Environmental Social Governance (ESG) is subject to controversy since it exposes a corporation to external compliance factors unrelated to its real role and function; providing goods and services. The most notable issues include:
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Chapter 4 Slides – Transport, Energy and Environment
Environmental, Social and Governance Criteria
Source: Adapted from World Economic Forum (2020) Measuring Stakeholder Capitalism: Towards Common Metrics and Consistent Reporting of Sustainable Value Creation. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria have been advocated by the World Economic Forum as a stakeholder capitalism approach trying to define corporate standards that can be used for investment
Chapter 4.3 (Environmental footprint of transportation) updated
An analysis of the physical footprint of transportation systems and their environmental impacts, including modes and terminals. 4.3 – The Environmental Footprint of Transportation | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)
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The chapter discusses the main environmental impacts of transportation, including the concept of externalities. 4.2 – Transportation and the Environment | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)
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Environmental costs can be represented as a hierarchy ranging from those internal to the firm, which can be more readily identified and controlled, to externalities assumed by the society and can be difficult to quantify. Environmental Costs Hierarchy | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)
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Transport and the Environment section updated
Environmental Externalities of Land Use
Economic Costs. The costs incurred to maintain the functionality of an urban area according to the characteristics of its land uses. Lower densities and specialized land use increase economic costs in terms of average commuting distances, public utility provision, and energy consumption. Commonly, urban growth has occurred at the expense
Transportation Environmental Management section migrated
Transportation Environmental Management
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