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A Critical Analysis of Microsoft's Rhetoric and Reality of Sustainability Engagement

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study critically examines Microsoft's environmental, social and governance (ESG) rhetoric and operational reality, to offer insights that extend beyond conventional greenwashing or bluewashing. Drawing on over 20 years of Microsoft's sustainability reports (2003–2024), third‐party ESG evaluations and media investigations, it employs ...
Omaima A. G. Hassan, Iqbal Khadaroo
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Empowerment in Healthcare: A Dynamic Continuum. [PDF]

Nurs Inq
Beresford CJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond the Reports: Cultural Pressures, Unheard Voices and the Climate Accountability Gap in Oil and Gas Sector Governance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental governance in Nigeria's oil and gas sector remains central to global climate justice debates, yet persistent accountability failures continue to undermine meaningful environmental and social outcomes. Despite extensive regulatory frameworks, accountability in resource‐dependent contexts is frequently reduced to formal reporting ...
Hammed Afolabi, Ronita Ram, Adetola Abdulfattah Sogbesan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Paulo Freire's philosophy to share power: early insights from planning for the co-production of knowledge in research. [PDF]

Res Involv Engagem
Dos Santos J, Mbuo M, Brickley EB, Lopes de Melo AP, Valongueiro S, Penn-Kekana L.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond Structural Interventions: The Human Architecture Shaping ESG Integration in Corporate Systems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the promotion of ESG in corporate discourse, substantive integration of ESG principles into business practices remains challenging. This study applies and extends Meadows' leverage framework to examine ESG integration in UAE‐listed firms.
M. Schulte, Dimitris Christopoulos
wiley   +1 more source

Gender, social capital and empowerment in northern Ethiopia [PDF]

This paper investigates the interactions between gender, social capital and empowerment in the rural areas of northern Ethiopia. We define empowerment narrowly as the power of households to make important decisions that change their course of life ...
Tollens, Eric, Nega, Fredu, Deckers, Josef, Mathijs, Erik   +3 more
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Towards a Socially Inclusive Circular Economy: Evidence From Social Enterprises in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) and social entrepreneurship (SE) are increasingly recognised as critical pathways for sustainable development, yet CE research often underplays social inclusion, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs).
Maria L. Granados, Adeyemi Adelekan
wiley   +1 more source

A scoping review of theoretical and measurement approaches to women's empowerment in low-and middle-income countries' capacity-building interventions. [PDF]

Glob Health Action
Kibreab F, Haraburda A, Albaba YAA, Yong AC, Shah K, Buthelezi S, Chan VF.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Free Trade Zones and Corporate ESG: Evidence From a Quasi‐Natural Experiment in China

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how China's Pilot Free Trade Zones (FTZs) influence corporate ESG performance. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences model on Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2024, we combine coarsened exact matching (CEM) and geography‐based instrumental variables to ensure robust identification.
Wen Li, Yinghan Zhao, Brian Lucey
wiley   +1 more source

Women's empowerment and the welfare of children [PDF]

This thesis investigates whether women's empowerment affects children's wellbeing in two developing countries: Mexico and India. The first chapter provides a background on women's empowerment.
Flores-Martinez, Artemisa
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