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Digital Technology's Role in Circular Waste Management: A Systematic Review
ABSTRACT Combining circular economy ideas with digital tools offers a game‐changing way to tackle global sustainability problems. This paper focuses on how digital changes and circular economy models link up. A review has been conducted for 112 articles from 2021 to September 2025, using PRISMA‐2020 methodology. This study covered new tech like AI, IoT,
Reza Eslamipoor
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ABSTRACT Financial capital is widely recognized as having the potential to provide investments needed for net‐zero transitions. While recent empirical studies reveal that financial digitalization and fintech have changed Chinese banks' loan portfolios and business models, they stem from credit restrictions on heavily polluting enterprises and from ...
Akihisa Mori
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ABSTRACT Environmental management accounting (EMA) is increasingly recognised as essential for carbon governance, accountability and net zero transitions, yet research has overlooked how sustainability is negotiated within mission‐driven but commercially exposed service organisations such as private hospitals in developing economies, a sector often ...
M. M. Swalih, Ronita Ram, Edward Tew
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Toward a Greener Future: How and When Blockchain and Digitization Drive Green Finance
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic has significantly affected small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) and poses challenges in acquiring financing. Growing green investments require transformative infrastructure and innovative green financing solutions. Blockchain technology is ideal for delivering green environmental information because it provides real‐
Sikandar Rahman +7 more
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ABSTRACT The transition to net zero (NZ) faces challenges such as uneven institutional readiness, fragmented policy frameworks and rising energy demands from population growth, economic expansion and artificial intelligence (AI). These obstacles are intensified by technological, financial and regulatory uncertainties that impede coordinated efforts ...
Mohamed Shrief +3 more
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ABSTRACT Nonfood geographical indications (GIs) are increasingly emerging as collective sustainability strategies. They enable territories to transform cultural and productive heritage into sources of long‐term competitive advantage. While existing research recognises their regulatory and cultural relevance, limited attention has been paid to how ...
Giovanni Peira, Alessandro Bonadonna
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ABSTRACT This study examines the drivers of biodiversity disclosure and the interplay between firm strategies and national institutions in shaping transparency. Using a global panel of 4703 firms across 40 economies from 2013 to 2022, we integrate differentiation, signalling and institutional perspectives to explain variation in reporting behaviour ...
Chi Chen +2 more
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ABSTRACT Although SMEs comprise over 90% of firms globally, research on their engagement with Scope 3 (value‐chain) greenhouse gas emissions remains limited. This PRISMA‐guided systematic review synthesises 49 SME‐relevant studies to develop a theory‐informed, practice‐oriented framework for more credible and sustained Scope 3 engagement.
Chidinma Uchendu +5 more
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ABSTRACT This study examines how small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) transition from a symbolic, disclosure‐oriented ESG logic toward a substantive ESG‐oriented performance management system (PMS) grounded in actionable KPIs. Drawing on evidence from the Apuan‐Versilian Stone Industrial District through an interventionist research design, we ...
Alessandra Rigolini +2 more
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Board Structure and ESG Outcomes: A Comprehensive Review and Pathways for Future Research
ABSTRACT This study provides a comprehensive systematic review of 265 scholarly articles that examine the relationship between board diversity and environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. The analysis critically maps existing research and identifies key thematic trends, revealing that most studies focus on gender and independence while ...
Karim Mahran +3 more
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