By decoupling economic growth from the exploitation of virgin raw materials and environmental degradation, as well as by developing practices more resilient to the economic cycle, Circular Economy (CE) offers effective hedging of linear risks and shields from that of stranded values. We tested...

Background. By decoupling economic growth from an intensive use of resources, preventing the impairment of natural capital, and enhancing resilience to system-wide shocks, Circular Economy (CE) is a powerful opportunity for economic agents willing to hedge against “sustainability” risk...

On the issue of bank's diversification literature usually refers to revenue mix, geographical markets and M&A deals. This paper aims to fill a gap by investigating diversification in terms of different business combinations (carrying out activities in different client front-end businesses). More...

The wine industry is very sensitive to climate risk, mainly due to the grape crop. Industry players usually cover this risk through single-peril and multi-peril crop insurance policies. Insurance policies pose many problems of efficiency, as pointed out in the literature, and do not usually...

Circular Economy (CE) offers effective hedging of linear risks, shields financial actors from the risk of stranded values and promises to ensure persistent performance of businesses and portfolios without compromising financial returns. We tested these hypotheses of de-risking (H1) and superior...

As a response to a growing demand for sustainability-related information, companies are expanding and improving their non-financial disclosure. Moreover, both investors and regulators are becoming increasingly aware of how relevant the circular economy (CE) is to deliver on sustainable...

Purpose – The wine industry is very sensitive to climate risk, mainly due to the grape crop. The aim of this paper is to understand whether weather derivatives (WDs), mainly developed for the energy industry, can also be useful to cover climate risk for the wine industry....