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Do ESG Leaders Achieve Higher Firm Financial Performance? The Influence of Women Directors and Controversial Industries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure on companies to achieve high ESG performance while minimising ESG controversies, this study investigates how ESG performance and ESG controversies jointly affect firm financial performance (measured as ROA and ROE), considering the effect of the presence of women directors and of operating in controversial versus non‐
Alice Alosi, Emilia Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Transformation and Informal Innovation in Africa: Reframing STI Policy for Inclusive Circular Economy Transitions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid increasing environmental and economic pressures, Africa's transition to a circular economy (CE) presents a vital pathway to inclusive, low‐carbon development. Yet, how digital transformation, informal innovation, and science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy readiness shape CE outcomes remains underexplored.
Emmanuel K. Manu, Isaiah Nketiah, Simplice A. Asongu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corruption Control and Corporate Hazardous Waste Emissions: Cross‐Country Evidence and the Moderating Role of Agenda 2030

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine the impact of corruption control, as a public institutional mechanism, on hazardous waste emissions of private sector entities. We also examine the extent to which Agenda 2030 moderates the relationship. We analyse data from the top 500 global companies.
Babajide Oyewo, Olayinka Adedayo Erin, Mohammed Kayode Ajape, Becky Forbin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Diesel Oil Pollution on the Hydrophobicity and CO₂ Efflux of Forest Soils. [PDF]

Water Air Soil Pollut, 2018
Hewelke E, Szatyłowicz J, Hewelke P, Gnatowski T, Aghalarov R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria for the Remediation of Oil Pollution Under Aerobic Conditions: A Perspective Analysis. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2018
Xu X, Liu W, Tian S, Wang W, Qi Q, Jiang P, Gao X, Li F, Li H, Yu H.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Influence of ESG Controversies on Financing Costs for European Companies: Does Culture Matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies and corporate financing costs, focusing on the moderating effect of national culture. It analyzes European companies listed on the STOXX 600 Index from 2016 to 2023.
Souad Brinette, Marie‐Josèphe Rigobert, Slimane ED‐Dafali   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of oil pollution on the growth and rhizosphere microbial community of Calamagrostis epigejos. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wei Y, Zhu Y, Yang L, Chen C, Yue M, Mao Z, Wang Y, Li Q, Li Y, Lv J, Xue W.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Takeover Vulnerability and the Discipline of ESG Overinvestment

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While takeovers serve a disciplinary role by replacing inefficient managers, the threat of takeovers may compel firms to divert attention from Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts as a strategic response to external pressure, especially when such firms are already overinvesting in ESG.
Abongeh Tunyi, Ruth O. Sagay, Reon Matemane   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marine Oil Pollution Monitoring Based on a Morphological Attention U-Net Using SAR Images. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Chang L, Chen YT, Cheng CM, Chang YL, Ma SC.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source