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Market potential of biobased chemicals: a qualitative network analysis of adoption dynamics in South Africa’s bioeconomy

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract The premise of a bioeconomy is the replacement of nonrenewable and unsustainable fossil‐derived resources and associated technologies with more sustainable alternatives. The adoption of biobased chemicals contributes toward the growth of a bioeconomy and is dependent on market and industry requirements.
Prisha Mandree, George Alex Thopil, Santosh Ramchuran   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grey zone in – greenwash out. A review of greenwashing research and implications for the voluntary-mandatory transition of CSR

International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, 2019
As public concern over greenwashing has grown in the last two decades, academic research has increased correspondingly, and there is now a substantial body of research addressing issues related to greenwashing.
Lucia Gatti, Peter Seele, Lars Rademacher   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Strategies of Sufficiency Under Institutional Complexity: A Study in the German Food Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Organizations face increasing institutional complexity as they navigate competing demands from their institutional environment regarding financial performance and environmental responsibility. In our study, we examine how 39 award‐winning organizations in the German food industry frame sufficiency, a sustainability strategy focusing on ...
Lena Leifeld, Simon Oertel
wiley   +1 more source

Employee Volunteerism in Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Engagement in India [PDF]

Journal of Social Work Education and Practice, 2018
Introduction of Section 135 and Schedule VII in the Companies Act 2013 is the development of 4 years in India. India is the First country across the globe which has made CSR mandatory for profit-making corporates.
Leena Deshpande
doaj  

Sustainability Performance, Cost of Debt, and Institutional Environment Quality: Global Evidence From the Hospitality and Tourism Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how sustainability performance affects the cost of debt financing in the hospitality and tourism industry and whether institutional environment quality moderates this relationship. Using a dataset of 2302 firm‐year observations from 34 countries between 2010 and 2022, the results show that sustainability performance is ...
Tantawy Moussa, Natalia Krasnikova, Maria Postoyeva, Amira Hawas, Akrum Helfaya   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of solvent on the solution-processed hole transport layer deposition in organic solar cells

Next Materials
Recently, the solution-processed copper[I] iodide (CuI) thin film deposition has been identified as an important hole transport layer (HTL) in excitonic solar cells.
Neeraj Chaudhary, Rashi Kedia, Manisha Khatak, Manisha Balkhandia, Asit Patra   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corporate social responsibility:reviewed, rated, revised [PDF]

, 2016
Purpose: Critical literature review of CSR research in both general management and hospitality management literature. Discusses trends,commonalities, and inconsistencies to better understand the state of contemporary scholarship, and calls for a context ...
Curran, Ross, Farrington, Thomas J. W., Gori, Keith, O'Gorman, Kevin, Queenan, Jane   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Sustainability Reporting and External Assurance: Evidence From UK Listed Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper develops and tests a model explaining why some companies obtain external assurance for their sustainability reports while others do not. Our model integrates rational choice and stakeholder theories, providing novel insights into the sustainability assurance literature.
Ibrahim A. Alkhataybeh, Wael Hadid, Lei Chen, Akrum Helfaya   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drought hazard assessment across Sweden's diverse hydro-climatic regimes [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
In recent years severe droughts have significantly impacted the water-dependent sectors including water supply, agriculture, energy, and forestry. This study aims to assess the meteorological, agricultural, and hydrological drought risk in Sweden, with a
C. Canedo Rosso, C. Canedo Rosso, L. Nyberg, L. Nyberg, I. Pechlivanidis   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

One Size Still Does Not Fit All: Configuration Pathways of Environmental, Social, and Governance and Board Diversities for Higher Firm Performances Across One‐ and Two‐Tier Systems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an ongoing, albeit uncertain, debate among stakeholders regarding the benefits of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting, reflected in mixed empirical findings on its impact on firm performance. In addition to this reporting, diversity (gender and cultural) on boards, which is strongly promoted at the EU level, has ...
Baoying Zhu, Dominika Brozkova, Tarlan Ahmadov, Susanne Durst, Viktor Prokop   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source