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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate ESG Greenwashing: Does Regulatory Proximity Matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) greenwashing undermines sustainable development, yet the influence of regulatory proximity on oversight is understudied. By introducing the “distance decay effect” from geoeconomics into ESG misconduct research and using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2022, this study reveals a ...
Weiqi Zhao, Zhichao Chen, Muhammad Nadeem, Guanghua Xu, Nader Atawnah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Evaluation of Hanging Objects as Environmental Enrichment Tools on Broiler Behavior, Welfare, Growth, Serum Chemistry, and Meat Quality Traits. [PDF]

Vet Sci
Amin T, Alyas S, Usman M, Khan MA, Ebeid TA, Waqas M, Muneeb M, Ahmad M, Al Sulaiman AR, Ahmad S, Abudabos AE.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prosumers and Sustainable Market Governance: Development of the Community‐Oriented Marketing Approach Scale

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research develops and empirically validates the Community‐Oriented Marketing Approach (COMA), a 20‐item multidimensional scale designed to measure prosumer perceptions within participatory market systems. COMA conceptualizes prosumers as active co‐value creators and institutional agents, driving sustainable market governance.
Alpaslan Kelleci, Oguzhan Essiz
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural practices can threaten soil resilience through changing feedback loops. [PDF]

NPJ Sustain Agric
Carswell AM, Willcock S, Blackwell MSA, Upadhayay HR, Harris P, McAuliffe G, Neal AL, Rivero MJ, Cardenas LM, Haefele SM, Whitmore AP, Dearing JA, Zhang F, Farrell M, Bauters M, Boeckx P, Silva YJABD, Frimpong KA, Collins AL.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sustainability‐Focused or Unfocused CSR Committees: Which Ones Are Beneficial for Corporate Environmental Performance?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) committees' mandates, the characteristics of their chairs, and corporate environmental performance. Employing the whole sample of Italian industrial firms listed on Euronext Milan, we find that only sustainability‐focused CSR committees are positively ...
Kevin Pirazzi Maffiola, Cecilia Correggi, Domenico Rocco Cambrea, Paolo Di Toma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tailoring Australian carbon farming can realise greater co-benefits. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Bhattarai G, Christie-Whitehead KM, Drake A, Chen C, Mokany K, Roberts G, Burley H, Cainzos Garcia F, Doran-Browne N, Ash R, Watt LJ, Waterworth R, Regan CM, Macbeth S, Kabir J, Harrison MT.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unraveling the Roles of Supply Chain Management and Resilience in Advancing Circular Economy: Empirical Evidence Using PLS‐SEM

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, environmental concerns have reached critical levels, emphasizing e‐waste management as essential to mitigating resource depletion. However, existing literature lacks frameworks identifying the antecedents of a circular economy.
Pedro Senna, Lino G. Marujo, Julio César Ferro de Guimarães, Leonardo Mangia Rodrigues, Míriam Machado Fabris Mesquita   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A 15-Day Grazing-15-Day Rest Regime Promotes Plant Diversity and Leaf-Trait Responses in an Alpine Shrub Meadow of the Qilian Mountains, Northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Zhao H, Wei S, Mao L, Li Q, Yu X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Clawback Policy Performance and Climate Change–Related Disclosures: Evidence From Australia

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the association between the strength of remuneration clawback policies and climate change disclosure performance (CCDP) among Australian nonfinancial firms over the period 2008–2022. Grounded in agency theory, signalling theory and governance complementarity, the findings show that stronger clawback provisions are ...
Baban Eulaiwi, Ahmed Al‐Hadi, Iman Harymawan, Wisam Neema Hussein, Lien Duong, Grantley Taylor   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source