Carbon Footprint of Bank Loans: Opportunities and Risk Implications in the Banking Industry
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether the carbon footprint of bank loan portfolios influences bank stability, profitability and cost efficiency and whether regulatory quality moderates these relationships. Using a balanced panel of 33 countries from 2005 to 2018, the analysis combines banking‐sector indicators from the World Bank Global Financial ...
Honglei Wang +5 more
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MXenes as a Versatile Platform for High‐Energy‐Density Asymmetric Supercapacitors
Carbon Energy, EarlyView.MXenes with high conductivity and tunable surface chemistry are reviewed as advanced electrodes for asymmetric supercapacitors. MAX‐phase synthesis, surface and interlayer engineering, defect modulation, and composite designs are discussed, highlighting enhanced ion transport, pseudocapacitance, energy density, cycling stability, and sustainable routes
Seul‐Yi Lee +3 more
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Chemie Ingenieur Technik, EarlyView.Ultrasonic sensors are evaluated for their applicability in dynamic gas–liquid systems. By comparing sensor data with two independent optical reference methods, their robustness and reliability are demonstrated under varying flow conditions and tray geometries in column systems.
Niklas Breuer +2 more
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Numerical analysis on the improvement of sound insulation performance of plenum doors: effect of sound absorption and MPPs. [PDF]
UCL Open EnvironKodama K, Sakagami K.
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Does ESG Performance Reduce Default Risk in Insurance Firms? Evidence From Life and Non‐Life Sectors
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether environmental, social, and governance performance is associated with lower default risk in European insurance firms, and whether the strength of this association differs between life and non‐life business models.
S. Miani, M. Mantovani, E. Palmieri
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Depth for Underwater Acoustic Detection in Deep-Sea (>5000 m) Complex Marine Environments Based on the Bellhop Model. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Sun X, Zhang S, Wang P.
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using an integrated framework that combines the natural resource‐based view with contingency theory, this study examines how environmental management control systems (EMCS) build multinational firms' environmental capabilities and balance their environmental and economic performance while accounting for cross‐country contextual conditions.
Kimitaka Nishitani +4 more
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Exploring Passiflora ligularis Juss. Peel as a Natural Sound-Absorbing and Insulating Material. [PDF]
Sci RepPuyana-Romero V +3 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines whether occupational pension funds (OPFs) apply a strategic and long‐term logic when assessing ESG practices in their investee firms. Using discourse analysis of semi‐structured interviews with asset managers and workers' representatives, we examine whether Spanish OPFs look beyond compliance‐driven CSR and consider the ...
Manuel Moreno‐García +3 more
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A Comparative Sound Intensity Method for Measuring the Increase in Sound Insulation of Small Acoustic Metamaterial Samples. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Agata P +5 more
europepmc +1 more source