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Unpacking ESG Controversies: A Proposed Integrated Framework of Organizational Frictions and Fallout From a Systematic Literature Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on ESG controversies has expanded rapidly, but findings remain fragmented and lack a unifying perspective. This study conducts a PRISMA‐guided, framework‐based systematic review of 68 empirical articles published between 2018 and 2025 (May) to synthesize the main determinants and consequences of ESG controversies.
Cristina Alexandrina Ştefănescu, Andra Larisa Suciu   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

What “Hides” Behind Sovereign Debt Ratings? [PDF]

In this paper we study the determinants of sovereign debt credit ratings using rating notations from the three main international rating agencies, for the period 1995-2005. We employ panel estimation and random effects ordered probit approaches to assess
António Afonso, Pedro Gomes, Philipp Rother   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Board Gender Diversity and Eco‐Innovation: The Moderating Role of Organisational Environmental Orientation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate sustainability has become a strategic priority in response to growing regulatory, social and environmental pressures, placing greater emphasis on governance structures, such as board composition, that shape the incorporation of ethical and sustainable values into corporate decision‐making.
Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez, Germán López‐Pérez, Elisabeth Zafra‐Gómez, José L. Zafra‐Gómez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Internationalization and ESG Controversies: Do Foreign Directors on Corporate Boards Matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between internationalization and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies, focusing on whether foreign directors on corporate boards influence this relationship. Drawing on resource dependence theory, we argue that internationalization increases ESG controversies due to the complexity of ...
Mohamed Elsayed, Ali Meftah Gerged, Yousry Ahmed, Ali Uyar, Abdullah S. Karaman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

CEO Risk Orientation and Environmental Sustainability Disclosure: Managerial Discretion, Institutional Constraints, and Strategic Transparency

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether CEO risk orientation shapes environmental sustainability disclosure (ESD) and how institutional constraints condition this relationship. We argue that environmental disclosure constitutes a strategic exposure decision because greater transparency can increase regulatory scrutiny and stakeholder pressure.
Muhammad Jameel Hussain, R. M. Ammar Zahid, Yang Qian, Noha Alessa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Stress Testing on European SME Securitised Loans Under Climate Mitigation Scenarios

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Assessing the future impact of climate risks on the probability of default (PD) of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is challenging due to limited disclosure, policy uncertainty and exposure to physical risks. This paper addresses this gap by integrating macroeconomic variables from the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS ...
Luca Zanin, Raffaella Calabrese
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Environmental Innovation and Environmental Decoupling: International Evidence

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether environmental innovation reduces environmental decoupling, defined as the mismatch between a company's environmental disclosures and its actual environmental performance. Drawing on legitimacy theory, we argue that environmental innovation represents a substantive organizational response that reduces companies ...
Rasmi Meqbel, Rizwan Ahmed, Mohammad A. A. Zaid, Mohammad Abweny   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seats at the Table, Shifts in the Actions: Board Gender Diversity and Climate Activism

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As regulatory and stakeholder pressures intensify, firms are increasingly expected to move beyond symbolic sustainability commitments towards corporate climate activism. This concept refers to the active institutionalisation of climate‐focused mechanisms such as external assurance, board oversight and climate‐linked incentives.
Md Tanvir Hamim, Rasim Simsek
wiley   +1 more source

Governance Drivers of Fossil Fuel Divestment: Evidence From Global Banks

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change poses increasing transition risks for the banking sector, as financial institutions remain exposed to fossil fuel activities despite growing sustainability commitments. This study examines whether corporate governance influences banks' decisions to adopt fossil fuel divestment policies.
Rosella Carè, Massimiliano Cerciello, Nathalie Lévy, Simone Taddeo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social support policy alternatives for older one-child parents in China: based on a decomposition and comparative analysis of subjective well-being

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundOlder parents from China’s 150 million one-child families have experienced a decline in subjective well-being. However, the relative importance of financial and time support via family versus public channels in association with life ...
Shengke Liu, Qiyan Zeng, Xiyu Miao, Yinchu Zeng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source