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Green Talk, Costly Walk: The Financial Cost of Greenwashing

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial consequences of greenwashing, operationalized as the misalignment between ESG disclosure and actual ESG performance. While prior research has explored the reputational and ethical dimensions of greenwashing, its impact on firms' cost of debt remains underexamined.
S. Taddeo, A. Regoli, O. Weber, R. Carè
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Do Governance Structures Drive Green Building Adoption? A Machine Learning Approach With Random Forests

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of firms' propensity to adopt green buildings in the Euro Stoxx 300 and the S&P 500 indices, during 2012–2023. Using random forest binary classifiers, we assess the relative importance of financial, sectoral, geographic, and climate governance predictors and uncover nonlinear relationships often overlooked ...
María del Carmen Valls Martínez, José Manuel Santos‐Jaén, María Estefanía Sánchez Pacheco, Fernando José Zambrano Farías   +3 more
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Overfishing and sea warming drive the collapse of Paracentrotus lividus

Scientific Reports
As a seafood delicacy, the purple sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus is the most exploited echinoid species in the Mediterranean Sea, with a significant increase in total catches being reported over the last 2 decades.
Andrea Toso, Francesca Necci, Alessandra Martines, Roberta Lacorte, Yann Toso, Paola Gianguzza, Alan Deidun, Nicola Ungaro, Gaetano Costantino, Marianna Caforio, Cosimo Gaspare Giannuzzi, Francesco Marco D’Onghia, Giuseppe Strippoli, Enrico Barbone, Giacomo Milisenda, Stefano Piraino   +15 more
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THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A NATURAL LABORATORY TO STUDY GAS HYDRATE DYNAMICS?

, 2011
International audienceGas hydrates have been proven by coring at one site in the (eastern) Mediterranean Sea, but their wider extent remains uncertain.
Wardell, Nigel, Praeg, Daniel, Mascle, Jean, Migeon, Sebastien, Unnithan, Vikram, Camerlenghi, Angelo, Geletti, Riccardo   +6 more
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Calcareous dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments from the Mediterranean Sea

, 2003
The distribution of calcareous dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments from the Mediterranean Sea was quantitatively analysed. The samples contain 11 cyst species and the vegetative coccoid Thoracosphaera heimii.
Willems, Helmut, Meier, K J Sebastian
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Net‐Zero Transition and Its Impact on Firms' Energy Efficiency and Economic Growth Within the Framework of Sustainable Development Goals: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to net zero (NZ) faces challenges such as uneven institutional readiness, fragmented policy frameworks and rising energy demands from population growth, economic expansion and artificial intelligence (AI). These obstacles are intensified by technological, financial and regulatory uncertainties that impede coordinated efforts ...
Mohamed Shrief, Jahira Debbarma, Lukman Akanbi, Duyen Chu   +3 more
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Unlocking Investment for the Water‐Energy‐Food‐Ecosystems Nexus: Key Drivers of Blended Finance for Sustainable Development

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blended finance has emerged as a strategic solution to the multifaceted challenges of projects that navigate the intricate interplay of water, energy, food, and ecosystems, ultimately contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Paolo Gnutti Sandiumenge, Ibtissem Taghouti, Bouali Guesmi, José Maria Gil   +3 more
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Rethinking Climate Change on the Role of Human Power Generation, Alternative Perspectives, Potential Solutions, and a Plea for Action

Chemie Ingenieur Technik, EarlyView.
All energy matters Let us broaden the discussion on solutions to climate change. Greenhouse gases have upset the delicate equilibrium of the Earth's energy balance. Consequently, all sources of heat affect the temperature of the Earth. Although the amount of additional heat generated by humans is a fraction of that produced by the sun, it is generated ...
Martin Bertau, Gerald Steiner, Tom Harwood   +2 more
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The contrasting oceanography of the Rhodes Gyre and the Central Black Sea

, 2006
The Rhodes Gyre, a prominent feature of the oceanography of the eastern Mediterranean, is modelled as a vertical, continuous flow, cylindrical reactor illuminated during the day at its upper end. If the Gyre is supposed to be in a steady state whilst the
Davie, Alexander M., Davie, A.M., Coban-Yildiz, Yesim, Konovalov, Sergey K., Konovalov, S.K., Copeland, G.J.M., Coban-Yildiz, Y., Gaines, Alec F., Gaines, A.F., Ozsoy, Emin, Ozsoy, E., Copeland, Graham M.   +11 more
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From Custom to Court: The Evolution of Mediation in European Legal Systems

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article traces how European mediation has repeatedly rebalanced three variables—(1) the source of mediator authority, (2) the degree of institutionalization, and (3) the operative meaning of voluntariness—from antiquity to the present. Using three periods—Proto‐Mediation (c. 500 BCE–c. 1750), Classical Mediation (c.
Viktoriia Hamaiunova
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