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This report reveals that company executives are the most significant source of pressure behind corporate commitments to supply chain sustainability (SCS).  Given their central role in setting and steering strategies, this suggests that the drive toward supply chain sustainability is a long-term business trend.  The rep ...

This paper suggests that the circular economy (CE) offers a pathway towards a resilient and sustainable, tourism ecosystem.  It also suggests that hospitality, travel and tourism has an important role to play in the circular economy transition.  The stakeholders can act as enablers of circularity and benefit from share ...

Carbon footprint/climate change appears to be the most commonly used life-cycle sustainability indicator for tourism and hospitality.  Specific sustainability indicators that consider socio-economic and socio-cultural aspects have rarely been specified in the industry's transition towards circular economy.  Future life ...

Companies are not required to disclose the information that investors need to price climate risk.  Voluntary frameworks, like the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), do not bring about the necessary change.  This has led to mispricing climate risk and capital misallocation, which harms investors ...

Material flow accounting provides a statistical framework measuring natural resource extraction, trade in natural resources, waste disposal and emissions.  Domestic material consumption and material footprint are used as a proxy for overall environmental pressure within a national economy and the impact of a national e ...