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Measuring Urban Sustainability Through Common Indicators and Peer City Benchmarking : Assessing Sustainability Assets for Performance Improvement and Economic and Environmental Pro...
Byrne, John - 2018
The report summarizes first-year research of a three-year study of pathways to urban sustainability. The research team … departments and with residents and the business community to advance sustainability goals. It is a leading framework for promoting …, assessing, and certifying sustainability progress of cities, counties, and communities. The report examines the potential for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930252
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Using Solar PV Feed-In Tariff Policy History to Inform a Sustainable Flexible Pricing Regime to Enhance the Diffusion of Energy Storage and Electric Vehicles
Bell, William - 2017
The aim of this paper is to analyses residential solar PV feed-in tariffs (FiT) policy history to inform the development of a sustainable flexible pricing regime to enhance the diffusion of energy storage, electric vehicles, solar PV installations and other distributed resources focusing on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965866
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Defining Climate-Aligned Investment : An Analysis of Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Development
Tripathy, Aneil - 2020
The green bond market has grown rapidly since its inception in 2007. Climate-aligned standards provide investors with the confidence that their investments deliver a measurable climate benefit. Serving as a benchmark, these standards demonstrate alignment with the Paris Agreement, against which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824116
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Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Factors and Green Productivity : The Impacts of Greenwashing and Competence Greenwashing on Sustainable Finance and ESG Investing
Schumacher, Kim - 2023
The rise of sustainable finance, ESG investment, and sustainability reporting, has gradually led to a growing … disconnect among many financial-sector and corporate stakeholders, which can be observed between their positive sustainability … performance claims and the organizational resources and capacities dedicated to assuring proper ESG integration and sustainability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014265452
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The Rise of U.S. Food Sustainability Litigation
Tai, Steph - 2014
movement and its rising use of litigation. In particular, it focuses on two growing areas of food sustainability litigation … legal avenues fail to mesh with the values of the food sustainability movements. This article concludes by drawing from … studies of other historical movements and argues that the food sustainability movement, if it is to succeed in transforming …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014177006
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Closing the Loop for Resource Efficiency, Sustainable Consumption and Production : A Critical Review of the Circular Economy
Camilleri, Mark Anthony - 2018
and reuse of materials in business and industry. In conclusion, this research implies that closed loop and product service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014116520
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Sustainable Versus Unsustainable Propositions
Dernbach, John C. - 2015
sustainable development. While the author often uses the language of sustainable development, the book would turn sustainability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012750255
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International Business, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
Kolk, Ans; van Tulder, Rob - 2010
While attention to the social and environmental impacts of international business (IB) is not new, the past years have seen renewed interest due to pressing global problems such as climate change and poverty. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are regarded as playing a specific role given their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199918
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Citizen Suits and Sustainability
Dernbach, John C. - 2015
The article explores what we can learn about sustainable development, and the progress the United States has already made or not made, by looking at citizen suits under United States environmental law. The article focuses on four aspects of citizen suits: the manner in which they allow access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219717
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The Subjective Nature of ESG Approaches
Gambles, Paul; Fraser, James; Ung, Jureemas; Endo, Nuttika - 2022
The saying ‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions’ could have been coined to describe the 5,000 years journey to what is today known as ESG. This references the progression, if that indeed is the correct term, outlined in the comprehensive, informed and informative but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013292885