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  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,076 Views
27 Pages

6 June 2023

The presence of a link between corporate environmental protection investment and firm value is essential for enterprises to have incentives to invest in environmental protection by themselves. How environmental information disclosure affects the rela...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,374 Views
19 Pages

27 April 2022

The growing environmental problems with a global impact on the quality of the environment require increasing attention from all countries and the urgent adoption and implementation of established measures to protect the environment. The presented con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,391 Views
14 Pages

15 September 2021

Environmental issues, sustainability, and climate change have become the targets of many policies from international and governmental organizations including the EU’s European Green Deal action plan. This plan provides tools to address them—which inc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,604 Views
18 Pages

Advancing Sustainable Development and Protected Area Management with Social Media-Based Tourism Data

  • Katie K. Arkema,
  • David M. Fisher,
  • Katherine Wyatt,
  • Spencer A. Wood and
  • Hanna J. Payne

24 February 2021

Sustainable tourism involves increasingly attracting visitors while preserving the natural capital of a destination for future generations. To foster tourism while protecting sensitive environments, coastal managers, tourism operators, and other deci...

  • Review
  • Open Access
90 Citations
15,477 Views
25 Pages

Circular Carbon Economy (CCE): A Way to Invest CO2 and Protect the Environment, a Review

  • Latifah M. Alsarhan,
  • Alhanouf S. Alayyar,
  • Naif B. Alqahtani and
  • Nezar H. Khdary

21 October 2021

Increased levels of carbon dioxide have revolutionised the Earth; higher temperatures, melting icecaps, and flooding are now more prevalent. Fortunately, renewable energy mitigates this problem by making up 20% of human energy needs. However, from a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,719 Views
21 Pages

25 June 2023

Current research has revealed that global trade promotes transnational investment and contributes to large amounts of CO2 emissions. Recently, trade protectionism has gradually emerged. This study aims to explore the effect of global trade protection...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,587 Views
21 Pages

Corporate environmental investment decisions play a crucial role in the protection of the public environment. As the decision-maker and executor, the environmental consciousness and social responsibility of the chief executive officer (CEO) has a lon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,283 Views
26 Pages

Investments in Polish Agriculture: How Production Factors Shape Conditions for Environmental Protection?

  • Piotr Bórawski,
  • Marta Guth,
  • Aneta Bełdycka-Bórawska,
  • Krzysztof Józef Jankowski,
  • Andrzej Parzonko and
  • James W. Dunn

2 October 2020

In recent years, social and economic goals have been preferable compared to environmental issues. However, global problems with the environment, increasing pollution, and gas heating emissions have made environmental issues a major priority. Suddenly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,937 Views
13 Pages

Indigenous peoples’ environments can be easily disrupted by foreign investments, and disputes have occasionally occurred over the past few years. The objective of this research article is to examine if current international investment law, especially...

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
8,072 Views
15 Pages

As an important measure of enterprise governance, internal control can enhance the organizational rationality of the enterprise, ensure that the enterprise consciously assumes social responsibility for the protection of the natural environment and re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,680 Views
13 Pages

27 November 2020

The choice of the means of exchange is one of the critical decisions in mergers and acquisitions. Travel agencies and tour operating-industries compete in a volatile environment, and in addition to generating economies of scale, investments in the in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,507 Views
16 Pages

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between plant protection and fertilizer use efficiency, on one side, and overinvestment in Polish agriculture, on the other. This is an important topic because of a number of essential issue...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,609 Views
19 Pages

16 October 2019

We develop a mixed-integer non-linear programming model for firms’ decarbonisation investment decision-making towards a sustainable environment. Our model seeks the optimal investment for a firm to achieve maximum profit under constraints derived fro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,648 Views
20 Pages

22 December 2020

The aim of the study was to assess spatial variation in the tourism and investment potential of Staszowski County and to indicate possibilities for sustainable development of tourism in the area. The method of synthetic measures was used for the anal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,699 Views
17 Pages

17 July 2024

In recent decades, humanity has had a significant negative impact on the environment. This problem can be solved only by establishing a rational environmental management policy and ensuring an effective financial policy in the context of balancing em...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,617 Views
33 Pages

Protection of Environmental and Natural Values of Urban Areas against Investment Pressure: A Case Study of Romania and Poland

  • Paulina Legutko-Kobus,
  • Maciej Nowak,
  • Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor,
  • Dan Bărbulescu,
  • Cerasella Craciun and
  • Atena-Ioana Gârjoabă

12 January 2023

Although conservation and development are two facets of sustainability, they are often placed in contradictory positions. In this context, planning systems are able to respond to investment pressure, especially in countries with underdeveloped instit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,251 Views
19 Pages

This study used Chinese data to discover the causal relationship between the cultural and historical preservation and foreign tourism consumption and development. China has increased its cultural and historical protection investments and has made sig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,903 Views
21 Pages

Atmospheric pollution control policies have achieved remarkable progress in China since 2013, and the smog protective equipment market has experienced a great boom during the same period. From the perspectives of the health production efficiency hypo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,041 Views
18 Pages

12 February 2019

This paper combines determinants of corporate environment performance (CEP) and the effect of CEP on corporate value together, namely how to motivate firms to conduct environmental protection from the perspective of enhancing firm value. Using a samp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,659 Views
21 Pages

22 May 2024

Behavior related to the overseas market has become an essential method for enterprises to acquire international resources. We aimed to do so using a difference-in-differences (DID) approach with the collected data of companies from China’s high...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,427 Views
21 Pages

30 May 2021

Consumers initiating returns online may produce secondary packaging, while most of the packages are produced by plastics. The more products are returned, the more plastics are used. Existing research indicates that the plastic packages can contribute...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,804 Views
18 Pages

13 September 2019

Renewable energy sources (RES) have gained increased popularity across the world mainly due to their ability to contribute to environmental protection through the generation of infinite ‘clean’ energy. To achieve a greater diffusion of re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,654 Views
21 Pages

21 December 2020

As concerns regarding the adverse impacts of energy production and consumption on the environment grow, countries across the world are now charged with developing effective strategies that provide energy security and protect the environment. This mea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,557 Views
19 Pages

The Impact of Restoration and Protection Based on Sustainable Development Goals on Urban Wetland Health: A Case of Yinchuan Plain Urban Wetland Ecosystem, Ningxia, China

  • Xiaolan Wu,
  • Xiaoyan Bu,
  • Suocheng Dong,
  • Yushuang Ma,
  • Yan Ma,
  • Yarong Ma,
  • Yulian Liu,
  • Haixian Wang,
  • Xiaomin Wang and
  • Jiarui Wang

11 August 2023

Drawing heavily upon the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an SDG–pressure–state–response (PSR)–ecological–economic–social (EES) model and an index system for wetland ecosystem health assessment were constructe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,680 Views
15 Pages

The trade-off between the goals of promoting economic growth and protecting the ecological environment makes it possible for the government to constantly adjust the intensity of environmental regulation, leading to sharp fluctuations in environmental...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,434 Views
14 Pages

9 April 2019

Intellectual property rights protection (IPRP) has caused great concern in China, especially since the introduction of the Belt and Road (B&R) initiative. The Chinese government has increased investments to the countries along the B&R, most o...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,757 Views
6 Pages

Inland Areas, Protected Natural Areas and Sustainable Development

  • Antonio Bertini,
  • Immacolata Caruso and
  • Tiziana Vitolo

In recent years, policies implemented by many countries have resulted in the deterioration of the Earth’s environment rather than the protection of environmental resources. The impact on the environment and territories, particularly those in th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
752 Views
21 Pages

Integrated Diagnosis of Water Environment Security and Restoration Priorities in the Dongting Lake Basin, 2000–2020

  • Ziwei Luo,
  • Danchen Yang,
  • Jianqiang Luo,
  • Xijun Hu,
  • Zushan Yang,
  • Ling Qiu,
  • Cunyou Chen and
  • Baojing Wei

8 August 2025

With the rapid advancement of industrialization and urbanization, the systematic assessment of water environment security in lake-type basins and the identification of key restoration zones have become critical scientific challenges for sustainable w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,181 Views
18 Pages

Sustainable Value of Investment in Real Estate: Real Options Approach

  • Marek Durica,
  • Danuse Guttenova,
  • Ludovit Pinda and
  • Lucia Svabova

7 December 2018

The issue of application of real option valuation approach in the valuation of investment project is presented in the article in a way in which the flexibility of the project could be included in the process of its valuation. The authors apply the va...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,512 Views
15 Pages

29 November 2019

Designing and implementing investment projects are activities that have a direct impact on the natural environment and pose a threat to sustainable development of rural areas. The issue of agricultural production space protection during the implement...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
7,866 Views
22 Pages

21 December 2018

Since 2014, there have been increasing numbers of undernourished people in the world, mainly distributed in developing countries. At the same time, the rapid growth of China’s agricultural FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) has attracted internati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,517 Views
14 Pages

21 March 2022

In the context of sustainable development, agricultural production and environmental protection are inseparable, and environmental quality directly affects regional agricultural production safety. Kazakhstan is the largest food producer and exporter...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
66 Citations
9,875 Views
36 Pages

Scour Protections for Offshore Foundations of Marine Energy Harvesting Technologies: A Review

  • Tiago Fazeres-Ferradosa,
  • João Chambel,
  • Francisco Taveira-Pinto,
  • Paulo Rosa-Santos,
  • Francisco V. C. Taveira-Pinto,
  • Gianmaria Giannini and
  • Piet Haerens

The offshore wind is the sector of marine renewable energy with the highest commercial development at present. The margin to optimise offshore wind foundations is considerable, thus attracting both the scientific and the industrial community. Due to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,698 Views
17 Pages

Rationalization of Energy Expenditure: Household Behavior in Poland

  • Elżbieta Stańczyk,
  • Katarzyna Szalonka,
  • Małgorzata Niklewicz-Pijaczyńska,
  • Wioletta Nowak,
  • Piotr Stańczyk,
  • Katarzyna Witczyńska and
  • Justyna Ziobrowska-Sztuczka

26 October 2024

Background: The implementation of the EU climate and energy policy, along with changes in the legal environment, has led to a significant increase in energy prices in Poland. Consequently, energy expenditures are now a larger part of household budget...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,615 Views
21 Pages

Potential of Transplanted Seagrass Meadows on Wave Attenuation in a Fetch-Limited Environment

  • Joan Pau Sierra,
  • Vicente Gracia,
  • Xavier Castell,
  • Manuel García-León,
  • César Mösso and
  • Jue Lin-Ye

In this paper, the effectiveness of transplanted (either created or restored) seagrass meadows as a coastal protection measure is assessed through a five-step methodology. The analysis is focused on a stretch of the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean) w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,714 Views
14 Pages

27 December 2024

Sustainable waste management is a very important issue that has received increasing attention in recent years due to its significant impact on the environment and human health. As the population and urbanization increase, more and more waste is gener...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,109 Views
24 Pages

2 October 2025

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, unveiled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on 25 April 2016, aims to diversify the economy beyond oil dependency and engender robust foreign direct investment (FDI). This research investigates the primary economic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
9,445 Views
17 Pages

Tailoring Global Data to Guide Corporate Investments in Biodiversity, Environmental Assessments and Sustainability

  • James R. Oakleaf,
  • Christina M. Kennedy,
  • Timothy Boucher and
  • Joseph Kiesecker

18 October 2013

Companies make significant investments in environmental impacts assessments, biodiversity action plans, life-cycle assessments, and environmental management systems, but guidance on where and when these tools can be best used, and how they may scale-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
10,330 Views
25 Pages

The purpose of this study was to determine whether corporate governance is an important and effective technique for enhancing investors’ confidence in existing and prospective companies and for creating opportunities for safe investment in Yeme...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,625 Views
22 Pages

10 May 2019

This article discusses how to enhance corporate sustainability by simultaneously measuring operational and environment achievements. In past decades, most companies have made steady efforts to enhance their sustainability levels. However, they still...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,772 Views
15 Pages

1 April 2020

Land is the carrier of the production and living activities of human society and the basis of survival and development of all living organisms. With the continuous development of the social economy, the unreasonable use of land is becoming more and m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,830 Views
23 Pages

This paper aims to investigate how air pollution may affect corporate green financial constraints. We assume that poor air quality can enhance the pressure of governments on environmental protection, which creates easier access to financing for firms...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,211 Views
13 Pages

3 October 2019

China conducted a comprehensive overhaul of its environmental regulation as of April 2014. The regulation, which calls for a holistic approach to protect the environment, is also called the “Ecological Protection Red Line” (Red Line). It...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,424 Views
22 Pages

29 November 2024

Over the past decade, China has achieved remarkable achievements in promoting the harmonious development of its economy and environmental protection. How to improve the effectiveness of investment strategy is one of the difficulties in achieving the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
6,950 Views
19 Pages

Agricultural Use of Copper and Its Link to Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Fábio C. Coelho,
  • Rosanna Squitti,
  • Mariacarla Ventriglia,
  • Giselle Cerchiaro,
  • João P. Daher,
  • Jaídson G. Rocha,
  • Mauro C. A. Rongioletti and
  • Anna-Camilla Moonen

12 June 2020

Copper is an essential nutrient for plants, animals, and humans because it is an indispensable component of several essential proteins and either lack or excess are harmful to human health. Recent studies revealed that the breakdown of the regulation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,769 Views
16 Pages

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that discouraged Taiwan hoteliers from applying for green hotel certification. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method was used to perform a weighted analysis that comprehensively iden...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
708 Views
25 Pages

28 May 2025

The intersection of energy, environment, and industry presents distinct challenges and opportunities in rural and urban settings, highlighting disparities in access, impact, and policy effectiveness. This paper examines the systemic inequities betwee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,479 Views
14 Pages

27 February 2018

To solve the problem of unitary ecological compensation standards in river basins by scientifically clarifying the compensation for ecological protection investments and for pollution, this research divided ecological environment property relations b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,805 Views
20 Pages

Nudging Strategies for Arable Land Protection Behavior in China

  • Yanwei Zhang,
  • Xinhai Lu,
  • Yucheng Zou and
  • Tiangui Lv

Arable land protection is critical to the sustainable development of agriculture in China and acceleration of the realization of the trinity protection goal of the quantity, quality, and ecology of arable land. As a new program of behavioral science...

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