Beyond the ESG Facade: Measuring and Addressing Corporate ‘Lip Service’
ABSTRACT Amid growing global attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG), this study examines the misalignment between ESG disclosures and actual practices—termed ‘lip service’—using data from Chinese firms from 2006 to 2022, constructing an index to quantify it.
Jia Xu, Mingwei Liu, Helen X. H. Bao
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Economic evaluation of population-level dementia prevention strategies in China: informing policy and public health action. [PDF]
Gong C +10 more
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ABSTRACT Whether corporate carbon management can enhance productive efficiency is central to firms' long‐term competitiveness and determines whether carbon reduction efforts can be sustained beyond regulatory compliance. This study examines how corporate carbon risk and opportunity management affects firm productivity (measured by total factor ...
Nan Huang, Hanlu Fan, Ruoxin Zhu
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Online retailer noncompliance to e-cigarette excise tax and tobacco licensing laws. [PDF]
Mejorado T +6 more
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ABSTRACT Global net‐zero ambitions require transformative strategies to decarbonise carbon‐intensive global value chains (GVCs). This study examines how multinational enterprises (MNEs) in sunset industries integrate carbon capture technologies (CCT) with operational and supply chain dynamics (OSCD) to advance decarbonisation.
Muhammad Mustafa Kamal +6 more
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Can Health Insurance Mandates and Tax Credits Reduce Coverage Gaps and Out of Pocket Cost in Small Island Developing States? Modelling the Eastern Caribbean. [PDF]
DaSouza D.
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ABSTRACT Although ESG controversies are on the rise, research investigating them yields contradictory findings. The paper provides resolutions to the debate through investigating (a) how ESG controversies influence firms' short‐term and long‐term financial performance; (b) how firms navigate ESG controversies' effect; and (c) how ESG controversies ...
Amalesh Sharma +3 more
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The potential health effects of taxing sugar-sweetened drinks in Egypt: An epidemiologic-economic modelling study. [PDF]
Dalugoda Y +5 more
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Stock Market Reactions to Climate Risk Events: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda
ABSTRACT As global warming intensifies, climate risks' impact on firm value has become a critical concern for academia and investors. This systematic literature review analyzes 50 event studies in this research field, classifying them by climate risk type.
Mario Schuster, Rainer Lueg
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Optimization of low-carbon multi-temperature joint distribution for fresh agricultural products under 3D loading constraints. [PDF]
Shao J, Gao F, Sun Y.
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