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- Title
European SMEs' Exposure to Ecosystems and Natural Hazards: A First Exploration.
- Authors
Fatica, Serena; Grammatikopoulou, Ioanna; Hirschbühl, Dominik; La Notte, Alessandra; Pisani, Domenico
- Abstract
Nature-related financial risks have emerged as critical concerns for policymakers and financial actors. Central to this issue are ecosystem services, which play an integral role in various production processes but may be interrupted due to the degradation of nature. This article delves into the vulnerability of European SMEs by combining firm-level exposures to ecosystem service dependencies with regional information on the relative abundance of ecosystem services provisioning and the risk of natural hazards. Focusing on long-term debt positions to gauge financial stability implications, the results reveal moderate nature risks for European SMEs at the current stance but also highlight a possible concentration of risks and a need to further refine the use of available indicators.
- Subjects
SMALL business; LONG-term debt; ECOSYSTEM services; FINANCIAL risk; FINANCIAL security; HAZARDS; ECOSYSTEMS; HAZARD mitigation
- Publication
Sustainability (2071-1050), 2024, Vol 16, Issue 11, p4841
- ISSN
2071-1050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/su16114841