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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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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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Closing the Loop for Resource Efficiency, Sustainable Consumption and Production : A Critical Review of the Circular Economy
Camilleri, Mark Anthony - 2018
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...
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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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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Accelerating the Theory and Practice of Sustainability-Oriented Innovation
Jay, Jason - 2015
The purpose of this paper is to provide a broad understanding of the concept and process of sustainability … entrepreneurship or in sustainability will find it most useful, as a bridge between these two fields.Our ideal readers might include …:• An entrepreneur wanting to understand sustainability as a business opportunity• A financier aiming to invest in an SOI to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013019542
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Interpreting sustainability in economic terms : dynamic efficiency plus intergenerational equity
Stavins, Robert N.; Wagner, Alexander F.; Wagner, Gernot - 2002
concept of "sustainability". We relate such a definition of sustainability to well known concepts from neoclassical economics …-temporal realm, we find that dynamic efficiency is a necessary but not sufficient condition for a notion of sustainability that has … normative standing as a goal for public policy. We define sustainability as dynamic efficiency plus intergenerational equity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011597674
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Review of concepts for the evaluation of sustainable agriculture in Germany and comparison of measurement schemes for farm sustainability
Ehrmann, Markus; Kleinhanß, Werner - 2008
Within the EU research project SVAPPAS, a method of sustainability measurement based on principles of financial markets …, will be tested wrt sustainability issues in agriculture, and further developed. This analysis is oriented to farm level … dimensions and issues of sustainability. -- Sustainability; efficiency analysis ; indicators ; dairy farms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806233
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From planetary emergency to regenerative economies - Accounting for nature in measures of sustainable development
Stoever, Jana; Reichel, Andre - 2022
, the paper addresses three important points in the discussion on sustainability. Firstly, the question of "means" and "ends …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014459440