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How Supply Networks Influence Sustainable Innovation: Evidence From Ghana's Public Works Procurement

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent environmental and sustainability standards in procurement increase short‐term production and operational costs to suppliers, which are often recouped by charging price premiums for innovative solutions. However, public buyers are less likely to pay such price premiums, resulting in a disincentive among suppliers to bid for innovation ...
Peter Adjei‐Bamfo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Change Risks and Customer Concentration: Evidence From US‐Listed Firms

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While prior studies have investigated climate risks in supply chains, customer ESG pressures, and shared climate exposure, this paper is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to provide direct empirical evidence on the relationship between climate change risks and firms' customer concentration.
Thi Thuy Trang Nguyen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remote sensing and dynamic modelling to forecast Rift Valley fever outbreaks in Senegal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a vector-borne viral zoonosis, transmitted either through exposure to infected animals or through bites from infected mosquitoes, mainly from the Aedes or Culex genera.
Chevalier, Véronique   +8 more
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Waste activated sludge high‐rate treatment of septage: Biodegradability studies and contact phase trials towards a cleaner environment

open access: yesThe Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract The waste activated sludge high‐rate (WASHR) process, developed in our previous study, is used for septic wastewater treatment. This high‐rate contact stabilization pre‐treatment uses typical waste streams found in wastewater treatment plants to reduce a portion of the loadings on the main treatment trains.
Arman Shirali   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reuse of Water as Part of a Water Sustainability Strategy: Experiences of Germany and Poland

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wastewater can provide an alternative supply of scarce water resources, particularly for operations that do not require high‐quality water. The uptake in wastewater usage is likely to be driven by a combination of public and private sector actors via internal actions and external collaborations.
Jonathan Morris   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heavy and extreme rainfall in Makkah Region of Saudi Arabia at the present climate

open access: yesDiscover Sustainability
In recent decades, the frequency and intensity of rainfall have increased in the Makkah region of western Saudi Arabia, leading to flash floods. The sparse network of surface observation stations is inadequate to fully capture the rainfall dynamics in ...
Arjan O. Zamreeg   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Successful Treatment with Benralizumab for Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis That Developed after Disastrous Heavy Rainfall in Western Japan. [PDF]

open access: yesIntern Med, 2021
Matsuura H   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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