How Can Central Banks Accelerate the Green Transition?
As climate change emerges as a systemic financial risk, central banks are stepping beyond their traditional roles to support the transition to a low-carbon economy. Through monetary policy, supervision, and strategic communication, they are reshaping capital allocation by making high-emission…
The “Rio effect”: The Priceless Value of Extra-Financial Criteria in Land-based Investments
What doesn’t show up in a business plan can be the most costly. The case of Voltalia in Brazil highlights a turning point: in Large-Scale Land Acquisitions (LSLAs), environmental and social criteria are no longer secondary. They can reshape, delay, or derail the entirety of projects.…
Does Success Determine the Value of a Cultural Work?
One of the recurring obsessions of European conservative parties is the criticism of public subsidies for the cultural sector. Why, they ask, should works that are unable to find their audience on their own receive public funding? Yet, in a…
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Artificial Islands: A Legal Object Adrift at Sea
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Skin lightening, a dangerous fantasy
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Resilience in supply chains
Resilience has a broader implication for supply chains affected by wars, natural catastrophes, social and economic upheavals. Resilience is the ability to come back to a previous state after a disruption and be even stronger than before ....
Greening Vehicle Fleets: Moving from Early to Mass Adoption
The transportation sector is one of the most polluting sectors in the world. Even though alternative fuel vehicles have been around for decades, they only have a very small share in the vehicle market....
Greta or history with a capital H
Recently, young environmental activist Greta Thunberg’s visit to France’s National Assembly caused quite a stir. Critics were quick to point out her young age and her lack of scientific credentials. Yet if there is one thing that her detractors cannot deny, it is that her speech has had spectacular and unexpected effects.
Are Environmental Collaborative Strategies Greener Pastures?
Why do firms work together to contribute to environmental sustainability? Do firms aim for a cleaner environment for future generations or do they intend to benefit from promoting sustainability?
How the Covid-19 crisis is exacerbating inequalities between male and female researchers
Academic careers depend on the researcher’s capacity to publish scientific articles in the best journals in their field. Publication is the deciding factor for promotion and peer recognition. Women are less present in this race and their numbers decrease the further up the academic ladder we look.
The Justinianic plague through the lens of consilience
The coronavirus epidemic has generated an abundance of literature on past pandemics. In these publications, the Justinianic plague in the 6th century is often described as one of the deadliest in history. Yet a recent study challenges this idea by…
Hedging weather risk and coordinating supply chains
The weather affects sales of most products The sales of many products can be influenced by weather conditions, positively or negatively. The risk for manufacturers is to incur lower than expected sales because of adverse weather conditions. Moreover, the variability…
Repression of death or preservation of life?
In the current coronavirus pandemic, our societies are being confronted with a risk that many believed had been left in the past, at least in the West: mass death. What does this crisis tell us about our relationship to death?…
