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From Promise to Practice: A Systematic Review of Sustainability‐Linked Loans
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT By linking loan terms to predefined environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, sustainability‐linked loans (SLLs) can incentivise banks and corporations towards sustainability. Despite rapid growth, research remains scant and questions remain about SLLs' financial, organisational and sustainability impacts and how they differ from other
Elias Porse, Aurélien Acquier
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Clawback Policy Performance and Climate Change–Related Disclosures: Evidence From Australia
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the association between the strength of remuneration clawback policies and climate change disclosure performance (CCDP) among Australian nonfinancial firms over the period 2008–2022. Grounded in agency theory, signalling theory and governance complementarity, the findings show that stronger clawback provisions are ...
Baban Eulaiwi +5 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The inefficiencies of the global food system necessitate a shift towards a circular economy (CE) in food supply chains (FSCs). While research on CE in FSCs spans multiple disciplines, it often remains siloed within respective disciplinary boundaries, limiting its practical impact.
Lovish Raheja +2 more
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Net‐Zero Investment Strategies Need an Absolute Emission Reduction Metric
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The climate crisis calls for rapid absolute reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, requiring significant capital reallocation. In the financial industry, net‐zero investment strategies are mostly guided by relative carbon intensity (CI) metrics rather than absolute GHG emissions.
Andreas G. F. Hoepner +4 more
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Do Banks in the Middle East and North Africa Region Price Carbon Exposure?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether carbon exposure is incorporated into corporate borrowing costs within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Using a panel of 771 firm‐year observations from publicly listed non‐financial firms between 2016 and 2023, the analysis investigates the relationship between carbon intensity and firms' cost of debt
Yara Ibrahim +2 more
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Making Value‐Chain Risks Visible: Extending ENCORE for Systemic Insights
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Businesses in all sectors, including downstream segments, depend on biodiversity and the ecosystem services it sustains, yet firms also exert pressures that accelerate biodiversity loss. The latter generates material risks for both companies and their financial stakeholders.
Hjalmar Funke +3 more
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Board Gender Diversity and the Quality of Corporate Climate Impact Disclosure: UK Evidence
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how board gender diversity influences the quality of corporate climate impact disclosure, a critical element of firms' environmental transparency. Focusing on UK nonfinancial firms, we draw on gender socialisation and critical mass theories to explore how diverse boards contribute to strategic climate reporting.
Mahmoud Elmarzouky +2 more
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Renewable Energy, Climate Risk, and the Cost of External Assurance: International Evidence
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corporate shifts from fossil fuels to renewable energy are central to climate‐transition strategies, but their effects on external assurance have not been well understood. This study examines whether, how and where corporate renewable energy consumption affects the cost of external assurance, proxied by statutory audit fees.
Rashid Zaman +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The last five years of research on sustainability labelling, reported in 175 journal articles, documents its effectiveness in increasing consumer choices of more sustainable food products. Some sustainability labels come out as stronger than others and their impact varies across products, countries, and individual consumers, depending on label
John Thøgersen +2 more
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