European Financial Management,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 12, 2024
ABSTRACT
This
paper
examines
lending
dynamics
for
firms
aiming
a
“just
transition”.
Analyzing
37,426
firm‐year
observations
from
DealScan
and
Refinitiv's
environmental,
social
governance
(ESG)
transition
data
(2002–2021),
we
find
that
lenders
offer
lower
interest
rates
to
with
prior
relationships
strong
ESG
commitments,
particularly
environmental
ones.
While
factors
receive
favourable
treatment,
economic
transitions
are
less
prioritized.
Lenders
tend
form
more
dispersed
syndicates
when
supporting
focused
on
transitions,
especially
research
highlights
the
uneven
focus
within
emphasizes
underexamined
area
of
governance,
providing
insights
into
relationships.
Review of Accounting and Finance,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 24, 2025
Purpose
The
Arab
countries
have
numerous
environmental
problems,
including
massive
emissions
of
carbon
dioxide,
climate
change
and
increasingly
high
temperatures.
Many
prior
studies
explored
the
various
determinants
quality.
However,
few
papers
offer
adequate
empirical
evidence
on
role
technological
innovation
financial
development
in
determining
To
fill
this
gap,
study
aims
to
investigate
impact
CO
2
emissions,
controlling
for
several
factors.
Design/methodology/approach
sample
data
cover
10
over
a
30-year
period.
Because
existence
non-stationarity
cointegration,
authors
use
dynamic
ordinary
least
squares
fully
modified
models
perform
regressions
among
variables.
Findings
statistical
results
reveal
that
both
negatively
determine
,
which
implies
factors
ensure
quality
region.
A
developed
sector
facilitates
access
funds
thus
enables
adoption
cleaner
production
technologies
renewable
energy
sources.
Both
reduce
degradation.
In
addition,
advanced
systems
incentivize
investment
ecofriendly
projects
promote
sustainable
practices,
fostering
conducive
environment
improving
analysis
then
reveals
pollution
halo
effect
foreign
direct
inflow.
Research
limitations/implications
Based
findings,
recommend
increasing
research
activities
pay
more
attention
improvement
sector.
can
enhance
sustainability
countries.
Originality/value
This
provides
robustness
analyses
adds
literature
by
widening
coverage
include
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(3), P. 1306 - 1306
Published: Feb. 6, 2025
In
striking
contrast
to
the
hot
debate
on
effect
of
Green
Credit
Policy
(GCP)
heavy-polluting
enterprises
(HPEs),
little
attention
has
been
paid
policy
upstream
HPEs
in
green
supply
chain.
Using
data
China’s
A-share
listed
companies
from
2009
2020
and
regarding
promulgation
GCP
as
a
quasi-natural
experiment,
we
manually
collect
suppliers
providing
source
control
end-of-pipe
treatments
investigate
impact
innovation
these
suppliers.
Findings
show
that:
(i)
The
promotes
HPEs,
especially
those
treatments.
Such
findings
hold
after
series
robustness
tests.
(ii)
increases
alternatively
promulgating
policy.
A
higher-than-average
growth
SOEs
(state-owned
enterprises)
supplying
advanced
equipment
for
control,
non-SOEs
treatments,
large-scale
enterprises,
well
cities
with
well-developed
finance
systems,
suggesting
that
are
more
likely
collaborate
under
credit
constraints.
(iii)
Insight
into
potential
mechanisms
reveals
can
effectively
improve
internal
environmental
concerns
demand-induced
trade
credits
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 28, 2025
Purpose
Green
Public
Procurement
(GPP)
is
a
crucial
way
to
promote
producing
green
products,
but
its
relationship
with
corporate
pollution
emissions
needs
be
verified.
This
study
aims
evaluate
the
environmental
effects
of
policy
by
analyzing
how
GPP
influences
pollution.
Design/methodology/approach
based
on
extensive
sample
data
Chinese
industrial
enterprises
from
2001
2010,
using
China’s
first
list
as
an
exogenous
policy.
The
authors
have
established
differential
model
explore
impact
and
underlying
mechanisms.
Findings
significantly
reduces
sulfur
dioxide
(SO2)
enterprises.
Verify
robustness
this
conclusion
replacing
variables,
excluding
other
interventions
that
reduce
selfselection
bias,
conducting
placebo
testing.
encourages
regulated
improve
their
production
processes,
drive
clean
technology
innovation,
optimize
energy
structure,
efficiency
emissions.
cleaning
effect
more
significant
in
eastern
central
China
large
medium-sized
urban
areas.
has
effectively
reduced
SO2
private
capital-intensive
heavily
polluting
Originality/value
paper
constructs
difference-in-differences
2006.
It
explores
policies
affect
reduction.
findings
enrich
research
emerging
economies.
Moreover,
unlike
existing
studies
subject
regulation,
focuses
reduction
affected
demand-driven
policies,
expanding
theoretical
research.
