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ABSTRACT This study examines how geopolitical risk, high‐technology exports and the Paris Agreement shape investment in renewable energy across developed and developing economies. Drawing on structural contingency theory, we conceptualise renewable energy investment as a country‐level response to external contingencies and analyse a global panel of 100
Tianqi Luo +5 more
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ABSTRACT Climate economics is undergoing rapid transformation, reconfiguring the foundations of sustainability transitions. This study develops a systems‐based perspective that foregrounds the strategic role of cross‐sectoral interconnectedness and transition brokers in shaping these transitions.
Ionna Trofimova‐Elliot
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Strategic Approaches to ESG Reporting: Analysing ESG Disclosures of Listed Companies
ABSTRACT This study adopts an exploratory approach to examine how firms communicate strategic orientation through ESG disclosures. Using a validated dictionary of exploration and exploitation language, we analyse 278 ESG reports from all UAE‐listed companies between 2020 and 2023, classifying ESG disclosures as exploration‐dominant, exploitation ...
Cintia Külzer‐Sacilotto +1 more
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ABSTRACT Despite growing emphasis on sustainability transitions in developing economies, evidence remains limited on how environmental, social and governance (ESG) conditions shape sustainability outcomes in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). This study examines the environmental, social and governance drivers of sustainability transition performance across 39 ...
Emmanuel Kwaku Manu +2 more
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Broad Skills, Smaller Footprints? Generalist CEOs and Firm Biodiversity Exposure
ABSTRACT We examine whether CEO generalist skills predict firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure, an emerging strategic and financial concern. Using the biodiversity indicator developed based on textual analysis and the General Ability Index, we find that firms led by generalist CEOs are associated with significantly lower disclosed biodiversity risk ...
Hafiz Hoque +2 more
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ABSTRACT Given the critical role that banks play in sustainable development through their financial intermediation and capital allocation functions, assessing their sustainability performance has become an increasingly important research issue.
Özcan Işık +3 more
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Do Commodity Prices and Energy Markets Drive Asymmetric Volatility in Biodiversity Finance?
ABSTRACT This study examines symmetric and asymmetric volatility spillovers among biodiversity finance, commodity prices, and energy markets using daily data from 2019 to 2025. We apply the Diebold–Yilmaz time–domain connectedness model, Baruník–Křehlík frequency–domain decomposition, and an asymmetric spillover framework.
Ijaz Younis +4 more
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Signalling ESG Misconduct: What Matters to Investors?
ABSTRACT We investigate what matters most to investors when environmental, social and governance (ESG)‐related corporate misconduct news is signalled and how these factors influence the magnitude of market value punishment. Using an event study on 44,859 corporate news items related to ESG incidents, we find that investors react negatively to such ...
Dewan Muktadir‐Al‐Mukit
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ABSTRACT Measuring sustainability performance is crucial for small and medium‐sized manufacturing enterprises and sustainability indicators must be incorporated into decision‐making. However, companies tend to measure only the aspects that interest them, disregarding those considered less strategic or relevant.
Alessandra Neri +3 more
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Board Gender Diversity and the Quality of Corporate Climate Impact Disclosure: UK Evidence
ABSTRACT This study examines how board gender diversity influences the quality of corporate climate impact disclosure, a critical element of firms' environmental transparency. Focusing on UK nonfinancial firms, we draw on gender socialisation and critical mass theories to explore how diverse boards contribute to strategic climate reporting.
Mahmoud Elmarzouky +2 more
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