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What Management Control Practices Do Electric Utilities Rely on When It Comes to Fostering the Social Pillar of Sustainability? A Comparative Analysis of the European Union and the United States

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Electric utilities are expected to implement measures to improve their performance in all three dimensions of sustainable development—environmental, social, and economic. While several studies have investigated the environmental dimension, measures related to the social pillar have hardly been researched to date.
Shekerta Aliu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk Pooling and the Market Crash: Lessons From Canada's Pension Plan [PDF]

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Defined contribution plans are now the nation’s primary private retirement income program and repository of retirement savings. About two thirds of the assets held in such plans are invested in equities, as is the case in the defined benefit plans they ...
Steven A. Sass, Ashby H.B. Monk
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Opportunities for Australia Amid China's Carbon‐Neutral Transition: Input–Output Approach With Analysis of Australian Renewable Potential

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A major transformation in China's energy mix is underway as the country pursues carbon neutrality by 2060, posing significant structural challenges for Australia as a major exporter of carbon‐intensive resources. This study examines the economic impacts of China's decarbonisation on Australia by applying static and dynamic input–output (IO ...
Jinyong (Edward) Sung
wiley   +1 more source

Marine Reserves Switching under Uncertainty [PDF]

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This paper analyses a fisheries management strategy, marine reserves switching, in which a non-fishing area is created, removed, or rotated from one site to another according to economic criteria through time. Using a dynamic optimisation framework under
Yamazaki, Satoshi
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A New Social Life Cycle Assessment Framework: An AI‐Driven Optimization Approach and Application

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social life cycle assessment (SLCA) has increasingly been acknowledged as a tool for assessing the societal impacts of services and products. However, the fragmented nature of current approaches makes it difficult to compare this concept and its practical applications.
Flavio Vassallo Mattos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Affordable and Clean Energy: CO2 Emissions, Resilience and Inequality

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable development means building the resilience of both people and the planet. It includes implementing strategies which reduce emissions while also enabling more vulnerable households to transition to clean and affordable energy. This paper examines household CO2 emissions in Ireland to highlight those who emit most and least in key ...
Nessa Winston   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Inclusion to Decent Jobs and Empowerment for Women and Youth in Agrifood Value Chains in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Policy Lessons From a Systematic Review

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across Sub‐Saharan Africa, women and youth are frequently identified as key beneficiaries of agrifood employment and value‐chain development policies. However, evidence on how inclusion unfolds within agrifood value chains remains limited, particularly in relation to whether participation generates decent work, better returns and meaningful ...
Toritseju Begho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Myth of Decarbonized Oil: Technological Fixes, Climate Delay, and the Politics of Low‐Carbon Fossil Fuels

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The idea of “decarbonized oil” has become increasingly visible in climate, energy, and corporate transition debates as oil and gas actors seek to reconcile continued fossil fuel production with net‐zero commitments. This article offers a critical narrative review of the concept, asking what political work the idea of decarbonized oil performs ...
Jacob Kwakye
wiley   +1 more source

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