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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li, Bo Zhang, Zhang‐Hangjian Chen, Hafiz Hoque   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Universal Coverage without Financial Protection: Why Out-of-Pocket Payments Persist Despite Universal Coverage in Georgia

Tvaliashvili M, Sulaberidze L, Gotsadze G, Goodman C, Hanson K.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Avoidable pitfalls on the path to health financing self-reliance in low-income and middle-income countries. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health
Barasa E, Chuma J, Nonvignon J, Adeyi OO.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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, Chen Lin, Kingsley Imandojemu, Omozele Lynda Showunmi, Romanus Osabohien, Felix Orole   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two Hundred Eighty Characters of Environment: Relative Environmental Performance, Strategic Communication, and Firm Value

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate environmental communication has become an essential aspect of modern business practices, as stakeholders increasingly demand transparency and accountability regarding sustainability efforts. Within this context, we examine whether firms use environmental communication on X/Twitter to offset weaker relative environmental performance ...
Ivan Russo, Federico Bertacchini, Ugo Rizzo, Maria Cristina Arcuri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of fiscal pressure on education expenditure: Evidence from China. [PDF]

PLoS One
Yan J, Qin Y, Gong X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Unlocking Investment for the Water‐Energy‐Food‐Ecosystems Nexus: Key Drivers of Blended Finance for Sustainable Development

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blended finance has emerged as a strategic solution to the multifaceted challenges of projects that navigate the intricate interplay of water, energy, food, and ecosystems, ultimately contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Paolo Gnutti Sandiumenge, Ibtissem Taghouti, Bouali Guesmi, José Maria Gil   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health financing policies for aging populations: a comparative study of seven countries. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Nayebi BA, Yaghoubi R, Najafi B, Khodayari-Zarnaq R.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Paying for Privilege: How Political Contributions Undermine Environmental Sustainability—And How Executive Contracting Can Restore Balance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We are interested in investigating whether firms use political donations as a license to neglect environmental sustainability. We further deepen the examination by exploring the role of executive contracting. Drawing on a wide range of data between 2002 and 2021 and a global sample, our findings confirm that firms use political contributions ...
Habiba Al‐Shaer, Ali Uyar, Cemil Kuzey, Abdullah S. Karaman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Workers in Australia: Lived Experiences of Health and Navigating Health Systems. [PDF]

Health Promot J Austr
Vaughan G, O'Mullan C, Preston R, Fox H.
europepmc   +1 more source