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Evaluating Companies' Impression Management Tactics in Mandatory Sustainability Reporting

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study aims to investigate how a sample of Italian companies adopt impression management (IM) tactics in sustainability reports under mandatory sustainability disclosure regulations. Using longitudinal panel data analysis on sustainability reporting and firm features of 76 Italian companies over 5 years, it evaluates the influence of GRI ...
Antonio Iazzi, Armando Papa, Rosa Palladino, Simona Lamusta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The characteristics of tides and their effects on the general circulation of the Mediterranean Sea [PDF]

Ocean Science
The effects of tides on the Mediterranean Sea's general circulation, with a particular focus on the horizontal and vertical currents, are investigated using twin simulations with and without tides. Amplitudes of tides in the region are typically low, but
B. McDonagh, B. McDonagh, E. Clementi, A. C. Goglio, N. Pinardi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Threats of future climate change and land use to vulnerable tree species native to Southern California [PDF]

, 2014
Climate and land-use changes are expected to drive high rates of environmental change and biodiversity loss in Mediterranean ecosystems this century. This paper compares the relative future impacts of land use and climate change on two vulnerable tree ...
Gillespie, TW, Jenerette, GD, Pataki, DE, Pincetl, SS, Pitcher, L, Riordan, EC   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Signaling Sustainability: The Impact of Sustainable Finance on Dividend Policy Among Firms Listed on the London Stock Exchange

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The UK regulatory framework mandates that firms report their social and environmental implications, ensuring that sustainability factors are incorporated into policy formulation, including dividend policies. For this reason, the study examined how sustainable finance of the firms listed on the London Stock Exchange impacts dividend policy. The
Richard Arhinful, Hayford Asare Obeng, Leviticus Mensah, Comfort Constance Mensah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing water availability in Mediterranean regions affected by water conflicts through MODIS data time series analysis [PDF]

, 2019
Water scarcity is a widespread problem in arid and semi-arid regions such as the western Mediterranean coastal areas. The irregularity of the precipitation generates frequent droughts that exacerbate the conflicts among agriculture, water supply and ...
Koch, Magaly, Marco-Dos Santos, Gema, Melendez-Pastor, Ignacio, Navarro-Pedreño, Jose   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

LC‐DAD‐MSn and HR‐LC‐QTOF Analysis of Ziziphus budhensis Leaves and Evaluation of Their In Vitro and In Vivo Biological Activities

Chemistry &Biodiversity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ziziphus budhensis Bhattarai & M.L. Pathak is a specie described in 2015 in Nepal poorly studied for its phytochemical composition and possible bioactivities. In this study, six extracts were obtained from Z. budhensis leaves using ultrasound assisted extraction with solvents in increasing polarity namely hexane, dichloromethane, chloroform ...
Samjhana Bharati, Binita Maharjan, Timila Shrestha, Shyam Sharan Shrestha, Stefania Sut, Hari Prasad Devkota, Ram Lal Swagat Shrestha, Stefano Dall'Acqua   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The significance of the Mediterranean Sea to global climatology [PDF]

, 1975
Food production is affected by climate and by climate change. The indices for climate change may be recognized in long-term systematic observations of oceanic water columns at selected referential sites.
Miller, Arthur R.
core   +1 more source

Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, Antidiabetic, and Butyrylcholinesterase Inhibitory Activities in Vitro of the Essential Oil and Crude Extracts of the Aerial Parts of Thymus ciliatus

Chemistry &Biodiversity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the potential of Thymus ciliatus as a natural source of bioactive compounds by investigating its chemical composition and in vitro biological activities, including antioxidant, antimicrobial, antidiabetic, and anti‐Alzheimer properties.
Nadia Djermane, Mostapha Brahmi, Djallal Eddine Adli, Micaela Gliozzi, Vincenzo Musolino, Rebbas Khellaf, Ramazan Erenler, Rabah Arhab, Stefania Garzoli   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Black Sea near-past wave climate and its variability: a hindcast study

Frontiers in Marine Science
This study analyzed the past wave climate of the Black Sea region for the period from 1988 to 2021. The wave field has been simulated using the state-of-the-art, third-generation wave model WAVEWATCH III forced by the ECMWF reanalysis ERA5 winds, with ...
Salvatore Causio, Ivan Federico, Eric Jansen, Lorenzo Mentaschi, Lorenzo Mentaschi, Stefania Angela Ciliberti, Giovanni Coppini, Piero Lionello   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mediterranean habitat loss under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 climate change projections - Assessing impacts on the Natura 2000 protected area network [PDF]

, 2017
This report describes the main findings of Task 10, Mediterranean habitat loss, of the PESETA III project (Climate Impacts and Adaptation in Europe, focusing on Extremes, Adaptation and the 2030s).
BARREDO CANO JOSE IGNACIO, CAUDULLO GIOVANNI, MAURI ACHILLE   +2 more
core   +1 more source