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, vegetation coverage needs a long time to recover, due to the sensitivity of the specific northern environment. As a result, land …
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changes in global climate and overall warming highly contribute to the degradation of the tundra environment and increases … Yamal peninsula, and analysis the development of slope processes on the local tundra environment …
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Ecosystems deliver value to people and the economy through ecosystem services. The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has quantified the use of ecosystem services by the main economic sectors and households at EU level. In this paper, we downscaled the extraction of six ecosystem...
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It presents an overview of the theme based on the author’s experience on EIA in developing countries. In many of … these countries, a holistic approach has been adopted to EIA requiring the consideration of both biophysical and … socioeconomic impacts. This is expressed in regulations concerning the basic EIA contents. Thus, social variables are implicit in …
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three actions: measuring, managing and communicating corporate sustainability performance. Measurement is the least … improving performance on material sustainability metrics is related to improved financial performance, helping to resolve four … sustainability performance. We conclude with a call for research on how to measure performance in the 21st century when corporate …
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We examined the nexus between four internal audit functions (IAF) and sustainability audits (SA) of manufacturing firms. The specific IAF employed in this study were; risk management practices (RMP), sustainability sensitivity (SS), internal audit effectiveness (IAE) and enactments, policies,...
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The paper explores how companies from Central and Eastern Europe adopt assurance practices to provide accountability for sustainability. Drawing on modified coding rules from prior research, a conventional content analysis of 36 assurance statements companies from nine countries was conducted....
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This paper analyses the benefits of the cluster approach in adopting EMAS (the EC Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) by some companies operating in the territorial area of Lucca. The cluster approach proves to be effective in stimulating and supporting the adoption of EMAS and, more in general, to...
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