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When ESG Becomes Value: Stock Market Rewards of Sustainable Banking in Europe

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between sustainable investing and stock performance in the European banking sector. Specifically, it investigates the impact of the overall ESG score as well as the individual ESG pillars on stock performance, with particular attention to differences across high‐capital‐buffer and large‐sized banks.
Antoine B. Awad
wiley   +1 more source

Pre-history of Contemporary Bulgarian Church Education: Social Mission, Innovative Practices

Forum Theologicum Sardicense
This paper discusses the historical experience of church education in Bulgaria, which has not yet been fully explored due to the interruption in the social practice of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church following the forced separation of Church and state in ...
Velina Toneva
doaj   +1 more source

How Institutional Environments Shape the ESG–Growth Relation: Evidence From Europe

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global financial markets increasingly integrate non‐financial criteria, companies are reinforcing the strategic role of sustainability and its impact on market value, although this cannot overlook how different institutional structures shape investor perceptions.
Laura Bango‐López, Cristina Gutiérrez‐López, Paula Castro, María Belén Lozano‐García   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital competencies in the EFL classroom: What is (or isn't) part of the curriculum for pre‐service primary EFL teachers at Spanish universities?

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The digital age has revolutionized many aspects of citizens' everyday lives, including educational systems, as Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been integrated into the curriculum at all educational levels. In the case of English as a foreign language (EFL), many studies support that ICTs contribute positively to the ...
María Felicidad Tabuenca Cuevas, Francisco Pradas Esteban, María Ribes Lafoz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Classroom boundaries and teacher agency: Challenges of implementing Ireland's new primary curriculum

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article reports on a doctoral study examining teacher agency in one Irish primary school at a timely moment ahead of the implementation of the new Primary Curriculum Framework in September 2025. The framework embeds teacher agency as a central professional principle, yet findings from this study reveal a more cautious and bounded reality.
Máiréad Nally, Carmel O. Sullivan, Karin Bacon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Theology as a Theology of Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Public Pastoral Care Contribution

Religions
The negative impacts of COVID-19, the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, political unrest, and natural disasters in sub-Saharan Africa have caused widespread suffering.
Patrick Nanthambwe
doaj   +1 more source

Ecclesiastico-pastoral care for social security grant holders in South Africa

In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi
This article aims to address the gap in research on ecclesiastical and pastoral care for congregational members dependent on government grants from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). It emphasises the impact of the dire socio-economic circumstances of congregants, and the role it plays in the life of the ordained pastor of the Uniting ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Global threats, local opportunities: ice‐related landforms provide refugia for high‐elevation plants and arthropods

Ecography, EarlyView.
Ice‐related landforms in mountain areas have been hypothesized to play a key role in the survival of cold‐adapted species threatened by climate change. However, our understanding of such landforms acting as refugia remains speculative. Here we analyse occurrence data, collected through a standardized sampling at 471 sampling points across the European ...
Mauro Gobbi, Barbara Valle, Mattia Brambilla, Duccio Tampucci, Marco Caccianiga   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The interplay between the church’s pastoral and prophetic mandates in ministerial praxis: A biblical reflection

In die Skriflig
The church has historically shaped the moral and socio-political life of societies through its dual vocation of pastoral care and prophetic witness.
Vhumani Magezi, Priviledge Tafirei
doaj   +1 more source

Civil Society Advocacy and Climate Change in Kenya: The Question of “Local Voices” and Their “Amplification”

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in addressing climate change is acknowledged, but engagement with questions of voice remains limited, especially in the Global South. Addressing this, this paper zooms in on (International) nongovernmental organizations ((I)NGOs) and their collaborations with domestic CSOs in the Global South on ...
Margit van Wessel, Precious Akampurira
wiley   +1 more source