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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% in areas with a large number of reporting facilities, but also increased …
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The impact finance market has sought to 'internalise externalities and adjust risk perceptions' (G20 Green Finance Study Group, 2016), demonstrating the private sector's capability in resolving the climate free-rider problem through the 'greening' of economic activities, partially bypassing...
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Non-financial reporting reforms have moved ahead around the world as governments work to advance sustainable …, however, non-financial reporting reforms face resistance and have lagged behind. This article offers an overview of the state … of non-financial reporting in the U.S. and explains why the U.S. approach still diverges so visibly from the reform path …
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In the aftermath of the globalization first and of the financial crises then, the traditional approaches to reporting …
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. We find that a large number of employers misreport as evidenced by their reporting a set of disclosures that in concert … considerations: firms involved in an ESG controversy are more likely to report perfect gender statistics, and firms reporting no gap … in their median pay receive higher social pillar ESG ratings. Our results suggest that gender pay gap reporting mandates …
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reporting of listed consumer goods in Nigeria. for the period 2014-2019. We developed a sustainability disclosure index using … the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines to score the information content of annual reports relating to … significantly affects the sustainability reporting of consumer goods firms in Nigeria. However, we found no evidence on the nexus …
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What are the conditions under which private, voluntary certification programs like the Rainforest Alliance or Fairtrade can successfully promote environmental and social standards? We propose that the efficacy of a certification program depends on three variables: its sustainability standards,...
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As part of a recent trend toward more cooperative relations between regulators and industry, novel government programs are encouraging firms to monitor their own regulatory compliance and voluntarily report their own violations. In this study, we examine how regulatory enforcement activities...
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Voluntary standards certifying environmental qualities of labeled products have proliferated across sectors and countries. Effectuating these standards requires the collaboration among and between creators (typically firms and non-governmental organizations) and adopters (firms across a...
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This study investigates whether the political leaning of the state where a given firm is headquartered is related to that firm’s decision to voluntarily disclose information about the firm’s carbon emissions. Our study includes a sample of U.S. firms (the S&P 500) surveyed by the Carbon...
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