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Corporate Social Responsibility: A Survey of the Italian SA8000 Certified Companies
2005
Today’s society requires companies to act more and more effectively for the general good, by respecting human rights and the environment. Innovative and enlightened companies try to meet this need through the adoption of several initiatives. Accordingly, the International Standard Organisation is now working on attempts to unify these initiatives and to formulate an internationally recognised standard, providing guidance to companies on social responsibility. Currently the SA8000 international standard is the most often used tool – based on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) philosophy – which guarantees the respect of fundamental workers’ rights. Since 2003, Italy holds the world record…
Disclosure Alignment and Transparency Signaling in CSR Reports
2014
This chapter investigates companies' disclosure alignment and transparency signaling within the 2011 CSR annual reports of 36 U.S. firms in the Global Forbes 2000. DICTION 6.0 was used for the text analysis. The study found that CSR reports are fairly similar to corporate financial annual reports but can be classified more accurately as a hybrid discourse with normative elements matching genres emanating from science, business, government, religion, and social movements. Despite the relatively short time that CSR reports have been in existence, this chapter provides evidence that CSR reporting has become institutionalized quickly. The measures of transparency signaling and disclosure alignm…
Isotope disequilibrium effects: The influence of evaporation and ventilation effects on the carbon and oxygen isotope composition of speleothems – A …
2012
Abstract In order to improve the understanding of variations of speleothem δ18O and δ13C values in the context of palaeoclimate research, it is important to quantify the isotope fractionation processes influencing the δ18O and δ13C values of stalagmites. Here we present an extended version of speleothem stable isotope model that accounts for evaporation and condensation effects during precipitation of calcite. The ISOLUTION-model allows to calculate the effect of evaporation on δ18Ocalcite and δ13Ccalcite values in dependence on relative humidity and wind velocity. Our results reveal that evaporation may have a significant effect on δ18Ocalcite and δ13Ccalcite due to the loss of H2O from th…
Lessons from the 2018-2019 European droughts : a collective need for unifying drought risk management
2022
Funding Information: This open-access publication was funded by the University of Freiburg. Funding Information: Financial support. The project is supported by the Wassernetzwerk Baden-Württemberg (Water Research Network of the State Baden-Württemberg), which is funded by the Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg (Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State Baden-Württemberg) (grant no. AZ. 7532.21/2.1.6) and Maa-ja vesitekniikan tuki ry foundation. Doris E. Wendt acknowledges her support as part of the NERC-funded Groundwater Drought Initiative (NE/R004994/1). Lucy J. Barker was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/R016429/1) a…
Towards Large-Scale Steady-State Enhanced Nuclear Magnetization with In Situ Detection
2021
Signal Amplification By Reversible Exchange (SABRE) boosts NMR signals of various nuclei enabling new applications spanning from magnetic resonance imaging to analytical chemistry and fundamental physics. SABRE is especially well positioned for continuous generation of enhanced magnetization on a large scale, however, several challenges need to be addressed for accomplishing this goal. Specifically, SABRE requires (i) a specialized catalyst capable of reversible H2 activation and (ii) physical transfer of the sample from the point of magnetization generation to the point of detection (e.g., a high-field or a benchtop NMR spectrometer). Moreover, (iii) continuous parahydrogen bubbling accele…
Comparative studies of water governance: a systematic review
2018
[EN] Governance is key to tackling water challenges and transforming water management under the increasing pressures of competing water uses and climate change. Diverse water governance regimes have evolved in different countries and regions to regulate the development and management of water resources and the provision of water services. Scholars and policy analysts have been comparing these water governance regimes to analyze elements and processes, to assess performance, or to draw lessons. Although the number of such studies has increased since the 1980s, no comprehensive synthesis exists. We present such a synthesis by conducting a systematic review of the emerging field of comparative…
Analisi dei rapporti tra finanza innovativa e distretti tecnologici. Il contributo delle banche locali nei distretti Italiani
2011
Questa Capitolo s’inserisce nell’ambito delle ricerche sui sistemi regionali di innovazione ed in particolare sui distretti tecnologici cercando di approfondire il ruolo che in essi svolge la finanza innovativa. La prima parte propone una rassegna della letteratura più recente volta a delineare un quadro interpretativo dei distretti tecnologici. La seconda parte contiene un’analisi econometrica di tipo panel su un campione di banche locali per individuare quali componenti afferenti alla struttura, alla rischiosità della loro clientela, all’efficienza tecnico-operativa e alla loro solvibilità abbiano avuto maggiori ricadute sulla capacità di diversificare il sistema di offerta. La terza par…
Effects of Perceived Identity Based on Corporate Social Responsibility: The Role of Consumer Identification with the Company
2009
The paper focuses on the mediating role of consumer identification with a company in the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR)-based perceived identity on consumer behaviour. More specifically, it deals with the direct and indirect influences of identification with a socially responsible company on purchase intent, through two affective variables – attitude and affective commitment to the company. After the literature review that supports the hypotheses, an empirical study was carried out to test the proposed model. Findings show that CSR-based consumer-company identification influences purchase intent through the mediator role of company attitude and company commitment. This invo…
Analytical tools used for the identification and quantification of pectin extracted from plant food matrices, wastes and by-products: A review
2018
Pectin is the methylated ester of polygalacturonic acid and has a wide range of applications. It can be used in food and animal feed as well as in pharmaceutical and cosmetic products. Pectin is traditionally used as a gelling agent in fruit-based products, as a stabilizer in some fruit juices and milk drinks and fruit filling for bakery and confectionary products, but their potential applications differ according to their chemical composition. Therefore, at this stage of development, it is of a great importance to find fast, reliable methods to not only identify and quantify pectin, but also to determine its chemical structure and composition when it is extracted from plant matrices, waste…
Ilgtspējas ziņojuma nozīme un aktualitāte Baltijas valstu banku sektorā
2020
Ilgtspēja un korporatīvā sociālā atbildība ir tēmas, kam pastiprinātu nozīmi pievērš patērētāji, lēmumu pieņēmēji un uzņēmēji. Ilgtspējas ziņojums ir viens no galvenajiem rīkiem, kas palīdz, kā mērīt, salīdzināt un gūt ieskatu par organizācijas centieniem un sniegumu ilgtspējas jomā. Šī pētījuma mērķis bija analizēt ilgtspējas ziņošanas aktualitāti un tendences Baltijas valstu banku sektorā. Tika analizēts ziņojuma juridiskais statuss un ziņošanas tendences, veiktas intervijas ar ekspertiem un sektora pārstāvjiem un apkopoti un analizēti statistikas dati. Tika secināts, ka ilgtspējas ziņošana ir aktuāla un vienlīdz populāra visās Baltijas valstīs, ziņojumus iesniedzot apmēram pusei tirgus d…