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Sustainability Transitions in SMEs: Investigating Net‐Zero Adoption, Carbon Footprint Reduction, and Performance Outcomes

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research empirically validates an integrated framework that explains net‐zero‐emission adoption among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Extending the Technological‐Organizational‐Environmental (TOE) framework with the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) perspective, the research explains how internal capabilities
Alanood Alremeithi, Fauzia Jabeen, Sherine Farouk, Safiya Mukhtar Alshibani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inhaled toxins: A threat to male reproductive health

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Exposure to air pollutants is known to be an important risk factor in reducing semen quality in men across the world. Poor semen quality results in decline in the global fertility rate and significant personal stress, dysfunctional sexual relationships ...
Mahdiyeh Mohammadzadeh, Amir Hossein Khoshakhlagh, Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas, Walter D. Cardona Maya, Tommaso Cai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Air pollution from household solid fuel combustion in India: an overview of exposure and health related information to inform health research priorities

Global Health Action, 2011
Environmental and occupational risk factors contribute to nearly 40% of the national burden of disease in India, with air pollution in the indoor and outdoor environment ranking amongst leading risk factors.
Kalpana Balakrishnan, Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Sankar Sambandam, Gurusamy Thangavel, Santu Ghosh, Priscilla Johnson, Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay, Vidhya Venugopal, Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan   +8 more
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The health effects of ultrafine particles

Experimental and Molecular Medicine, 2020
Air pollution: Nanoparticles linked to disease Tiny particles found in air pollution enter the body usually through the lungs and disperse to other organs, causing more inflammation and cellular toxicity than larger particles.
Dean E. Schraufnagel
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Investigating the influence of vehicular traffic on a major trunk road on rural air quality [PDF]

, 2012
A thesis submittedTraffic population in the UK has grown by 27% in 2002 and predicted to continue to an estimated 38% in 2016 and up to 60% by 2031. This means vehicular emissions from road transport may account for higher proportion of total emissions ...
Obara, Paul Goodluck
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A Dynamic Business Modeling Approach to Port Sustainability: The Western Sicily Port Authority Case

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ports are critical nodes in global trade and economic development, yet they generate substantial environmental and social externalities—including greenhouse gas emissions, air, noise, and water pollution, and adverse impacts on host communities—that demand integrated and forward‐looking governance.
Martina Vivoli, Annalisa Tardino, Luca Lupi, Federico Cosenz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of exposure to air pollutants for workers in and around fires

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
Firefighters can be occupationally exposed to a wide range of airborne pollutants during fire-extinguishing operations. The overall study aim was to characterize occupational exposure to smoke for several groups of workers responding to fires, with ...
K. Lovén, L. Hagvall, Johannes Rex, Carina A Nilsson, V. Malmborg, J. Pagels, Bo Strandberg, M. Hedmer   +7 more
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Occupational Exposure of Hairdressers to Airborne Hazardous Chemicals:A Scoping Review

, 2022
Introduction: Exposure to hazardous chemicals released during hairdressing activities from hair care products puts hairdressers at risk of adverse health effects.
Babić, Željka, Martin S. Havmose, Marija Macan, van der Molen, Henk F., Henk F. van der Molen, Jelena Macan, Turk, Rajka, Rajka Turk, Nunez, Roberto, Havmose, Martin S., Weinert, Patricia, Macan, Marija, Swen M. John, Wolfgang Uter, Johansen, Jeanne D., Željka Babić, Cara Symanzik, Hallmann, Sarah, John, Swen M., Kezic, Sanja, Patricia Weinert, Symanzik, Cara, Uter, Wolfgang, Sarah Hallmann, Sanja Kezic, Jeanne D. Johansen, Roberto Nunez, Macan, Jelena   +27 more
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From Nonfinancial Reporting to Management Control: A GRI‐Based Sustainability Balanced Scorecard

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The integration of sustainability into strategic management systems has shifted from a reporting‐oriented exercise to a challenge of implementation, control, and accountability. Although the SBSC is widely acknowledged as a suitable framework to embed environmental and social objectives into strategy execution, its practical application ...
Piedad Ortiz‐Fernández, Belén Payán‐Sánchez, Eva Carmona‐Moreno   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risks to health of carbon monoxide and other combustion gases in energy efficient homes [PDF]

, 2011
Revisions of the UK Building Regulations are resulting in changes in the design, construction, heating and ventilation of new and refurbished homes.
Sharma, Arun
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