Social trust contributes to the reduction of urban carbon dioxide emissions

Zhang, Yixiang; Fu, Bowen

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2023.128127

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“…Their research implies that a higher level of trust leads to lower emissions by facilitating the implementation of effective environmental regulations. Zhang & Fu revealed that higher social trust is linked to lower urban CO2 emissions, suggesting informal social rules play a significant role in environmental outcomes [28]. This trust is expected to influence businesses, governments, and citizens, towards more sustainable practices and ultimately contribute to reduced carbon emissions.…”

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Fintech, and Mineral Resources Deteriorate Climate Sustainability: A Significant Role of Institutional Quality and Social Capital

Li,

Shahid,

Islam

et al. 2024

J. Econ. Manage. Trade.

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The study aims to uncover the impact of financial technologies, natural resource rents, and social capital on Climate sustainability in the context of intuitional quality in Asian countries. Over the period from 2019 to 2023, we observe the cross-sectional dependencies in data series. The outcomes of CIPS and CADF models show the presence of mixed-order cointegration among variables. The study employs a second-generation cointegration test to explore the long-run equilibrium connectedness among variables. Significant structural breaks with no, mean, and regime shifts show that national and international shocks in Asian economies influence each other. Furthermore, cup-FM and cup-BC estimators are applied for robustness checks to explore the long-run connectedness. The coefficients of the cup-FM model reveal that institutional quality and social capital improve environmental sustainability. In contrast, Fintech and mineral resource rents destroy the environmental quality in Asian economies in the long run. The coefficients of the cup-BC model support the outcomes of the cup-FM model. The findings have several policy implications.

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Fintech, and Mineral Resources Deteriorate Climate Sustainability: A Significant Role of Institutional Quality and Social Capital

Li,

Shahid,

Islam

et al. 2024

J. Econ. Manage. Trade.

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“…Countries around the world are working towards reducing carbon dioxide emissions in order to achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2050. [1][2][3] In Japan, the introduction of zero energy buildings (ZEB) is being recommended. We refer to buildings designed to achieve a balance between the total energy consumed and the total renewable energy generated on-site as ZEB, aiming to bring the net annual energy consumption to zero.…”

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Investigation of the effect of plasmonic Au nanoparticles on crystalline Si solar cells

Jonai,

Kobayashi,

Nakamura

et al. 2023

Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.

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In order to increase the photocurrent of tandem solar cells with a silicon (Si) solar cell as the bottom cell, we investigate the relationship between the localized surface plasmon resonance effect of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and the arrangement of AuNPs onto solar cells. AuNPs were deposited on P-type crystalline Si (c-Si) cells and Si heterojunction (SHJ) type cells. To obtain the localized plasmon resonance effect, the shape, size, and arrangement of the nanostructures are important. Especially, arrangement of AuNPs onto solar cells was inquired in this study because these parameters must be adjusted appropriately to produce a plasmon resonance in a specific wavelength range. It was found that the plasmon resonance effect is significant when deposited on the surface of c-Si cell rather than on top of the Ag electrode. AuNPs deposition on the c-Si cell surface leads to not only the localized plasmon resonance effect but also improvement in charge transport between the c-Si cell surface and Ag electrode. However, in the SHJ-type cells, the plasmon resonance effect was not observed because the surface layer was composed of a w-doped In2O3 (IWO) layer.

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Does the economic motivation of firms to address the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promote the SDGs or merely SDG-washing? Critical empirical evidence from Japan and Vietnam

Nishitani,

Nguyen,

Kokubu

2024

Rev Manag Sci

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The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call on all firms to apply their creativity and innovation to solving sustainable development challenges. There is then an argument that firms should address the SDGs by applying the creating shared value (CSV) framework. However, we cannot exclude the possibility that this is nothing more than “business as usual” implemented in the name of the SDGs, or so-called SDG-washing, thereby limiting firm contributions to the SDGs. Although the SDG Compass, the most referenced business guideline on SDGs, currently encourages firms to address the SDGs using their economic motivation, it is uncertain whether it provides the right direction for achieving them. The purpose of this study is to address whether the economic motivation of firms to achieve the SDGs is practically preferable in contrast to the ethical motivation. Using data on Japanese and Vietnamese firms, we empirically analyse whether the degree of a firm’s proactiveness to address the SDGs depends on its economic and/or ethical motivations from a stakeholder management perspective. Our estimation results clarify that an ethical motivation continues to play a more significant role for firms in addressing the SDGs. Put differently, while CSV appears an attractive framework for firms to address the SDGs, its actual contribution remains partial and tentative, and it has thus been criticized for overemphasizing any economic motivation that potentially promotes SDG-washing. It is important to note that this could also ultimately decrease economic value by harming the firm’s reputation.

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Social trust contributes to the reduction of urban carbon dioxide emissions

Cited by 5 publications

References 76 publications

Fintech, and Mineral Resources Deteriorate Climate Sustainability: A Significant Role of Institutional Quality and Social Capital

Fintech, and Mineral Resources Deteriorate Climate Sustainability: A Significant Role of Institutional Quality and Social Capital

Investigation of the effect of plasmonic Au nanoparticles on crystalline Si solar cells

Does the economic motivation of firms to address the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promote the SDGs or merely SDG-washing? Critical empirical evidence from Japan and Vietnam

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