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Sidhpura, Ujjawal V., Bharat Kuvadiya, Shyam D. Kotecha, and Prince M. Patel. "Major Aspects of Sustainability in Building Industrialization." Indian Journal of Applied Research 3, no. 12 (October 1, 2011): 197–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/2249555x/dec2013/58.

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Amantova-Salmane, Liene. "ETHICAL ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABILITY." Latgale National Economy Research 1, no. 7 (October 21, 2015): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/lner2015vol1.7.1176.

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Ethics can be defined as a reflection on nature and a definition of “the good”. Individuals value qualities and things dissimilarly, most visibly, but they also value their goods in different ways, in different relations to each other, for different reasons, and to different ends. These differences are very applicable to sustainability. In other words, sustainability cannot be achieved without attention to its ethical dimensions. The aim of this research is to examine the ethical aspects of sustainability. Consequently, the main tasks of the research are: to define a reason for developing the ethics of sustainability and to describe the ethical context of sustainability. The following primary research methods are used: the monographic method, analysis, scientific induction and deduction. The key results are: a survey on the responsibility to the next generations and categorized values of the ethics of sustainability. All forms of sustainability in society depend on the human conduct. Therefore, the ethical aspects of reality are of larger significance in ensuring sustainability. Ethical sustainability needs to be realized in order to have sustainable political and social systems and processes.
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Pawłowski, L., W. Cel, and K. Wójcik Oliveira. "Sustainability aspects of biofuel production." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 150 (May 2018): 012029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/150/1/012029.

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Indra, Yus. "STRATEGI MEWUJUDKAN KEMANDIRIAN SEKTOR FINANSIAL LOKAL MELALUI SUSTAINABILITAS LEMBAGA KEUANGAN MIKRO SYARIAH (BAITUL MAAL WATAMWIL, BMT)." Jurnal Terapan Abdimas 3, no. 2 (July 13, 2018): 85. http://dx.doi.org/10.25273/jta.v3i2.2793.

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<p><strong><em>Abstract.</em></strong><strong> </strong><em>Sustainability of Sharia Microfinance Institution or BMT is influenced by institutional sustainability, financial sustainability and external support. Aspects of sustainability are organizations, policies and procedures, internal control systems, tasks and authorities, financing risk management, human resources and outreach of products and activities, aspects affecting financial sustainability are capital adequacy, asset quality, liquidity , profitability and efficiency, while the factors affecting the external support are Laws and Regulations, Supervisory of authority and Associate Agencies (APEX). To build sustainability BMT then must attention to aspects mentioned above.</em><em> </em><em>This research is motivated by previous studies on financial sustainability of micro finance institutions, through best practice approach in financial institution generally conducted research to get, test and reconstruct to other aspects of sustainability of microfinance institution, that is aspect related to institution. This is due to the limited research that discusses institutional sustainability.</em><em> </em><em>Based on the research, it can be concluded that sustainability of BMT is influenced by institutional sustainability, financial sustainability and external support, but in the implementation stage it is necessary to re-implement the management based on best practice approach of banking</em><strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>Keyword</em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong><strong><em>: sustainability, </em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong><strong><em>governance</em></strong><strong><em></em></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstrak.</strong> Sustainabilitas Lembaga Keuangan Mikro Syariah atau BMT dipengaruhi oleh sustainabilitas kelembagaan (institutional sustainability), sustainabilitas keuangan (financial sustainability) dan dukungan eksternal. Aspek yang mempengaruhi sustainabilitas adalah organisasi, kebijakan dan prosedur, sistem pengendalian internal, tugas dan kewenangan, manajemen risiko pembiayaan, Sumber Daya Insani dan keterjangkauan produk dan aktivitas. Aspek yang mempengaruhi sustainabilitas keuangan adalah kecukupan permodalan, kualitas aset, likuiditas, profitabilitas dan efisiensi, sedangkan faktor yang mempengaruhi dukungan eketernal adalah Undang-Undang dan regulasi, otoritas pembinaan dan pengawasan dan lembaga pengayom (APEX). Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh penelitian terdahulu mengenai sustainabilitas keuangan lembaga keuangan mikro, melalui pendekatan best practice perbankan dilakukan penelitian untuk merekontruksi kembali hasil penelitian terhadap aspek-aspek dari sustainabilitas lembaga keuangan mikro, yaitu aspek-aspek yang terkait dengan kelembagaan (institutional). Hal ini mengingat masih terbatasnya penelitian yang membahas mengenai sustainabilitas kelembagaan (institutional sustainability). Berdasarkan penelitian diperoleh hasil bahwa sustainabilitas BMT dipengaruhi oleh sustainabilitas kelembagaan (institutional sustainability), sustainabilitas keuangan (financial sustainability) dan dukungan eksternal, namun dalam tahap implementasinya perlu dilakukan pentatakelolaan kembali berdasarkan pendekatan best practice perbankan.</p><p><strong><em>Kata Kunci</em></strong><em> : sustainabil</em><em>itas</em><em>, </em><em> tatakelola</em></p>
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Kumalasari, Novi, Linda Darmajanti, and Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. "Assessment of Siosar’s community sustainability in post-disaster relocation of Mount Sinabung eruption." E3S Web of Conferences 74 (2018): 10001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20187410001.

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The practices and ways of humans interact with the environment will affect the sustainability of the society life. The achievement of a sustainability in a community in a certain place can be measured from the condition of balance of three important aspects which are ecological, social and spiritual aspects. Each region has a different level of sustainability. The purpose of this research is to analyze the sustainability level of the community resettlement from the Mount Sinabung eruption. The research was carried out in the Karos Siosar Relocation Area of North Sumatra. The Community Sustainability Assessment (CSA) method introduced by the Global Ecovillage Network/GEN is used to analyze its level of sustainability. The results of the research show that of the total value of each aspect is 523 which means showing a good start towards sustainability. However, when viewed from each aspect, the ecological aspect with a low value is 139 when compared to the other two aspects and shows the need for action in achieving sustainability. The social aspect obtained 208 values and spiritual aspects obtained 176 values, which shows that the people in the Siosar relocation area showed a good start towards sustainability.
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Koger, Susan. "Psychological and Behavioral Aspects of Sustainability." Sustainability 5, no. 7 (July 10, 2013): 3006–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su5073006.

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LOVINSKA, Ljudmyla. "Some aspects of companies’ sustainability reporting." Fìnansi Ukraïni 2020, no. 3 (April 24, 2020): 23–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.33763/finukr2020.03.023.

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Rohov, Heorhiy. "The financial aspects of corporate sustainability strategy." Socio-Economic Research Bulletin, no. 1(60) (March 22, 2016): 247–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.33987/vsed.1(60).2016.247-254.

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Giacomin, Alessandra Maria, João Berdu Garcia, Welton Fernando Zonatti, Marcia Cristina Silva-Santos, Mariana Costa Laktim, and Julia Baruque-Ramos. "Brazilian silk production: economic and sustainability aspects." Procedia Engineering 200 (2017): 89–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.07.014.

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Дрогомирецька, Л. Ф. "SUSTAINABILITY OF RURAL TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES: THEORETICAL ASPECTS." Balanced nature using, no. 3 (December 28, 2018): 66–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.33730/2310-4678.3.2018.190378.

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Valenzuela, Musura Rafael, and Francesco Albarosa. "Social Sustainability Aspects of Agile Project Management : An Exploratory Study of Social Sustainability Aspects in Agile Project Management." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-130909.

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Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore a new perspective within the sustainability of project management theoretical area. The research focuses on verifying the existence of  interconnections between Agile Project Management and Social Sustainability, and on understanding how Agile Project Management impacts organisational social dynamics from a Social Sustainability point of view. Research Methodology/ Approach/ Design: Through an in-depth single-holistic case study,  the research investigates the social dynamics taking place amongst the members of an international IT company, applying an agile project management framework since more than two years. A total of six extensive semi-structured interviews have been carried out with people covering different positions within the company. By working on qualitative data from the interviews, the researchers obtained an in-vivo set of interconnected concepts. The analysis work consisted in qualitatively analysing these concepts and relations in order to build a network diagram reproducing graphically the interconnections existing between Agile Project Management elements and the Social Sustainability factors proposed by Missimer et al. (2016a, 2016b). Research Findings: The findings - obtained through the analysis of the network diagram - have been analysed with the lenses of the five factors, that have not to be degraded in order to ensure the social sustainability of a social system. It has been found that implementation of Agile Project Management, within the company’s environment, has impacted the organisation’s social dynamics in several ways. These impacts influenced in a direct or indirect way individual’s “Health”, their “Capacity to Influence”, their “Capacity to Acquire New Competences”, and their “Capacity of Meaning-Making”. By analysing the type of influence APM has on these four aforementioned factors, it has been found that it influences positively all of them. This allowed us to conclude that, according to Missimer et al. definition of Social Sustainability, Agile Project Management shows several interconnections to Social Sustainability and that it seems to benefit organisational internal social dynamics making them more socially sustainable. Research limitations: Because of the exploratory nature of the research, the empirical study has been based on a single in-depth case study. However, generalisability of the findings are limited by the inherent limitations of this inquiry strategy. Further researches will allow to verify and eventually expand or complete the proposed model. Originality/value: This research contributes to a detailed understanding of the existing relations between Agile Project Management and Social Sustainability theory. This represents a completely new point of view in the studies of Sustainability of Project Management, suggesting the validity of a new stream of research focusing on Agile Project Management as a new project management process through which promote corporate sustainability.
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Fauré, Eléonore. "Sustainability goals combining social and environmental aspects." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys (fms), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-191524.

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This thesis examines how to take into account both environmental and social sustainability goals to be used in scenarios or in policymaking. In paper I, we select four sustainability goals that have to be fulfilled by 2050 in normative future scenarios for Sweden in a degrowth context. Two goals address ecological challenges, climate change and land use issues specifically. The other two goals address social issues and deal with participation and influence in society as well as resource security and distribution. The environmental goals will require significant reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use compared to today's levels. The social goals are within reach today, although the degree of fulfillment differs across different groups in society. In paper II, we review existing and suggested climate or energy targets at a global, national and local scale and search for justice perspectives or for proposals for such perspectives. We find that the justice aspect is not explicitly formulated in existing climate and energy targets and that, the community of justice i.e. the receivers of benefits or burdens, in our reviewed examples, is limited to human beings, thereby excluding all other living beings. In paper III, we assess how four different backcasting scenarios for land use in a Swedish context, all of which fulfil a climate target of zero CO2 emissions in 2060, impact on other sustainability goals. We conduct a goal conflict analysis between the chosen climate goal and the other Swedish environmental goals, the gender equity goals and the public health goal. We find that there are more potential goal conflicts in scenarios with no global climate agreement. From the results of all three papers, I then discuss several aspects that have to be taken into account when setting goals, such as the major uncertainties associated with long-term goals, the elusiveness, the normativity of goals and the need to separate goals from the means to achieve the goals.
Utsläpp av växthusgaser (GHG) och andra miljöproblem, såsom förlust av biologisk mångfald, markanvändning och övergödning av sötvatten och marina kustekosystem, är stora utmaningar för mänskligheten. De planetära gränser för dessa områden har redan överskridits. Av de 16 svenska miljömålen för 2020, vars syfte är att lösa dessa ödesfrågor, bedöms bara ett – "Ett skyddande ozonskikt" – uppnås i tid. Vad gäller sociala mål på global nivå fram till 2015 – FN:s Milleniemål – har visserligen betydande framsteg gjorts på en del områden, t.ex. jämställdhet i utbildningen, men utfallet skiljer sig mellan länder och inom länder med avseende på socioekonomisk grupp och kön. Denna avhandling undersöker hur man kan ta hänsyn till både miljömässiga och sociala hållbarhetsmål som ska användas i framtidsscenarier eller som underlag till beslutsfattande. I artikel I väljs fyra hållbarhetsmål i en tvärvetenskaplig process. Målen ska uppfyllas 2050 i s.k. normativa framtidsscenarier (backcasting) för Sverige i en kontext av nedväxt eller låg tillväxt. De två första målen handlar om klimatförändringar och markanvändningsfrågor. De två andra är sociala mål och omfattar delaktighet och inflytande i samhället samt tillgång till resurser och fördelning av dessa. För att uppnå de valda miljömålen, kommer drastiska minskningar av växthusgasutsläpp (GHG) och markanvändning att behövas, jämfört med dagens situation. Båda de sociala målen är inom räckhåll i dag, även om graden av uppfyllelse skiljer sig mellan olika grupper i samhället. I artikel II genomförs en kvalitativ dokumentanalys för att samla information om befintliga och föreslagna klimat- och energimål på global, nationell och lokal nivå. Vi letar också efter rättviseperspektiv i befintliga klimat- och energimål samt förslag till sådana perspektiv i föreslagna mål i den vetenskapliga litteraturen liksom i rapporter från miljöorganisationer. En slutsats är att rättvisa inte är uttryckligen formulerat i befintliga klimat- och energimål. Vi använder en teoretisk ram för social rättvisa som skiljer mellan vem som ger och får det som fördelas, vad som fördelas (rättvisevaluta) och hur det fördelas (distributionsprinciper). Utifrån vår analys fann vi att en egalitär princip används för de flesta föreslagna målen, exempelvis för globala mål om utsläpp av växthusgaser per capita. Samtliga av de granskade målen omfattar endast rättvisa mellan människor och exkluderar därmed andra levande varelser. I artikel III analyserar vi hur fyra olika backcastingscenarier för markanvändning i ett svenskt sammanhang år 2060 påverkar andra hållbarhetsmål när ett klimatmål om noll CO2-utsläpp är uppfyllt. Med hjälp av en matris gör vi en målkonfliktanalys med de övriga svenska miljömålen, jämställdhetsmål och mål för folkhälsan med dess 11 tillhörande målområden. Analysen visar att de potentiella målkonflikterna är fler i scenarier utan globalt klimatavtal. Detta beror främst på att vissa miljöfrågor måste behandlas på global nivå, samt att minskningen i miljöpåverkan kommer att bero på åtgärder som inte bara vidtagits i Sverige utan också globalt. Utifrån dessa tre artiklar diskuterar jag sedan olika aspekter som måste beaktas vid fastställandet av mål. Eftersom hållbarhetsmål är långsiktiga och kännetecknas av en hel del osäkerhet diskuterar jag behovet av att sätta upp "försiktigt utopiska mål" (cautiously utopian goals), det vill säga mål som kan vara omöjliga att uppnå, men möjliga att närma sig. Sådana mål kan få till stånd de djupgående förändringar som krävs för en hållbar och rättvis framtid samtidigt som de är acceptabla för de intressenter som berörs. Mål är ofta otydliga vad gäller vad som ingår eller inte. Vad gäller klimatmålen, exempelvis, är det ofta otydligt huruvida utsläpp från handel är inkluderade eller ej och vilket referensår en viss utsläppsminskning baseras på. Sådana avgränsningar bör synliggöras och helst diskuteras med avseende på hur de kan påverka till exempel andra länders utsläppsminskningar. Det finns också ett behov att skilja mål från medel för att uppnå målen, eftersom det gör det möjligt att formulera mål som kan uppnås på olika sätt. Ekonomisk tillväxt ses ofta som ett mål i sig, såsom i FN:s nya hållbarhetsmål (SDGs). Tillväxt borde dock betraktas som ett rent verktyg för att uppnå egentliga mål rörande, exempelvis, välbefinnande. Mål är också normativa och återspeglar både olika kulturella och etiska perspektiv på vad en god hälso- och sjukvård eller bostadsstandard bör vara. De underliggande värdena bör därför också synliggöras och ifrågasättas. Både inter- och intragenerationella rättviseperspektiv bör göras mer konkreta och tydliga så att sådana frågor kan följas upp. En bra start kan vara att förutom ett territoriellt perspektiv börja använda ett konsumtionsperspektiv vid upprättandet av klimat-eller markanvändningsmål, då effekten av vår konsumtion på andra länders miljö och hälsa har ökat under de senaste årtiondena.

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Gholamhosseinian, Ashkan, and Ahmad Khalifeh. "Cloud Computing and Sustainability: Energy Efficiency Aspects." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för Informationsvetenskap, Data– och Elektroteknik (IDE), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-17368.

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Cloud computing promises a new era of service delivery and deployment in such a way that every person can access any kind of services like storage, application, operating system and so on from anywhere any time using any device having internet connection. Cloud computing opens new possibilities approaching sustainable solutions to deploy and advance their services upon that platform. Sustainability of Cloud computing is to be addressed in terms of environmental and economic effects.In this thesis we explore the energy efficient approaches inside data centres from the site and IT infrastructure perspective incorporating Cloud networking from the access network technologies and network equipment point of view to give a comprehensive prospect toward achieving energy efficiency of Cloud computing. Traditional and Cloud data centres would by compared to figure out which one is more recommended to be deployed. Virtualization as heart of energy efficient Cloud computing that can integrates some technologies like consolidation and resource utilization has been introduced to prepare a background for implementation part. Finally approaches for Cloud computing data centres at operating system and especially data centre level are presented and Green Cloud architecture as the most suitable green approach is described in details. In the experiment segment we modelled and simulated Facebook and studied the behaviour in terms of cost and performance and energy consumption to reach a most appropriate solution.
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Villamil, Velasquez Denny Carolina. "Integration of Sustainability Aspects in Product Portfolio." Licentiate thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-19037.

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Several environmental issues are incrementing systematically, and many of them are linked to manufacturing activities. To mitigate these issues, it is necessary to develop sustainability solutions in the early stages of the innovation process, where there is room for creativity and innovation. The integration of sustainability at the strategic level of the company, where the essential decisions, the strategic plan, and the portfolio are developed, might ensure the implementation of sustainability aspects in products and services. Many companies develop product portfolios to organize and offer services, products, technologies and operations following the company strategy and targets. The portfolio components are assessed and selected using evaluation criteria. The most common criteria include: cost, quality, risk, revenue, time and market position. Usually sustainability is not included in the portfolio evaluation criteria. The aim of this research is to obtain a better understanding of how sustainability can be integrated in the product portfolio development of manufacturing companies. The main research targets are to: 1) define sustainability product portfolio based on a comprehension of the academic and industry perspectives, 2) identify how companies currently implement sustainability in their portfolio, 3) determine which evaluation criteria and tools are used for portfolio development and 4) how the product portfolio is developed, implemented and managed. A systematic literature review was performed to understand the state of the art about sustainability product portfolio. The literature review results supported the development of semi-structure interviews with companies and field experts. The interviews outcome provided a better understanding of the industry perspective. Afterwards, a workshop helped to understand what aspects are more significant for the portfolio evaluation criteria. Finally, a strategic sustainability assessment tool SLCA 2.0 was used to assess a technology product portfolio of a specific industry case. The results from the studies created a foundation to: a) determine the state of art of the sustainability product portfolio field and its relevance for integration and implementation of sustainability in the early stages of the product innovation process, b) define the concept of sustainability product portfolio, c) have a better understanding of the setting and the application of the portfolio evaluation criteria and how to include sustainability in the evaluation, d) identify key factors to integrate and implement sustainability in the product portfolio, e) apply and test a tool for assessing a technology portfolio from a sustainability perspective and f) create a prototype of a model to develop  the product portfolio with a strategic sustainability perspective. This research provides a knowledge foundation of how sustainability can be integrated in product portfolio. In future research a model will be developed to support companies of how to include a strategic sustainability perspective into their product portfolio to enhance development of more sustainable solutions.

Contact the author to receive a pdf of the full thesis (papers included): dcv@bth.se or telephone +46455385569

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Ahmad, Mirwary, and Birgeet Kaur. "Sustainability Aspects in ICT Engineering Thesis Works." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-191131.

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An evaluation of thesis reports performed by students from the degree programme Computer Engineering, TIDAB, that was made by UKÄ, The Swedish Higher Education Authority, showed that there was a lack of consideration of environmental and sustainability aspects in the thesis reports, leading to many students not meeting the criteria in the degree objectives regarding this aspect. The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to improve students’ ability in considering the important aspects of sustainability in their thesis works, by providing them with guidelines which they can follow and implement during their thesis work that will enable them to reach the level ‘Very High Quality’. A literature study was performed thoroughly in conjunction with reviewing previous thesis reports and conducting expert interviews as an approach to find a solution to the problem. The outcome of the analysis was three methods that was developed, which the students can use as guidelines in their thesis work. A set of guidelines, a table with skill sets and the SEMAT Essence Kernel card for sustainable development was the resulting methods that will help the students to at minimum accomplish the criteria for ‘High Quality’ on the objective "Demonstrate an understanding of technology capabilities and limitations, its role in society and people’s responsibility for its use, including social and economic aspects, environmental and safety aspects" when the methods are followed.
En utvärdering av examensarbeten utförda av studenter från utbildningsprogrammet Datateknik, TIDAB, gjort av UKÄ, Universitetskanslersämbetet, visade att det fanns en brist på hänsynstagande till miljö- och hållbarhetsaspekter i rapporterna, vilket ledde till att flera studenter inte uppfyllde kriterierna i examensmålen gällande denna aspekt. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att förbättra elevernas förmåga att ta hänsyn till de viktiga aspekterna av hållbarhet i sina examensarbeten genom att ge dem riktlinjer som de kan följa och genomföra under sina examensarbeten, som gör det möjligt för dem att uppnå nivån ’Mycket Hög Kvalité’. En litteraturstudie genomfördes noggrant i samband med genomgång av tidigare examensarbeten, och intervjuer med ledande experter gjordes, som en metod för att hitta en lösning på problemet. Utfallet av den utförda analysen var tre metoder som har utvecklats, vilket studenterna kan använda som riktlinjer i sina examensarbeten. En uppsättning av riktlinjer, en tabell med kompetenser och SEMAT Essence Kernel kort för hållbar utveckling var de resulterande metoder, som ska hjälpa studenterna att åtminstone uppnå kriterierna för ’Hög Kvalité’ på målet "Visa förståelse för tekniska möjligheter och begränsningar, dess roll i samhället och människors ansvar för dess användning, inklusive sociala och ekonomiska aspekter, miljö- och hållbarhetsaspekter" när metoderna följs.
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Cheng, Hau-chung, and 鄭孝仲. "Sustainability management in apparel & footwear supply chain." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/207615.

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Self-regulatory Code of Conduct has widely been adopted by international brands to manage CSR issues in apparel and footwear supply chain for the last 2 decades. Increasingly, more apparel and footwear brands started to expand CSR scope to include environmental management in their supply chain. However, only very few international brands have disclosed their efforts on environmental management in their supply chain. This study aims to find out how apparel and footwear brands implement environmental management in their supply chain. Furthermore, what motivates them to carry out environmental management, and lastly, what challenges the industry encounters in carrying out effective environmental management. Primary and secondary data research were carried out in this study. Primary research, in a form of self-administered survey, was conducted for 11 brands and 15 of their respective suppliers. Secondary research was conducted through desktop research to gather additional information from brands, NGOs, academic studies and news. The study revealed environmental management in apparel and footwear supply chain is becoming more important. However, most of the brands’ approaches on environmental management are loose (i.e. lack industry-wide sustainably environmental management strategy), and small in scope (i.e. first tier supplier only). It is suggested apparel and footwear brands should improve effectiveness of environmental management program in their supply chain, by applying different implementation strategies internally, with both brands’ and suppliers’ governments, suppliers as well as their stakeholders.
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Engström, Adam. "Integrating sustainability aspects into the business development processes of Hemfrid." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-232025.

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Sustainability is becoming more of a strategic tool in many companies today and will become even more important in the future. Hemfrid is today looking at many new business areas and has realized the importance of including sustainability in its new businesses. However, the link between sustainability and business development has not been researched in a larger extent and therefore there are no good methods to use. Therefore, the aim of this report is to provide a method and tool for Hemfrid to integrate sustainability aspects into their business development processes. To fulfil this aim, an analysis of current scientific literature and models within the areas of sustainability and business development was done. Based on those models, with a foundation in the Sustainable Development Goals, a model was created. To be able to weigh different impact area against each other, an MCA was conducted. Finally, the model was assessed through external feedback and through a SWOT analysis. The model is based on 14 of the 17 SDGs with specific impact categories for all of them. A tool was created in Excel to easily assess the impact of the new business development projects. Lastly a seminar was held with Hemfrid’s management team facilitating the model.
Hållbarhet håller idag på att utvecklas från ett område som de senaste åren varit en operationellt fokuserad verksamhet till något som mer och mer närmar sig strategiarbete. Som en del av den här utvecklingen börjar många företag konstatera att integrationen av hållbarhet i deras affärsutvecklingsarbete blir en fråga som blir allt viktigare. Hemfrid har de senaste 20 åren växt fram till ett marknadsledande företag inom hushållsnära tjänster där hemstädning för privatpersoner är den dominerande tjänsten. Hemfrid har valt att fokusera på att ge sina anställda kollektivavtal och trygg anställning och fokusera på sina anställda och kunder och i dagsläget tittar man på många nya affärsutvecklingsmöjligheter för att fortsätta erbjuda sina kunder hjälp i sina hem. I och med Hemfrids fokus på hållbarhet med schyssta arbetsvillkor och miljövänliga produkter har de även insett vikten av att även på ett tidigt stadium få in hållbarhetstänk i sitt affärsutvecklingsarbete. Denna rapport syftar därför till att skapa en modell och verktyg för Hemfrid för att integrera hållbarhetsaspekter i deras affärsutvecklingsarbete. Hemfrid-modellen är framtagen med de globala hållbarhetsmålen som utgångspunkt där olika kriterier identifierades inom varje mål som Hemfrid sedan kan utvärdera sina affärsutvecklingsprojekt utifrån. En litteraturstudie är även gjord där det identifierats nio ytterligare modeller inom hållbarhet respektive affärsutveckling som på olika sätt varit användbara för att skapa kriterier och övergripande användning av Hemfrid-modellen. Varje mål är viktat utifrån Hemfrids nuvarande verksamhet och strategi för att spegla företagets hållbarhetsprioriteringar. Verktyget är framtaget i Excel, baseras på en Multikriterieanalys och ger Hemfrid ett enkelt sätt att på en 5-gradig skala, för varje mål, utvärdera om kriterierna förändras från en skala mycket sämre till mycket bättre jämfört med dagens produkter eller tjänster. Verktyget visualiserar sedan om projektet som helhet är bra eller dåligt hållbarhetsmässigt samt vilka mål man har väldigt positiv påverkan på och bör kommunicera mot sina kunder samt vilka man bör se över och förbättra. Vidare har verktyget testats på två olika affärsutvecklingsprojekt där representanter från hållbarhetsavdelningen och affärsutvecklingsenheten fått ge feedback på användning och modellen har även presenterats och diskuterats tillsammans med Hemfrids ledning för att förankra modellens användande inom bolaget. Slutligen gjordes även en SWOT-analys där modellen visade vara över lag positiv. De negativa delarna med modellen ligger i att den är en förenkling av verkligheten och inte kommer kunna ta upp alla hållbarhetsaspekter som finns samt att det i användandet av modellen finns risk att man gör subjektiva bedömningar och ger sig själv bättre poäng än vad man egentligen borde. Modellen kommer dock kraftigt förenkla integrationen av hållbarhet i affärsutvecklingsprocesserna på Hemfrid och kommer användas för att försäkra att Hemfrid fortsätter vara starka inom hållbarhet och att erbjuda sina kunder smarta lösningar.
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Yuan, Luyao. "Sustainability Aspects of ICT in Agriculture and Food Systems." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-248385.

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This master thesis project aims to explore ICT solutions in agriculture and food systems, and to analyze their sustainability aspects. As a result, a comprehensive picture of existing and coming ICT solutions along the food chain is presented based on extensive literature review. Their enabled impacts are qualitatively analyzed for selected aspects of food security and environmental sustainability. Moreover, a few of ICT enabled solutions’ GHG emissions reduction potentials in agricultural and land use sector in the year 2030 are estimated quantitatively, ranging from 9 Mt to 31 Mt, depending on assumptions (6 to 50 Mt after sensitivity analysis). These results, which cannot be seen as a representation of the overall ICT potential to enable emission reductions in agriculture and the food chain, are discussed in light of earlier suggested overall ICT potentials in this area. Moreover, limitations and uncertainties of the study are further clarified. Overall, the qualitative analysis identifies a high number of solutions for ICT in the agriculture and food systems with an assumed potential to promote sustainable development. However, due to the lack of published quality data for these solutions, the predicted sustainability potential cannot be accurately estimated.
Detta masterprojekt syftar till att utforska IKT-lösningar inom jordbruks- och livsmedelssystem och att analysera sina hållbarhetsaspekter. Som ett resultat presenteras en omfattande bild av befintliga och kommande IKT-lösningar längs livsmedelskedjan utifrån en omfattande litteraturöversikt. Deras kvalificerade effekter analyseras kvalitativt för utvalda aspekter av livsmedelssäkerhet och miljöhållbarhet. Dessutom beräknas potentialen för minskning av växthusgasutsläppet inom jordbruket och markanvändningen år 2030 kvantitativt för ett fåtal IKT-lösningar, till att vara mellan 21 Mt till 76 Mt (6.11 till 49.6Mt efter känslighetsanalys), beroende på antaganden. Dessa resultat, som inte kan anses representera IKT´s fulla potential att bidra till utsläppsminskningar inom jordbruks- och livsmedelssystemen, diskuteras med bakgrund av tidigare estimat av IKT´s övergripande resultat inom detta område. Därutöver klargörs begränsningar och osäkerheter i studien. Sammantaget identifierar den kvalitativa analysen ett stort antal lösningar för IKT i jordbruks- och livsmedelssystemen med en antagen potential att främja hållbar utveckling. På grund av bristen på publicerade kvalitetsdata för dessa lösningar kan dock den förutspådda hållbarhetspotentialen inte beräknas exakt.
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Aschner, Andrew Mechanical &amp Manufacturing Engineering Faculty of Engineering UNSW. "Planning for sustainability through cleaner production." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2004. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/20669.

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The concept of sustainable development is receiving a great deal of attention in industry. However, the operational processes for industrial environmental management are still at an early stage of development and despite the best efforts of operations management and environmental specialists a great many products and services continue to be unsustainable. This presents threats to society and risks for survival to manufacturers. The purpose of the Thesis is to accelerate environmental improvements through the uptake of Cleaner Production concepts by developing a methodology for guiding manufacturing enterprises. The tenets of the proposed methodology include: o oo Reliance on a strategic approach ooo Development of an implementation path similar to those used in introducing other major culture and technology changes ooo Culture and policy change are strategically generated from within manufacturing organisations Specifically, the main objectives of the Project are: 1. to invent a relatively easily implementable methodology for planning for sustainability for manufacturing enterprises of all sizes 2. to address the major industrial environmental management issues at all levels within the enterprise as one seamless process 3. to configure the methodology so that it may be incorporated into an existing body of knowledge, e.g., manufacturing management/manufacturing engineering 4. to minimise complexities by standardising key concepts and terminology The Thesis integrates Sustainability and Cleaner Production concepts, systems and technologies and performance indicators with a planning model to arrive at what has been termed as " the Strategy Development and Implementation with Cleaner Production" process. This solution addresses the key point of integrating Cleaner Production concepts ii with the manufacturing planning processes, but just as importantly, it also establishes the links between the steps from strategy initiation through to implementation, from the boardroom down to the factory floor. The main modules of the work are: o oo establishing relationships between strategic, business and manufacturing plans using the concepts of Sustainability, Eco-efficiency and Cleaner Production ooo development of links between planning and operations using the concepts of Industrial Ecology and Life Cycle Management ooo development of a classification system, referred to as a Cleaner Production toolkit, to promote optimum selection of hard and soft systems and technologies ooo development of appropriate Cleaner Production Indicators to complete the loop.
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Case, Michael Scot. "Visions of sustainability : an overview of radical conceptions of sustainability /." Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09122009-040443/.

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Hijacking sustainability. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2009.

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Savery, Jill, and Keith Gilbert. Sustainability and sport. Champaign, Ill: Common Ground Pub., 2011.

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Sustainability ethics and sustainability research. Dordrecht: Springer., 2012.

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Bannon, Michael J. Issues in sustainability. Dublin: Department of Regional and Urban Planning, University College Dublin, 1996.

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Martin, Paul. Sustainability strategy. Sydney: Federation Press, 2006, 2006.

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Ruth, Grier, ed. Restructuring for sustainability. [Toronto]: Ontario Round Table on Environment and Economy, 1992.

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Stephen, Sharples, ed. Environment, technology, and sustainability. Abingdon [England]: Taylor & Francis, 2009.

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Religion and sustainability. Danvers, MA: Berkshire Pub. Group LLC, 2013.

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The principles of sustainability. London: Earthscan, 2008.

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Organisation for economic co-operation and development. Guidance on sustainability impact assessment. Paris: OECD, 2010.

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Ramalho Moreira, Marcelo Melo, and Felipe Haenel Gomes. "Sustainability aspects." In Sugarcane Bioenergy for Sustainable Development, 217–26. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. | Series: Routledge studies in bioenergy: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429457920-19.

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Kruse, Lenelis. "Psychological Aspects of Sustainability Communication." In Sustainability Communication, 69–77. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1697-1_6.

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Königshofer, Petra, and Ingrid Kaltenegger. "Social Aspects of Sustainability." In Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 1–14. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71062-4_89-1.

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Königshofer, Petra, and Ingrid Kaltenegger. "Social Aspects of Sustainability." In Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 655–68. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95726-5_89.

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Buchspies, Benedikt, and Martin Kaltschmitt. "Sustainability Aspects of Biokerosene." In Biokerosene, 325–73. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53065-8_15.

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Abdelbary, Ahmed. "Tribological Aspects of Artificial Joints." In Tribology and Sustainability, 333–51. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003092162-22.

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Seckinelgin, Hakan. "Conclusion: Emergency, Sustainability and Success." In Social Aspects of HIV, 147–64. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46013-0_8.

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Barreto Torres, Luana Dandara, Gabriela Farias Asmus, and Sônia Regina da Cal Seixas. "Social Engagement Aspects of Sustainability." In Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education, 1–7. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63951-2_31-1.

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Barreto Torres, Luana Dandara, Gabriela Farias Asmus, and Sônia Regina da Cal Seixas. "Social Engagement Aspects of Sustainability." In Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education, 1474–80. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_31.

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Ukrainczyk, Neven, and Eduardus A. B. Koenders. "Sustainability Aspects in Mass Concrete." In Thermal Cracking of Massive Concrete Structures, 357–409. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76617-1_10.

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Dunkel, M. R. "Sustainability Aspects of Water Infrastructure." In SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, & Social Responsibility Conference - North America. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/184445-ms.

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EDWARDS, CLIVE, and DAVID PIMENTEL. "GLOBAL ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY." In Proceedings of the Conference on Future of the Universe and the Future of Our Civilization. WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789812793324_0026.

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de Oliveira, Renata Rodrigues, Vânia Paula de Almeida Neris, and Newton A. Galindo Júnior. "Perceptions of Sustainability Aspects in Computing." In IHC '16: XV Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3033701.3033757.

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OBRECHT, TAJDA POTRČ, ANDRAŽ LEGAT, and ROMAN KUNIČ. "DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WINDOWS IN BUILDINGS." In ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY 2017. Southampton UK: WIT Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/esus170161.

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Pabian, A. "Ecological aspects of sustainability in building industry." In 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Problems in Architecture and Construction. IET, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/cp.2011.1301.

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Aurich, Jan C., Marina Carrella, and Benjamin Kirsch. "Product-Oriented Sustainability Aspects of Abrasive Processes." In ASME 2013 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference collocated with the 41st North American Manufacturing Research Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/msec2013-1186.

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Sustainability in manufacturing became more and more important in the last years and, because of scarcity of resources, will become even more important in the future. In a process-oriented view, abrasive processes appear to be the worst manufacturing processes concerning sustainability due to their high required specific energies. In this paper a product-oriented view is proposed, taking the whole Life Cycle of the machined products into account. In doing so, it becomes evident that abrasive processes can enhance sustainability even when investing additional energy during machining.
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Vavra, Jan, Marie Bednarikova, and Zuzana Ehlova. "Assessment of Sustainability Aspects in a Company." In The 7th International Scientific Conference "Business and Management 2012". Vilnius, Lithuania: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Publishing House Technika, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/bm.2012.100.

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"Integration of Sustainability Aspects into Property Valuation." In 14th Annual European Real Estate Society Conference: ERES Conference 2007. ERES, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.15396/eres2007_272.

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Şahin, Sümer. "Renewability and sustainability aspects of nuclear energy." In 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (ICANSE 2013). AIP Publishing LLC, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4895863.

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Whitaker, David, and Ryan Law. "Aspects of Sustainability in Ground Energy Systems." In GeoCongress 2008. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40971(310)113.

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Luchner, Sarah, Kristen Johnson, Alicia Lindauer, Taryn McKinnon, and Max Broad. Social Aspects of Bioenergy Sustainability Workshop Report. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), May 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1220047.

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van Horne, P. L. M. Economics of broiler production systems in the Netherlands : Economic aspects within the Greenwell sustainability assessment model. Wageningen: Wageningen Economic Research, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/518522.

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Altamirano Montoya, Álvaro, Mariano Bosch, Carolina Cabrita Felix, Rodrigo Cerda, Manuel García-Huitrón, Laura Karina Gutiérrez, and Waldo Tapia Troncoso. 2020 Pension Indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean. Inter-American Development Bank, December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002967.

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The PLAC Network's Pension Indicators are a dataset containing information related to the labor markets and pension systems of the nineteen PLAC Network member countries: Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay. The indicators are divided into five main categories: environment, performance, sustainability, society's preparedness for aging and reform, and pension system design. Each one of these categories are divided into a few subcategories as well. These indicators were constructed with the objective of becoming an important tool for the improvement of the following aspects of pension systems: coverage, sufficiency of benefits, financial sustainability, equity and social solidarity, efficiency, and institutional capacity. An important characteristic of this dataset is the comparability of these indicators since it permits the identification of areas of cooperation and knowledge exchange among countries. The dataset is accompanied by a User's Manual, which can be found in this link https://publications.iadb.org/en/users-manual-idb-plac-network-pension-indicators
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Altamirano Montoya, Álvaro, Mariano Bosch, Carolina Cabrita Felix, Rodrigo Cerda, Manuel García-Huitrón, Laura Karina Gutiérrez, and Waldo Tapia Troncoso. 2019 Pension Indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean. Inter-American Development Bank, December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002966.

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The 2019 PLAC Network's Pension Indicators are a dataset containing information related to the labor markets and pension systems of the nineteen PLAC Network member countries: Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay. The indicators are divided into five main categories: environment, performance, sustainability, society's preparedness for aging and reform, and pension system design. Each one of these categories are divided into a few subcategories as well. These indicators were constructed with the objective of becoming an important tool for the improvement of the following aspects of pension systems: coverage, sufficiency of benefits, financial sustainability, equity and social solidarity, efficiency, and institutional capacity. An important characteristic of this dataset is the comparability of these indicators since it permits the identification of areas of cooperation and knowledge exchange among countries. The dataset is accompanied by a User's Manual, which can be found in this link: https://publications.iadb.org/en/users-manual-idb-plac-network-pension-indicators
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Barquet, Karina, Elin Leander, Jonathan Green, Heidi Tuhkanen, Vincent Omondi Odongo, Michael Boyland, Elizabeth Katja Fiertz, Maria Escobar, Mónica Trujillo, and Philip Osano. Spotlight on social equity, finance and scale: Promises and pitfalls of nature-based solutions. Stockholm Environment Institute, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.51414/sei2021.011.

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Human activity has modified and deteriorated natural ecosystems in ways that reduce resilience and exacerbate environmental and climate problems. Physical measures to protect, manage and restore these ecosystems that also address societal challenges in sustainable ways and bring biodiversity benefits are sometimes referred to as “nature-based solutions” (NBS). For example, reducing deforestation and restoring forests is a major opportunity for climate mitigation, while protecting or restoring coastal habitats can mitigate damage to coastal areas from natural hazard events, in addition to potentially providing co-benefits related to livelihood, recreation, and biodiversity. There is now an impetus to shift towards greater deployment of nature-based solutions. Not only do they offer an alternative to conventional fossil fuel-based or hard infrastructure solutions but, if implemented correctly, they also hold great promise for achieving multiple goals, benefits and synergies. These include climate mitigation and resilience; nature and biodiversity protection; and economic and social gains. 2020 saw an explosion in publications about NBS, which have contributed to filling many of the knowledge gaps that existed around their effectiveness and factors for their success. These publications have also highlighted the knowledge gaps that remain and have revealed a lack of critical reflection on the social and economic sustainability aspects of NBS. Building on these gaps, we decided to launch this mini-series of four briefs to provoke a more nuanced discussion that highlights not only the potential benefits, but also the potential risks and trade-offs of NBS. The purpose is not to downplay the importance of NBS for biodiversity, ecosystems, and coastal mitigation and adaptation, but to ensure that we establish a dialogue about ways to overcome these challenges while leaving no one behind.
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Javed, Umair, Aiza Hussain, and Hassan Aziz. Demanding Power: Contentious Politics and Electricity in Pakistan. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2021.047.

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This paper explores Pakistan’s electricity supply crisis that lasted from 2007 to 2015, and the ensuing contention that shaped public discourse and political events in the country. During this period, which witnessed electricity outages of up to 14 hours per day, 456 incidents of contention took place, with just under 20 per cent escalating into some form of violence. Electricity became the number one political issue in the country and was integral in shaping the outcomes of the 2013 General Election. Following the election, public authorities undertook extensive investment to expand capacity and ensure consistency in supply while evading questions about affordability and sustainability. On the surface, this appears to be a case of extensive protest working towards shaping state responsiveness. And it is true that the state now sees supply as a non-negotiable aspect in the social contract with citizens. However, a range of factors contributed to the chronology and the selective, generation-focused nature of this response. On the other hand, citizen inclusion and participation in decision-making, and issues of affordability and sustainability, which impact vulnerable and disempowered groups the most, remain absent from the political and policy conversation around energy. This suggests that while protests were useful in generating a short-term response, their long-term legacy in empowerment related outcomes is less visible.
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