Dissertationen: „The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)“

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Wahlandt, Selhag Laura. „Key Components of Governance for Sustainable Development and SDG Implementation in Sweden“. Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-296431.

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The aim of this qualitative interpretive study is to look into SDG implementation in Sweden from a governance for sustainable development perspective. This research is to be seen as a first attempt at mapping the state of governance for sustainable development in relation to SDG implementation in Sweden – further research is both necessary and welcomed in order to get a complete picture of the situation. Seven key components of governance for sustainable development developed by Gibson et al. (2005) are used as a theoretical framework for the study. Those key components are; policy integration; shared sustainability objectives; sustainability based criteria for planning and approval of significant undertakings; specified rules for managing trade-offs and compromises; widely accepted indicators of needs for action and progress towards sustainability; information and incentives for practical implementation, and; programmes for system innovation. Previous research as well as reports from organizations such as the OECD and the European Commission have been used to evaluate the state of these components in Sweden, primarily from an environmental sustainability perspective. Conclusions reached include that the main components relevant for Swedish implementation of the SDGs are: policy integration, shared sustainability objectives and widely accepted indicators for needs for action and progress towards sustainable development. Another conclusion drawn is that the level of fulfillment in some of these key components does not necessarily correspond with the likelihood of successful SDG implementation. Further research is being suggested for a governance-related mapping of the social and economic pillars of sustainable development. Together with the environmental pillar they are essential for the holistic approach that sustainable development deserves.

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de, Miguel Ramos Carlos. „Assessment Based on Indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals in Spain : A Data Science Approach“. Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-276705.

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The global sustainable development has been marked by the United Nations plans for more than two decades. These plans have been adopted by most of the developed and developing countries to achieve the 2030 Agenda, currently formed by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Governments and policy-makers cannot make conscious decisions regarding sustainability progress without knowledge about how well the country is performing this path. This study assessed the evolution of each SDG in Spain through their indicators and whether correlation and dependency between the stated targets exist. Goals 1, 2, 6, 8 and 11 were the less evolved, those which were undergoing a slower process or a negative evolution over the years. The correlation analysis delivered a quick guide of relationships amidst targets to help the appropriate ministries to make prompt decisions knowing which fields will be affected largely. Goal 3 (Good health and well-being) was strongly linked with indicators from Goal 4 (Quality education) and also Goal 6 (Clean water and sanitation). Furthermore, indicators from Goal 7 (Affordable and clean energy) shared a high correlation with the ones from Goal 12 (Responsible consumption and production) and Goal 15 (Life on land). All together obtained 60% share of positive interactions and almost 80% of significant interplays between the targets. Correlation does not imply causality, so multiple linear regression analysis set true numerical relationships and revealed how to enhance certain targets by leveraging others. Less developed indicator was taken as dependent variables and the final independent ones were defined using shrinkage methods. The procedure to reach these expressions could be used to establish the dependency between other relevant indicators and getting the assessment of the performance of this country afterwards.
Den globala hållbara utvecklingen har präglats av FN:s planer i mer än två decennier. Dessa planer har antagits av de flesta av de utvecklade länderna och utvecklingsländerna för att uppnå agenda 2030, som för närvarande bildas av de 17 globala målen för hållbar utveckling (SDG). Regeringar och beslutsfattare kan inte fatta medvetna beslut om hållbarhetsframsteg utan kunskap om hur väl landet presterar denna väg. Denna studie undersökte utvecklingen av varje SDG i Spanien genom deras indikatorer och huruvida korrelation och beroende finns mellan de angivna målen. Mål 1, 2, 6, 8 och 11 var de mindre utvecklade. De genomgick en långsammare process eller hade negativ utveckling under åren. Korrelationsanalysen levererade en snabb guide över relationer förhållandet bland mål för att hjälpa de berörda ministerierna att fatta snabba beslut om att veta vilka områden som i hög grad kommer att påverkas. Mål 3 (God hälsa och välbefinnande) var starkt kopplat till indikatorer från mål 4 (Kvalitetsutbildning) och även mål 6 (Rent vatten och sanitet). Dessutom hade indikatorer från mål 7 (prisvärd och ren energi) en hög korrelation med indikatorer från mål 12 (Ansvarsfull konsumtion och produktion) och mål 15 (Liv på land). Tillsammans erhöll 60% positiva interaktioner och nästan 80% betydande samspel mellan målen. Korrelation innebär inte orsakssamband, så flera linjära regressionsanalyser satte riktiga numeriska förhållanden och avslöjade hur man kan förbättra vissa mål genom att utnyttja andra. Mindre utvecklade indikatorer togs som beroende variabler och de slutliga oberoende variablerna definierades med krympningsmetoder. Tillvägagångssättet för att nå dessa uttryck kan användas för att fastställa beroendet mellan andra relevanta indikatorer och få en utvärdering av landets resultat.

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Murambadoro, Betty. „The Role of Development Finance Institutions and Aid Agencies in Zimbabwe’s achievement of Sustainable Development Goals“. Thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28408.

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This research looked at external funding and its role in determining the success rate of the developmental agenda at country specific level. To undertake this investigation, the role of external funding was assessed alongside other factors largely viewed to be also relevant in discussing the success of the development agenda. The research relied on primary data collected from various participants deemed to be relevant stakeholders in development studies and its success drivers. The sample comprised bilaterals, multilaterals, aid agencies, private commercial sector, policy makers, regulators and the UN agencies. Extensive research was conducted using semi-structured questionnaires and also supported by interviews to probe further on the key sub-topics. The other factors explored alongside external funding in terms of their significance in influencing outcome of the development agenda are strong financial institutions, strong legal institutions, economic reform, competent human capital and international trade. While the factors linked to governance were ranked highly in terms of significance in driving Zimbabwe’ s achievement of sustainable development goals, the numeric difference on points scored were not materially significant. The research outcome highlighted the interconnectedness of the factors assessed in augmenting the impact of capital inflows in meeting the development agenda. In addition, it exposed the significance of broader stakeholder consultation and commitment at a national level.

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Gicic, Sejla, und Ariana Kelmendi. „Hållbarhetsrapportering i bilindustrin : en kvalitativ studie av SDG-rapporteringens utveckling“. Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för ekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-20140.

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Corporate Social Responsibility är ett gemensamt koncept som idag fokuserar på hur organisationer förväntas gå utöver ekonomiska resultat och samklang. Företag väljer att frivilligt tillämpa FN:s Sustainable Development Goals för att upprätthålla hållbarhetsrapporter för att framstå som mer legitima och använda hållbarhetsrapporter som konkurrensfördel. Syftet med studien är att jämföra hållarhetsrapportering av SDG i Volkswagen, Volvo och Peugeot samt jämföra utvecklingen av rapporteringen mellan respektive bilföretag under perioden 2014–2017. För att jämföra SDG-rapporteringen mellan och inom företagen genomfördes en textanalys som sedan kvantifierades. Den teoretiska referensramen utgår från hållbarhetsrapportering, frivillig SDG tillämpning och relevanta teorier. Empirin består av data från textanalysen. Utifrån den insamlade empirin jämfördes utvecklingen som skett mellan år 2014 och 2017. Uppsatsen mynnar ut i en slutsats där företag inom samma bransch tenderar att bli mer likartade för att uppnå legitimitet, vilket kan leda till ett greenwashing-beteende där företag skapar hållbara uttalanden utan verkliga ingripanden. Studien är en grund för fortsatt forskning kring fenomenet greenwashing i bilindustrin och dess SDG-rapportering.
The aim of the study is to study the development of SDG's sustainability reporting in Volkswagen, Volvo and Peugeot, and compare the development of reporting between respective automobile companies during the period 2014-2017. In order to compare the SDG reporting between and within the companies, a text analysis was carried out which was then quantified. The theoretical frame of reference is based on sustainability reporting, voluntary SDG application and relevant theories. The empirical evidence consists of data from the text analysis. Based on the collected empirical data, the development was compared between 2014 and 2017. The paper ends in a conclusion where companies within the same industry tend to be more similar to achieve legitimacy, which might lead to greenwashing behavior in which companies create sustainable statements without real interventions. The study is a basis for continued research on the phenomenon of greenwashing in the automobile industry and its SDG reporting.

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Grahn, Beatrice. „Global Sustainable Urban Development : A study of SDG no. 11 in South Korea and Vietnam“. Thesis, Malmö universitet, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-43302.

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The field of International Relations is Western-centric through its main theories, which risks undermining the development of non-Western countries. This thesis aims to implement the alternative analytical, non-Western approach of Global IR through a Comparative Case Study of South Korea and Vietnam to analyse the so-called ‘global’ Sustainable Development Goals through two research questions: How have South Korea and Vietnam managed to fulfil SDG no. 11? and How can Global IR be used to problematise the Westernised and overly universal UN measurement indicators of SDG no. 11 in South Korea and Vietnam? Conclusively, South Korea falls more in line with the Western depiction of development than Vietnam. But Global IR can be used to problematise the UN indicators by arguing historical implications to reach their Western-centric model in non-Western countries and provides indicators that consider countries individualities. This ultimately creates a more global approach, as it acknowledges differences instead of attempting to fit all countries into one specific box of sustainable urban development.

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GUSTAFSSON, MARTIN, und PATRIK ZYTOMIERSKI. „The Relationship between United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals and Swedish Banks’ Credit Rating of Manufacturing Customers“. Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279753.

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The sustainable development of the section providing financing within Swedish banks are going through major challenges and changes. The United Nations is constantly working on improving sustainable directives within all industries to ultimately reach all 17 sustainable development goals that have been set up for a more sustainable world. Banks are in a unique position where they have a high indirect impact and influence over all other sectors and in relation all 17 sustainable development goals through their business. This can be seen in the two largest sectors within banking, investing and financing. While sustainable investing has been widely researched and developed, sustainable finance can still be considered in an early phase of development. By implementing sustainable factors to the credit management process of borrowers, banks can aid global sustainable development. This thesis has researched the relationship between United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals and the credit rating of four Swedish commercial banks through. Special focus has been given to borrowers in the manufacturing industry. The results show that Swedish banks have initiated sustainable development within their credit rating analysis; however, they are still undergoing continuous improvements and additions. The process and extent of sustainable factors differentiates for all banks. Nonetheless, no bank has a special framework for measuring sustainable risk in the manufacturing industry. Because of the banks’ general process, this thesis concludes that there are no clear advantages nor disadvantages to being sustainable when applying for a loan from Swedish banks. Even though the banks argue that sustainability is both important and included in the credit rating process, the empirical data gathered suggests that the most important and significant factor remains how financially solvent a company is.
Hållbar utveckling av finansieringsavdelningen inom svenska banker genomgår stora utmaningar och förändringar. FN arbetar ständigt med att förbättra hållbara direktiv inom alla branscher för att i slutändan uppnå alla 17 mål för hållbar utveckling som har fastställts för en mer hållbar värld. Bankerna är i en unik position där de har en hög indirekt påverkan och inflytande över alla andra sektorer och i förhållande till alla 17 mål för hållbar utveckling genom sin verksamhet. Detta kan ses i de två största affärsenheterna inom bank, investeringar och finansiering. Även om hållbara investeringar har varit föremål för forskning och utvecklats i stor utsträckning, kan hållbar finansiering fortfarande sägas vara i en tidig utvecklingsfas. Genom att implementera hållbara faktorer i kredithanterings processen för låntagare kan banken hjälpa till global hållbar utveckling. Denna uppsats har undersökt förhållandet mellan FN:s 17 mål för hållbar utveckling och kreditbetyget för fyra svenska affärsbanker. Särskilt fokus har givits låntagare i tillverkningsindustrin. Resultaten visar att svenska banker har initierat en hållbar utveckling inom sin kreditprocess; emellertid genomgår processen fortfarande kontinuerliga förbättringar och tillägg. Processen och omfattningen av hållbara faktorer skiljer sig åt för alla banker. Ingen bank har dock en särskild rutin för att mäta hållbarhetsrisker i tillverkningsindustrin. På grund av bankernas allmänna process drar vi slutsatsen att det inte finns några tydliga fördelar eller nackdelar med att vara hållbara när de ansöker om ett lån från svenska banker. Även om bankerna hävdar att hållbarhet är både viktig och ingår i kreditprocessen, tyder vår undersökning på att den för företag viktigaste faktorn fortfarande är hur ekonomiskt stabilt ett företag är.

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Archibong, Uduak E., und Kingsley U. Utam. „Affirmative action measures and gender equality: review of evidence, policies, and practices“. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17967.

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The central aim of this chapter is to describe the policy and practice of affirmative action measures. It synthesizes findings from published studies and highlights the rationale, drivers, benefits, beneficiaries, effectiveness, and impacts of affirmative action policies and practices in different countries. The chapter will discuss the possible lessons from these studies and highlight the link between affirmative action policies and practices and contributions to achieving target 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
The full-text of this article will be released for public view at the end of the publisher embargo on 12 May 2022.

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Sheridan, Scott. „Examining the effect of school development loans on education capacity and quality: evidence from Ghana and Uganda“. Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34014.

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Increased investment in education to build capacity and quality is essential if the world is to meet its ambitious targets on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4: Quality Education. There are 258 million school aged children out of school, of which 98 million are in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Low-income countries are experiencing dramatic growth in their populations and have severe limitations on their ability to fund the required infrastructure development. The financing gap is estimated to be US$ 1.8 trillion to achieve SDG goals (Education Commission, 2016). Low-Cost Private Schools (LCPS), accessible to children from poor families, are growing rapidly in SSA to fill this gap. This study is focused on the potential to increase the use of innovative financing to improve capacity and quality for LCPSs. Most innovative finance schemes utilise some form of a School Development Loan to achieve greater investment in capacity and quality of education. The study evaluates the effect of School Development Loans on several indicators which have been directly associated with capacity and quality, using data from Ghana and Uganda, countries estimated to need a combined 5 million new seats for children by 2023 (7% of their combined population) to account for population growth. Capacity indicators include the Number of Students enrolled in the school and the Number of Classrooms available for use. The indicators of school quality were Pupil Teacher Ratios (Lower), the Number of Washrooms, the Number of Washrooms Dedicated to Girls and the Number of Extracurricular Programmes Offered by the school. The study leveraged pairwise correlation and regression analysis to identify the most directly linked indicators, followed by a mean difference analysis. The study finds that schools taking out School Development Loans have more classrooms, higher enrolment, greater amounts of washrooms and extracurricular activities on offer, indicating that School Development Loans increase both capacity and quality at LCPSs. Despite the encouraging findings, it is early to assess whether the significance of the increase over time. The study recommends a fully coordinated Randomised Control Trial (RCT) for further research, where data is collected prior to the school receiving its first loan and again at the conclusion of the loan.

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Lizikeviciute-Grisine, Justina. „Shared Value in Sustainable Development Goals : The case of Arla“. Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-413189.

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This study analyzes and discusses sustainability reporting at Arlacompany which is one of the largest organic dairy producer in the world. Geographically its operations span across Europe, North America, North and West Africa and Asia. This study evaluates the company’s communication of its shared value creation and how it contributes towards the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals. In order to do so, it analyzes two of the company’s annual Corporate Social Responsibility reports (2016 and 2019). A theoretical framework, combining Corporate Social Responsibility, Creating Shared Value, Triple Bottom Line and Legitimacy Theory is synthesized and applied to the subject matter. This research is a holistic single-case study, employing continuous literature review and a qualitative content analysis. The results of the research are presented discussing the merits and shortcomings of the company’s sustainability communication practices. It finds that Arla’ssustainability communication is heavily based on societal and environmental topics. Its main strategies of shared value creation operationalize the expansion and strengthening of markets and product quality assurance. The study also concludes that Arlaavoids the communication of sensitive issues such as animal welfare or greenhouse gas emissions emerging from farms. Finally, the study advocates for the benefits of failure reporting, both in terms of compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability practices, arguing that this might lead to greater legitimacy and possible support from other stakeholders.

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BONATTI, MICHELLE. „Social learning and community-based strategies to promote Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)“. Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/19532.

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Die Erreichung der Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung (SDGs) erfordert strategische Maßnahmen, deren Identifizierung von anderen abhängt, gesellschaftliches Engagement und soziales Lernen. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, pädagogische Werkzeuge zu entwickeln und pädagogische Prozesse zu verbessern, die das soziale Lernen verbessern, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die Verwirklichung der SDGs 2 und 13. Diese kumulative Dissertation präsentiert vier von Experten begutachtete Artikel. Die Arbeit wurde in drei komplementären methodischen Phasen abgeschlossen. Die wichtigsten Schlussfolgerungen sind wie folgt zusammengefasst: Der konstruktivistische pädagogische Rahmen ist geeignet, ein pädagogisches Instrument zur Verbesserung des sozialen Lernens in SDG-Projekten zu operationalisieren. Dieser Befund trägt nicht nur zu einem besseren Verständnis von Mechanismen bei, die soziales Lernen fördern, sondern stellt auch einen Fortschritt in den theoretischen Verbindungen zwischen sozialem Lernen und den Theorien von Habermas und Freire dar. Der soziale Lernprozess ist nach drei Hauptschritten möglich. Der primäre pädagogische Schritt für soziale Lernprozesse in SDG-Projekten besteht darin, dieses gemeinschaftliche Wissen und mentale Systeme genau zu identifizieren und zu erkennen (Publikation 1 und 2). Der zweite pädagogische Schritt betrifft dann die Entwicklung lokaler Lösungen durch die Mitglieder der Gemeinschaft auf der Grundlage eines kritischen Verständnisses ihrer eigenen Lebensbedingungen (Kodifikations- und Dekodifizierungsprozess, der auf der Transformation von mentalen Schemata) (Publikation 3). Ein dritter Schritt zur Förderung von SDG-Projekten, die soziales Lernen fördern, ist der Vergleich der Wahrnehmungen der Gemeinschaft und der Forschungsexperten zu SDG-Strategien. Dies sind Ergänzungen, um mögliche Auswirkungen von Projektstrategien zu bewerten, die den deliberativen Charakter des sozialen Lernens verbessern (Publikation 4).
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires taking strategic actions, the identification of which depends, among others, on community engagement, and social learning. The objective of this work was to develop educational tools and improve pedagogical processes that enhance social learning, with particular regard to realizing SDGs 2 and 13 (food security and climate change actions). This cumulative dissertation presents four peer-reviewed articles. The work was completed across three complementary methodological phases, and the field research was embedded in three international projects in Latin America and Africa. The main conclusions are summarized as follows: The constructivist pedagogical frame is appropriate for operationalizing an educational tool to enhance social learning in SDGs projects. This finding not only contributes to better understand the mechanisms that enhance social learning, but also represents an advance in the theoretical links between social learning and the Habermas and Freire theories. The social learning process is possible following three main steps. The primary pedagogical step for social learning processes in SDGs projects is to identify and recognize this community knowledge and mental schemes accurately (article 1 and 2). Then, the second pedagogical step concerns the development of local solutions by community members based on a critical understanding of their own life conditions (Codification and Decodification process based on mental schemes transformation). Therefore, through a process Conscientization, a reframing of the community’s future can be created, potentially increasing ownership (article 3). Finally, a third step to promote SDGs projects enhancing social learning is to compare the perceptions of the community and research experts regarding SDG strategies. These are complements to evaluate potential effects of project strategies enhancing the deliberative character of social learning (article 4).
El logro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) requiere la adopción de acciones estratégicas, cuya identificación depende, entre otras cosas, del compromiso de la comunidad y el aprendizaje social. El objetivo de este trabajo fue desarrollar herramientas educativas y mejorar los procesos pedagógicos que mejoran el aprendizaje social, con especial atención al cumplimiento de los ODS 2 y 13 (acciones de seguridad alimentaria y cambio climático). Esta disertación acumulativa presenta cuatro artículos revisados por pares. El trabajo se completó en tres fases metodológicas complementarias y la investigación de campo se basa en tres proyectos internacionales en América Latina y África. Las principales conclusiones se resumen a continuación: El marco pedagógico constructivista es apropiado para la puesta en práctica de una herramienta educativa para mejorar el aprendizaje social en los proyectos de los ODS. Este hallazgo no solo contribuye a comprender mejor los mecanismos que mejoran el aprendizaje social, sino que también representa un avance en los vínculos teóricos entre el aprendizaje social y las teorías de Habermas y Freire. El proceso de aprendizaje social es posible siguiendo tres pasos principales. El primer paso pedagógico para los procesos de aprendizaje social en los proyectos de los ODS es identificar y reconocer con precisión el conocimiento de la comunidad y los esquemas mentales (artículos 1 y 2). Luego, el segundo paso pedagógico se refiere al desarrollo de soluciones locales por parte de los miembros de la comunidad sobre la base de una comprensión crítica de sus propias condiciones de vida (proceso de Codificación y Decodificación basado en la transformación de esquemas mentales). Por lo tanto, a través de un proceso de Concientización, se puede crear un replanteamiento del futuro de la comunidad, lo que podría aumentar la apropiación (artículo 3). Finalmente, un tercer paso para promover proyectos de ODS que mejoren el aprendizaje social es comparar las percepciones de la comunidad y los expertos en investigación con respecto a las estrategias de los ODS. Estos son complementos para evaluar los efectos potenciales de las estrategias del proyecto que mejoran el carácter deliberativo del aprendizaje social (artículo 4).

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Myhrman, Nilsson Clara, und Jenny Hansson. „Mapping interlinkages between energy projects and the SDGs : Implementing and evaluating the Sustainable Development Goals Impact Assessment Framework for Energy Projects“. Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-283600.

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Ever since the middle of the 20th century there has been an increasing demand of energy. This increased energy consumption entails the need for new energy projects in both developed and developing countries. This thesis aims to map the impact an energy project has regarding the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is known that both small- and large-scale energy projects creates synergies and trade-offs with the SDGs and its relating targets. By implementing the framework “Sustainable Development Goals Impact Assessment Framework for Energy Projects” (SDG-IAE), this study will investigate the possible synergies and tradeoffs of four different energy projects located in Uganda, Kenya, Denmark, and Sweden. SDG-IAE qualitatively assess each energy project with a questionnaire. To conduct the questionnaire the authors held remote interviews with stakeholders involved in each of the projects. The framework’s result for the four projects differ for each project but also have both synergies and trade-offs that are in common. The result also clearly demonstrates the difference in introducing an energy project in a developed contra a developing country, as the developing countries generate more synergies that are relevant for the project and its location. However, the result also demonstrates trade-offs that are relevant to the projects regardless its location. By implementing SDG-IAE the authors reckon areas of improvement mainly regarding the phrasing and definitions of the questions in the framework’s questionnaire. Lastly, this thesis emphasizes the importance of assessing energy projects from a perspective of the SDGs and too continue develop SDG-IAE, because of its crucial role in attaining a sustainable development and to meet Agenda 2030.
Sedan mitten av 1900-talet har efterfrågan på energi stigit. Denna ökade efterfrågan medför ett behov av nya energiprojekt i både låg- och höginkomstländer. Detta kandidatarbete syftar till att kartlägga vilken påverkan ett energiprojekt har på FN:s Globala Mål då både småskaliga och storskaliga energiprojekt skapar synergier och avvägningar med målen samt dess delmål. Arbetet utreder vilka synergier och avvägningar fyra olika energiprojekt har som är placerade i Uganda, Kenya, Danmark och Sverige, genom att implementera verktyget “Sustainable Development Goals Impact Assessment Framework for Energy Projects” (SDG-IAE). Verktyget bedömer projekten kvalitativt genom ett frågeformulär. Författarna har besvarat formuläret genom att hålla intervjuer med olika intressenter involverade i respektive projekt. Verktygets resultat varierar för samtliga projekt men visar också synergier och avvägningar som projekten har gemensamt. Resultatet visar också tydligt skillnaden mellan att utföra ett energiprojekt i ett låginkomstland jämfört med i ett höginkomstland då låginkomstländernas synergier ofta är mer relevanta för projekten och dess placering i världen. Dock visar också resultatet avvägningar som är relevanta för alla projekt oavsett dess placering. Efter implementeringen av SDG-IAE ser författarna potentiella utvecklingsområden för verktyget, framförallt gällande frågeformulärets formulering och definitioner av dess frågor. Till sist vill arbetet betona hur viktigt det är att bedöma energiprojekt utifrån de Globala Målen och fortsätta utveckla SDG-IAE då det spelar en avgörande roll för att uppnå en hållbar utveckling och Agenda 2030.

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Berggren, Ek Alma, und Ella Espling. „Sustainable Stakeholder Framework for Hotels : Supporting Sustainable Tourism Management in Vlora, Albania“. Thesis, KTH, Energisystem, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298045.

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This study aims to create a sustainable tourism stakeholder framework for hotels in Vlora, a popular tourist destination in southeast European country Albania. As tourism is one of the major driving forces towards better social and economical conditions in Albania but simultaneously poses threats towards nearby ecosystems and protected areas, local traditions and cultures and small suppliers, the importance of sustainability in the industry has risen as a top priority. Conducted on behalf of UNDP Albania, the stakeholder framework aims to function as an outline for a sustainable management plan, leading to future eco-certi cation for hotels. The stakeholder framework, which includes five-key stakeholder categories; operational, employees, clients, suppliers and local community, each with well tested CSR-practices linked to them, aims to promote sustainable development for the entire destination. The hotel, placed in the center, isused as a driving force towards closer collaborations with other stakeholder categories. The framework was tested on Vlora's largest hotel actor, Regina Hotel Group, through a questionnaire and interviews with four top management executives. The key findings show that Regina Hotel Group has come far in their social sustainability, in particular regarding employees and local suppliers, but lack in sustainability training, leading to lower awareness and sustainability mainly being implemented for financial reasons. Lastly, a recommendation with examples of short- and long-term implementations is presented for the hotel, connected to each stakeholder category.
Denna studie kommer att undersoka hållbar turism i den populära turistdestinationen Vlora, i södra Albanien. Turism är en av två näringar som bidrar mest till socioekonomisk utveckling i regionen. Samtidigt kan alltför stor och oreglerad turistindustri hota bevarandet av omkringliggande natur, kultur, traditioner och små, lokala företag. Med detta i åtanke är hållbarhet en viktig aspekt för Vloras framtida turiststrategi. Genomförd på uppdrag av FN:s utvecklingsprogram, UNDP Albania, tar studien fram ett intressentramverk, som ska ligga till grund för ett eko-certiferingssystem för FN:sutvecklingsprogram. Fem kategorier av nyckelintressenter, teknik, anställda, kunder, leverantörer och lokalsamhälle, har intressentramverkets kopplat CSR-praktiker (Corporate Social Responsability), väl testade för hotells hållbarhet, till. Ramverket använder sedan hotellet, placerat i mitten, som drivkraft för att främja hållbar utveckling i hela destinationen. Genom ett frågeformulär och uppföljande intervjuer med fyra chefer från Vloras största hotellaktör, Regina Hotel Group, kristalliserades fem huvudslutsatser. Först, Regina Hotel Group har kommit låangt i sitt sociala hållbarhetsarbete, speciellt vad gäller anställda och lokala leverantörer, men de saknar utbildning i hållbarhet, vilket leder till låg medvetenhet och därför implementeras hållbara lösningar genom finansiella argument. Avslutningsvis, presenteras en rekommendation med exempel på kort- och långsiktiga lösningar som är kopplade till varje intressentkategori.

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Larsson, Tereza, und Charity Mashegede. „Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) : Towards the development of socially sustainable communities“. Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för handel och företagande, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-17042.

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Background: Ever since the Brundtland Commission stressed that Social Sustainability (SS) issues are often ignored, there has been mounting research on social sustainability (Boström, Vifell, Klintman, Soneryd, Hallström & Thedvall, 2015). Companies are now addressing sustainability concerns more broadly because of the increasing demand and pressure from society demanding they deal with the negative social impacts associated with their products and activities. This study is delimited to SMEs. While individual SMEs are naturally smaller and have less impact on sustainability than larger businesses, their involvement is important in achieving national SS targets (Weingaertner & Moberg, 2011). Sustainability is often regarded as the privilege of large corporations since they have sufficient funds to improve their carbon footprint (Rodgers, 2010). The activities of SMEs are not well understood and documented, including their entrepreneurial start-ups within communities, of which some are entirely based on sustainable principles (Rodgers, 2010). Given that SMEs play an important role towards sustainable development, understanding the underlying mechanisms of why SMEs are committed to SS within communities is an important research topic. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how SMEs facilitate the ability of communities to develop socially sustainable practices that not only satisfy the requirements of current members but also support the ability of future generations to maintain sustainable communities. Method: Due to the limited literature in social sustainability in the context of SMEs embedded in diverse communities, this thesis employs an exploratory research design together with qualitative and abductive approaches. Qualitative content analysis is used in coding and analysing the empirical findings, and the abductive approach is used in developing an extended framework of social sustainability. Conclusion: The aim of this study was to gain insight into the initiatives implemented by SMEs towards socially sustainable communities and the obstacles they face. Through qualitative research in different sectors of the economy (agriculture, construction, service, retail, manufacturing) and different countries, an empirical understanding of how SMEs engage in social sustainability initiatives was derived. The empirical findings resulted in the extension of a social sustainability framework proposed by Eizenberg and Jabareen (2017). In the extended framework, community social capital was added as the fifth concept of SS and its main components include human capital, social capital, social cohesion, social inclusion, natural capital and philanthropic capital. The variety of sectors and countries enabled us to take into account contextual differences and develop an international view of social sustainability concepts relevant for communities.
Bakgrund: Ända sedan Brundtland kommissionen betonade att SS-frågor ofta ignorerades, har det förekommit forskning om social hållbarhet (Boström, Vifell, Klintman, Soneryd, Hallström & Thedvall, 2015). Företagen är nu pressade att ta itu med sociala hållbarhetsfrågor och denna studie fokuserar på små och medelstora företag. Medan enskilda små och medelstora företag är naturligt mindre och har mindre inverkan på hållbarhetsarbetet än de större företagen, är deras engagemang viktigt för att uppnå nationella SS mål (Weingaertner & Moberg, 2011). Hållbarhet betraktas ofta som ett privilegium för stora företag eftersom de har tillräckliga medel för att förbättra sitt koldioxidavtryck (Rodgers, 2010). De små och medelstora företagens verksamhet är inte väl förstådd och dokumenterad, inklusive företagsetableringar inom samhällen, av vilka vissa är helt baserade på hållbara principer (Rodgers, 2010). Med tanke på att små och medelstora företag spelar en viktig roll för en hållbar utveckling är det viktigt att förstå de bakomliggande mekanismerna bakom varför små och medelstora företag är engagerade i SS inom samhällen. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur små och medelstora företag kan främja en samhällelig förmåga att utveckla socialt hållbara metoder som inte bara tillfredsställer de nuvarande medlemmarnas behov utan också stöder framtida generationers förmåga att bibehålla en hållbar samhällen. Metod: På grund av den begränsade litteraturen om social hållbarhet inom ramen för små och medelstora företag i samhället, använder denna avhandling en explorativ forsknings design tillsammans med kvalitativa och abduktiva metoder. Den kvalitativa innehållsanalysen används vid kodning och analys av empiriska fynd, och den abduktiva metoden används för att utveckla en utvidgad ram för social hållbarhet inom samhällen. Slutsats: Syftet med denna studie var att få insikt i de initiativ som små och medelstora företag genomför för socialt hållbara samhällen och de hinder de står inför. Genom kvalitativ forskning inom olika sektorer av ekonomin (jordbruk, byggande, service, detaljhandel, tillverkning) och olika länder, har en empirisk förståelse för hur små och medelstora företag engagerar sig i sociala hållbarhets initiativ härletts. De empiriska rönen resulterade i en utvidgning av en social hållbarhetsram som föreslogs av Eizenberg och Jabareen (2017). I den utvidgade ramen infördes samhälleligt kapital som det femte konceptet för SS och dess huvudkomponenter är humankapital, socialt kapital, social sammanhållning, social integration, naturkapital och filantropiska kapital. Mångfalden av sektorer och länder gjorde det möjligt för oss att ta hänsyn till kontextuella skillnader och utveckla en internationell syn på sociala hållbarhets begrepp som är relevanta för samhällen.

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NORDSTRÖM, CAROLINA, und FORSBERG IDA STENBERG. „Modelling the national electricity system of Rwanda : Contribution to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7“. Thesis, KTH, Energiteknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-233233.

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För att ett samhälle ska utvecklas på ett modernt och framgångsrikt sätt är elektricitet en grundläggande faktor. Tillgång till elektricitet förhöjer levnadsstandarden för befolkningen genom att generera positiva synergieffekter såsom att fler utbildar sig, ekonomisk tillväxt och stabilitet, förbättrad välfärd och internationella samarbeten. När den globala populationstillväxten och användningen av elektricitet ökar blir det av ännu större betydelse att andelen förnyelsebara bränslen i energimixen blir större för att inte påskynda den negativa klimatförändringen. Rwanda är ett litet, kustlöst land i Östafrika med ambitiösa planer om att förse sin befolkning, om 11.9 miljoner, med elektricitet år 2024 och att bli en ekonomi med låga koldioxidutsläpp. Idag har endast 41% av befolkningen tillgång till elektricitet, där 30% är uppkopplade till det nationella elnätet och 11% förses med elektricitet från fristående ellösningar eller mikronät. Rwanda arbetar med nationella policys såsom Vision 2020, Energy Sector Strategic Plan and National Energy policy för att uppnå sina nationella mål. Dessa strategier inkluderar också Förenta Nationernas globala mål och andra internationella åtaganden. Rwanda är också medlem i det gränsöverskridande samarbetet Eastern African Power Pool, vilket kommer förbättra deras framtida möjligheter för handel med elektricitet med sina grannländer. Denna studie syftar till att analysera den nationella elsektorn i Rwanda, både det nuvarande läget och framtida prognoser, för att bidra till landets arbete mot det Globala Målet 7 - Hållbar energi för alla. Ett övergripande mål med studien är att finna en fördelaktig energimix för Rwandas samhälle, miljö och ekonomi. Målsättningen är att samla in data om elsystemet och nationella policys genom en fältstudie i Kigali. Insamlad data sammanställs sedan och sju scenario modelleras genom att använda verktyget OSeMOSYS via gränssnittet MoManI. Scenarierna speglar Rwandas arbete med nationella policys, potentiell export samt hur energimixen påverkas när priset på fotovoltaik reduceras. Resultatet påvisar vattenkraftens betydande roll i Rwandas elsystem och hur den i majoriteten av scenarierna utgör den största andelen av energimixen. De exportscenarios som är kombinerade med nationella policys genererar en högre total systemkostnad medan de med enbart export antingen genererar motsvarande utfall som i grundscenariot eller aningen lägre total systemkostnad. I fyra av sju scenarier får befolkningen tillgång till elektricitet år 2024 och mål 7 uppnås. Baserat på denna studie behöver Rwanda begränsa sina koldioxidutsläpp, investera mer i förnyelsebara energikällor och expandera sitt nationella elnät samt förse befolkningen på landsbygden med fristående ellösningar eller mikronät för att nå mål 7.
For a society to function in a modern and prosperous way, electricity is a fundamental necessity. Access to electricity enhances the living standard of the population by generating positive synergies such as more people proceeding in education, economic growth and stability, improved welfare and collaborations with other nations. As the global population grows and the use of electricity increases, it is of great importance to increase the share of renewable energy resources in the energy mix to decelerate the climate change altered by greenhouse gas emissions. Rwanda is a small, landlocked country in East Africa with ambitious plans to electrify its full population of about 11.9 million by 2024 and to become a low-carbon economy. Today merely 41% of the population has access to basic electricity, where 30% are connected to the national grid and 11% are electrified by off-grid solutions. Rwanda is working with national strategies such as Vision 2020, Energy Sector Strategic Plan and National Energy policy to achieve their goals. These policies comprise, among others, United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. Rwanda is also a member of the Eastern African Power Pool, which enhances their future possibilities of expanded collaboration with neighbouring countries in terms of electricity trading. This study aims to analyse the national electricity sector of Rwanda, both the current state and future outlooks, to contribute to their achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy for All (SDG 7). The overall aim of the study is to find an energy mix which benefit Rwanda’s society, environment and economy. The objective of the thesis is to collect data about Rwanda’s electricity system and national policies through a field study in Kigali. The collected data is then compiled, and seven scenarios are modelled by using the tool OSeMOSYS through MoManI. The scenarios portray Rwanda’s work with national policies, potential exports and how the energy mix is affected when the price for photovoltaic decreases. The results show the importance of hydropower in Rwanda’s electrification system and how it in the majority of the scenarios constitutes for the largest share in the energy mix. The exports scenarios combined with national policies have a higher total system cost while scenarios with merely exports have either the same total system cost as the business as usual scenario or a bit lower. In four out of seven scenarios electricity access for all inhabitants is ensured by 2024 and SDG 7 is achieved. Based on this study, Rwanda needs to limit their national emissions, invest in more renewables and expand the national grid as well as providing rural areas with off-grid solutions to achieve SDG 7.

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Dahllöf, Cecilia, und Grisilda Pergjegji. „The Pressure is on : Exploring nurses´ experiences of working with hypertension prevention in Vietnam“. Thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ, Avd. för omvårdnad, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44309.

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Background: Hypertension is the biggest contributor to the global burden of disease, and has a big impact on low-to middle-income countries. Nurses are important actors in disease prevention and health promotion which is typically used to prevent hypertension. Vietnam is a middle-income country with elaborate hypertension problems. Aim: The aim of this study is to explore nurses´ experiences of working with hypertension (HT) prevention in Vietnam. Method: This is a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews and content analysis. Result: Challenges, methods and perceptions from the experiences of working as a nurse with HT prevention were identified. Lack of equipment, methods and funds, and to help the patient change bad habits were the main challenges. Conclusion: Nurses in Vietnam experience many challenges in their work to prevent HT. The challenges include lack of education, resources and difficulties to help people change behaviour. Few opportunities were perceived by the nurses. Further research is needed to explore the situation of nurses working with HT prevention, and what needs to be done on different levels to facilitate their work.

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Engwall, Mikaela. „Agenda 2030 for sustainable development and the role of companies : A human right based approach to sustainable development“. Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-351840.

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The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the understanding of human rights in Agenda 2030 and the role of companies by adopting a human rights-based approach to sustainable development. It applies a qualitative idea analysis of the primarily material where central concepts are operationalized by constructing a model of analysis based on dimensions. The dimensions of human rights as moral, politics and law, derives from previous research by the ethical theorist Elena Namli. A potential fourth dimension, the economic dimension of human rights, is further developed, applying research of the economists Dan Seymour and Jonathan Pincus. Furthermore, this research considers what Agenda 2030 indicates in terms of human rights obligations for companies and the impacts the perceived role of companies may have for human rights. Therefore, the theoretical framework is complemented by research of the political theorist Thomas Pogge's, and international lawyer Andrew Clapham’s ideas of human rights obligations for companies. The results show that Agenda 2030 encourages a multi-stakeholder approach and addresses companies as partners in order to achieve a sustainable development based on human rights. This can be regarded as an opportunity to enhance the respect, protection and fulfillment of human rights, inviting more actors to contribute in a complementary way to states. At the same time challenges remains in creating policies, accountability and monitoring mechanisms towards companies bothin terms of human rights and companies’ performance on the SDGs. Until there is more legal clarity, the moral question of what is good and fair business practice becomes central.

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Angelstam, Mikael. „A Future in Sustainable Development : Backcasting the SDGs“. Thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys (fms), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-211256.

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In 2015 the 17 Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by 193 member states of the United Nations. The SDGs are highly ambitious and their underlying processes are interconnected by causal relationships. Work towards fulfilling them therefore requires considering how solutions for one goal will impacts others. In this study target-oriented backcasting is applied to examine set goals in the future, as well as to determine the current state and trends of development. This is done in an effort to determine conflicts between targets and resource limitations of future development. The findings suggest that the current paradigm of giving GDP growth highest societal priority, leads to a causal relationship where development occurs at the expense of sustainability at the global level. In order to overcome this, the fulfilment of the SDGs has to be given higher priority than the size and growth rate of the GDP.
Under 2015 antogs de 17 globala hållbarhetsmålen av 193 medlemsstater i Förenta Nationerna. Målen är väldigt ambitiösa och deras underliggande processer sammanlänkar dem via orsakssamband. Arbetet med att uppfylla målen kräver därför att hänsyn tas till hur tänkta lösningar till ett mål i sin tur påverkar de övriga. I den här studien tillämpas target-oriented backcasting för att undersöka de uppsatta framtida målen, samt hur utvecklingen i dagsläget förhåller sig till dessa. Detta görs som ett försök att identifiera konflikter mellan de uppsatta målen, samt mot den begränsade mängden naturresurser som finns tillgänglig för framtida utveckling. Resultaten tyder på att under det rådande paradigmet där BNP tillväxt ges högsta prioritet i samhället, leder detta till ett orsakssamband där samhällsutveckling sker på bekostnad av långsiktig hållbarhet på global nivå. För att kunna komma runt detta krävs att uppfyllandet av de globala hållbarhetsmålen prioriteras över ekonomins storlek och tillväxt avseende BNP.

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Modigh, Nicole. „True colours of Nepal : A minor field study on the Nepalease dyeing industry“. Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggande, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-41974.

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This research was a minor field study that took place during eight weeks in Kathmandu, Nepal, with a research focus on the country’s dyeing industry. Methods like qualitative interviews, observation, and analyses through the connections to the UN’s sustainable development goals was used to meet the research aim and objectives. The objectives of the research were to clarify what areas that are slowing down and what areas are creating opportunities for sustainable development within the industry. To identify these areas could be one part of knowing how and where change has to be made to achieve a more sustainable dyeing industry in Nepal. There are mainly three different ways to work with dyeing in Nepal; AZO dyeing, AZO free dyeing, and natural dyeing. Each technique comes with different issues and benefits connected to them, some on a more socio-economic level and some health-related. The established industry is more or less a lawless industry, with an absence of knowledge about the connected environmental and health effects. Due to a rough history of poverty and natural disasters, the industry is until today neglected and the issues connected has not been prioritised. Today the industry is driven by the market and at the same time anchored by governmental corruption and outdated methods, which makes it hard for the industry to build its value and to develop sustainably. This sector is connected to the UN’s sustainable development goals 4,6,9 & 12 and their targets. However, today the industry awareness about the goals are low, and the lack of defined action in the government's plan for implementing the sustainable development goals states that they will not be a driving force towards a more sustainable dyeing industry. Awareness and customer demand is what is expected to move the industry towards a more sustainable future, according to the interviews. Nepal's dying industry does not have the bad reputation that other countries nearby have, which opens up for opportunities. But for the industry to be able to handle this opportunity, more accurate and a more in-depth research has to be made, to more clearly appreciate what the industry looks like today, since it is missing data. It would also mean that the government has to acknowledge the situation and clean up its act to make it easier for businesses to grow in a sustainable way.

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Rodríguez, Medina Samuel. „Multi-Label Text Classification with Transfer Learning for Policy Documents : The Case of the Sustainable Development Goals“. Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-395186.

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We created and analyzed a text classification dataset from freely-available web documents from the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. We then used it to train and compare different multi-label text classifiers with the aim of exploring the alternatives for methods that facilitate the search of information of this type of documents. We explored the effectiveness of deep learning and transfer learning in text classification by fine-tuning different pre-trained language representations — Word2Vec, GloVe, ELMo, ULMFiT and BERT. We also compared these approaches against a baseline of more traditional algorithms without using transfer learning. More specifically, we used multinomial Naive Bayes, logistic regression, k-nearest neighbors and Support Vector Machines. We then analyzed the results of our experiments quantitatively and qualitatively. The best results in terms of micro-averaged F1 scores and AUROC are obtained by BERT. However, it is also interesting that the second best classifier in terms of micro-averaged F1 scores is the Support Vector Machines, closely followed by the logistic regression classifier, which both have the advantage of being less computationally expensive than BERT. The results also show a close relation between our dataset size and the effectiveness of the classifiers.

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Bhalerao, Akash, Sjaak Louwerse, Michael Tei Quarmyne und Dan Ritchie. „Social Innovation Hubs Supporting Social Entrepreneurs: Strategically Adopting the SDGs towards Sustainability“. Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18253.

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a well-known and comprehensive framework for sustainable development. However due to the overlapping and interrelated nature of the goals, action towards one goal can positively or negatively contribute to another.Social innovation hubs including Impact Hub and Centre for Social Innovation use the SDGs to support social entrepreneurs to have a positive impact. Document analysis and interviews with 15 practitioners from these hubs informed the research on how the organizations perceive and contribute to sustainability, how they integrate the SDGs, and the challenges and benefits with using the SDGs. Based on that, this research has developed five recommendations for social innovation hubs to: 1) Define Sustainability; 2) Enhance Visioning; 3) Design co-creative programs; 4) Define Impact;and 5) Communicate Impact. While other elements of the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD) could be used to complement the SDGs, the Sustainability Principles (SPs) of the FSSD are recommended as a definition for sustainability.

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Skoog, Gustav. „A Closer Look at What Sweden is Doing to Achieve SDG 13“. Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279294.

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Climate change and its impacts are currently affecting countries all around the world. Sweden is facing an increased risk of landslides, floods and a rising sea level that will cause major damage to infrastructure in the future. Sustainable Development Goal number 13 aims to mitigate these risks and others by strengthening different climate adaptation systems and reducing human impact on the environment. The overall purpose of this study was to investigate Sweden’s commitment to goal 13 and review the progress so far. In addition, it aimed to identify what national climate initiatives are in place and how integrated the goal is at the local level. Through official documents from the Swedish government and the United Nations, scientific research articles, and interviews with involved actors at the local level, a detailed overview of Sweden’s work on sustainable development goal 13 was produced. The research showed that Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goal 13 are well integrated in the different levels of governance, and recent initiatives are leading Sweden in the right direction to reaching the different targets set by the goal. However, certain areas within Sweden’s climate work seem to still lack proper guidance and will require changes in the near future if more progress is to be made. Consumption-based emissions produced outside of Sweden’s borders remain high, a specific national climate scenario has not been elaborated and municipalities sometimes appear to lack the necessary resources and support to effectively plan for climate change. In addition, it became apparent that the sub targets for goal number 13 in some cases did not have clear indicators. This ultimately limited to what extent Sweden’s progress could be identified and measured with respect to these targets.
Klimatförändringen påverkar för närvarande länder runt om hela världen. Sverige står inför en ökad risk för jordskred, översvämningar och en stigande havsnivå som kommer att orsaka stora skador på infrastrukturen i framtiden. Mål 13 för hållbar utveckling siktar på att mildra konsekvenserna genom att stärka olika klimatanpassningssystem och minska människors påverkan på miljön. Det övergripande syftet med denna studie var att undersöka Sveriges engagemang för mål 13 och framstegen hittills. Dessutom skulle studien identifiera vilka nationella klimatinitiativ som fanns och hur integrerat mål 13 var på lokal nivå. Genom officiella dokument från den svenska regeringen och FN, vetenskapliga forskningsartiklar, och intervjuer med involverade aktörer på lokal nivå, producerades en detaljerad översikt av Sveriges arbete med hållbarhetsmål 13. Forskningen visade att Agenda 2030 och mål 13 är väl integrerade i de olika nivåerna. Med de initiativ som nyligen genomförts verkar Sverige vara på väg i rätt riktning för att uppnå de olika delmålen under hållbarhetsmål 13. Vissa områden inom Sveriges klimatarbete förefaller dock fortfarande sakna lämplig vägledning och kan komma att kräva förändringar inom en snar framtid om mer framsteg ska kunna uppnås. Konsumtionsbaserade utsläpp producerade utanför Sveriges gränser är fortfarande höga, ett specifikt nationellt klimatscenario har inte utarbetats och kommuner anser sig ibland sakna nödvändiga resurser och stöd för att effektivt planera för klimatförändringar. Dessutom försvårades arbetet på lokal nivå av att delmålen för mål nummer 13 i vissa fall inte hade tydliga indikatorer. Detta begränsade i slutändan i vilken utsträckning Sveriges framsteg kunde identifieras och mätas med avseende på dessa mål.

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Aberle, Nathalie, und Mayke Martijntje Hoekstra. „Resilience Based Crisis Management in Public Educational Institutions at the Time of Global Pandemic of COVID-19 : The Implication for Ensuring SDG 4“. Thesis, Malmö universitet, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-18454.

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Purpose: The pursuance of the sustainable development goals, introduced by the United Nations in2015, is of absolute necessity to build a sustainable future. Resilience-based crisis management helps tosustain an organisation and pursue its goal during crises. The aim of this research was to explore thestatus quo of resilience-based crisis management within public primary- and secondary schools in theNetherlands during school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the aim was todiscover which measures were in place to safeguard the provision of SDG 4. The exploration took placeto observe the adaptation capabilities within the educational sector, which could safeguard the provisionof SDG 4. Methodology: The aim was pursued by a qualitative approach. 17 semi-structured interviews with 18people were conducted during the time of the immediate Coronavirus crisis. All interviewees heldpositions within the crisis management of primary- and secondary schools in the Netherlands. Theinterviews were then analysed by the two researchers using thematic content analysis. Results: The results suggest that:(a) Crisis management structures in the schools foster resilience, yet, leave room for improvement;(b) Crisis management processes to foster resilience are present in the schools, however, the extentvaries and especially the pre-crisis actions were limited;(c) The sustainable development goals, especially the content of SDG 4, are little known in the schools;(d) Actions and measures to provide equitable and qualitative education during the temporary schoolclosures are in place. Implications: This research adds to the young field of crisis management within schools during schoolclosures as well as the provision of SDG 4 during crises through resilience-based crisis management.Since this research is of exploratory nature, many future research opportunities derive from this research.Furthermore, it discovered the strengths and challenges of the Dutch primary and secondary educationsector and gives room for development through education on SDG 4 and resilience-based crisismanagement.

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McNamara, Maureen. „Measuring and Analyzing Accessibility to Green-Blue Areas and Public Transportation : A study of Stockholm’s progress in achieving the United Nations Agenda 2030’s SDG 11“. Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254364.

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The rapid urbanization of populations from rural areas to cities calls for more sustainable focused urban planning to combat the negative effects of urban sprawl. The United Nations’ Agenda 2030 includes the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets that aim to unite both developed and developing countries in transforming humanity and the planet for a more sustainable future. One of these goals is SDG 11, making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. A large part in achieving the targets of SDG 11 is measuring the current access urban residents have to things such as public green-blue spaces as well as public transportation. This thesis will aim to study Stockholm’s achievement of SDG 11 sub-targets 11.2 and 11.7 of Agenda 2030. In order to meet this aim, the following objectives will be pursued. The first objective is to study the degree to which Stockholm County currently has universal access to green-blue areas and public transportation by conducting a GIS-based analysis. The second objective is to improve our understanding of the socio-economic status of residents who have and do not have accessibility to green-blue areas and public transportation by statistically analyzing correlations between environmental and socio-economic indicators. The methodology included qualitative methodologies such as a literature review, interviews and collaborative focus group meetings with Södertörnsanalysen as well as quantitative methodologies such as spatial analysis and statistical analysis. The results show that while Stockholm has impressively high accessibility for its residents, it has yet to meet Agenda 2030 SDG 11targets 11.2 and 11.7 because the accessibility was not universal. The results also found that people with lower income, people who own their flats/homes and people with children have higher accessibility to green areas. It was also shown that people with higher income, people who rent their flats/homes and have no children have higher access to public transportation.This result can be expected as the bulk of people with higher incomes are living in the innercity where they have high access to urban services and rail stops, but not necessarily green areas. It is important to state that at 300 m from residencies, both access to green areas and access to public transportation is almost 100%. At 500 m from residencies, access to blueareas is close to 35 %, which is not almost complete, but still a high percentage since access to blue areas is a bit of a luxury. This thesis ultimately demonstrates the importance of understanding environmental and socio-economic indicators in urban planning especially if the goals of Agenda 2030 are to be met. This thesis also took steps towards building a methodology for quantifying accessibility and it is recognized that further studies can be conducted to further contribute to sustainable urban planning and development.
Den snabba urbaniseringen där människor flyttar från landsbygden till städer kräver en mer hållbar stadsplanering för att bekämpa de negativa effekterna av stadsutbredningen. FN:sAgenda 2030 innehåller 17 mål för hållbar utveckling (Sustainable Development Goals, SDG) och 169 delmål som syftar till att förena både utvecklade och utvecklingsländer i att omvandla mänskligheten och planeten för en mer hållbar framtid. Ett av dessa mål är SDG 11, vilket ska göra städer och mänskliga bosättningar inkluderande, säkra, resilient och hållbara. En stor del i att uppnå målen med SDG 11 handlar om den nuvarande tillgången stadsborna har till bland annat offentliga gröna och blå ytor samt kollektivtrafik. Arbetet syftar till att studera Stockholms måluppfyllelse när det gäller SDG 11 delmål 11.2 och 11.7 i Agenda 2030. Föratt mäta uppfyllelsen av dessa delmål har studien följande mål. Det första målet är att studera i vilken grad Stockholms län idag har allmän tillgång till gröna och blå områden och kollektivtrafik genom att genomföra en GIS-baserad analys. Det andra målet är att förbättra vår förståelse för den socioekonomiska statusen hos boende som har respektive inte har tillgång till gröna och blå områden och kollektivtrafik genom att statistiskt analysera sambandet mellan miljöinriktade och socioekonomiska indikatorer. Metoden innefattade kvalitativa metoder som litteraturöversikt, intervjuer och samverkande fokusgruppsmöten med Södertörnsanalysen samt kvantitativa metoder som rumslig analys och statistisk analys. Resultaten visar att medan Stockholm har imponerande hög tillgänglighet för sina invånare, har det ännu inte uppfyllt Agenda 2030 SDG 11 mål 11.2 och 11.7 eftersom det visades att tillgängligheten inte var universell. Resultaten visar också att personer med lägre inkomst, personer som äger sina lägenheter/hem och personer med barn har högre tillgänglighet till grönområden. Det visades också att personer med högre inkomst, personer som hyr sina lägenheter/hem och inte har barn har högre tillgång till kollektivtrafik. Detta resultat kan förväntas eftersom en stor andel personer med högre inkomster bor i innerstaden där de har hög tillgång till kollektivtrafik och urban service, men inte nödvändigtvis grönområden. På ett avstånd av 300 m från bostäder, är både tillgång till grönområden och tillgång tillkollektivtrafik nästan 100 %. Vid ett avstånd av 500 m från bostäder är tillgången till blåområden nära 35 % vilket är långt ifrån alla, men fortfarande en hög andel eftersom tillgång till vattenområden och stränder kan ses som lite av en lyx. Denna studie visar dessutom vikten av att förstå miljö- och socioekonomiska indikatorer i stadsplaneringen, särskilt om målen i Agenda 2030 ska uppfyllas. Denna studie tog också initiativ till att bygga en metod för att kvantifiera tillgängligheten, medan vidare studier behöver genomföras för att ytterligare bidra till stadsplanerings- och utvecklingssektorn.

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Bonatti, Michelle Verfasser], Klaus [Gutachter] [Müller, Marcel [Gutachter] Robischon und Cristina [Gutachter] Plencovich. „Social learning and community-based strategies to promote Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) / Michelle Bonatti ; Gutachter: Klaus Müller, Marcel Robischon, Cristina Plencovich“. Berlin : Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2018. http://d-nb.info/118517561X/34.

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Cotte, Jonathan. „The implementation of development technologies and the future of drones : The way forward with sustainable technological solutions through a focus on drones and the SDGs“. Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100239.

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The chase for technological advancements is a train which the whole world wants to catch in order to streamline and expand on the current systems found within each respective society. New technological solutions are constantly being invented and re-invented for the purpose of accommodating to new development strategies. But much of the systems being introduced in the development sector are not well known by the general public, and examples of practical solutions and the importance of local adaptation are often left behind promises of prosperity and revenue. To understand how to implement localized technological solutions is through this paper realized to be one of the first steppingstones that will lay the foundation for development. Drones have become a worldwide sensation, known for its versatile and adaptable nature and now being introduced in even more areas never thought of before. By being involved with healthcare, security, agriculture, transport, military, observation and humanitarian assistance have made drones a lucrative solution that many seek to incorporate. This thesis explores some of the applications listed above through a structured focus comparison of case studies in order to expand the knowledge about drones as a sustainable development solution, while also exploring the importance and challenges in the implementation of similar solutions. By using the Technology Justice framework, we will be able to understand how the solutions can be sustainable and acquire longevity in development projects when used as a solution to reach development. We can see the importance of the local context and how the lack of it can cause the projects to collapse even before they begin. Let us embark on a journey taking us through the present day of technological solutions and the implementation of them to understand how to make them right.

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Berkley, Lisa A. „A Case Study: The Role of Compassionate Cities, Healthy Cities, and UN Sustainable Development Goals in City Leadership and Planning“. Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1582819813185475.

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Aytav, Esra Nihan. „Familjecentralernas jämställdhetsarbete för ett hållbart samhälle : En studie av familjecentralers jämställdhetsarbete utifrån ett professionsperspektiv“. Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-104813.

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 and consists of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainable development was adopted in 2003 as an overall objective of Swedish government policy. This study focuses more closely on gender-equal parenting as an aspect of social sustainability. According to the Swedish government’s national policy on gender equality, the work of family centers must be characterized by a gender equality perspective as a step towards creating social sustainability. However, several studies show that female dominance in family centers, together with traditional norms linked to parenthood, entails a challenge related to the pursuit of equal parenthood. For example, fathers tend to feel excluded and not welcome in the center. Hence, this study especially aims to find out how family centers and their professionals work to create conditions for including fathers in their activities and thereby stimulate equal parenting. The study used a qualitative method with semi-structured interviews with a total of six interviewees at two family centers. The result shows that the personnel at the family centers are working for social sustainability diligently, in this case, gender-equal parenting. Still, the execution of the work varies between professionals and family centers. Therefore, it is safe to say that a national effort is needed to create greater equality in family centers' approach to gender-equal parenting.

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Haryati, Suci. „Lost and Found in the Age of Glocalization : A Framing Analysis of Indonesian Media in Reporting the SDGs“. Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Jönköping University, HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-47561.

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This is a study of how three national newspapers in Indonesia frame and build the frames of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reportage. Indonesia is one out of the 193 countries who signed the SDGs, which is a form of a globalization project. Using the Critical Discourse Analysis, several articles from Kompas, The Jakarta Post (the JP), and Media Indonesia (MI) are analyzed. By using Lecheller and de Vreese’s stages of framing model, findings of the CDA are then explained and put into the context of frame-building. CDA is also applied through interviewing the editors-in chief to apprehend the professional ideology of media institutions which influences the frame-building and the form of frames in the news. The study finds that frame in the news of the SDGs reportage in Kompas, MI, and the JP thematizing Indonesia’s achievements within three main themes namely gender equality, partnership, and environment. The introverted domestications with domestic outlook dominate the SDGs reportage. According to the editorial policy makers in the newspapers, the frame-building of frequent absence of the global outlook and extraverted domestication are influenced by the target readers (Kompas), reader’s occupation and limited human and financial resources (the JP), and the editorial policy of supporting the government (the JP and MI).

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Ahlstrand, Lucas, und Julia Armå. „Redovisningen av FN:s globala miljömål : En kvantitativ studie om samverkan mellan företagens egenskaper och redovisningen av FN:s globala miljömål“. Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-25736.

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Företag är idag ständigt granskade och kravet på att visa transparens blir mer och mer efterfrågat från företagets intressenter. Intressenters efterfrågan på kommunikation om hur företag arbetar med hållbarhet är inget undantag. Hållbarhetsredovisning är enligt svensk lagstiftning inte en speciellt detaljerad lag utan företag har stora möjligheter att kommunicera ut det som deras intressenter efterfrågar samt det som de själva önskar kommunicera. Under 2015 skapade FN Agenda 2030 som täcker vår världs stora ekonomiska, sociala och miljömässiga problem. Agenda 2030 grundas i 17 globala miljömål (SDG) som kan användas av företag och andra aktörer som ett redovisningsverktyg för att kommunicera deras ekonomiska, sociala och miljömässiga påverkan. Med detta som utgångspunkt har denna studie i syfte att undersöka hur företagens egenskaper samverkar med i vilken omfattning företagen redovisar SDG. Studien är en kvantitativ studie som med hjälp av en utformad bedömningsmall kodar 100 hållbarhetsrapporter hos företag noterade på Stockholmsbörsens mid och large caps listor. Med hjälp av bedömningsmallen skapades den beroende variabeln SDGpoäng som har använts för att testa samverkan med företagets egenskaper. Egenskaperna som testades var företagens storlek, lönsamhet, kapitalstruktur, könsfördelningen inom styrelsen och bransch. Genom statistiska tester kunde de givna hypoteserna besvaras och resultatet visar att egenskaperna storlek och bransch samverkar med i vilken omfattning företag redovisar SDG. Resultatet visar att branschen råvaror och material redovisar SDG i högst omfattning samtidigt som branscherna finans och hälsovård redovisar SDG i lägst omfattning. Studiens resultat bidrar till teorin om hur företagens egenskaper samverkar med redovisningen av frivillig hållbarhetsinformation.
Companies today are constantly audited and the requirement to show transparency is becoming more and more in demand from the stakeholders. The external demand for communication from the companies about how they work with sustainability is no exception. Sustainability reporting is, according to Swedish legislation, not a particularly detailed law so companies have a great opportunity to communicate what the stakeholders demand and what they themselves wish to communicate. In 2015, the UN created Agenda 2030, which covers our world's major economic, social and environmental problems. Agenda 2030 is based on the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that can be used by companies and other organizations as an accounting tool to communicate their economic, social and environmental impact. With this as a starting point, this study aims to investigate how the companies' characteristics interact with the extent to which the companies report SDG. This study is a quantitative study that, with the help of a designed assessment template, encodes 100 sustainability reports from companies listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange's mid and large caps lists. By using the assessment template, the dependent variable SDGpoäng was created, which has been used to test collaboration with the company's characteristics. The tested characteristics were the size of the companies, profitability, capital structure, gender distribution within the board and industry. Through statistical tests, the given hypotheses could be answered and the results show that the characteristics size and industry interact with the extent to which companies report SDG. The results show that the industry Basic materials reports SDG to the highest extent, while industries of finance and healthcare report to the lowest extent. The results of the study contribute to the theory of how companies' characteristics interact with the reporting of voluntary sustainability information. The study is written in Swedish.

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Jaffer, Taskeen. „Women’s rights are human rights – a review of gender bias in South African tax law“. Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80447.

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The role of taxation in gender inequality is something that is perhaps not considered earnestly enough. Both in South Africa and within the context of global initiatives such as the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which are aimed at eradicating all forms of gender-based discrimination, the importance of understanding the gender consequences of tax policy, whether intended or not, should not be underestimated. This study seeks to identify whether or not there are any instances where South Africa’s personal income tax laws have an effect which is potentially inconsistent with both the Constitutional right to equality between genders and international gender equality agreements to which South Africa is bound, namely the CEDAW and the SDG. In doing so, determine whether South Africa’s personal income tax legislation should become a focal point in this regard and be one of the pillars that could further be used as a means to uphold and further the cause of substantive gender equity.
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Baiocchi, Gianmarco. „Design e sviluppo di un'app mobile con AR per promuovere i SDGs“. Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2020. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/21582/.

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Negli ultimi anni, la sostenibilità è diventata una tematica sempre più importante e argomento di discussione per molte persone. L’Università di Bologna ha contribuito all’informazione e l’educazione dei propri studenti riguardo alla sostenibilità, in particolare porta avanti insegnamenti e progetti di ricerca basati sugli obiettivi dello sviluppo sostenibile. Questi ultimi sono anche chiamati SDGs, acronimo di Sustainable Development Goals, e descrivono i 17 obiettivi stilati nell’Agenda 2030, un programma definito e pubblicato dall’ONU che si ha l’intento di portare a compimento entro l’anno 2030. Dall’opportunità data dalla progettazione del parco pubblico, che si troverà a fianco del nuovo campus universitario di Cesena, è nato il seguente progetto di tesi. Il progetto ha come obiettivo lo sviluppo di un’applicazione mobile con funzionalità di realtà aumentata per la sensibilizzazione ai SDGs. L’augmented reality (AR) ha negli ultimi anni compiuto passi giganteschi, riuscendo ad inoltrarsi in diversi ambiti, come ad esempio quello ludico, lavorativo e sportivo. Oltre a quelli appena citati, l’AR viene utilizzata nel contesto scolastico ed educativo, dove si dimostra essere utile e dilettevole. Per la realizzazione dell’app si è deciso di utilizzare React Native. Questo framework permette di implementare applicazioni mobile native sia per il sistema operativo Android che iOS con la scrittura di un unico codice sorgente. React Native permette quindi una riduzione considerevole del tempo di sviluppo mantenendo contemporaneamente prestazioni elevate dell’applicazione.

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Asana, Lydia. „Inclusion of the African Diaspora in Florida Nonprofit Organizations“. ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4905.

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Social and economic challenges in one part of the world influence budgets, security, health, and well being of populations globally as was the case with the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Deficits in healthcare, education, governance, and the economy in African nations result in financial and social contributions from the diaspora residing in the United States. Many African-born immigrants to Florida came with useful knowledge and experience from their home nations that could be a valuable resource in carrying out effective development initiatives. However, accessing that knowledge is challenging. The purpose of this research was to explore the inclusion of members of the African diaspora community in Florida nonprofit development initiatives. The transnational theory of migration underpinned the following research question: What are barriers to, and opportunities for, including members of the African diaspora in Florida-based NPOs that carry out development programs in Africa? Semistructured interviews were conducted with Florida nonprofit leaders (N= 21) who have development projects in Africa. Manual and computer assisted methods using NVivo 11 were used to develop codes and themes for data analysis. Identified barriers to including African diaspora in NPOs included lack of established networks and organizational awareness as well as limited service areas, service locations, funding, and leadership roles. All respondents expressed interest in engaging with diaspora members and other nonprofit leaders via expat networks. Successful engagement with the African diaspora community could promote positive social change by improving program delivery, communication, and programmatic outcomes for a mutual impact in both African and Florida-based communities.

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Rüdén, Annie, Batool Banihani und Rana Jukhadar. „A Guide for citizen engagement when working with SDGs in municipal context“. Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18339.

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It is a growing belief that transitioning towards sustainable cities requires a wide citizen engagement, yet many local governments are not able to define how citizen engagement should be done. This research was conducted to assess municipalities’ effort in engaging citizens when working for sustainability. This study focuses on creating a strategic guide for municipalities to use when engaging citizens to work with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A systemic analysis approach was selected to examine the SDGs through the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, followed by a Value Stream Analysis for the SDGs. Then a mapping method used, where each SDG was linked to a level of citizen engagement on Arnstein’s ladder for citizen engagement (1969). A group interview for practitioners was held in Karlskrona Municipality in Sweden for an evaluation purpose. The results revealed a risk of misalignment for some SDGs, a relational matrix map was created where each SDG was related to a level of Arnstein’s ladder in a graphic visual, which can be used by the municipality as guide to choose the level of engagement for each SDG. A set of insights were revealed concerning the enablers and barriers for citizen engagement in municipal context.

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Saad, Pedro Fernandes. „Empresas eODS: priorizando as ações sustentáveis de maior retorno econômico, social e ambiental para a humanidade“. Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2018. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21547.

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Comprising 8 goals and 21 associated targets, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were in forcesincethe beginning of the millennium until2015, have produced good results. Although this success was not entirely due to the MDGs,but also to a number of other global favorable circumstances, such as China's accelerated growth in the period, significant reductions were observed in global indices such as extreme poverty, hunger, out-of-school children and child mortality. The 2030 Agenda, which has succeeded the MDGs since 2016, is composed of 17 Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) and 169 associated targets, representing a much greater ambition to be achieved in an equalperiod of 15 years. According to the United Nations DevelopmentProgram (UNDP), it is estimated that US$ 5-7 trillion will be needed to meet the SDGs, with a deficit of US$ 2.5 trillion in developing countries, an order of greatness above the assistance they receive from developed countries, in the order of billions. It is a consensus that this difference can only be covered through partnerships involving the UN, governments, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the private sector (companies and investors). This idea is advocatedby both market experts and the UN itself. Since the creation of the United Nations Global Compact in 2000, UNhas discussed partnerships every two years in the General Assemblies and has dedicated SDG17 to specifically deal with the partnerships to achieve the other SDGs. In order to stimulate the active participation of companies in SDGs, incorporating sustainability into their value chains, the Global Compact has been active on several fronts, including the provision of Blueprint for Business Leadership in the SDGs (BBL), a guide that presents suggestions for possible actions and guidelines on how to implement them. However, these actions are presented qualitatively, without any kind of expected cost/benefit parameter that can help companies and investors in decision making. This is a matterthat the Copenhagen Consensus Center (CCC) addresses in the Post-2015 Consensus, suggesting the prioritization of SDGtargets based on a return perdollar invested ratio, although the return,in this case,is the benefit to people, the planetand prosperity. The objective of this work is to propose a method to assist companies in decision making regarding thechoice of sustainable actions to be carried out in partnership with governments, NGOs and the UN itself, as recommended by SDG17, taking into account the cost/benefit ratio in terms of return (for mankind) per dollar invested. For this, the actions listed by the CCC in the Post-2015 Consensusare taken as basis and, for those that can be executed by companies, the model proposed in the BBL by the Global Compact is applied. The aim is to enhance the impact of sustainable actions carried out by companies and to help the UN and its specialized agencies, programs and funds to select and prioritize the most impactful partnerships, thereby contributing to achieving the intended targets by 2030
Compostos por oito objetivos e 21 metas associadas, os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento do Milênio (ODM) da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU), que vigoraram do início do milênio até 2015, produziram bons resultados. Ainda que este sucesso não tenha sido integralmente devido aos ODM, mas também a uma série de outras conjunturas globais favoráveis, como o crescimento acelerado da China no período, foram observadas significativas reduções em índices globais como extrema pobreza, fome, crianças fora da escola e mortalidade infantil. A Agenda 2030, que sucedeu os ODM a partir de 2016, é composta por 17 Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) e 169 metas associadas, representando uma ambição muito maior para ser atingida em igual prazo de 15 anos. De acordo com o Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD), estima-se que serão necessários de US$ 5 a 7 trilhões para atingir os ODS, sendo que nos países em desenvolvimento há um déficit de US$ 2.5 trilhões. Trata-se deuma ordem de grandeza acima da assistência que eles recebem dos países desenvolvidos, na casa de bilhões. É consenso que esta diferença só pode ser coberta por meio de parcerias que envolvam a ONU, governos, Organizações Não-Governamentais (ONGs) e o setor privado (empresas e investidores). Esta ideia é defendida tanto por especialistas do mercado, como pela própria ONU, que desde a criação do Pacto Global das Nações Unidas, em 2000, discute o tema das parcerias a cada dois anos nas Assembleias Gerais, além de ter dedicado o ODS 17 para tratar especificamente das parcerias para o atingimento dos demais Objetivos. Para estimular a participação ativa das empresas nos ODS, incorporando a sustentabilidade em suas cadeias de valor, oPacto Global tem atuado em diversas frentes, dentre elas a disponibilização do Blueprint for Business Leadership on the SDGs(BBL), um guia que apresenta sugestões de possíveis ações e orientações de como implementá-las. Entretanto, essas ações são apresentadas qualitativamente, sem nenhum tipo de parâmetro de relação custo/benefícioesperada que possa auxiliar as empresas e investidores na tomada de decisão. Esta é uma questão que o Copenhagen Consensus Center (CCC) endereça no Post-2015 Consensus, sugerindo a priorização das metas dos ODS com base em umarelação de retorno por dólarinvestido, embora o retorno, neste caso, seja o benefício para as pessoas, o planeta e a prosperidade. O trabalho tem por objetivo propor um método para auxiliar as empresas na tomada de decisão em relação à escolha de ações sustentáveis a serem realizadas em parceria com governos, ONGs e a própria ONU, conforme preconiza o ODS 17, levando em consideração o fator custo/benefício em termos de retorno (para a humanidade) por dólar investido. Para isto, tomam-se por base as ações listadas pelo CCC no Post-2015 Consensuse, para aquelas que podem ser executadas por empresas, aplica-se o modelo proposto no BBL pelo Pacto Global. Pretende-se, desta forma, potencializar o impacto das ações sustentáveis executadas pelas empresas e ajudar a ONU e suas agênciasespecializadas,programas e fundos a selecionareme priorizaremas parcerias de maior impacto, contribuindo, desta forma, para o atingimento das metas pretendidas até 2030

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Soares, Oliveira Thaís. „Businesses, the UN and decent work promotion: a case study of H&M, ILO and Sida’s engagement in Cambodia“. Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-341915.

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Some retail companies have been facing boycotts and negative criticism due to their association with sweatshop practices and human rights scandals. In order to deal with such criticism, it has become common for these garment sector businesses to implement corporate responsibility projects in countries in which their independent suppliers are located. These projects fall within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework, more specifically on how the private sector can contribute to the achievement of the 8th goal, which is related to decent work and economic growth. In this sense, this work analyzes how the understanding of problems related to work processes influence the design and outcome of an initiative partially implemented by the private sector. A project implemented in Cambodia by H&M, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) was used as case study.

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Anderson, Pia. „Miljöetiska perspektiv på offentlig upphandling“. Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-425822.

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There are directives for how public procurement should be conducted, in terms of quality,price, non-discrimination, transparency, equal treatment, reasonable requirements and how environmental, social and labor law considerations should be taken into account. Public procurement must also solve societal problems with the aim of achieving the global goals, but despite these guidelines, environmental ethical problems still remain for how a purchaser should prioritize and evaluate between the social, ecological and economic responsibility in public procurement. The purpose was to investigate whether environmental ethics could make a significant contribution in highlighting and understanding the environmental ethical challenges, conflicts, gaps and considerations that public procurement faces and provide answers to how public procurement should ethically value different tenders in order to be able to choose the supplier that makes the greatest social, ecological and economic benefit to society with the aim of achieving the global goals. The conclusion is that doctor Olle Torpman's environmental ethical sub-issues make the ethical challenges, as conflicts, gaps and considerations that public procurement faces visible and comprehensible. The application of the ethics of sustainable development, specified by professor Mikael Stenmark, solves the environmental ethics problems and shows that an environmental ethics theory makes a significant contribution when it comes to providing answers to how public procurement should ethically value the social, ecological and economic responsibility in public procurement. The procurement authority has been commissioned by the government to amend the law on public procurement so that it is in line with the new climate law. I hope that this thesis can provide an environmental ethical perspective on public procurement. Keywords: sustainable purchases, sustainable public procurement, environmental ethics, evaluate sustainability in purchasing, sustainable development goals, public procurement shall solve societal problems.

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von, Schorlemer Sabine, Sylvia Maus und Felix Schmermer. „UNESCO World Heritage and the SDGs – Interdisciplinary Perspectives“. Technische Universität Dresden, 2020. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A71540.

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Pettersson, Tobar Rebecka. „A more sustainable Palm oil industry : A case study on the Government in Indonesia achieving SDGs number 8 and 13 with the help of the palm oil industry“. Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-98037.

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In 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and 169 dub-goals, for all United Nations member countries. The goals are referred to as Agenda 2030 which aims to be guidelines for the countries as well as deepen the commitments of implementation.This paper aims to identify opportunities for how the palm oil industry can, through a more sustainable way, help to achieve objectives of UN ́s goals number eight and thirteen, by examining how the government in Indonesia works. Goal number eight: Decent work and economic growth, and goal number thirteen: Climate action.The analysis has been conducted through a qualitative case study based on scientific articles and various documents.The method used is A political economic approach together with an stakeholders analysis, where all stakeholders seek to be identified. The Government of Indonesia is working towards more sustainable production of palm oil and is undertaken by several stakeholders on the way, for example, the implementation of Indonesian Sustainable Palm oil (ISPO), which the government of Indonesia has installed to make the palm oil industry somehow contribute to meeting the SDGs.

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Wallén, Camilla, und Kristina Kardell. „Framing Sustainability : A Qualitative Study of the Translation of the 2030 Agenda“. Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-355489.

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Following the increase of transnational organisations, global governance today is mainly relying on voluntary standards. One standard is the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This motivates a need to understand how such an idea unfolds within organisations and what impact global CSR standards have, leading to the research question: How are CSR standards deriving from global ideas translated into organisations and influencing sustainability activities? Based on a literature review of Scandinavian institutionalism, soft rules and standards, CSR, traveling of ideas, translation, identity and image, decoupling and aspirational talk, five assumptions were formulated as to what implications the standard might have. These are examined qualitatively through multiple case studies in the Swedish food industry using semi-structured interviews and examining CSR reports. The analysis find partial support for all assumptions. Main findings include the use of the 2030 Agenda mainly as a communication tool, constituting a common sustainability language and a platform for collaborations. The standard is thus interpreted as being symbolically translated. This open up possibilities for future research regarding the translation of standards and the implications of an facilitated way of framing sustainability work, adding the concept of symbolic translation to translation theory.

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Samadi, Dezfouli Sahba. „Who is left out? : Hidden Patterns of Birth Under-registration; A Case Study about Iran“. Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-60322.

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Universal full coverage of birth registration by 2030 is one of the sustainable development targets which itself is of great significance for the accomplishment of many development goals such as poverty eradication, inclusion, as well as improvement of several health factors. Despite the importance of this topic, not much academic attention has been paid to study the problem of birth under-registration from the perspective of development studies. This research studies the issue of birth under-registration through a case study of Iran. The four main questions of this research are the quantitative significance of the problem, the main causes of birth under-registration, the most affected social groups, and the main problematic domain of action, in the context of Iran. By utilizing an abductive content analysis method, this research aims to understand the problem, rather than proposing policy recommendations. This desk study uses secondary sources and almost all of the sources are of qualitative nature. It is not based on any pre-defined theory and therefore does not aim to generalize nor theorize the findings. It, however, is based on available theories for developing the analytical framework. The adopted analytical framework is Bottleneck analysis which is a method designed by UNICEF specifically for the purpose of birth registration programming and policy evaluation. Birth under-registration in Iran - compared to other countries in the region - turned out to be very low. The findings provide information on many good practices regarding birth registration programming and also about several areas in need of improvement in Iran. By applying the analytical framework to the findings, identified disincentives have been categorized in three domains of supply, demand, and enabling environment, and the significance of disincentives in each domain has been assessed. Based on the analysis, it can be concluded that almost all of the main causes of birth registration are of legal nature, especially patriarchal nationality laws. Also, it was found that the main risk groups were children of illegal immigrants, non-nationals, and unregistered parents, and the main problematic domain is found to be the domain of supply.

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Maher, Edmond. „How and why universal primary education was selected as a Millennium Development Goal : a case study“. Thesis, University of Bath, 2016. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687307.

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Between 2000 and 2015 the Millennium Development Goals were the focus of much global attention and activity. They were selected in light of astounding poverty, with over 1 billion people at the time living on less than $1 per day. In a sense the MDGs were morally undeniable. The focus of this study is MDG2, universal primary education. It sets out to establish how and why MDG2 came to be selected. Whilst its selection seems obvious, for years developing countries complained about the short-sightedness of prioritising primary over secondary and tertiary education (Klees 2008). A task force commissioned by the World Bank and UNESCO at the time showed that the Bank’s rate of return analysis on primary education was flawed. It argued that developing countries need highly educated people to be economic and social entrepreneurs, develop good governance, strong institutions and infrastructure. In this way MDG2’s selection is problematic. Using case study method, first the literature is examined. Three hypotheses are generated: one based on a rational synoptic theory, one on critical theory and one on world society theory. A range of data are used to establish findings and test hypotheses. The study then considers implications of the findings for theory and the policy process. The findings show that priorities promoting more equal opportunities, such as MDG2, were gradually preferred. Whereas priorities promoting more equal outcomes, such as elimination of trade barriers, were gradually excluded. The study finds no evidence that the General Assembly ever voted on the list of 8 MDGs. Rather, the MDGs were selected by elite policy actors, addressing multiple interests. The study considers the assertion that marginalization of the poor does not happen because people harbor ill will toward them, rather because “The poor have no friends among the global elite” (Pogge 2011, p. 62).

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de, Barros Gelli Raquel. „EIAs in the Mining Industry: Analysis of the Use of Scientific Knowledge and the Incorporation of the SDGs“. Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-444520.

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Medeiros, Gabriel Londe. „Dos ODM aos ODS : o papel das cidades na agenda 2030“. Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19706.

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Mestrado em Desenvolvimento e Cooperação Internacional
Os modelos de desenvolvimento adotados desde os anos 1950s promoveram deslocamentos do campo em direção as cidades. Durante décadas esses deslocamentos de pessoas foram ignorados por estes modelos que não previram os impactos nas cidades. Esses deslocamentos acabaram por provocar o acirramento dos problemas e desafios nas cidades. A Cooperação Descentralizada, instrumento pela qual os atores subnacionais cooperavam entre si, tem possibilitado a troca de experiências e práticas, para lidar com esses problemas e desafios. No início do século XXI é lançada a Agenda do Milênio (2000-2015). No entanto, apesar das expectativas, as cidades acabaram por não ser inseridas nesta agenda. A partir da nova Agenda 2030 para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável lançada em 2016, e para ser implementada até 2030, é que as cidades emergem como atrizes centrais. Este trabalho final de mestrado (TFM) analisa de forma crítica as razões que explicam a centralidade das cidades nesta nova agenda global dos ODS em um contexto de crescente interdependência entre os atores e ampliação da Cooperação Descentralizada.
The development models adopted since the 1950s have promoted displacements from the countryside to the cities. For decades, these displacements of people were ignored by those models that did not predict impacts on cities. The consequences of these displacements were the intensification of problems and challenges in cities. Decentralized Cooperation, an instrument through which subnational actors cooperate with each other, has enabled the exchange of experiences and practices to deal with these problems and challenges. At the beginning of the 21st century the Millennium Declaration (2000-2015) is launched. However, despite expectations, cities were not included in this agenda. From the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development launched in 2016, and to be implemented by 2030, cities emerge as central actresses. This final Master's work critically analyzes the reasons that explain the centrality of cities in this new global agenda of SDGs in a context of increasing interdependence between actors and expansion of Decentralized Cooperation.
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Jakobsson, Emelie, und Jennifer Stenmark. „Långsiktigt hållbar utveckling inom nordisk skogsindustri : En kvalitativ studie av varuproducerande företag som använder sig av råvaran trä“. Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för handel och företagande, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-20236.

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Bakgrund och problem: Diskussionen kring huruvida företag är hållbara och bidrar till en hållbar samhällsutveckling är mer aktuell än någonsin. Tidigare studier pekar på vikten av att uppnå ett företagande som går i linje med en långsiktigt hållbar utveckling. Skogsindustrin lyfts ofta fram som en viktig industri för att uppnå hållbarhet på sikt, men det finns kritik mot att industrin inte tar tillräcklig hänsyn till biologisk mångfald och klimatfrågan. Det krävs fortfarande ett omfattande arbete för att industrin ska bidra till en långsiktigt hållbar utveckling. De som använder sig av skogsråvara i sin produktion spelar en viktig roll som påverkare av tidigare led i försörjningskedjan. Syfte och metod: Denna studies syfte är att öka förståelsen för hur varuproducerande företag med trä som råvara ser på sitt ansvar för att sträva efter en långsiktigt hållbar utveckling inom nordisk skogsindustri. För att uppnå syftet antar denna studie en kvalitativ forskningsansats där insamlingsmetoden är semistrukturerade intervjuer med åtta respondenter från sex företag. Företagens syn på hållbarhet representeras av respondenternas beskrivning av företagens arbete med hållbarhet och synen på den nordiska skogsindustrin. Slutsatser: Företagen som befinner sig i mitten av den nordiska skogsindustrins försörjningskedja har en långsiktig hållbarhetssyn som stannar på mikronivå inom företaget. Företagen anser att de tar ansvar för hållbarhet genom att använda sig av olika hållbarhetscertifieringar, men de ser få anledningar till att utöka ansvaret utanför dessa ramar då de litar på standardernas reglerande funktion. Dessutom beskriver de deras möjlighet att påverka skogsbolagen till att använda sig av mer hållbara praktiker som begränsad och att detta ansvar i stället bör ligga hos tidigare led i försörjningskedjan såsom sågverk och massaföretag.
Background: The need to implement sustainable business practices is a growing concern given the current state of extensive environmental damage caused by the negative effects of industrialization. Previous studies indicate that fostering sustainable businesses and business practices is important to achieving long-term sustainable development across society. Forestry is frequently highlighted as an important industry that is poised as a key agent in remedying many environmental problems. However, several critics insist that the forestry industry fails to account for their impact on biodiversity and climate change. A comprehensive study of how the forestry industry can contribute to a sustainable future is necessary. Particularly pertinent to this discussion are businesses that use forest raw material in their production as key drivers of earlier stages in the supply chain. Purpose and method: The purpose of this study is to analyze how manufacturing businesses that use wood as a main raw material perceive their responsibility towards longterm sustainable development in Nordic forestry. This study takes a qualitative approach in which semi-structured interviews with eight respondents from six enterprises were collected and analyzed. From this sample of respondents’ description of the workplace’s measures towards sustainability, or lack thereof, and their view of the Nordic forestry industry, this study investigated what businesses understood was the extent of responsibility towards sustainability. Results and conclusion: The companies in the middle of the Nordic forestry’s supply chain have a long-run perception of sustainability which ends at a micro-level within the enterprise. These companies often believe that they act responsibly towards sustainability by observing and holding to sustainability certifications. However, these companies also do not see reason for implementing measures towards sustainability beyond these frameworks as they trust that these standards’ regulatory functions are sufficient. Furthermore, they describe their ability to influence forest owners and other companies within the forestry industry as limited. Instead, their perception is that more responsibility towards sustainable development in the Nordic forestry industry should lie with sawmills and pulp companies.

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Félix, Georgete Marques. „Implementação de um plano de sustentabilidade numa empresa do setor público: o caso da Companhia das Lezírias“. Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/29940.

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O presente projeto consiste na definição de uma estratégia de sustentabilidade numa empresa do setor público empresarial, a Companhia das Lezírias, S.A., cuja área setorial de atuação se concentra no agroflorestal e pecuário, tendo um vasto capital natural sob a sua gestão. O projeto académico tem uma aplicabilidade prática concreta, tendo sido desenvolvido em contexto organizacional real, o que permitiu identificar os maiores constrangimentos e desafios que se colocam a um projeto desta natureza e dimensão. A revisão bibliográfica incidiu sobre a importância do equilíbrio entre as dimensões económica, ambiental e social nas estratégias de sustentabilidade das empresas e a necessidade de alinhamento das mesmas com os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) estabelecidos na Agenda 2030 para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, bem como com o quadro global de resposta às alterações climáticas, no qual a agricultura e a silvicultura, a par do nível de exposição muito elevado, têm um papel fundamental na linha de atuação, quer pela mitigação, quer pela adaptação. Para definição da estratégia de sustentabilidade, foi utilizada a ferramenta SDG Compass, desenvolvida pela Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), pelo Pacto Global das Nações Unidas (UN Global Compact) e pelo World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), que permitiu identificar os ODS prioritários para a empresa, os quais constituem os eixos da estratégia definida, bem como o contributo das ações e atividades desenvolvidas para a realização dos mesmos. Quanto à componente de reporte de sustentabilidade, a estrutura nuclear segue as normas da Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), sendo complementada por outros referenciais, tal como as Diretrizes da Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ou as EU Guidelines on Reporting Climate-related Information, que pretendem refletir, quer especificidades setoriais, quer outros temas materiais para a empresa, tal como o risco climático; ABSTRACT: Implementation of a sustainability plan in a state-owned company: the case of Companhia das Lezírias This project consists on a definition of a sustainability strategy in a portuguese state-owned company, Companhia das Lezírias, S.A. wich operate on the agroforestry and livestok sectors and wich has a wide natural capital under its management. The academic project has a concrete practical applicability, having been developed in a real organizational context, which allowed the identification of the main constraints and challenges facing a project of this nature and dimension. The literature review focused on the importance of balancing the economic, environmental and social dimensions in corporate sustainability strategies, and the need to align them with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well as with the global framework for responding to climate change, in which agriculture and forestry have, in one hand a very high level of exposure, and in the other a fundamental role in the line of action, both for mitigation and adaptation. The sustainability strategy was defined using the SDG Compass tool, developed by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the United Nations Global Compact (UN Global Compact) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), which allowed identifying the priority SDGs for the company, which constitute the strategic center lines of the defined strategy, as well as the contribution of the actions and activities developed for their realization. Regarding the sustainability reporting component, the core structure follows the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), being complemented by other frameworks, such as the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Guidelines or the EU Guidelines on Reporting Climate-related Information, which aims to reflect both sector specificities and other material issues for the company, such as climate risk.

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Genttnerová, Kateřina. „Udržitelný rozvoj v mezinárodních firmách“. Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-359708.

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The main objective of this thesis is an evaluation of activities in multinational companies which lead to sustainable development. Furthermore, an analysis which aims to find out if these activities contribute to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) drawn up and approved by all member states of the United Nations in 2015. The theoretical part of the thesis introduces history starting with the industrial revolution and present situation in a globalized world. It explains specifics of apparel industry and sport apparel industry. It also presents individual SDGs, their meaning and the importance of all subjects being involved in their achieving, including private companies. The thesis evaluates how the three biggest multinational companies from sports apparel industry perceive the topic of sustainable development. These are adidas AG, NIKE, Inc. and Puma SE. In the analytical part, it evaluates their current and planned practices contributing to sustainable development, it compares them with the topics of SDGs and proposes measures that would help to successfully achieve them. The analysis shows that these three companies have already been engaging in the topic of sustainability. They take the SDGs into account but do not fully implement them in their business models yet. The company which has the most activities connected to sustainable development is adidas. Most of the activities these companies have are connected to the following goals: Responsible consumption and production, Clean water and sanitation and Partnership for the goals. There are several specific areas in the sports apparel industry that could be greatly improved. They are presented at the end of the thesis.

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Henriksen, Helene Elvira Berg. „Big Goals - Small Island: Will Fiji achieve sustainable food security? : Comparing the plans and policies built by the Fijian government under the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals“. Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-353071.

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This thesis examines how global development goals affect Fijian plans and policy strategies to achieve food security. The concept of food security is vast and complex, as several development issues contribute to the difficulty in achieving such security. It is therefore relevant to look at some of the dominating and underlying causes that challenge the possibility for Fiji to achieve food security. Built on previous theoretical and empirical evidence, this thesis identifies poverty and vulnerability as two dominant causes that hinder food security on Fiji. However, other causes, both internal and external, are recognised. Global development goals such as the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals have highly influenced the strategies built within Fijian plans and policies. Millennium Development Goal 1 and 7, and Sustainable Development Goal 1 and 2, are of particular interest to this study, as the different goals target the issues of poverty, vulnerability and hunger. Although the different goals all target the underlying causes of food insecurity, this thesis finds that they differ in influencing a focus on achieving sustainable food security. Therefore, as the aspects of poverty, vulnerability and food security are highly intertwined, this thesis examines how strategies tackling poverty and vulnerability reduction have influenced strategies on food security on Fiji. By comparing the plans and policies built in consistency with the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals, it has been possible to analyse whether such global goals have had an influence on addressing the underlying causes of food security on Fiji. Using the method of structured focused comparison in combination with an in-depth text analysis, structured questions have been built in order to analyse the chosen materials. The analysis has been conducted using information from different national plans found to be of relevance to the purpose of this study. The results show that goals with greater focus on social and environmental vulnerability, as well as long-term targets to eradicate poverty, provide a greater success in influencing a focus on food security in Fijian plans and policies. However, additional factors such as political instability, climate change and globalization need to be integrated into further studies on the chosen subject, in order to provide a greater understanding of how to achieve food security in a Pacific Small Island Developing State such as Fiji.

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Engström, Jonatan, und Usva Salvi. „Global goals in a local context: Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals - A case study“. Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21184.

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The purpose of this thesis is to explore a local organization’s adoption of global sustainability policy, in terms of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Agenda is a response to global sustainability challenges which require action by international cooperation and actors on all levels. For such a policy to fulfill its purpose, means of implementation must be ensured. This study aims to answer both why and how a small organization located in Malmö, Sweden, has adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, and what it implies for its operations. More specifically, the focus is on the perceptions of people involved in the selected case organization. These perceptions have been captured by interviews. In addition to the interviews, the case data also consists of a document that directs parts of the organization’s operations. Furthermore, to connect the global and local levels, the case data is supplemented with the 2030 Agenda. By conducting a thematic analysis, our main findings indicate that the SDGs are adoptable to a local organization, but that their main function seems to be to frame and legitimize already existing activities in a context of sustainable development.

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Abel, Guy, Bilal Barakat, Samir KC und Wolfgang Lutz. „Meeting the sustainable development goals leads to lower world population growth“. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1611386113.

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Here we show the extent to which the expected world population growth could be lowered by successfully implementing the recently agreed-upon Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs include specific quantitative targets on mortality, reproductive health, and education for all girls by 2030, measures that will directly and indirectly affect future demographic trends. Based on a multidimensional model of population dynamics that stratifies national populations by age, sex, and level of education with educational fertility and mortality differentials, we translate these goals into SDG population scenarios, resulting in population sizes between 8.2 and 8.7 billion in 2100. Because these results lie outside the 95% prediction range given by the 2015 United Nations probabilistic population projections, we complement the study with sensitivity analyses of these projections that suggest that those prediction intervals are too narrow because of uncertainty in baseline data, conservative assumptions on correlations, and the possibility of new policies influencing these trends. Although the analysis presented here rests on several assumptions about the implementation of the SDGs and the persistence of educational, fertility, and mortality differentials, it quantitatively illustrates the view that demography is not destiny and that policies can make a decisive difference. In particular, advances in female education and reproductive health can contribute greatly to reducing world population growth.

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Ceaser, Cheslyn Craig. „Agenda 2030: A South African perspective on the sustainable development goals“. University of Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7348.

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Environmental degradation and the impacts on sustained life for all on Earth has become a global concern. Climate change illustrates one of the Anthropocene affects on continued life for both human and non-humans. The global recognition of the importance of addressing climate change in light of Sustainable development has been well noted in international instruments inter alia the Kyoto Protocol, The Rio Declaration and the Paris Agreement. In recognizing the importance of continued sustainable development on Earth, various soft law goals were adopted.
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