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Companies’ ESG performance under soft and hard regulation environment
Discover SustainabilityThe growing integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into corporate decision-making and investment strategies has heightened the need for reliable and comparable ESG ratings.
Bence Lukács, Péter Molnár
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Assessing the potential for U.S. utility green bonds [PDF]
, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Bonds are the largest single class of financial instrument across the world’s financial markets. Recently, a subclass of these bonds, called green bonds, has emerged in the market place. Green bonds are a type of bond whose proceeds
Fox-Penner, Peter +2 more
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Green investors and ESG ratings divergence
Scientific ReportsGreen investors, as key participants in corporate governance, play a crucial role in addressing the ESG ratings divergence. This study investigates how green investors influence ESG ratings divergence using data from Chinese A-share listed firms from 2015 to 2023.
Ge, Yiyun, Zhang, Ruixuan, Zhu, Hanbin
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Nudging ESG Investments via Digital Financial Advising: Evidence From an Investment Game Experiment
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The influence of financial advisors on retail investors' sustainable investment choices remains surprisingly underexplored, despite their potential to shape investment behavior. This study uses an experimental design to examine how sustainability‐related information provided by a digital (simulated) financial advisor affects individual demand ...
Caterina Lucarelli +2 more
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The impact of ESG rating changes on fund shareholding
HeliyonThis study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating changes on fund shareholding based on rating data from five agencies. Using a sample of Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed companies in China spanning from 2019 to 2021,
Zhang Jianfeng +3 more
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Is ESG Commitment Linked to Investment Performance in the Real Estate Sector? [PDF]
The linkage between corporate commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and investment performance has generated a substantial body of research outside the real estate sector. Nevertheless, the relationship between the environmental
Anupam Nanda +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine the impact of corruption control, as a public institutional mechanism, on hazardous waste emissions of private sector entities. We also examine the extent to which Agenda 2030 moderates the relationship. We analyse data from the top 500 global companies.
Babajide Oyewo +3 more
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Corporate ESG performance, digital transformation and climate risk disclosure
Sustainable FuturesThis paper uses the data of all listed companies in China's A-share market from 2010 to 2022, and employs textual analysis to construct climate risk disclosure indicators using corporate annual reports to validate the relationship between ESG ratings and
Yufei Yan, Changhao Gong, Hua Zhang
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Private Sector Investment and Sustainable Development: The Current and Potential Role of Institutional Investors, Companies, Banks and Foundations in Sustainable Development [PDF]
, 2015 This paper seeks to provide the Financing for Development process with a perspective on the role institutional investors, companies, and foundations can play in the design and implementation of a financing strategy for global sustainability.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Our planet faces a critical crisis, with pollution, resource depletion and biodiversity loss surpassing sustainable limits. Businesses must address these challenges, with the circular economy and Industry 4.0 offering transformative potential through closed‐loop systems, regenerative solutions and advanced technologies.
Agnes Toth‐Peter +3 more
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