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From Ecological States to Trajectories: Revealing Ecological Dynamics Through Environmental Nucleic Acids

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Environmental nucleic acids (eNA) observations integrate temporal and ecological information across multiple dimensions of an ecological state. Repeated and complementary observations extend biomonitoring from state assessment toward reconstruction of ecological trajectories, including their direction, rate, pathways, progression, recovery, and ...
Wei Xiong, Aibin Zhan
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the abundance and distribution of microplastics and marine organisms across the surface of the equatorial Pacific using a Manta Net

, 2023
The increasing production of plastics and their long lifespan have led to concerns about the accumulation of microplastics in marine environments. Due to their ability to be mistaken for food, microplastics act as a source of toxic chemicals in oceanic
Gala, Isabel
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Reporting What Matters, or Reporting What Looks Good? Materiality and Balance in Post–Rana Plaza Apparel Sustainability Disclosure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability reports (SRs) are widely criticized for vague disclosures and selective emphasis on positive outcomes, yet systematic research on two core SR challenges remains limited: materiality (whether disclosed content is relevant) and balance (whether both achievements and challenges are reported).
Mahsa Mohammadrezaei, José Carlos Marques   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers to the Adoption of Circular Economy Business Models in the Indian Textile Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indian textile industry has significant negative impacts on the environment. This industry needs to adopt a circular economy approach to become more sustainable; however, progress on this has been limited. In this study, we report on the barriers to adoption of Circular Economy Business Models (CEBMs) in the Indian textile industry.
Himanshu Chandra, Jerry Anthony, Aradhna Malik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microplastics and Fibrous Fragments Generated during the Production and Maintenance of Textiles

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More than a third of microplastics in surface waters are formed by microplastics released from textile products containing textile fibers (fibrous microplastics).
Jiří Militký, Jana Novotná, Jakub Wiener, Dana Křemenáková, Mohanapriya Venkataraman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extending the Technology Acceptance Model to a Circular Economy Context: A Study of Hungary's REpont Deposit‐Refund System

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of the study is to examine the public acceptance of the deposit‐refund system (DRS), introduced in the European Union, through an extended version of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The research supplemented the classic constructs of TAM (behavioral intension, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use) with environmental ...
József Ráti, Zalán Márk Maró
wiley   +1 more source

Concentration and characterization of microplastics in Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) and Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) from Nova Scotia

, 2023
Microplastics (MPs) (
Saunders, Daniel
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Locked in Transition: Examining the Role of Paradoxical Tensions in the Transition From Industrial Cluster to Eco‐Clusters

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Industrial clusters are central to the circular economy transition, yet how they develop into eco‐clusters and the paradoxical tensions this transformation fuels remain underexplored. Drawing on 48 in‐depth interviews and secondary data from a Turkish textile‐recycling cluster, we develop an empirically grounded model of eco‐cluster transition
Tulin Dzhengiz, Leona A. Henry, Simon M. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microplastics in (drink)water? – terugblik op een workshop met de drinkwaterbedrijven

, 2021
De drinkwaterbedrijven hebben samen met KWR, HWL en RIVM onderzoek gedaan naar microplastics in water. De resultaten werden onlangs op een workshop gepresenteerd, waarbij werd ingegaan op de oorsprong van microplastics in water, analyse en ...
Mughini-Gras, Lapo (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Pieke, Eelco (author), Hofman-Caris, Roberta (author), Bäuerlein, Patrick (author)   +4 more
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Strategic ESG Priorities and Materiality Assessments: Evidence From Hong Kong Listed Fashion and Textile Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms increasingly rely on ESG materiality assessments to prioritise sustainability issues under heightened stakeholder scrutiny. Yet the strategic consequences of materiality beyond firm‐level disclosure remain underexplored. This study examines how materiality assessments shape ESG prioritisation at the industry level using sustainability ...
Shiqi Mai, Magnum M. L. Lam, Christina W. Y. Wong, Calvin Y. M. Lam   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source