Article
Business
Andrea Chiarini
Summary: The research shows that technologies such as sensors, radio-frequency identification, artificial intelligence, and analytics are crucial in improving environmental performance in the manufacturing industry. On the other hand, technologies like additive manufacturing, cobots, robots, automated mobile robots, and automated guided vehicles have a negative impact on environmental performance. There are concerns about the lack of knowledge and application, as well as skepticism towards technologies like artificial intelligence and augmented reality.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Patrice Sutton, Nicholas Chartres, Swati D. G. Rayasam, Natalyn Daniels, Juleen Lam, Eman Maghrbi, Tracey J. Woodruff
Summary: This study reviewed the methodological strengths and weaknesses of expert-based narrative and systematic reviews in environmental health. The findings indicate that systematic reviews produced more useful, valid, and transparent conclusions compared to non-systematic reviews, although poorly conducted systematic reviews were prevalent. Ongoing development and implementation of empirically based systematic review methods are necessary to ensure transparent and timely decision making in environmental health to protect public health.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Natalia Daries, Jordi Moreno-Gene, Eduard Cristobal-Fransi
Summary: Michelin-starred restaurants are not only profitable, but also become more profitable with each additional star. Besides the number of stars, variables such as the age of the restaurant, the gender of the chef, and the level of debt also impact the profitability of these restaurants in an industry where men tend to achieve more professional success than women.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GASTRONOMY AND FOOD SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Economics
Claude Francoeur, Faten Lakhal, Safa Gaaya, Itidel Ben Saad
Summary: The study finds that powerful CEOs have a positive impact on a firm's environmental performance, especially in profitable firms. This suggests that powerful CEOs are influential in providing resources to enhance environmental performance. Companies in polluted industries can mitigate lower environmental performance when they have powerful CEOs or are more profitable.
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2021)
Article
Business
Pablo Arocena, Raquel Orcos, Fedaous Zouaghi
Summary: This study examines the impact of adopting the ISO 14001 standard on firm environmental and economic performance. The findings suggest that ISO 14001 adoption can help reduce carbon emission intensity and increase profitability, with a greater impact on companies from countries with high environmental awareness and larger firms.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Review
Physiology
Alexander G. Little, Frank Seebacher
Summary: This review introduces the importance of physiological performance curves across phylogenetic and functional boundaries, highlighting their dynamic nature and potential shifts in response to environmental pressures and programming. Individual differences in performance curves can have cascading effects on higher levels of biological organization.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Andrew Osei Agyemang, Kong Yusheng, Angelina Kissiwaa Twum, Bless Kofi Edziah, Emmanuel Caesar Ayamba
Summary: Environmental problems have become global issues, leading to the enactment of environmental accounting disclosure decrees in many countries, including China. This study examines the relationship between environmental accounting information disclosure (EAID), environmental performance index (EPI), board attributes, and profitability of publicly traded mining companies in China. The findings reveal mixed results regarding the correlation between board attributes and EAID, and suggest that both EAID and EPI positively influence the profitability of mining firms. The study provides valuable insights for stakeholders and highlights the positive impact of environmental accounting on ecological and financial performance in the mining industry.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nidia Elizabeth Ramirez-Contreras, Carlos A. Fontanilla-Diaz, Lain E. Pardo, Tulia Delgado, David Munar-Florez, Birka Wicke, Jonathan Ruiz-Delgado, Floor van der Hilst, Jesus Alberto Garcia-Nunez, Mauricio Mosquera-Montoya, Andre P. C. Faaij
Summary: Agricultural intensification is a key strategy to meet growing demand for food and bioenergy, as it can reduce land use change and associated environmental impacts while improving economic performance. In the Orinoquia region, different intensification scenarios show varying impacts on natural land conversion, biodiversity loss, water consumption, and economic benefits. Sustainable agricultural practices and productivity improvements are crucial for reducing pressure on natural areas and achieving sustainable agricultural development.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Naseem Al Rahahleh, Serkan Akguc, Turki Abalala
Summary: The study shows that DJII firms were more profitable than non-DJII firms during the sample period, and their profitability was not as affected during the financial crisis.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC AND MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Atsuhiko Isobe, Shinsuke Iwasaki
Summary: This study estimates the mass of ocean plastics by combining numerical particle tracking and linear mass-balance models. The results show that ocean plastics account for only a small percentage of mismanaged plastic waste generated over the years.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lorenza Alexandra Lorenzetti, Andrea Fiorini
Summary: This study evaluates the actual capabilities of Conservation Agriculture (CA) in terms of carbon sequestration and profitability, and identifies the best management practice through data analysis of a field experiment in Northern Italy.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
News Item
Multidisciplinary Sciences
XiaoZhi Lim
Summary: Scientists are urgently studying the tiny plastic specks found in marine animals and in humans.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Jinfang Tian, Wei Cao, Qian Cheng, Yikun Huang, Shiyang Hu
Summary: Using Chinese listed companies as the research setting, this paper examines the impact of corporate competing culture on environmental investment. The results show that competing culture has a significant and positive impact on firms' environmental investment. Moreover, the study finds that competing culture promotes corporate environmental investment through enhancing firms' internal control quality. The findings also indicate that the positive impact of corporate competing culture on environmental investment is more pronounced in firms with larger size, stronger corporate governance, in high-polluting industry, and located in less developed regions.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Afef Ladhari, Giorgia La Mura, Cinzia Di Marino, Giovanni Di Fabio, Armando Zarrelli
Summary: Sartans are a group of chemical compounds with antagonistic action towards AT1 receptors of angiotensin II, playing a role in regulating blood pressure. Their presence and fate in the environment, as well as their impact in wastewater treatment plants, are significant areas of concern.
SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Applied
Julia D. Hur, Alice Lee-Yoon, Ashley V. Whillans
Summary: The research found that performance incentives encourage employees to spend more time with their work colleagues, affecting their interactions with friends and family, and leading employees to perceive work relationships as more instrumental.
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN DECISION PROCESSES
(2021)
