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a soft blend of wool and cashmere produced by a textile company located in Sicily (Italy). The system boundary of the …
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In response to increasing concerns by stakeholders, there has been a trend for many public corporations in recent years to provide more information on environmental matters within the annual report. Moreover, the increasing public awareness of environmental issues has put pressure on...
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This study examines whether the level of environmental disclosure in banks' financial reports matches less brown lending portfolios. Using granular credit register data and detailed information on firm-level greenhouse gas emission intensities, we find a negative relationship between...
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We investigate alternative hypotheses for a company's choice for an intensity-only (carbon emissions relative to sales, production, etc.) versus an absolute carbon emissions goal. The hypotheses include: (1) a high growth firm hypothesis whereby high growth companies select an intensity goal, to...
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We devise a ‘nudging' natural experiment to test the impact of a simple form of advertising on environmentally responsible products with/without the increase of the responsible product price. We find that the simple use of a small shelf-poster explaining the importance of buying a green...
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This paper studies whether firms shift some pollution from regulated reporting facilities to their non-reporting facilities after the US Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). Using remotely sensed satellite data, I find that, after the disclosure mandate, PM 2.5 concentration dropped by 6%...
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Implementing the complex Agenda 2030, with its high global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires, in the by now short time horizon of reference, an extraordinary effort, at all institutionals and private levels, to converge effectively on the whole system of intermediate and interrelated...
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Achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) through a sharing economy is a global concern which requires policymakers and researchers' attention. The improvement of sharing economy activities may increase sustainable development in developing economies. Thus, this study empirically examines...
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Small and medium-sized enterprises play an important role in the economy in Europe. Consequently, their contribution to the realisation of sustainable development is also important. After briefly discussing the role of Corporate Social Responsibility in "getting closer to" sustainable...
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