A growing number of large forest industry companies have declared voluntary adoption of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines to avoid the lack of verification in reporting and to alleviate current criticisms of corporate responsibility (CR) practices. In this study, we use quantitative multivariate analysis of CR disclosure data (GRI indicators) from 66 forest industry firms. The results from cluster analysis show that 58% of the major companies in forest-based industries are following what could be called a relatively defensive approach to CR, while companies proactive towards CR represent only a minority of the sample (18%), and one-quarter of the companies could be classified as being 'stuck-in-the-middle' in terms of CR. CR practices are found to run parallel to and beyond core business activities, number of employees, sales, and production in these three strategic groups. However, no strategic group level differences in terms of the location of headquarters or financial performance were found.

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The first analysis for the economic impacts of heat-related changes in labor productivity within China under climate change Labor productivity in the indoor sectors will benefit from the popularity of air-conditioning devices Regions where labor productivity is rarely affected by heat stress in China still suffer large economic impacts Accepted ArticleThis article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as

Abstract-Zhu Tianxin is a famous contemporary female writer in Taiwan. Her novel with the same title as the masterpiece of Kawabata Yasunari's, "The Ancient Capital" which was created at the end of 1990s also made a great flutter in the literary world. For the theme of the novel, it is deeply influenced by the traditional Japanese spirit of "mono-noaware" in the works of predecessors and shows such features as mourning for lost beautiful things, empathy for objective things and sincere affection. Moreover, Zhu Tianxin has not been confined to the original pattern of Kawabata Yasunari in the creation of this namesake novel. Instead, she has rebelled against the traditional concept of "mono-no-aware" by such means as obvious post-modern narrative strategy, fuzzy image and fervent concern about politics and then established its unique literary value.

Balanced against this increase in energy demand are energy security and climate warming issues. Restricting the increase in energy demand for peaking carbon emissions will not only directly affect production in sectors but also cause a broader indirect economic impact through intricate industrial linkages. Under the two requirements of adapting to warming and peaking carbon emissions before 2030, we accordingly constructed developmental and restrictive scenarios of China and improved the adaptive Input–Output model from the demand side to evaluate the indirect economic impact. The main findings were as follows: (a) the increase in end‐use demand for conventional energy in 2030 will be 24.43% of energy consumption in 2017 (TEC2017) under the restrictive scenario, and the reduction of this increase will be about 42.98% of TEC2017 in comparison with the developmental scenario. (b) Due to this reduction, the possible indirect damage in 2030 will be 14.96% of the GDP in 2017, and the clean energy level in 2030 will be 20 times the hydropower generation in 2017, which can offset this damage. (c) The industrial sector with high output and high energy will suffer the most indirect damage. The quantitative results demonstrate the great challenges that China will face in clean energy transition.

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