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Can Private Equity Deliver on Its Societal Ambitions? What We Know and Don't Know About Environmental, Social, and Governance Factor Integration in Private Equity

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Private equity (PE) firms increasingly integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investment decisions and raise impact funds to address sustainability challenges. We review and integrate the growing body of literature on why, when, and how PE fund managers incorporate ESG factors into their investment strategies and ...
Tjarda Molenaar, Christopher Wickert, Svetlana Khapova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Strategic Role of Sustainability Certifications: A Multi‐Theoretical Framework and Comparative Analysis in the Global Wine Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability certifications are increasingly embedded in the governance and competitiveness of the wine sector, yet their strategic role remains under‐theorised. This study conceptualises certifications as multidimensional strategic mechanisms and conducts a comparative analysis of 50 schemes used in the global wine industry.
Alexy Apolo‐Romero, Nieves García‐Casarejos, Pilar Gargallo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Drivers of Sustainability Transitions in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Why One Size Does Not Fit All

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing emphasis on sustainability transitions in developing economies, evidence remains limited on how environmental, social and governance (ESG) conditions shape sustainability outcomes in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). This study examines the environmental, social and governance drivers of sustainability transition performance across 39 ...
Emmanuel Kwaku Manu, Bismark Asante, Gabriel Eweje   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Dynamics‐of‐Value‐in‐Consumption of Recycled Textile Materials

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate how the perceived value of recycled textile materials evolves across the consumption cycle, a key issue for recycling‐based strategies seeking to close the loop in the fashion industry. We employ a qualitative design combining an exploratory study and a longitudinal study with three interview waves, in which participants ...
Edith de Lamballerie, Valérie Guillard
wiley   +1 more source

What We Know and What's Next on Responsible Innovation in Business: A Systematic Review and a Research Agenda

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Responsible Innovation (RI) has gained increasing attention over the past decade, primarily in the context of publicly funded scientific research. However, in business scholarship, RI remains an emerging and fragmented concept, lacking a consensus on its definition, scope, boundary conditions, and uneven evidence on how firms operationalize RI
Yuyan Wei, Devashish Pujari, Nuree Ha
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Indigenous Stakeholder Engagement in the Sustainability Reporting: Evidence From the Australian Mining Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure for indigenous stakeholder engagement, this paper explores the extent and nature of indigenous stakeholder engagement disclosures in the sustainability reporting of Australian mining companies. Drawing on stakeholder theory and legitimacy theory, this study explores how large Australian mining companies disclose ...
Md. Moazzem Hossain, Aklema Choudhury Lema, Shamsun Nahar, Md. Jahidur Rahman, Udani Chathurika Edirisinghe, Kerry Bodle   +5 more
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Leader–Member Exchange, Compliance and Sustainability Performance in Carbon‐Market Governance: A Global South Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how Leader–Member Exchange quality shapes engagement, compliance, and sustainability performance within Uganda's emerging carbon‐trading market, adopting LMX theory to sustainability governance in a Global South context. A cross‐sectional survey of 206 carbon‐market participants in Uganda measured LMX quality, environmental
Liz Nantunda, Wilson Muyinda Mande, Helen Kopnina   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making the Invisible Visible: Exploring the Drivers and Outcomes of Human Rights Reporting in Latin America

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human rights disclosure is increasingly vital for corporate sustainability, particularly in Latin America, where labor abuses, inequality, and weak enforcement remain prevalent. This study investigates the drivers and outcomes of such disclosure in 416 large firms across the region.
Alan Bandeira Pinheiro, José Vitor Palhares dos Santos   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Linear ESG Effects: Configurational Pathways to Superior Profitability Among Environmental Proactive Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study re‐examines the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) engagement and firm financial performance by moving beyond linear, net‐effect models toward a configurational perspective. Focusing on a global sample of 1380 non‐financial firms with high environmental maturity (CDP Climate Change score ≥ B), we ...
Daniel Yeung, Lingju Chen, Qingliang Tang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

African Twist of Circular Economy: Insights, Policies and Recommendations

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the circular economy (CE) has gained traction, this paper argues that mainstream CE approaches risk being misaligned in the African context. Drawing on a mixed‐methods synthesis of empirical studies, policy documents and cross‐country examples, the study shows that Africa's CE transition is fragmented and uneven, leaving the continent at
Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie, Matthew Abunyewah, Amila Kasun Sampath Udage Kankanamge, Patrick Arhin, Kerstin Zander   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source