urbanization, cities will play an even greater role in shaping energy demand and CO2 emissions. Therefore, cities are the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238315
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Land competitiveness and leakage concerns and border carbon adjustments
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2012
This paper provides a review of the literature on competitiveness and leakage concerns associated with differentiated climate abatement commitments among countries. The literature reviewed is not exhausted, but it is sufficient to provide a balanced view of both academics and policy circles....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009634265
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Energy and environmental issues and policy in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2013
China's rampant environmental pollution problems and rising greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting climate change are undermining its long-term economic growth. China, from its own perspective cannot afford to and, from an international perspective, is not meant to continue on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010203427
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Which innovations for circular business models? : a product life-cycle approach
Chioatto, Elisa; Zecca, Emy; D'Amato, Alessio - 2020
The Circular Economy concept has emerged to face current unsustainable economic trends. Circularity requires to go beyond mainstream linear business models in favour of new design strategies and production processes able to support an efficient use and a continuous flow of resources. Clarifying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389895
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A comparison between sustainability frameworks : an integrated reading through ESG criteria for business strategies and enterprise risk management
Casciotti, Paola - 2023
Reporting to Sustainability Reporting, impose to pay attention to new criteria and contents, also in order to distinguish … Sustainability, like the institutional ones (MDG, SDG, BES) and one of the most widespread standard of non financial reporting … SDGs, to implement coherent public and enterprise's policies and to produce realistic sustainability reports. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014391219
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Quantifying sustainability : a new approach and world ranking
Carraro, Carlo; Campagnolo, Lorenza; Eboli, Fabio; … - 2012
This paper proposes a new tool to assess sustainability and make the concept of sustainable development operational. It … considers its multi-dimensional structure combining the information deriving from a selection of relevant sustainability … aggregate index to measure overall sustainability. The former allows capturing the sector and regional interactions and higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687350
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Levelling the playing field : on the missing role of network externality in designing renewable energy technology deployment policies
Jin, Wei; Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2015
In creating a level playing field that facilitates the deployment of renewable energy technology (RET), the traditional energy policy regime based on eliminating RET's cost gaps versus fossil energy technology (FET) may be not sufficient. Building on an economic model of energy technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317841
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Understanding the consumption behaviors on electric vehicles in China : a stated preference analysis
Wu, Libo; Li, Changhe; Qian, Haoqi; Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2013
This paper examines how the different characteristics of both electric vehicles themselves and the consumers would influence the consumption behavior on electric vehicles. Data collection is based on the questionnaire design using the orthogonal experimental method and large-scale stated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010189320