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E-Learning: Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy, a Multinational Training Pilot Module at the Postgraduate Level
Amaro, Nelson; Buch, Lea Franziska; Guerra, José Baltazar - Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Instituto … - 2010
: Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy (with courses such as Sociology of Development and Global Challenges, Environment … and Sustainable Development, Energy Matrix Planning, Energy Economics, Policies and Regulations on Energy and Environment … and courses mainly devoted to renewable energy and their management). The Postgraduate Program is to be implemented in 4 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693764
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Economic challenges in the Anthropocene
Musu, Ignazio - Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia - 2013
countries, compatible with the sustainability of the processes concerning the Earth system. Mainly by focusing on the energy-environment … development, characterized by the role of fossil fuels and by the progressive dominance of those with a higher energy and density …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010688304
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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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Measuring Urban Sustainability Through Common Indicators and Peer City Benchmarking : Assessing Sustainability Assets for Performance Improvement and Economic and Environmental Pro...
Byrne, John - 2018
contributions of each city's sustainability assets, with a focus on the creation of a rooftop distributed solar energy plant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930252
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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
that the circular economy’s regenerative systems are intended to minimise industrial waste, emissions, and energy leakages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014116520
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'Sustainable Finance Made by the EC' - Inconvenient Insights into An Unsustainable Economic Policy
Schäfer, Henry - 2023
The European Commission's (EU Commission) Sustainable Growth Action Programme aims to transform national economies in the European Union towards a Green Economy. This is linked to the aspiration to achieve the EU climate protection goals and the Sustainable Development Goals of the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014263440
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014265452
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Can Shale Gas Help Accelerate the Transition to Sustainability?
Dernbach, John C. - 2015
The sudden and unexpected development of shale gas has the potential to accelerate or hinder the transition to sustainability, depending on how it is handled. Sustainable development is a useful evaluative framework for shale gas development. It would have us analyze its environmental, social,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032001
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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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Sustainable nations : what do aggregate indicators tell us?
Pillarisetti, Janaki Ram; Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2007
What is a 'sustainable nation’ and how can we identify and rank ‘sustainable nations’? Are nations producing and consuming in a sustainable way? Aggregate indicators have been proposed to answer these questions. This paper quantitatively compares three aggregate indicators of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374434