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Climate‐Related Disclosure and Bank Performance: Does Bank Type Matter?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether climate‐related disclosure (CRD) affects the financial performance of conventional banks (CBs) and Islamic banks (IBs) differently. Using a unique hand‐collected dataset on CRD for 591 banks (422 CBs and 169 IBs) from 24 countries over a 4‐year period, we examine how the relationship between CRD and financial ...
Rasim Simsek   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

COVID-19 during malaria transmission season in Africa and why we should be prepared: An example from Senegal

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2020
No abstract available.
Khadim Diongue, Mamadou A. Diallo
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable and Resilient Supply Networks: Digitalisation, Regulation and Climate Vulnerability in a Global Context

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing frequency of global crises has intensified concerns regarding climate vulnerability and the resilience of global production systems. This study examines the heterogeneous effects of supply chain development and supply chain digitalisation on climate vulnerability across countries, while accounting for institutional and investment ...
Ziwei Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Corporate ESG Disclosures Drive Consumer Demand (Sales)? The Role of Environmental Sensitivity

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The question of whether strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure largely benefits high‐demand customers or if it generates value across all sales levels is yet to be empirically verified. This study, therefore, examines how ESG performance influences consumer demand (sales outcomes) among listed firms across African ...
Idorenyin J. Okon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Drivers of Sustainability Transitions in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Why One Size Does Not Fit All

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing emphasis on sustainability transitions in developing economies, evidence remains limited on how environmental, social and governance (ESG) conditions shape sustainability outcomes in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). This study examines the environmental, social and governance drivers of sustainability transition performance across 39 ...
Emmanuel Kwaku Manu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informality and the Business Environment as Drivers of Carbon Emissions: The Moderating Role of Environmental Regulatory Quality

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A low‐carbon transition cannot succeed while a substantial share of business activity remains beyond the effective reach of regulation. This study examines how informality and the business environment shape carbon emissions and whether regulatory quality conditions the environmental consequences of informal production.
Teng Ma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

English and Its Increasing Role in Senegal

open access: yes, 1996
10 p.Why is English so often the preferred language in senegal? What is its relation to modernization? And in what way does proficiency in English affect the lives of the Senegalese?
Willison, Jill
core   +1 more source

Need for adaptive solutions to food vulnerability induced by fish scarcity and unaffordability in Senegal

open access: yesAquatic Living Resources, 2018
With a level of consumption among the highest in Africa (23.9 kg/person/year in 2013), Senegal is highly dependent on fish in terms of food security. There are many socio-economic factors that influence the importance of fish in the dietary habits of the
Thiao Djiga   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dental development in the tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus) and the evolution of vertebrate dentitions

open access: yesDevelopmental Dynamics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Dentitions have diversified enormously during vertebrate evolution, involving reductions, modifications, or allocations to prey seizing and processing regions. A combination of ancient and novel features related to dental and oropharyngeal apparatuses is found in extant lineages of non‐teleost fishes, such as the gars.
Anna Pospisilova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does gender play a role in the adoption of sustainable intensification? Plot-level evidence from Senegal

open access: yesWorld Development Sustainability
Sustainable Development Goal 5 aims to achieve gender equality. In rural communities across sub-Saharan Africa—where agriculture remains the primary livelihood—addressing gender disparities in access to and adoption of improved agricultural technologies ...
Arouna Kouandou
doaj   +1 more source

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