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ABSTRACT Sustainability is widely framed as strategic, yet its relationship with financial brand value remains contested. We explain why prior research reports divergent results by distinguishing between activity‐based ESG metrics and customer perception‐based sustainability metrics and by theorising how each activates different value‐creation ...
Gabriela Salinas, Carmen Abril
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ABSTRACT ESG ratings for the same firm‐year often diverge, shaping capital allocation and accountability. Drawing on a structured systematic‐narrative hybrid review, I synthesize evidence across the European Union, the United States, and China and develop a transnational accountability framework that traces divergence through the measurement pipeline ...
Gary Gang Tian
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Automating Sustainability: How Climate Action Unlocks the ESG Potential of Industrial Robotics
ABSTRACT The convergence of Industry 4.0 and global sustainability goals presents a critical paradox: while automation drives efficiency, its net impact on comprehensive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance remains contested. This study investigates the relationship between industrial robot and country‐level ESG performance across 63
Brahim Bergougui
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Board Ethnic Diversity and the Value Relevance of Antibribery and Corruption Disclosure
ABSTRACT Antibribery and corruption disclosure (ABCD) has traditionally been conceptualised as a compliance‐oriented reporting practice. However, whether and under what conditions such disclosure contributes to strategic value creation remains insufficiently understood.
Ali Meftah Gerged +1 more
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Does the CEO's Attention Affect How Well the Firm Performs Environmentally?
ABSTRACT This study explores whether CEOs' environmental attention (CEA) enhances firms' environmental performance. Drawing on attention‐based and upper echelons theories, which emphasize that executives' cognitive focus shapes organizational outcomes, we argue that CEOs who devote greater attention to environmental issues are more likely to integrate ...
Salah Aldain Abdullah Alshorman +2 more
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Costly Signals and Cheap Talk: Measuring the Decoupling of ESG Routinisation and Greenwashing Risk
ABSTRACT Greenwashing is a systemic challenge to sustainable finance, yet prevailing ESG metrics still tend to equate more disclosure with more sustainability. We develop a dual‐index framework to compare firms' ESG ‘talk’ and ‘walk’ using hard data. An ESG Routinisation Index approximates the costly integration of sustainability into emissions, safety
Giacomo Zatini +2 more
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Amplified Arctic iceberg traffic reshapes benthic biodiversity. [PDF]
Krumpen T +9 more
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ABSTRACT Institutional investors increasingly rely on ESG ratings to evaluate financially material sustainability risks, while governments promote corporate alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Because these frameworks differ substantially in capital market salience and monitoring intensity, board oversight may not ...
Mohamed Hegazy +2 more
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