ABSTRACT Implementing digital technologies is touted as the next big step for the firms aiming to improve sustainability in their supply chains. These technologies are often credited with the potential to improve transparency and achieve sustainability.
Amna Farrukh, Aqeel Ahmed, Sadaat Yawar
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A Universal and Actionable Measure of Corporate Sustainability for Strategic Decision Making
ABSTRACT Managers require a universal, comparable, and decision‐useful measure of corporate sustainability that can reliably inform business strategy, yet such a tool remains absent in the literature and current practice. This paper introduces a comprehensive and operational metric—grounded in Goertz's Basic Framework for developing social science ...
Mariapia Pazienza +2 more
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Stock Market Reaction to the Global Financial Crisis: the Role of Corporate Governance and Product Quality Ratings in the Lehman Brothers' Event [PDF]
We analyse with an event study approach the stock market reaction to one of the most important episodes in the global nancial crisis (Lehman Brothers ling for chapter 11).
Becchetti, Leonardo +2 more
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Strategic Impact of EU Taxonomy on Pharmaceutical Firms' Performance
ABSTRACT Sustainability has become a central concern in economic policy and corporate governance, increasingly formalised through regulatory frameworks of the European Union (EU). The European Commission has published the EU Taxonomy, which allows economic activities and their contribution to sustainability to be analysed, taking into account ...
Alicia Ramírez‐Orellana +3 more
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ESG ratings empower high-quality development of logistics enterprises through digital transformation and green innovation. [PDF]
Liu D, Sun N, Zhu X.
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Complex Firms, Controversial Outcomes: Global Evidence on ESG Failures and Remedies
ABSTRACT We examine whether business complexity increases firms' exposure to negative environmental, social, and governance (ESG) outcomes, specifically ESG controversies, using a global panel of firms from 37 countries over the period 2002–2021.
Abongeh A. Tunyi +3 more
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Elaborating the Motivations and Attitudes Driving Interest in Voluntary Biodiversity Credits
ABSTRACT Global biodiversity loss has prompted the search for new sources of conservation finance, such as voluntary biodiversity credits (VBCs). However, despite optimistic market projections, current uptake of VBCs is limited. Adopting an interpretive approach, we analyse 21 semistructured interviews with early market actors (buyers, sellers ...
Gamze Yakar‐Pritchard +5 more
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Can ESG ratings promote green total factor productivity? Empirical evidence from Chinese listed companies. [PDF]
Niu D, Wang Z.
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ABSTRACT Digital transformation (DT) is increasingly recognised as essential for improving environmental performance in process‐intensive and hazardous sectors; however, the mechanisms by which digitalisation translates into green operational performance (GOP) and environmental accountability remain insufficiently investigated, particularly in ...
Amila Kasun Sampath Udage Kankanamge +2 more
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The Influence of Corporate Sustainability Rating Methodology on Disclosure Behavior
ABSTRACT The rise of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has illuminated long‐standing concerns over the ability for sustainability rating schemes to accurately convey sustainability‐related performance of firms. This study theorizes and empirically examines how a detailed and transparent rating methodology influences what information
Patrick J. Callery
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