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ABSTRACT Circular product design (CPD) is central to advancing the circular economy by enabling the narrowing, slowing, and closing of resource flows. Yet, its implementation remains persistently challenging for firms. Prior research has largely framed these challenges as discrete barriers, overlooking the structural contradictions embedded in CPD ...
Vanessa Robertson +2 more
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Spatial heterogeneity, trade-offs, and bundle identification of ecosystem services in karst watersheds: a comprehensive assessment of the Lijiang River Basin. [PDF]
Feng Y, Huang Y, Wu Z, Sun R, Wang Y.
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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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Urban agroforestry compositions influence ecosystem multifunctionality and service interactions. [PDF]
Zhai C +6 more
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An important determinant of ecosystem services provision from European farmland is the amount and spatial arrangement of trees, shrubs, and woodlands that are integrated into the respective land use systems. Farm trees are considered ‘keystone structures’
Schleyer, Christian, Plieninger, Tobias
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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li +3 more
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WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE OF FOREST TREES BY COOPERATE ORGANISATIONS
Payments for environmental services (PES) especially of the forests are considered a potential instrument to mitigate environment and development challenges faced in many tropical countries.
Adedokun, M.O. +2 more
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Carbon Footprint of Bank Loans: Opportunities and Risk Implications in the Banking Industry
ABSTRACT This study examines whether the carbon footprint of bank loan portfolios influences bank stability, profitability and cost efficiency and whether regulatory quality moderates these relationships. Using a balanced panel of 33 countries from 2005 to 2018, the analysis combines banking‐sector indicators from the World Bank Global Financial ...
Honglei Wang +5 more
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Response of Fungal Communities to Anthropogenic Disturbances in a Tropical Forest. [PDF]
Leiririo J, Karuri H, Muli J, Kawira M.
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