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 +3 more
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Organizational Resilience to Exogenous Shocks: The Role of Environmental Performance
ABSTRACT This research examines the influence of environmental performance on organizational resilience during an exogenous shock. Drawing on the natural resource–based view, a sample of 3920 firms from 11 sectors and 19 countries is analyzed. This study employs OLS regressions and Cox proportional hazard models to test the effect of environmental ...
Tim Schroll
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Powering Transparency: Global Drivers of Sustainability Reporting in the Electricity Sector
ABSTRACT We examine the drivers of sustainability reporting quality (QSR), conceptualised along two complementary dimensions, relevance and reliability, to assess how firm‐level attributes and institutional conditions jointly shape disclosure practices in the electricity sector.
Alva Marasigan +3 more
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Short run and long run dynamics of residential electricity consumption: Homogeneous and heterogeneous panel estimations for OECD [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to reveal the short run and long run dynamics of residential electricity consumption for 11 OECD countries within annual period 1979-2006.
Bilgili, Faik +2 more
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Do the Generational Cohorts of CEOs Influence Corporate Travel Emissions?
ABSTRACT According to Mannheim's generational theory, each generation exhibits unique attitudes that shape its behaviour. This paper suggests that a CEO's generational background can shape their environmental views, which, in turn, influence the company's business travel policies.
Gbenga Adamolekun +2 more
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Exploring the Governance–Disclosure Nexus: Board Structures and ESG Disclosures in South Africa
ABSTRACT This study examines how governance structures such as board composition and board functions influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting among listed South African firms. This study examines 90 public listed companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange between 2012 and 2022.
Henriette Elsabe Scholtz +1 more
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Default Effect in ESG Investment: When a Recommendation Goes a Long Way
ABSTRACT Individual investors display a positive attitude toward ESG investments but typically fail to act upon it. We report results from a preregistered online experiment testing a default option on 1050 US investors examining the mechanisms driving the effectiveness of default options in promoting ESG investments.
Sai Sravanthi Ramadugula +2 more
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Takeover Vulnerability and the Discipline of ESG Overinvestment
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 +2 more
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Determinants of COVID-19 prevalence in Central Java, Indonesia: An ecological study of socio-demographic, environmental, and healthcare factors. [PDF]
Ardiansyah I +3 more
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ABSTRACT Existing research examines the relationship between personal life shocks and financial well‐being primarily through the lens of objective markers of the individual's financial situation (e.g., liquidity). Little attention has been paid to the relative roles of these objective markers and more intuitive or affect‐based factors in how an ...
Jordan Bell +2 more
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