Top Research Papers on Sustainability

This article mainly discussing the formation of the viewpoint of sustainable development and to the influence for construct,the concept of the sustainable development and some problems what should attention to when we design the sustainable development architecture when it carried on,in order to achieve common sustainable development of human and buildings.

Устойчивый банкинг (sustainable banking): социально-экономическая доктрина, основанная на понимании важности роли банковского сектора в процессе перехода к модели устойчивого развития национальной экономики. Для финансовых институтов данный переход означает оценку и интеграцию в собственные системы риск-менеджмента социальных и экологических рисков реализации инвестиционных проектов, что, в свою очередь, требует формирования новых принципов инвестиционно-финансовой политики коммерческого банка.

The goal of this study discusses the frequency of use the term sustainable or sustainability translated in Spanish as sustentable or sostenible. Also, it is necessary to say that the problem is just regarding to the writing of this expression, but not the semantic meaning. It is important to clarify that, during this time has been a huge controversy, especially when this concept is writing in the spanish langue. In fact, there is a duality when authors write down in spanish sostenible or sustentable, because dictionaries argue that the word sustentable does not exist. So, in order to accomplis...

This thesis aims to develop analytical models, deployable algorithms, and real systems to enable efficient integration of renewable energy into complex distributed systems with limited information to make IT systems more sustainable.

Purpose Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Whichever type of organization you represent, it is likely that sustainable practices are near the top of your list of strategic priorities. Whether you are a firm at the cutting edge of environmental innovation, seeking to gain competitive advantage through sustainable product deve...

The concept of sustainability is confused and controversial, this resulting from ideological differences. It is a concept often connected to viability, which similarly becomes subject to difference of understanding. It becomes clear that the ideological differences are consistent with the rise of distinct paradigms. The paper considers two opposing paradigms that together and through degrees of congruency between them can be used to represent the whole set of paradigms. Using cybernetic agency theory, a set of generic mindsets is created. The paper then shows that each of the generic mindsets ...

‘Sustainability’ is a term much used to denote larger concepts like the ‘environment,’ and its daily use is more often than not lost. This article attempts to make sustainability a sustained, standard action in our various spheres of work.

This chapter reveals the overview of sustainability; the overview of environmental sustainability; environmental sustainability and climate change; environmental sustainability, water resources, and energy consumption; and the overview of sustainable tourism. Sustainability is the important issue that attempts to bridge social science with civic engineering and environmental science with the technology of the future. Environmental sustainability is important because it ensures people have water and resources, and adopting its practices protects the environment and human health. Sustainable tou...

Sustainability is a concept that affects many sectors due to increased stakeholder pressure for both economic and political reasons. In 2010 “SOSTAIN” was born, the first sustainability protocol in this sector that allows you to know exactly the type of impact that the company has on the surrounding area and how to limit it based on the principle of Life Cycle Assessment. It is a protocol ready to open up too many local companies, whether they are producers of organic, biodynamic, natural, conventional wine and more; because what unites the actors of SOSTAIN is the desire to share agricultural...

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“Identificar, conforme as conclusoes do autor, novas formas de organizacao da gestao coletiva da producao e do consumo that permitam um novo sentimento de existencia para a vida humana”.

: One of the most important areas of market research is on consumer behaviour and attitudes regarding various aspects of sustainable consumption. Consumer behaviour is understood as activities related to the entire consumption cycle of products from various sectors, which allow the consumer to function and achieve personal goals. They, at the same time, also they allow to achieve satisfaction and well-being, taking short- and long-term effects as well as individual and social consequences into account (Antonides & van Raaij, 1999). Within the context of the cited definition, a survey of househ...

The aim of this chapter is to provide a framework for discussing the fundamental questions: • Why do we need sustainable development? • What are sustainability and sustainable development? • What roles do corporations play in pathways towards sustainable and unsustainable futures? • What is the difference between the sustainability of a corporation and the promotion of sustainability by a corporation? • In broad terms, how can corporations implement sustainable development?”.

: The growing population and rising standards of living lead to an increase of the consumption of many goods. Reducing municipal waste which is created in that process can result in a wide range of environmental, economic, and social benefits, such as reducing pollution in water and soil, greenhouse gas emissions and loss of valuable materials. The concept to solve this problem of municipal waste due to increased consumption can be found, among others, in circular economy (CE). Circular economy can be defined as “an economic system that is based on business models which replace the ‘end-of-lif...

This journal proclaims its concern with ‘‘the relationships between science, society and policy and a key aim is to advance understanding of the theory and practice of sustainable development’’. We have certainly endeavoured to publish research articles, from scholars in the natural and social sciences, which put forward what our title calls an ‘‘integrative’’ approach. This integration is intended to be at once interdisciplinary, crossing not only disciplinary divides but also bringing together science and policy and policy and practice. And this integration is to be achieved through a focus ...

: Marketing strategy is an important part of every business strategy because it is crucial in attaining marketing goals and to grant the overall success of a company. Broadly speaking, marketing strategy allows to define the long-term marketing goals of a firm and what needs to be done in order to achieve these goals. This provides a set of planned steps to bring the marketing mix into the desired state to achieve the overall business goal. In this sense, the marketing strategy is never created independently based on the corporate level strategy. Marketing management has evolved over the past ...

Construction and real estate literature is replete with the use of the words ‘sustainable’ and ‘green’ in respect of the built environment, construction, building systems and materials, with the terms often used indiscriminately and interchangeably. Like sustainability or sustainable development, notions of sustainable buildings depend on one’s viewpoint. With a view to providing clarification, international concepts and characterisations of sustainable buildings are first outlined, followed by a discussion of the quality of processes that enable buildings to be greener and more sustainable th...

The aim of this book is to present the most important issues related to sustainable development (SD) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). They are discussed from a macro and micro perspective, both in the form of theoretical foundations of these concepts and practical examples of companies operating in Central and Eastern European countries that have implemented these ideas in their daily operations and translated them into corporate and functional strategies. The book consists of four parts. The first one is theoretical in its assumptions and is devoted to explaining the key concepts of...

This article examines the limitations of the concept of sustainable consumption in terms of the inadequate attention given to the social, cultural, and historical contextualization of consumption. The author argues that macromarketing should adopt modes of inquiry that fully engage with this contextualization. The implicit assumptions of sustainable consumption center on the rational individual and his or her needs and wants, and neglect the significance of consumption practices as embodying the relations between individuals. Acts of consumption are not in opposition to, and prior to, macro st...

A new guidebook produced by researchers at RMIT called Conversations on School-Community Learning Partnerships for Sustainability (A Guidebook) offers a practical manual for schools looking to set-up or expand sustainability programs, IE Journalist Michael Oliver writes. The book examines the pitfalls and advantages of sustainability programs using real life case studies.

In a recent piece published in the “Concepts and Questions” section of the bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), Loos et al. (2014) strongly suggest that the term “sustainable intens...

Abstract Sustainability issues are appearing with increasing frequency. Education for global sustainability, therefore, must achieve long-term maintenance of resources. For successful sustainability education, a novel learning process must be developed that converts didactic perspectives and designs into sustained deep learning. Incorporating neurobiological mechanisms, such as conscious explicit-declarative and unconscious implicit-procedural learning constructs, psychosocial attention, and value-based motivation, is necessary to make learning sustainable, ensuring successful adaptation to th...

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The vast majority of research and practice regarding sustainable supply chains has followed an instrumental logic, which has led firms and supply chain managers to place economic interests ahead of environmental and social interests. Evidence that firms are attempting to become less unsustainable is mounting, but compensating practices such as offsetting a supply chain’s negative impact on the environment and society do not create truly sustainable supply chains. This conceptual paper seeks to move the field from the question of how can firms merely diminish environmental or social problems to...

Over the past forty years food production has increased in many parts of the world. The doubling and tripling of yields of wheat, rice and other crops has been attributed to the Green Revolution, a package of inputs and practices that arose out of research in Mexico that was first introduced in the late1950s. New high yielding varieties and hybrids, use of chemical fertilizers and pest control methods along with a whole range of carefully-designed management practices form the core features of Green Revolution technology. With the present global annual food production being roughly sufficient ...

: The sustainable development goal 7 (affordable and clean energy) seeks to ensure that energy is clean, affordable, available and accessible to all (SD Goals, https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/ indicators). Replacing fossil fuel-based energy sources with renewable ones, which include: bioen-ergy, direct solar energy, geothermal energy, hydropower, wind and ocean energy (tide and wave), would gradually help the world achieve the idea of sustainability. Renewable energy technologies provide an excellent opportunity for mitigation of greenhouse gas emission and reduce global warm-ing through substitut...

: Production-operation activity is one of the most important functions of modern enterprises. It requires the involvement of various types of resources, such as: raw materials, materials, machines, capital, information, energy, human factor and others, which are used in production processes. How-ever, many problems arise in operational activity. They concern such aspects as: waste of resources or their wasteful use, mismanagement, excessive energy consumption, environmental pollution, exploitation of human potential, etc. It is also emphasized that these problems are reflected both in the grow...

There are two units of study in the Year 10 curriculum for Geography: ‘Environmental change and management’ and ‘Geographies of human wellbeing’. There are two units of study in the Year 10 curriculum for Geography: ‘Environmental change and management’ and ‘Geographies of human wellbeing’.

The topic of my research is sustainability. I want to understand this concept. I believe understanding sustainability can best be done within a specific context. Part of this research was conducted during an internship of 8 months at the DHV Sustainability Advisory Group. Here I have researched and participated in the field of sustainability management. The main research question is to investigate if sustainability management is a substantial part of the transition to sustainability. I have used a research framework that is comprised of two part. The analytical framework offers a governance p...

The world does not follow a straightforward, good, safe and precise direction, but a very complicated one in which the predictable, desired and calculated with rigor and precision effects are largely faded and even canceled by those that are chaotic and unpredictable.

The model is based on the representation of the urban, transportation and environment conditions interacting under a neural geo-spatial approach to forecast vehicular air pollution for the stage of diagnosis, as a contribution for an urban and transportation sustainability.

AbstractThis research is motivated by the low business sustainability of MSMEs in West Java. In MSMEs, human resources play an important role in the development of MSME businesses. This study aims to determine the effect of sustainable commitment and competencies on the business sustainability of MSMEs. This research was conducted using a quantitative approach with a survey method of 209 fish processing business owners in West Java. Data collection was carried out by survey using a questionnaire instrument. Data analysis was performed with AMOS SEM. The results of this study reveal that the be...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to present a multidisciplinary model that can be used as both a road map for practicing managers to create a sustainability focused culture within their own organizations, and as a guide for future research into the relationship between organizational culture and sustainability. Design/methodology/approach – A narrative synthesis approach is used to integrate extant empirical and practitioner literature spanning various disciplines to build a comprehensive model, including key propositions, to assist both practitioners and researchers alike. Case exampl...

This article presents an expanded reflection of the keynote presented at the 22nd annual conference of DeGEval, the German Language Association for Evaluation, focusing on the evaluation of sustainability for sustainability under consideration of the sustainability evaluation checklist Concepts of sustainability and sustainability evaluation are discussed in light of recent developments in the field, and the sustainability evaluation checklist is introduced Throughout, reflections are made related to the current social, economic, and political climate in the world It is argued that the checkli...

A number of chapters in this book describe innovative infrastructure components and practices that represent efficient ways to improve the sustainability of urban development. History teaches us, however, that the take-up of innovations depends on their social acceptability and their economics. When the frame is expanded to incorporate sustainability considerations, the relevant take-up issues need to be further widened to include the strength of political will to finance, and regulate for, more sustainable (but perhaps more costly) infrastructure, and the general governance structures needed ...

These images concerned with sustainability and interaction design are targeted at stimulating insights about how to use the materials of interactive information technologies differently as designers to “redirect” the ways in which these materials play a role in everyday economies and ecologies.

The new challenge for organisations is to deal with the complex issue of sustainability. However, the confusion surrounding "sustainability" hinders its implementation. This article formulates a framework consisting of three aspects to analyse the conceptual developments that underlie "sustainability": the artefact ("what"), goal orientation ("relative versus absolute") and (behavioural) interaction ("static versus dynamic"). The study of conceptual foundations underpins the framework. Contributions in both the theoretical (definitions) and the practical (indicators) spheres are analysed. The ...

There is a need to improve aquaculture technology and management system in Indonesia to address the need for eco-friendly production process and food safety concerns for the sustainability of national Aquaculture.

Objective: The purpose of this research is to explore the switching intention of consumers from traditional technology and products - to sustainable technology and products while shedding light on important technology and product adoption constructs.   Theoretical Framework: This research integrates the theory of UTAUT and consumer self-accountability in order to examine the switching intention of consumers from traditional technology and products - to green, eco-friendly and sustainable technology and products.   Method: Convenience sampling and a questionnaire was used to collect data which ...

The paper explores how ethical and sustainable oriented finance is key to reach sustainable development by tackling environmental risk through green finance and showing empirical evidence on the link between finance and inequality. The theory provided puts in the right mind frame to analyze markets, intermediaries and instruments with a sustainable lens to focus on the benefits that have brought to sustainable development. A discussion is presented between different intermediaries and highlights the benefits of cooperative banks especially the close relationship of customers and bank and the r...

Today, when sustainability is important for all companies, sustainable leaders are needed to provide sustainability at the firm. As a concept, sustainability contains themes of economic development, social development, and protection of the environment. Corporate sustainability states that it executes economic, social and environmental responsibilities of enterprises in an integrated manner; establishes a balance between these areas of responsibility and to be sustainable in these dimensions. It emphasizes that institutions should focus on long-term gains rather than short-term. A sustainable ...

This paper aims to highlight the mutual interrelation between sustainable marketing and sustainable development. Sustainable development is viewed as an established three-dimensional concept comprising economic sustainability and prosperity, social equity and environmental quality. In order to achieve their full synergy, it is necessary to activate sustainable marketing, which is understood not only as a sustainable and profitable relationship with the customers, natural and social environment but also as a variety of socially responsible marketing or, on a wider scope, as a variety of social ...

The path to sustainability has not necessarily been paved with gold, though many hoped it would be. They discussed the wins available for society and wins available for businesses. The wins would be new ways of eliminating waste and introducing novel products with unique features customers would value. They viewed sustainable innovation as a sound business proposition and challenged businesses to take this road not only because it was in the vital interests of society but because it was a sound business proposition. If businesses were going to fulfill their moral obligation to society and simu...

Traditional and modern performance measurements are combined to form the basis of a framework that supports criteria for levels in reaching sustainable healthcare and clarifies how healthcare facilities might operationalise the ‘sustainable healthcare’ concept.

Rapid urbanisation is arguably the most complex and important socio-economic phenomenon of the 20th and 21st centuries. Generally understood as a shift from a predominantly rural to a predominantly urban society, it also represents major and irreversible changes in production and consumption and the way people interact with nature. It is therefore somehow surprising that, within the international debate, it is only recently that cities and the urbanisation process started to be looked at through a ‘sustainability’ lens.

Agenda 21 za industriju putovanja i turizma: prema ekoloski održivom razvoju je jos 1996.g.utvrdila potrebu sire suradnje na podrucjima poduzetnistva u turizmu vs. zastite prirodnih i kulturnih resursa, te izrade strategija održivog razvoja turizma u globalnim okvirima. Usvajanjem dokumenta pod nazivom "Joining Forces. Collaborative Processes for Sustainable and Competitive Tourism", Svjetska turisticka organizacija (UNWTO) je 2010.g. promovirala inovativne modele i pristupe koji bi trebali potaknuti suradnju svih dionika u turizmu, ukljucujuci i sve one koji bi trebali svojom aktivnoscu dati ...

The rapidly changing environment in which organizations operate demands adequate and fast organizational response. Organizations answer such demand with new forms of organizing among those projects ...

From the point of environment economy and sustainable development, this paper puts forward new ideas on the intension and formative mechanism of the sustainable consuming, and discusses the the characteristics, elementary points, strategies of the sustainable marketing and the relationship between sustainable consuming and sustainable marketing.

Institutional Sustainability and Sustainable Development are two concepts very often used together. Their meanings are blurring and versatile. This paper aims to define each concept distinctly and to identify their similarities, if any. To achieve these objectives, I will use the method of logical definition of a concept. Firstly I will identify the sufficiency predicates for Sustainable Development. Secondly I will define the concept of Sustainability. Thirdly, I will use sufficiency attributes to define the concept of Institutional Sustainability.

The hottest dot in asset management right now is not private equity or factor investing; it’s ESG. ESG investing— investing that takes into consideration the environmental, societal, and internal governance impact of an investment—goes by many names: sustainable investing, impact investing, and socially responsible investing to name just three. It rests on two assumptions: first, that an enterprise can profit and grow by advancing the state of the environment, the welfare of all its stakeholders, and the effectiveness of its corporate governance; and second, that the stock market will reward s...