Many emerging economies seek to lower carbon intensity while remaining heavily dependent on fossil fuels. This paper examines how sustainable finance, eco-innovation, and the energy mix shape Tunisia's low-carbon transition. We use quarterly data for 2000-2023 and an econometric...

Emerging economies confront the dual challenge of accelerating digital transformation while simultaneously mitigating environmental degradation under conditions of institutional and governance heterogeneity. In this context, this study examines how artificial intelligence (AI) capability...

Green FinTech involves facilitating sustainable payments, banking, and investment; nevertheless, it is subject to consumer trust and perceptions of 'green' value. The literature on this topic is fragmented, with information systems literature typically considering trust as a broad acceptance...

Green banking practice involves the bank's internal operations, external operations and lending decisions which are environmentally, socially and governance (ESG) compliant and sustainable. In Kenya, green banking practice is influenced internally and externally and is context based. Adverse...

This paper examines the connection between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors and the risk of geopolitics, as defined by the Geopolitical Risk (GPR) index. The concept of geopolitical risk is conventionally defined as the direct result of political incidents, war, and...

This study empirically investigates how Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) discourses among major Korean Business-to-Business (B2B) corporations (POSCO, LG Chem, and HD Hyundai) were reconfigured in the context of former President Trump's re-election campaign and the 2024 U.S....

As global climate and sustainable challenges gain more attention, green finance has emerged as a significant focus of worldwide financial reform, with green bonds serving as a key indicator. Retail investors, as an important part of the financial market, have a significant impact on the...

We study how sustainability disclosure regulation affects mutual fund flows and portfolio choices, accounting for investor heterogeneity. Guided by a model of ESG investing under uncertainty, we exploit the introduction of the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) as a...

Despite the economic relevance of climate-transition risk, firm-level carbon exposure often fails to appear as a robustly priced factor when ESG measures and sustainability shocks are conflated. This study examines whether carbon exposure is conditionally priced in European equity returns using...

This study explores the influence of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores on dividend policies, additionally examining the role of sustainability committee as a moderating factor. This study employed the ordinary least squares (OLS), generalized methods of moments (GMM), 2SLS, and...

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-based investment strategies aim to integrate not only economic but also ethical and environmental dimensions into financial decision-making processes to promote sustainable economic growth. However, the relative effects of ESG criteria on economic...

This study investigates the relationship between green finance and environmental sustainability, with particular attention towards how these dynamics foster green economic growth within BRICS economies. Using a balanced panel dataset spanning 25 years, the research employs the Method of Moments...

This study investigates the role of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance in reshaping the relationship between financial constraints and green innovation among Chinese listed firms from 2010 to 2023. We examine the double-edged sword hypothesis that financial constraints...

The environmental sustainability of BRICS nations is connected with green finance and national environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. However, the fundamental mechanisms that regulate this integration have not been thoroughly examined at a macro level. In a period marked by the...

This study examines the relationship between green finance and environmental sustainability in Nepal from 1990 to 2023. Constructing the index for financial development by using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), the relationship is explored using Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) followed...

This research evaluates the extent to which firms' "green" bond disclosures create and convey a meaningful representation of their Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") commitments. Additionally, this research explores how investors distinguish between disclosures that represent genuine...

A longstanding debate in finance concerns the impact of social responsibility actions on firms' long-term profitability. This study provides a broad analysis on the relationship between ESG, its components, and stock returns. Using a dataset that spans from December 2014 to December 2023, this...