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1. 1. Green Numbers in Grey Areas: A study on what methods credit analysts use to integrate incomplete ESG data in the credit rating process

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Erik Voss-Schrader; Gustav Ryhre; [2024]
   Keywords : Credit; Debt; Rating; ESG; Epistemic;

   Abstract : In response to the urgent need to address global warming, this study investigates the efforts of two credit rating agencies (CRAs), Aries and Orion, to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their financial analyses amidst challenges posed by inconsistent and unstandardized data. Based on interviews with nine CRA representatives and Knorr Cetina's theory of epistemic cultures, the present study reveals the difficulties faced by the CRAs with directly linking ESG factors to credit ratings. READ MORE

3. 2. Urban Downpour : The Path Towards Sustainable Stormwater Management in four Swedish Municipalities

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Astrid Bergström Hurtig; [2024]
   Keywords : climate resilience; urban planning; blue-green infrastructure; water-sensitive urban design; ecological urbanism; institutional dynamics; adaptive policies;

   Abstract : Swedish municipalities increasingly prioritize blue-green infrastructure in response to the changing climate and precipitation. This study focuses on Norrköping, Huddinge, Nyköping, and Kalmar and how urban planning develops strategies for implementing blue-green infrastructure. READ MORE

4. 3. Stitching Sustainability: Exploring the Dynamics of Slow Fashion: A qualitative content analysis of how two Swedish fashion companies operate in practice in relation to a slow fashion framework

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Olivia Malvebo; [2023-10-25]
   Keywords : Slow fashion; fashion industry; supply chain; globalization; gap; consumerism; green critiques of development; Filippa K; Nudie Jeans;

   Abstract : Collective research indicates that the global fashion industry faces extensive challenges within the objective of a just and sustainable development and clarifies the need for slow production and consumption. Slow fashion is both a movement and a theoretical concept aiming to do this, where slow is not time- but quality-based. READ MORE

5. 4. Ecological Fashion Perspectives of the Green Generation: Examining Gen Z and Millennial attitudes towards the Swedish fashion industry's efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Amanda Håkansson; [2023-10-18]
   Keywords : sustainable development; fashion industry; environmental discourses; greenhouse gas emissions; attitudes;

   Abstract : This paper seeks to examine how young Swedish consumers appurtenant to Generation Z and the Millennial generation perceive the effort made by four leading Swedish fashion companies H&M, Lindex, Kappahl, and Gina Tricot to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases. Further, it explores the general attitudes that these generations hold toward the Swedish Fashion Industry’s approach to sustainable dev elopment. READ MORE

6. 5. Buy the Rumor - Sell the News? A study on Swedish corporate green bond announcements

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Simon Gustafsson; Anton Ingesson; William Peterson; [2023-09-01]
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   Abstract : The utilization of corporate green bonds as a means of financing that promotes sustainable practices and environmentally-conscious investments has grown in its scope across the world. By issuing green bonds, firms commit to future contractual obligations while simultaneously communicating a dedication to sustainable growth. READ MORE