Climate change commitment, credit risk and the country's environmental performance: Empirical evidence from a sample of international banks

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuliana Birindelli ◽  
Graziella Bonanno ◽  
Stefano Dell'Atti ◽  
Antonia Patrizia Iannuzzi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Credit Risk ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
International Banks ◽  
Change Commitment

Excellent environmental performance of beet sugar production in the Netherlands

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-165
Author(s):  
Bertram de Crom ◽  
Jasper Scholten ◽  
Janjoris van Diepen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Cane Sugar ◽  
Sugar Production ◽  
Beet Sugar ◽  
Glucose Syrup

To get more insight in the environmental performance of the Suiker Unie beet sugar, Blonk Consultants performed a comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on beet sugar, cane sugar and glucose syrup. The system boundaries of the sugar life cycle are set from cradle to regional storage at the Dutch market. For this study 8 different scenarios were evaluated. The first scenario is the actual sugar production at Suiker Unie. Scenario 2 until 7 are different cane sugar scenarios (different countries of origin, surplus electricity production and pre-harvest burning of leaves are considered). Scenario 8 concerns the glucose syrup scenario. An important factor in the environmental impact of 1kg of sugar is the sugar yield per ha. Total sugar yield per ha differs from 9t/ha sugar for sugarcane to 15t/ha sugar for sugar beet (in 2017). Main conclusion is that the production of beet sugar at Suiker Unie has in general a lower impact on climate change, fine particulate matter, land use and water consumption, compared to cane sugar production (in Brazil and India) and glucose syrup. The impact of cane sugar production on climate change and water consumption is highly dependent on the country of origin, especially when land use change is taken into account. The environmental impact of sugar production is highly dependent on the co-production of bioenergy, both for beet and cane sugar.

The impact of climate change on the labor allocation: Empirical evidence from China

2020 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 102376
Author(s):  
Kaixing Huang ◽  
Hong Zhao ◽  
Jikun Huang ◽  
Jinxia Wang ◽  
Christopher Findlay
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Labor Allocation ◽  
Impact Of Climate Change ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals R–R–T (resistance–resilience–transformation) typology reveals differential conservation approaches across ecosystems and time

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Peterson St-Laurent ◽  
Lauren E. Oakes ◽  
Molly Cross ◽  
Shannon Hagerman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Conservation Practices ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Empirical Assessment ◽  
Transformative Action ◽  
Conservation Actions

AbstractConservation practices during the first decade of the millennium predominantly focused on resisting changes and maintaining historical or current conditions, but ever-increasing impacts from climate change have highlighted the need for transformative action. However, little empirical evidence exists on what kinds of conservation actions aimed specifically at climate change adaptation are being implemented in practice, let alone how transformative these actions are. In response, we propose and trial a novel typology—the R–R–T scale, which improves on existing concepts of Resistance, Resilience, and Transformation—that enables the practical application of contested terms and the empirical assessment of whether and to what extent a shift toward transformative action is occurring. When applying the R–R–T scale to a case study of 104 adaptation projects funded since 2011, we find a trend towards transformation that varies across ecosystems. Our results reveal that perceptions about the acceptance of novel interventions in principle are beginning to be expressed in practice.

scholarly journals Credit Risk and Macroeconomic Interactions: Empirical Evidence from the Brazilian Banking System

2011 ◽  
Vol 02 (05) ◽  
pp. 910-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo José de Guimarães e Souza ◽  
Carmem Aparecida Feijó
Keyword(s):  
Credit Risk ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Banking System

scholarly journals Impact of Environmental Performance on Financial Performance: Empirical Evidence from Indian Banking Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
Parul Munjal ◽  
P. Malarvizhi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Capital Intensity ◽  
Environmental Disclosure ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Environmental Practices

There has been long-standing debate over whether or not firms gain economic competiveness from reducing their impact on the environment. Although ample literature is available on association between environmental performance and financial performance across various sectors, little empirical evidence is available in context of Indian banking sector. This research aims to analyze whether there is any significant relationship between environmental performance and financial performance of banks operating in India for a period 2013-14 to 2017-18. Secondary data has been collected for a sample of 83 banks operating in India. Content analysis was applied to extract information about environmental performance disclosed by sample banks followedby construction of environmental disclosure score index. Hierarchical multiple regression was applied to analyze relationship between environmental performance and financial performance after controlling for effects of size, financial leverage and capital intensity. Results exhibit no significant relationship between environmental performance and financial performance of banks operating in India. Findings of this research are expected to provide insight to users and readers of financial statements to have better understanding about the environmental practices carried out by banks. It would also contribute significantly towards decision making for policy makers in Indian banking sector to establish mandatory environmental legislations for reporting on environmental practices in order to improve non financial disclosure and financial performance in Indian banking sector.

Impacts of climate change and variability on cattle production in southern Ethiopia: Perceptions and empirical evidence

2014 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 23-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bekele Megersa ◽  
André Markemann ◽  
Ayana Angassa ◽  
Joseph O. Ogutu ◽  
Hans-Peter Piepho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Climate Change And Variability ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change
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