Results 121 to 130 of about 39,969 (303)

Sewer, Intercepting Sewer Station

open access: yes, 1909
Image shows a sewer line coming up from the ground and intercepting a sewer station, somewhere in Salt Lake City.Gibbons and Reed Construction Company was the contractor for this ...

core  

Family Involvement and Financial Performance: How Do They Affect the Sustainability Commitment of Family Businesses?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The socio‐emotional wealth (SEW) perspective suggests that the specific priorities of a family business may make it more or less inclined to engage in sustainable practices. This paper examines how family business heterogeneity regarding family ownership, financial performance, and family board members affects the sustainability commitment of ...
Sonia Sánchez‐Andújar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence and Interaction of Temperature, H2S and pH on Concrete Sewer Pipe Corrosion

open access: yes, 2014
Concrete sewer pipes are known to suffer from a process of hydrogen sulfide gas induced sulfuric acid corrosion. This leads to premature pipe degradation, performance failure and collapses which in turn may lead to property and health damage.
Mahmoodian, Mojtaba   +2 more
core  

Operations Research‐Based Formalisation and Design of Sustainable Reverse Logistics for E‐Waste Supply Chains

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study demonstrates how a profitable, lean, and environmentally responsible e‐waste reverse logistics system can be designed using integrated Operations Research (OR) techniques. Addressing the growing urgency of responsible consumption (UN SDG 12) and the projected rise of the e‐waste sector to USD 137.60 billion by 2029, the research ...
Sheeba Pathak, Hajar Fatorachian
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison between the performances of two combined sewer overflow devices in the reduction of water volume and pollutant discharges

open access: yes, 2003
Rain waters have revealed to be the source of relevant pollution in urban catchments, being the vehicle of both conventional pollutants and toxic substances.
Modica C.   +2 more
core  

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

open access: yesBusiness 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

A novel freeze protection strategy for shallow buried sewer pipes : temperature modelling and field investigation

open access: yes, 2016
The burial of sewer and water pipes below the maximum ground frost depth can be very costly and laborious in regions with cold winters. If a freeze protection measure is applied, the utility lines can be installed in a shallower trench to reduce the ...
Pericault, Youen,   +4 more
core  

Board Structure and ESG Outcomes: A Comprehensive Review and Pathways for Future Research

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study provides a comprehensive systematic review of 265 scholarly articles that examine the relationship between board diversity and environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. The analysis critically maps existing research and identifies key thematic trends, revealing that most studies focus on gender and independence while ...
Karim Mahran   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do High Temperatures Affect Firm Demography? Evidence From Italy

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyses the impact of high temperatures and heat stress on Italian firm demography during 2009–2022. Combining provincial‐firm‐level data with a high‐resolution multidecadal meteorological dataset, we investigate whether high temperatures—absolute and anomalous—affect firm entry and exit rates.
Concetta Carnevale   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy