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Far from Levelling the Playing Field: Understanding the Gender Differences in Venture Capital Financing in India
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-26)Despite all the government initiatives aimed at empowering women in India, women entrepreneurs continue to face significant financial challenges in the country. The women may gain access to debt capital, but they have ... -
The Financialization of Environmental Risks through Catastrophe Bonds: A Spatial-Temporal Evaluation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)As natural disaster risks continue to increase as a result of climate change, insurance companies and other institutions struggle to find ways to deal with these risks. There is a propensity for these risks to be financialized ... -
Financing micro-entrepreneurs for poverty alleviation: a performance analysis of microfinance services offered by BRAC, ASA, and Proshika from Bangladesh
(Springer, 2018-09-18)Microfinance services have emerged as an effective tool for financing microentrepreneurs to alleviate poverty. Since the 1970s, development theorists have considered non-governmental microfinance institutions (MFIs) as the ... -
Flood Risk Management in Canada: A Political Discourse Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-02)Floods are Canada’s most frequent and expensive natural catastrophe; they are associated with the largest losses of any climate-related disaster in Canada (Nastev & Todorov, 2013). As the impacts of climate change take ... -
Food waste generation at households and the resulting life cycle environmental impacts: A case study of fresh and frozen broccoli
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-01)Food waste has serious environmental and economic consequences, making it a global issue with growing attention from academia, industry and policy makers. The key to reduction or better management of food waste is understanding ... -
Fossil fuel divestment strategies: Financial and carbon related consequences
(Sage, 2018-03-19)Fossil fuel divestment is discussed controversially with regard to its financial consequences and its effect on decarbonizing the economy. Theory and empirical studies suggest arguments for both, financial underperformance ... -
From Paper to Practice: Exploring Five Canadian Case Studies of Water Efficiency Programs using Community-Based Social Marketing Criteria
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-24)Canadian municipalities are facing increasing pressure on their water infrastructure and are seeking to maximize their water efficiency efforts through managing consumption. Residential water consumption is complex because ... -
From the outside in… Geopolitical Supply Risk and Life Cycle Assessment of Products
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-15)Growth in global population and living standards, along with the transition to a low-carbon economy, require increasing supply of an unprecedented variety of material commodities. Consequently, securing availability of ... -
Gender, Social-Ecological Regime Shifts and Governance in Small-Scale Fishery Commons of Chilika Lagoon
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-07)A social-ecological systems perspective can be used to analyze the connections between human and ecological components in complex and dynamic natural resource commons systems, such as fisheries. When fishery commons ... -
A GIS- Based Material Stock-Flow Analysis of Antigua & Barbuda through the lens of the built and socio-economic environment
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-31)Small island developing states (SIDS) in the Caribbean are centered around a service-based economy, where the built environment (or material stocks) functions as the backbone of their social and economic wellbeing. The ... -
Governing Carbon Removal: Deploying Direct Air Capture Amidst Canada’s Energy Transition
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-08)Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, such as direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS), will be critical in limiting the rise of the global temperature over the next century. Compared to other forms of CDR, DACCS ... -
Green Bonds an investment tool for resilient future: Helping to achieve Circular Economy business models
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-26)Climate change is one of the biggest collective action problems in society, it brings up the need for countries to transition towards smart, low-carbon economies over the next 20 years. To reach the emission reduction ... -
Greenhouse Gas Emissions cuts, a set of fuel-based mitigation wedges in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-24)To combat climate change, a global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy and low-carbon systems is necessary. The energy sector plays a pivotal role in this transition. This thesis aims to guide the Canadian oil ... -
Greening the Game: Understanding the Organizational and Geographic Factors Influencing Environmental Commitment Among Professional Sports Teams
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-30)North American professional sports teams have substantial economic and social leverage due to their sizeable revenue streams and captive audiences. However, these professional sports teams also have the potential to influence ... -
Have Green Teens Become Blue? Investigating changes and influences in adolescent attitudes towards electricity conservation
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-12)Global energy consumption has been steadily rising since the 1990s, with projections estimating a 56% increase in consumption by 2040 (EIA, 2013). Although Canada’s industrial sector accounts for the largest share of ... -
How Sustainable Fashion Brands Communicate with Online Customers in Comparison with Fast Fashion Brands
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-13)Sustainability in the fashion industry is a very debatable concept as this industry is commonly known for being unsustainable due to environmental, social, economic, and supply chain issues. As the fashion industry is ... -
Identifying Drivers & Barriers to Potential Adoption of Electrically-Assisted Bicycles by Post-Secondary Students in Region of Waterloo, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-20)The electrically-assisted bicycle (EAB) is a relatively new innovation to the Canadian market with little adoption so far, though it could be a solution to sustainability issues in passenger transport for several groups ... -
Impact Investing and Climate Change – An Assessment of Impact Investors Addressing Climate Change
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-17)The financing of climate change solutions is extremely urgent as countries face increasing negative impacts from climate change that pose severe threats to current and future generations. Damages from environmental disasters ... -
Impact of a University Environmental Sustainability Strategy on Employees
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-27)The ever-growing trend of campus sustainability, coupled with pressure from external stakeholders (competitor actions, government regulations, etc.) induces organizations to adopt sustainability and its triple bottom line ... -
The Impact of Foreign Aid in Access to Clean Water : A Case Study in Dhaka
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-24)Dhaka, the most densely populated megacity in Bangladesh, has been a major contributor to the country’s economic growth. To keep the city livable and its economy in motion, access to clean, drinkable, and adequate water ...