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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 …
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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...
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sub-national governments to Korea's National Strategy for Green Growth and identifies the main challenges for effective … implementation at the local level. Korea's economy, heavily reliant on foreign exports, was hard hit by the recent global financial … crisis. Since the 1970s, Korea has become one of the most energy-intensive economies in the OECD area, thanks to higher …
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actors in geo-economics. The problems of the balance of forces between the leading world centers - China, the US and the EU … conceptual level as well economic decisions of countries and leading companies. The analysis indicates an increase in China's geo … of current trends and approaches to climate policy will lead to unique geo-economic China's position …
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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...
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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 …
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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 …
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The circular economy proposition is not a novel concept. However, it has recently stimulated sustainable consumption and production ideas on remanufacturing, refurbishing and recycling of materials. A thorough literature review suggests that the circular economy’s regenerative systems are...
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sustainable development. While the author often uses the language of sustainable development, the book would turn sustainability …
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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...
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