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development within the context of an increasingly globalizing economy. The economic development, environment, and employment … aspects of sustainable development are emphasized. We contend that the most crucial problem in achieving sustainability is …
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, Environment and Ethics.<b>Contents:</b> <ul> <li>Introducing the Race for Sustainability</li> <li>Why Sustainability Matters … interested in sustainability and the environment.<b>Key Features:</b> <ul> <li>Discusses a wide variety of sustainability issues …. Read on and let the wealth of information in this book inspire you along your sustainability journey. Join the race and act …
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We live in the Anthropocene era, where human action has an unforeseen impact on global ecosystems. This is visible, for instance, in climate change, in the loss of biodiversity and in the acidification of the oceans. Little attention is given to the fact that the Anthropocene is related to...
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have indirect or direct beneficial impacts on the environment and public health. The potential for impact, however, is … Sustainability (s) metrics and sociodemographic measurements (n = 10) for 50 populous U.S. cities. E, H, S indices combined from two … with low performing cities. Our analyses demonstrate how publically available environmental, health, sustainability and …
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the analysis of economic growth and sustainability. We show that there exist several growth models in which a relationship …
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guiding potential investments in the environment. …
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In recent years, development practice has seen that microfinance institutions (MFIs), beyond their financial and social objectives, start considering their environmental bottom line. Yet, little is known on the characteristics of institutions involved in environmental management. For the first...
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This paper examines the profitability of investing according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in the U.S. and Europe. Based on data from 2003 to 2017, we show that a portfolio long in stocks with the highest ESG scores and short in those with the lowest scores yields a...
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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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The increasing importance of sustainability issues expressed by different types of stakeholders has placed them among … of the relation between the number of sustainability reports issued by companies inside one country and its social … countries for the improvement of sustainability reporting concept and practice. …
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