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In today's VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world, business strategy and environmental responsibility are impactful forward-thinking strategies, and stewardship with emerging technologies like Blockchain will foster long-term viability, accountability, and improved stakeholder transparency. Blockchain's decentralized nature, transparency, and immutability technology transformed the theoretical approach to practical, ethical, and scalable, providing stakeholders with confidence. The study aims to extensively analyze existing literature to examine the adoption of blockchain technology (BCT) for achieving the United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs), including trends, the major themes, and future direction. Through the PRISMA approach, 183 articles were retrieved from Scopus and the WOS database for the years 2017–2023. The bibliometric study was conducted using the bibliophagy application from the R Studio package. The findings reveal that the intersection of SDGs and BCT holds promising opportunities for deeper interdisciplinary collaboration, international engagement, integration of emerging technologies, and the exploration of new research avenues. The findings also depict that countries like India, China, Australia, and Spain actively focus on the area of SDGs and BCT. Third, this study has explored all fundamental trends regarding the publication of productive authors with the affiliation institute and country. Fourthly, the study delved deeper into the methodology employed and examined the prominent topics and potential future directions. Finally, the research highlights important insights that broaden the theoretical understanding in an interdisciplinary field while offering practical guidance for companies, investors, and policymakers. By pinpointing research gaps and suggesting future directions, it enables decision-makers to strategically align technology adoption with the SDGs. This approach not only fosters greater stakeholder trust but also helps prioritize investments in areas that yield significant impact on SDGs.

This study investigates the relationship between Financial Inclusion (FI), Financial Self-Efficacy (FSE), and Poverty Alleviation (PA) among poor and rural households in North Kashmir, India. Using a cross-sectional design, data were collected from 525 respondents benefiting from financial inclusion initiatives across five banks. The research employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore the direct and indirect effects of financial inclusion on poverty alleviation, with a specific focus on the mediating role of financial self-efficacy. Results indicate that financial inclusion significantly influences poverty alleviation directly and indirectly through financial self-efficacy, highlighting the importance of individuals' confidence in managing financial resources. Furthermore, findings reveal that improved access to financial services correlates positively with enhanced financial self-efficacy, suggesting that both factors are essential for effective poverty alleviation strategies. The study underscores the need for integrated interventions that not only increase access to financial services but also empower individuals through financial literacy and self-efficacy enhancement programs. These insights contribute to the understanding of how financial inclusion can be leveraged to foster economic empowerment and reduce poverty in rural settings.

This study examines how the concept of corporate digital responsibility (CDR) principles, such as data security, transparency, and digital inclusivity, is integrated into the corporate structures of the banking and e-commerce sectors in Türkiye. The objective is to identify sector-specific key trends, challenges, and strategic approaches related to the adoption of CDR in corporate frameworks. By presenting a comparative analysis of two critical sectors, this research highlights the sectoral differences in understanding and implementing CDR. Employing a qualitative methodology, the research utilizes semi-structured interviews with senior executives, corporate communication directors, IT professionals, and legal experts. The interviews were thematically analyzed and digitized using Python-based coding tools to enhance analytical consistency and depth. The findings indicate that the banking sector demonstrates greater maturity in CDR awareness and an institutionalized approach to CDR, particularly in areas related to data security and regulatory compliance. Conversely, the e-commerce sector shows slower and more fragmented progress, lagging in the adoption and implementation of CDR principles. Both sectors require significant improvements to align with global CDR standards. The study also underlines the importance of cross-sector collaboration, government enforcement mechanisms, and user-driven demands in fostering responsible digital ecosystems. Future studies should employ quantitative methods to evaluate the regulatory and cultural influences on digital responsibility. Furthermore, research that focuses on consumer perspectives, the long-term development of regulatory compliance, and compares different emerging economies will help broaden the current literature on CDR.

Greenwashing is an obstacle to sustainable development that must be addressed. While there is increasing social pressure for businesses to adopt sustainable practices, there is also skepticism about the potential for these practices to yield economic benefits. In this context, organizations may opt to assign the responsibility of sustainability implementation to their compliance departments. Yet, with proper implementation, sustainability may help businesses to improve their economic efficiency. The Stakeholder Theory provides justification for this possibility; however, making it a reality demands a long-term perspective in an economy where short-term thinking seems to be deeply rooted. Therefore, it is essential to establish a strategic approach to sustainability that prioritizes stakeholder relationships, ultimately leading to long-term economic efficiency improvements and moving away from a short-term focus. That said, the literature shows mixed results about the possibility of achieving economic benefits from sustainable practices. Using a sample of 17,498 MSMEs from 17 Latin American countries, our study shows that the U-shaped relationship between these variables can explain the inconclusive evidence. Moreover, it also demonstrates that the relationship can be positively moderated by innovation. Our findings contribute to the literature by revealing a positive relationship between an intensive application of sustainability practices, which would be realized in the long term, and an improvement in business performance, with improved efficiency resulting from sustainable practices. This result can help organizations to more readily identify long-term strategies by giving them insights into the possibilities for increasing their efficiency. The findings indicate that the long-term, intensive implementation of sustainability practices correlates with enhanced business efficiency, a relationship of a quadratic nature that is influenced by the role of innovation in sustainable practices.

This study aims to establish and analyze the significant barriers to adopting Circular Supply Chain Management (CSCM) in Indian Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The research employs novel mixed-method approaches in its pursuit. A literature review and expert opinions assist in identifying the significant barriers. A quantitative combinational DANP methodology, integrating a Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) with the Analytic Network Process (ANP), is utilized to analyze causal relationships and interrelations and to ultimately rank the critical barriers. The study reveals that economic and technological challenges are the most prominent causal factors, exacerbating regulatory and social issues, particularly in India's MSME sector. The findings have broad implications for industry experts, policymakers, and researchers in formulating successful interventions that promote circular adoption in MSMEs. This study contributes to the existing literature on CSCM and MSMEs by presenting challenges in emerging markets, specifically considering India's unique economic and regulatory environment.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) requirements are increasingly gaining attention worldwide, prompting regulators in many countries to set mandatory ESG disclosure policies. However, there are major assertions that these policies will likely bring about unintended consequences, as some organizations may disclose deceptive information (greenwashing) while others might even ignore material ESG issues to comply with the policies. These issues raise concerns regarding organizational commitments to conducting proper materiality assessments. Subsequently, such concerns represent an emerging research stream in ESG policy development and literature. This article seeks to further the discussions by scientifically mapping the body of knowledge on ESG materiality assessment. Specifically, the review integrates co-citation, keyword co-occurrence, and thematic analyses to describe the past and present state of ESG materiality literature. Consequently, four major clusters of articles that researchers and policymakers rely on for ESG materiality philosophical background were identified, i.e., (1) The need for materiality assessment in corporate sustainability, (2) Materiality assessment disclosures for stakeholders, (3) Stakeholder activism for corporate legitimacy, and (4) Integrated reporting frameworks and institutional mechanisms. In contrast, the analysis uncovers five major clusters explaining the present state of ESG materiality assessment. The study further presents insightful research gaps with future research and policy implications. Therefore, the review contributes to contextualizing ESG materiality assessment by stressing the need to deeply understand the underlying constructs explaining the double materiality principle in the mandatory ESG disclosure policy.

This study examines the relationship between Vietnamese agri-food firms' environmental corporate social responsibility initiatives (ECSR) and green purchase intention (GPI) as well as the mediating role of affective brand commitment and brand loyalty. It further investigates the moderating effect of green agri-food products' price in the connection between GPI and green purchase behavior (GPB). The study utilizes systematic random sampling and mall intercepts to survey 509 agri-food consumers in Vietnam. The analyzed data reveal that affective brand commitment and brand loyalty mediate the relationship between ECSR and GPI. Besides, ECSR indirectly influences GPB through GPI. Furthermore, green products' price negatively moderates the influence of GPI on GPB. From the theoretical perspective, the current study enriches the existing literature on sustainability marketing by exploring the mediating mechanisms in the process by which ECSR translates into green consumer behaviors. Furthermore, while scholars have extensively explored the factors that bridge the gap between GPI and GPB, this study's finding regarding the negative moderating effect of green products' prices advances our understanding of the factors widening the green gap. From the practical standpoint, practitioners gain actionable insights to promote environmentally sustainable operating initiatives and green consumer behaviors within the agri-food sector, thereby accelerating the progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 12, on responsible consumption and production, and 15 on enhancing life on land.