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Journal articles on the topic "Sustainability of relationships"

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Silvius, A. J. Gilbert, and Ron Schipper. "Exploring the relationship between sustainability and project success - conceptual model and expected relationships." International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management 4, no. 3 (February 2, 2022): 5–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.12821/ijispm040301.

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Sustainability is one of the most important challenges of our time. Companies are integrating sustainability in their marketing, communication and their actions. Sustainability has more recently also been linked to project management. The logic behind this link is that sustainability needs change and projects are realizing change. Several studies explored how the concept of sustainability impact project management. The research project reported in this paper elaborates on these works by studying how sustainability affects project success. Project managers, logically, strive for project success and considering sustainability may influence this success. Based upon a review of relevant literature, the paper develops a conceptual model that provides a more detailed understanding of how considering different dimensions of sustainability may affect the individual criteria of project success. The study also provides a conceptual mapping of the different relationships between dimensions of sustainability and criteria of project success. This mapping shows that the most positive relationships are expected for the relationship between sustainability and the success criteria stakeholder satisfaction, future readiness and controlled project execution. The expected relationship between considering sustainability and completing the project on schedule and within budget is uncertain.
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Nkiinebari Patrick PhD, Nwinyokpugi, and Ezeukwu, Kate Chukwunonso. "Stakeholders Management Indicators: The Business Sustainability Inference." International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Analysis 05, no. 10 (October 17, 2022): 2789–803. http://dx.doi.org/10.47191/ijmra/v5-i10-30.

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The study investigated the relationship between stakeholder relationship management and business sustainability indigenous oil and gas producing companies in Rivers State. The study population comprised of the ten (10) indigenous oil and gas producing companies operating in Rivers State. The research selected variated number of managers from each of the firms under study making it a total sample of sixty two (66) respondents. Data were generated from the respondents by the use of a close-ended structured questionnaire. Pearson’s product moment correlation, partial correlation and multiple regression were used to test the hypotheses with the aid of statistical packages for social science (SPSS) version 23.0. The p-values were calculated to determine the significance of the hypothesized relationship. Analytical outcomes revealed statistically positive and significant relationships between the dimensions of our predictor variable-stakeholder relationship management and the measures of the criterion variable-business sustainability. Based on the findings, the study concluded that stakeholder relationship management has a positive significant relationship with business sustainability of indigenous oil and gas producing companies in Rivers State. The study further recommended that Managers of indigenous oil and gas producing companies should capitalize on the pivot role of stakeholders’ interest in their operations to ensure their business sustainability; Managers of indigenous oil and gas producing companies should seek to build strong relationships with their host communities in line with their company policies and practices aimed at achieving business sustainability; Managers of indigenous oil and gas producing companies should apply objectivity in their employee relationship processes as this has the potency to either ruin or enhance their business sustainability
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Ng, Michael C. M. "Competitiveness and Sustainability Relationships in Taiwan." International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review 6, no. 1 (2010): 25–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/1832-2077/cgp/v06i01/54723.

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O’Dochartaigh, Aideen. "Stakeholder Relationships, Engagement, and Sustainability Reporting." Social and Environmental Accountability Journal 37, no. 3 (September 2, 2017): 225–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0969160x.2017.1376909.

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Bask, Anu, Mervi Rajahonka, Sini Laari, Tomi Solakivi, Juuso Töyli, and Lauri Ojala. "Environmental sustainability in shipper-LSP relationships." Journal of Cleaner Production 172 (January 2018): 2986–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.112.

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Herremans, Irene M., Jamal A. Nazari, and Fereshteh Mahmoudian. "Stakeholder Relationships, Engagement, and Sustainability Reporting." Journal of Business Ethics 138, no. 3 (March 29, 2015): 417–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2634-0.

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Rincon-Roldan, Francisco, and Alvaro Lopez-Cabrales. "The impact of employment relationships on firm sustainability." Employee Relations: The International Journal 44, no. 2 (October 13, 2021): 386–406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/er-12-2020-0522.

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PurposeThe aim of this study was to analyse the influence of different employment relationships (ERs) on the sustainability results of cooperatives. The authors approached the type of ER comparing the inducements offered by the firm with the contributions that the manager expects from employees. In this way, the authors study how the orientation toward the employment relationship influences the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the firm.Design/methodology/approachThis article presents a theoretical and empirical research model about the relationship between ERs and sustainability. The necessary information was obtained through a questionnaire that was completed by the human resource (HR) managers and chief executive officers (CEOs) of 124 cooperative companies, and structural equation modelling was applied to evaluate the relationships between the proposed constructs, using the partial least squares technique (PLS-SEM).FindingsThe obtained results suggest that mutual investment and overinvestment ERs favour economic, social and environmental sustainability, whereas quasi spot contract and underinvestment ERs have a negative influence on all three types of sustainability. Therefore, it is confirmed that the type of ER adopted can condition the sustainability of the company, either favouring or worsening it.Originality/valueThis work contributes to covering the lack of studies about which ERs impact the sustainability of organisations, and it provides information on the role of ERs in the search for a more sustainable organisation, demonstrating that the type of employment relationship developed by the firm has a relevant impact on its sustainability.
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Glenn Sigurdson, S. "Commentary: Inside CSR: Consensus, Sustainability and Relationships." Journal of Corporate Citizenship 2001, no. 2 (June 1, 2001): 21–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.9774/gleaf.4700.2001.su.00006.

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Guidotti, Tee L. "Health and Sustainability: A Taxonomy of Relationships." ISEE Conference Abstracts 2013, no. 1 (September 19, 2013): 5874. http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/isee.2013.s-2-39-03.

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Ayyub, Bilal M. "Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability: Definitions and Relationships." ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering 6, no. 3 (September 2020): 02520001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/ajrua6.0001067.

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Huang, Yu. "Identity matters : exploring supply chain sustainability with a social identity perspective." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/23509.

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Relationship management plays a critical role in sustainable supply chain management (SCM). The literature focuses on the operational and strategic levels of inter-organisational relationships in supply chains, where little is known about the psychological aspect of these relationships. Adopting social identity theory as the key theoretical lens, this research investigates inter-organisational relationships in the context of sustainability implementation in supply chains. Two research questions are asked: RQ1 How do focal organisations engage their supply chain stakeholders in sustainable SCM using social identity thinking? RQ2 What are the specific identity issues relating to inter-organisational relationships in a sustainability context? This research adopts an exploratory case approach and combines multiple data sources: semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and secondary data analysis. Three case studies are conducted in three international organisations and their suppliers in a global setting. The research findings reveal that organisations face the challenge of managing multiple identities during their sustainability implementation in supply chains. Subject to their operational context and supply chain characteristics, organisations may have different approaches to sustainability implementation. Sustainability identity is associated with internal stakeholders’ motivation and proactivity when contacting external stakeholders, as well as external stakeholders’ commitment to cooperation and information sharing in sustainable supply. Analysis of the 41 interviews reveals that both the internal and external stakeholders play an important role in identity formation through various identity assessment and comparison activities. The key identity issues observed during sustainable supply practices include identity conflicts, inconsistencies, and disagreements among the stakeholders. The current SCM literature focuses on supply chains as one uniform identity. A major contribution of this research is that it addresses the complexity of identity issues in supply chains, especially in the context of sustainability implementation. It also contributes to theory by defining a typology of focal organisations’ identity regulation approaches.
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Ransom, Jeffrey Wallace. "Assessing the value of sustainability initiatives in business-to-business relationships." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77467.

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Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, June 2012.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-62).
Environmental sustainability initiatives have risen in popularity over recent decades. Companies are actively seeking to promote innovative practices to reduce environmental impact and attract the "green" shopper. The business-to-business (B2B) segment is no different, and many companies utilize proactive sustainability strategies. This thesis examines the important role that environmental sustainability plays within the B2B segment and makes recommendations on how to prioritize sustainability investments. RetailCo, a national provider of various material goods and services, provided data and support for analysis. Information was collected and analyzed from customer inquiries such as Requests for Proposals and Requests for Information. An online survey, constructed to determine customer sustainability priorities, was distributed to business customers. The results from both data sources were used to analyze customer preferences and priorities. Results were analyzed by industry type, company size, geographic region, and annual spend with RetailCo. Finally, interviews were conducted with select companies to compare survey results. Detailed analysis of all data sources shows that sustainable business customers are larger government or education organizations, and they appear to strongly favor electronics and paper product recycling initiatives. Although many companies show strong support for sustainability initiatives, price and quality continue to dominate purchasing decisions.
by Jeffrey Wallace Ransom.
M.Eng.in Logistics
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Park, Jonghun. "Investigation of Fundamental Relationships to Improve the Sustainability of Unit Loads." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/73556.

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Sustainability is one of the most critical issues in today's packaging and supply chain industries. With the increase of environmental concerns, there has been a tremendous effort to improve packaging sustainability. However, most of these works have focused on individual packaging components rather than an integrated unit load. In global supply chains, three levels of packaging components (primary, secondary, and tertiary) are commonly assembled in the unit load form to facilitate efficient and economical storage and transport of goods to customers. Unit loads is important to improved, packaging sustainability. This study developed the fundamental information that facilitates understanding and enhanced sustainability of unit loads from two different perspectives: physical interactions and end-of-life options of unit load components. From the physical interaction perspective, the effects of various characteristics of secondary and tertiary packaging components on load-bridging within unit loads are investigated.. Packaging component characteristics investigated included the flute type and size of corrugated paperboard boxes, stretch wrap containment force, and pallet stiffness. From the end-of-life option perspective, process methods and environmental impacts of wood pallet repair in the United States are analyzed to provide fundamental information for accurate life cycle assessment of pallets. The experimental results of this study demonstrate that the size of corrugated paperboard boxes and stretch wrap containment force significantly affected the bridging of loads on pallets. The results regarding load-bridging, verified in this study, provides essential knowledge regarding factors influencing unit load deflection. Pallet design procedure should include the load-bridging effect. For simulated pallets which was comparable to a stringer class wood pallet spanning the width of a storage rack, average deflection in the unit load decreased by 70% when package size increased to 20 in. x 10 in. x 10 in. from 5 in. x 10 in. x 10 in. In addition, average deflection in the unit load consisting of 5 in. x 10 in. x 10 in. packages decreased by 50% when stretch wrap containment force increased to 30 lbs. from zero pounds. Updated design methods that consider the effect of packaging characteristics on unit load deflection can help to reduce the amount of raw materials required to build pallets using current pallet design methodologies. The life cycle inventory analysis results of this study determined that pallet repair is an environmentally beneficial end-of-life option for 48 by 40- inch stringer class wood pallets in terms of greenhouse gas generation. Most wood pallet repair firms in the United States utilized high levels of manual labor with non-automated machinery support. The life cycle inventory results from this study can be a useful resource for researchers as an input to the life cycle assessment.
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Jensen, Nathan. "Exploring the Relationships Between Livelihood Dimensions and Socio-ecological Resilience in the Bolivian Altiplano." Thesis, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13850739.

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Households in the Bolivian Altiplano construct their livelihood strategies in a system marked by changing climate and volatile social systems. The strategies that they choose must work to decrease the household‘s vulnerability to shocks, such as drought and frost, and increase its ability to adapt to longer term changes, for instance the affects of globalization. Their strategies may also influence the resilience of their community and environment, either increasing or decreasing the likelihood of catastrophe.

This research uses canonical correlation analysis to analyze survey data collected from 330 rural households in two regions of the Bolivian Altiplano. It examines the impact that dominant livelihood strategies have on the resilience of the household and its socio-ecological environment. The analysis shows that access to land and lifecycle are two household characteristics most highly associated with resilience; that diversification into labor markets often works towards increasing resilience; and that many households use livestock as an insurance mechanism. The results suggest that policies that work towards increasing crop yields and reducing livestock loss in the face of climate change could effectively target the households that are most vulnerable. Programs that include transfer payments to older households for providing services, such as increasing ecosystem resilience by placing land in fallow, could reduce the negative impact of lifecycle experienced by many across both regions.

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Schürch, Marc A. "Antecedents of the offshoring governance mode and the sustainability of offshore outsourcing relationships." kostenfrei kostenfrei, 2008. http://www.unisg.ch/www/edis.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/3577.

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Duphily, Monique. "Transforming relationships| A qualitative analysis of westerners' experience of reciprocity with the natural world." Thesis, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3621046.

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This study responds to the call in the ecological literature (Berry 1988, 1999; Macy & Brown, 1998; Spretnak, 2011) for cognitive, spiritual, and relational shifts in humanity's perception and experience of the natural world. It examines the lived experience of a diverse group of Western adults who were initiated into an eco-spiritual Andean indigenous tradition centered upon reciprocity. Andean reciprocity, or ayni , involves maintaining a relationship of mutual exchange with the natural world and implies a paradigm shift, from the dominant Western paradigm to one that views the Earth as animate and able to reciprocate. In this study, reciprocity is explored as a potential means for Westerners to facilitate living in harmony with the natural world.

This basic qualitative analysis used semi-structured interviews with 8 U.S. residents who were initiated into an eco-spiritual Andean indigenous tradition and report that they actively maintain reciprocity with the natural world three or more years after their initiation. Interviews solicited stories from participants and, in the process, honored the oral culture of the Q'ero, into which the coresearchers were initiated. Data analysis was an inductive process that extracted salient themes from all stories to construct a process of sacred reciprocity for Westerners.

This study can inform Westerners who are interested in deepening relationship and learning practical ways of being in harmony with the natural world. It can also inform anyone interested in developing skillful means to utilize ancestral teachings in a contemporary context. For Westerners and industrialized societies, these practices and tools could help facilitate ecological citizenry and cultural transformation.

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La, Rochelle Margaret Laura. "Portrait of a Learning Farm| Re-rooting Selves, Natures, and Relationships." Thesis, University of California, Davis, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3737011.

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This ethnography explores the practices and activities of an experiential learning program in sustainable agriculture, the Student Experimental Farm at the University of California, Davis, from a community development and social justice perspective. We need more dialogue about the work to imagine and live new futures—ways in which human beings might rectify the social and environmental contradictions created by structural and historical injustices in their own lives and organizations. We need more records of the activities and approaches of programs attempting to do the work of changing a system inside and out—the subversive work of peaceful and self-determined adaptation to a more just way of working with ourselves, other people and nature. And importantly, we need more records of programs working in public view; not just in the oft-detached realms of liberal counterculture, though these spaces can be creatively rejuvenating, but in the institutions of education and politics—land grant universities in particular—that still carry much weight in the agricultural field, to which many practitioners are connected, and which most still consult as a major resource for guidance and knowledge.

This research is framed by three broad relationships for inquiry: the individual’s relationship to oneself in the learning process, social relationships between members of a learning community, and institutional relationships that frame activity. In discussion I address issues of the opportunity for critical transformation in experiential learning, meaning and motivation for individuals in the learning process, and emphasize the value of peer relationships and a broader learning community for successful results. I present various social tensions between responding to the needs of both novice and advanced learners; between education and production in the student farm setting; and in socio-spatial identity and meanings. I argue for building communities of inquiry in sustainable agriculture education more proactively, with the goal of acknowledging cultural difference and working for social equity from the inside out.

Additionally, I discuss institutional relationships and structures at the Student Farm and in the undergraduate major in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (SA&F) staff, educators and students have developed to adapt existing institutional structures for more shared power in decision-making and progressive learning aims. I offer research findings, discussion and recommendations as resources that can be consulted by educators, student farmers, and those interested in developing contextualized learning programs for the purposes of social justice, sustainability, and community development.

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Holgar, Monika Isabelle. "The wardrobe impact of worn stories: Exploring garment storytelling for sustainability." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2019. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/133290/1/Monika_Holgar_Thesis.pdf.

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Slowing down the throughput of garments is an important way of reducing the critical environmental and social impacts of contemporary fashion practices. This research explores how the process of sharing personal garment stories might assist everyday wearers to change their consumption practices in this way. Applying thematic and visual content analysis to participant garment stories and interviews, this study offers insight into participants' approaches to, experiences of and wardrobe impacts from garment storytelling. Finding a positive impact on participants' clothing relationships and practices, the study builds a case for garment storytelling as a durability strategy for wearers, and offers resources to support its uptake.
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Paunisaari, Essi, and Eric Raatgever. "“It Would Be Interesting to See Assurance Statements with Qualifications” : Assurers’ Perspectives on Sustainability Assurance Engagements and Client Relationships." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-354928.

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The proliferation of sustainability reporting has been accompanied with stakeholders’ concerns over the credibility of sustainability reports. This worry has resulted in the assurance of sustainability reports and accordingly, professionals have sought to create a new auditable market and academics to understand this phenomenon. Though previous research has shown that assurers and clients jointly decide the terms of the engagement, assurers’ perceptions of sustainability assurance and assurer–client relationships, in which the engagement takes place, have been overlooked. We try to close this gap by conducting an interview-based study which firstly, examines how assurers view and experience sustainability assurance engagements and secondly, investigates how assurers characterize their relationship with clients. We lead 12 interviews with assurers working for either Mazars, BDO, Grant Thornton, or RSM, covering 11 countries worldwide.   The empirical findings indicate that assurers work with sustainability reports that are unbalanced and inaccurate. Particularly, they view the inaccuracy of nonfinancial data as a challenge to the issuance of sustainability assurance statements. We find that inaccuracy is perceived difficult because assurers lack technical expertise and are unpracticed in auditing qualitative information. Further, when assurers cannot verify the disclosed information, they rather terminate the engagement than issue a presumably misleading assurance statement. The termination of an engagement is, however, the ultimate response and until then, assurers collaborate with the client to be able to issue an assurance statement. Hence, collaboration is considered key to the completion of a sustainability assurance engagement. This research contributes to a better understanding of practitioners’ perspectives on sustainability assurance engagements both practice and relationship-wise. We also develop practical implications and future research avenues.
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Harris, Kristina Ann. "Networking the Relationships of Microenterprise Development in Bulgaria." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1443.

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The networking relationships provided by microenterprise development (MED) organizations foster sustainable and scalable Bulgarian small businesses. Some Bulgarian MED leaders lack the strategies to help sustain small businesses in Bulgaria. Guided by the actor network theory, the purpose of this case study was to explore the strategies MED leaders use to help sustain small businesses in Bulgaria. Data were collected through a semistructured focus group comprised of MED Bulgarian business leaders (n = 4) in Rhodope Mountain Region and company data consisting of financial reports, marketing presentations, and company business plan. The data analysis included using keyword frequency comparisons, coding techniques, and cluster analysis. Three themes emerged from the findings: access to financial and nonfinancial capital, networking and relationships, and sustainability and scalability. According to the study results, strategies and scalability impede the ability to expand and service more small business owners. The recommended change in business practices of MED leaders included the formalization of networks of other MED leaders and partner organizations to efficiently meet the demands of the Bulgarian small business market. The implications for social change include the need for networks to aid entrepreneurs in gaining market access, obtaining capital resources, and maintaining sustainability that contributes to the economic and social development of Bulgaria.
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Books on the topic "Sustainability of relationships"

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Isabekova, Gulnaz. Stakeholder Relationships And Sustainability. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31990-7.

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Animals as biotechnology: Ethics, sustainability, and critical animal studies. London: Earthscan, 2010.

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Laura, Wiltz, Bailey Mona, Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.), and United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement., eds. Teacher's evaluations of the sustainability of Opportunity To Learn (OTL) assessment strategies: A national survey of classroom teachers in large urban school districts. [Washington, DC]: U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center, 1998.

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Jones, Brian T. B. Institutional relationships, capacity, and sustainability: Lessons learned from a community-based conservation project, eastern Tsumkwe District, Namibia, 1991-96. Windhoek, Namibia: Directorate of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, 1996.

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Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, ed. CU @ the FOB: How the Forward Operating Base is changing the life of combat soldiers. [Carlisle Barracks, PA]: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2006.

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Metaphors for environmental sustainability: Redefining our relationship with nature. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press, 2011.

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Trivellin, Eleonora, ed. Design driven strategies. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-551-6.

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The collection of contributions in this volume looks forward, and also backward, regarding the centrality of design between new and traditional production systems, space-environment-sustainability, and identity. The role of the project in defining forms, material and immaterial, is crucial for their understanding and, consequently, for building participation. In the majority of the interventions, there is an underlying desire to increase the social dimension of design through participatory practices. In other words, we could say that there is a desire to give a political dimension to the project in the fullest sense of the word. Regaining this dimension can be strategic and to do this it is perhaps necessary to understand how the relationship between design-production work has changed and how it will change.
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Hodakov, Viktor. Natural environment and human activity. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1194879.

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The monograph describes the influence of the natural environment and its natural and climatic conditions on human life and socio-economic systems, which are considered as regions, territories of Eastern Europe. The natural and climatic factors (PCFs) characterizing the natural environment of Eastern Europe (Russia and Ukraine) and Western (England and France) are considered. Eastern Europe is in the zone of negative PCFs, close to critical. The influence of the PCF on the vital activity of the state and man is systematically described: mentality, systemic thinking, human health, ensuring the safety of life, sustainability of development, agricultural production, housing and communal services, construction, industry, information security, parrying of the PCF, the influence of the PCF on the development of science and education. Climate change trends at the global and regional levels are also described. Estimates of the impact of the PCF on the economy of the state and regions, recommendations on the adaptation of the economy to the PCF, the relationship of information security and information about the PCF, information technologies for assessing the sustainability of development and investment attractiveness of territories, conceptual foundations of state anti-crisis management of socio-economic systems are presented. It is intended for researchers, teachers, postgraduates, students specializing in the field of life safety, computer ecological and economic monitoring. It can be used to educate society in the field of the natural environment and its natural and climatic conditions.
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Bulian, Giovanni, and Yasushi Nakano. Small-scale Fisheries in Japan. Venice: Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-226-0.

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This collection of essays brings together a range of critical approaches, from varying disciplinary backgrounds, to provide an in-depth overview of the past and current status of small-scale fisheries in Japan. The book attempts to map out some of the major themes relating to community-based fisheries-management systems, environmental sustainability, lottery systems for allocating fishing spots, fishing livelihoods, local knowledge, social vulnerability to environmental hazards, socioeconomic factors affecting small-scale fisheries development, history of destructive fishing practices, women’s entrepreneurship in the seafood sector, traditional leadership systems, religious festivals, and power relationship between local communities and government agencies. The aim of this book is then to provide a comprehensive and multifaceted analysis of the cultural richness of this fishing sector, which still plays a key role in the broad academic debates focused on the potential small-scale fishery trajectories within the context of global scenarios.
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Lindner, Christoph, and Gerard Sandoval, eds. Aesthetics of Gentrification. NL Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789463722032.

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Gentrification is reshaping cities worldwide, resulting in seductive spaces and exclusive communities that aspire to innovation, creativity, sustainability, and technological sophistication. Gentrification is also contributing to growing social-spatial division and urban inequality and precarity. In a time of escalating housing crisis, unaffordable cities, and racial tension, scholars speak of eco-gentrification, techno-gentrification, super-gentrification, and planetary gentrification to describe the different forms and scales of involuntary displacement occurring in vulnerable communities in response to current patterns of development and the hype-driven discourses of the creative city, smart city, millennial city, and sustainable city. In this context, how do contemporary creative practices in art, architecture, and related fields help to produce or resist gentrification? What does gentrification look and feel like in specific sites and communities around the globe, and how is that appearance or feeling implicated in promoting stylized renewal to a privileged public? In what ways do the aesthetics of gentrification express contested conditions of migration and mobility? Addressing these questions, this book examines the relationship between aesthetics and gentrification in contemporary cities from multiple, comparative, global, and transnational perspectives.
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Isabekova, Gulnaz. "Sustainability of Health Assistance." In Stakeholder Relationships And Sustainability, 59–84. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31990-7_3.

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AbstractThis chapter aims to provide an empirical operationalization and conceptual definition of sustainability in the context of health aid. Based on an overview of the literature on health interventions, it adapts and extends the existing frameworks to provide a comprehensive basis for analyzing this phenomenon. As sustainability may have diverse and, at times, contradictory connotations for different stakeholders, this chapter encourages a precise empirical operationalization of this term, following Iwelunmor et al. (Implementation Science, 11, 1–27, 2016). Conceptually, this chapter adopts Shediac-Rizkallah and Bone’s (Health Education Research, 13, 87–108, 1998) definition of sustainability as maintaining benefits, continuity of project activities, and building the capacity of a recipient community but extends it by further clarifying “community” and “capacity-building.” To this end, it builds on the works of Labonte and Laverack (Critical Public Health, 11(2), 111–127, 2001a, Critical Public Health, 11(2), 129–138, 2001b) and insights the author of this book gained during her fieldwork in the Kyrgyz Republic. Furthermore, acknowledging the high level of uncertainty associated with the assessment of sustainability, this chapter outlines the critical factors associated with the sustainability of health aid. These are financing; the political and economic situation in the recipient country; historical, systemic, and cultural factors pertinent to the context; and organizational factors related to the health intervention itself.
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Babin, Ron, and Brian Nicholson. "Leveraging Sustainability in Relationships." In Sustainable Global Outsourcing, 103–15. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137035318_6.

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Isabekova, Gulnaz. "Sustainability of Global Fund Grants." In Stakeholder Relationships And Sustainability, 255–91. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31990-7_9.

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AbstractThis chapter analyzes the sustainability of the Global Fund grants to the Kyrgyz Republic by elaborating on the continuity of project activities, maintaining benefits, and building the capacity of a recipient community (Shediac-Rizkallah & Bone, Planning for the sustainability of community- based health programs: conceptual frameworks and future directions for research, practice and policy. Health Education Research, 13(1), 87–108. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/13.1.87, 1998). Focusing on nongovernmental organizations, it also elaborates on their leadership, mobilization of resources (Labonte & Lervack, Capacity building in health promotion, Part 1: For whom? And for what purpose? Critical Public Health, 11(2), 111–127. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590110039838, 2001a; Capacity building in health promotion, Part 2: Whose use? And with what measurement? Critical Public Health, 11(2), 129–138. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590110039847, 2001b), and survival beyond the Global Fund’s support. The chapter describes tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS-related grants and shows how they contributed to national efforts against the two diseases. In addition to increasing the number of nongovernmental organizations, the grants also extended the coverage and the types of prevention and treatment services available in the country. This chapter discusses the commitments the government has already made concerning these activities and outlines the factors affecting its ability to fulfill them. These include the epidemiological situation, political environment, procurement opportunities, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and so on. Furthermore, this chapter discusses the extent to which the government is taking over the benefits grants stipulated to patients affected by tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS and health care workers working in these areas. Finally, this chapter discusses the leadership of nongovernmental organizations, their survival beyond the Global Fund’s support, and their mobilization of resources, also by means of social contracting.
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Isabekova, Gulnaz. "Conclusion and General Implications of This Study." In Stakeholder Relationships And Sustainability, 347–67. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31990-7_12.

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AbstractThis chapter summarizes the findings from the two case studies, namely, the Global Fund grants and the “Community Action for Health” project financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, covered in this book and elaborates on what these insights mean to further analysis of aid relationships and the sustainability of health aid. It also outlines the methodological validity of this research, its limitations, analytical contribution, and empirical discoveries. The chapter reiterates major theoretical insights and conclusions on how relationships among stakeholders influence the sustainability of health projects. It also delineates the findings that confirmed, contradicted, and/or were new to the literature on actors’ interactions with each other, health aid, and sustainability. The chapter concludes with considerations for the broader academic and policy implications of this study and its insights and outlines possible directions for further research.
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Isabekova, Gulnaz. "Aid Relationships and Power Dynamics in the “Community Action for Health” Project." In Stakeholder Relationships And Sustainability, 187–210. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31990-7_7.

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AbstractThis chapter discusses the types of aid relationships formed between stakeholders involved in the “Community Action for Health” project. Building on the theoretical framework and empirical findings presented in the previous chapters of this book, it shows how power dynamics evolved in the project and how structural factors were conducive to supporting or changing these dynamics. This chapter also demonstrates how the actors’ changing roles throughout the project life cycle and the ways they created power (based on Haugaard, European Journal of Social Theory, 6(1), 87–113, 2003) and approached their resources were critical to the development of these dynamics. This discussion of power dynamics lays the foundation for identifying the specific types of relationships formed between aid providers (donor–donor), providers with recipients (donor–recipient state, donor–civil society organization), and aid recipients with each other (recipient state–civil society organization). Along with defining the specific types, this chapter expands on the stakeholders’ reasons for forming and maintaining the selected aid relationships.
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Isabekova, Gulnaz. "Sustainability of the “Community Action for Health” Project." In Stakeholder Relationships And Sustainability, 153–86. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31990-7_6.

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AbstractThis chapter aims to assess the sustainability of the “Community Action for Health” project by expanding on the continuity of project activities, maintaining benefits, and building the capacity of a recipient community (Shediac-Rizkallah & Bone, 1998). Focusing on community-based organizations, it also elaborates on their leadership, mobilization of resources (Labonte & Lervack, Capacity building in health promotion, Part 1: For whom? And for what purpose? Critical Public Health, 11(2), 111–127. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590110039838, 2001a; Capacity building in health promotion, Part 2: Whose use? And with what measurement? Critical Public Health, 11(2), 129–138. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590110039847, 2001b), and survival beyond the duration of the project funding. This chapter commences with a description of the project, its goals, and its relation to national health policy. Then, it zooms into the continuity of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS-related activities by overviewing their dynamics during and beyond the project duration and what roles the socioeconomic and political factors had in this process. Furthermore, it assesses the availability of training and handouts essential to the quality of health-related information provided by community-based organizations established within the framework of the “Community Action for Health” initiative. Finally, this chapter elaborates on the capacities of these organizations, meaning their survival beyond the project duration, their mobilization of resources, leadership, mutual support, and activities, also in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Isabekova, Gulnaz. "Aid Relationships and Power Dynamics in the Global Fund Grants." In Stakeholder Relationships And Sustainability, 293–313. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31990-7_10.

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AbstractThis chapter discusses the types of aid relationships formed between stakeholders involved in the Global Fund grants to the Kyrgyz Republic. Building on the theoretical framework and empirical findings presented in the previous chapters of this book, it shows how power dynamics evolved in the project and how structural factors were conducive to their persistence or alteration. The actors’ roles throughout the project life cycle, their interests, and the ways they created power (based on Haugaard, European Journal of Social Theory, 6(1), 87–113, 2003) and approached their resources were equally relevant to the development of certain power dynamics. These laid the foundation for specific types of aid relationships between aid providers (donor–donor), providers with recipients (donor–recipient state, donor–civil society organization), and aid recipients with each other (recipient state–civil society organization).
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Isabekova, Gulnaz. "Introduction." In Stakeholder Relationships And Sustainability, 1–28. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31990-7_1.

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AbstractThis chapter briefly introduces the evolution of health aid, its forms, and its objectives. In consonance with the prevailing emphasis on combatting diseases in health aid, also known as the “vertical” approach, it focuses on assistance targeting tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. The chapter problematizes the achievement of the global objectives for these diseases and the sustainability of both ongoing and completed disease control activities. It argues that, though vivid in geographic areas affected by health aid reductions, these problems are not limited to these areas only due to aid fragmentation and the issues associated with the roles of aid providers and recipients in the decision-making process. Building on the long-standing academic discussion, this chapter introduces the objective of this book: to explore the link between the sustainability of aid and relationships among stakeholders involved. It further expands on case selection by introducing the selected health care projects and providing contextual information on the Kyrgyz Republic, the country in which these projects have been implemented. The chapter concludes with brief information on the data collection process and the structure of this book.
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Isabekova, Gulnaz. "The Global Fund Grants: Project Life Cycle." In Stakeholder Relationships And Sustainability, 211–54. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31990-7_8.

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AbstractThis chapter elaborates on the roles of civil society, state, and international organizations involved in the realization of the Global Fund grants to the Kyrgyz Republic. Zooming into the four phases of a project life cycle (initiation, design, implementation, and evaluation) demonstrates the interdependence and interrelation of actors. This chapter also shows that although consonant with national tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS policies, the grants are also shaped by the Global Fund’s recommendations and regulations. These, among others, supported an increase in the share of state co-financing for the activities targeting the two diseases and increased civil society participation in the grants. Overall, the in-depth analysis allows for grasping the conflict, mistrust, and consensus among the actors. In addition, it expands on the grant mismanagement scandal and how the role of a Primary Recipient of grants transferred from state agencies to an international development organization. Overall, systematizing the complexity of processes and stakeholders involved, this chapter provides a comprehensive yet understandable overview of the grant cycle and its realization in practice.
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Isabekova, Gulnaz. "“Missing Link”." In Stakeholder Relationships And Sustainability, 315–46. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31990-7_11.

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AbstractThis book aims to make a theoretical contribution to understanding the interaction between the relevant actors and the impact of that interaction on the sustainability of development assistance for health care. The notion of impact in the research question presumes a causal relationship between interaction and sustainability. This chapter outlines the methodological framework used to identify the possible causal link between these two phenomena. The analysis commences with an in-depth analysis of how each type of relationship identified in the two projects affects the sustainability of health aid by specifying the aspect(s) affected most, be it the continuity of project activities, maintaining benefits, or building the capacity of a recipient community. In this process, the author identified the mechanisms of ownership, learning, recognition, institutionalization, uniformity, “professionalization,” and replacement. Based on these insights, she suggests broader cross-case causal inferences applicable beyond the cases covered in this book, although under the conditions and circumstances identified for each hypothesis. Closing with the methodological limitations of the selected approach and analytical conclusions, this chapter nevertheless vividly demonstrates the missing causal link between stakeholders’ relationships and the sustainability of health aid.
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Conference papers on the topic "Sustainability of relationships"

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Johnson, Matthew, and Delcie Durham. "Establishing Relationships Between Manufacturing Sustainability and Performance." In ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2010-28913.

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The current LCA methods assess a product’s sustainability over its full life cycle, cradle-to-grave. While the number(s) obtained detail the contributions a process makes to a product in terms of energy intensity or the generation of wastes, it is insufficient to optimize a process for both sustainability and performance objectives. The Economic Input/Output Life Cycle Analysis (EIO-LCA) was used to investigate whether metrics could be identified which address sustainability — performance issues in materials processing. This method lends itself to the assessment of processes on a unit time basis while allowing for calculation of resources used and byproducts expelled. Productivity of manufacturing processes is also based on time. For example, material removal rate is related to processing feed, speed, and the geometry and tolerances established during design. A scaled waterjet cutting process was tested to investigate the unit time relationships. The EIO-LCA was conducted and the subsequent environmental impact in the form of total energy consumed and equivalent CO2 expelled evaluated per unit time, establishing the relationship to cutting speed. Although this is a static LCA at set conditions, it suggests that relationships can be explored between the regulation of resources, productivity, cost and environmental impact by varying the processing parameters.
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Lavoie, J. M., M. Chornet, and E. Chornet. "Biomass refineries: relationships between feedstock and conversion approach." In ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY 2009. Southampton, UK: WIT Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/esu090041.

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Indrawan, Surya, Sukaria Sinulingga, Nazaruddin Matondang, and Udisubakti Ciptomulyono. "Relationships Between Lean and Sustainability Manufacturing : A Literature Review." In 13th Annual International International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Michigan, USA: IEOM Society International, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.46254/an13.20230238.

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Bocean Vărzaru, Anca Antoaneta, Claudiu George Bocean, Mădălina Giorgiana Mangra, and Michael Marian Nicolescu. "Accounting the Moderation Effects on the Relationship between Social Responsibility and Business Ethics." In 3rd International Conference Global Ethics -Key of Sustainability (GEKoS). Lumen Publishing House, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/lumproc/gekos2022/05.

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Organizations do not function in isolation in society. On the part of society, it is expected that organizations will work in the interest of society and have a sense of obligation to it, to be concerned with solving the problems they have caused. Therefore, the organization should have ethical standards and practice a solid organizational culture and social responsibility to ensure the sustainability and success of the business. The paper aims to address social responsibility and business ethics concerns by building the framework of relationships between social responsibility (SR) and organizational ethics (OE) and determining the moderating effects of organization's reputation (OR), organizational communication (OCm), employee engagement (EE), and organizational culture (OCt). Following structural equation modeling, the paper determines the relationships between the variables and the moderators between these variables. The research results show that CR and OCt strongly moderate the relationship between SR and BE, while OCm and OCm slightly moderate the relationship between SR and OE.
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Ives, Christopher. "Faith perspectives on human-nature relationships, sustainability and well-being in cities." In 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. Jyväskylä: Jyvaskyla University Open Science Centre, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107768.

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Spreafico, Luca, and Massimo Peri. "Biofuel Sustainability: Relationships between the Directive 2009/28/EC and Scientific Research." In World Renewable Energy Congress – Sweden, 8–13 May, 2011, Linköping, Sweden. Linköping University Electronic Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp110572570.

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Pack, Andrew T., and Christopher A. Mattson. "An Assessment of Village Drill Sustainability, With Recommendations." In ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2017-67581.

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Sustainability is commonly broken into three categories: economic, environmental, and social. For products, there is a need for design tools that allow decision makers to handle the tradeoffs between each of these three pillars of sustainability. This paper simultaneously assesses all three pillars of sustainability for the Village Drill, a machine used to dig water wells in rural areas around the world. Using data and methods from Mattson et al. [1, 2] relationships are developed between the drill’s design parameters and key sustainability issues. These relationships are used to evaluate the sustainability of the current drill design as well as any alternatives. One million random sets of drill parameters are generated and the resulting drill alternatives are evaluated. A three-dimensional design space for the sustainability of the drill is found and recommendations are given with potential for improvements in each pillar of sustainability.
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Harmoni, Ati. "Stakeholder-Based Analysis of Sustainability Report: A Case Study on Mining Companies in Indonesia." In International Conference on Eurasian Economies. Eurasian Economists Association, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.36880/c04.00704.

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This paper reviews the experience of the mining companie in Indonesia that publish a sustainability report. By doing such exploratory research, the study aims to contribute to the development of country-specific descriptive non financial disclosure theory by establishing a benchmark understanding of how company interpret their responsible relationship with stakeholders. Based on content analysis of the annual sustainability report, this paper provide a description of current practices current prioritization in terms of social, environmental, and sustainability disclosure themes. The results show that Indonesian mining companies share a wide range of disclosure themes in order to support relationships with their stakeholders.
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Gong, Cuijuan, Gengxin Sun, Chi-Cheng Chen, and Sheng Bin. "Matrix Decomposition Recommendation Algorithm Based on Multiple Social Relationships." In 2020 IEEE 2nd Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability (ECBIOS). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ecbios50299.2020.9203754.

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Ning, Jicai, Zhiqiang Gao, and Maosi Chen. "Analysis of relationships between NDVI and land surface temperature in coastal area." In Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability XIV, edited by Wei Gao, Ni-Bin Chang, and Jinnian Wang. SPIE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2271589.

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McManus, Michael D., and Frederick M. McNamee. Relationships between Mobility, Sustainability, and Firepower. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, February 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada233052.

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Brosh, Arieh, Gordon Carstens, Kristen Johnson, Ariel Shabtay, Joshuah Miron, Yoav Aharoni, Luis Tedeschi, and Ilan Halachmi. Enhancing Sustainability of Cattle Production Systems through Discovery of Biomarkers for Feed Efficiency. United States Department of Agriculture, July 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2011.7592644.bard.

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Feed inputs represent the largest variable cost of producing meat and milk from ruminant animals. Thus, strategies that improve the efficiency of feed utilization are needed to improve the global competitiveness of Israeli and U.S. cattle industries, and mitigate their environmental impact through reductions in nutrient excretions and greenhouse gas emissions. Implementation of innovative technologies that will enhance genetic merit for feed efficiency is arguably one of the most cost-effective strategies to meet future demands for animal-protein foods in an environmentally sustainable manner. While considerable genetic variation in feed efficiency exist within cattle populations, the expense of measuring individual-animal feed intake has precluded implementation of selection programs that target this trait. Residual feed intake (RFI) is a trait that quantifies between-animal variation in feed intake beyond that expected to meet energy requirements for maintenance and production, with efficient animals being those that eat less than expected for a given size and level of production. There remains a critical need to understand the biological drivers for genetic variation in RFI to facilitate development of effective selection programs in the future. Therefore, the aim of this project was to determine the biological basis for phenotypic variation in RFI of growing and lactating cattle, and discover metabolic biomarkers of RFI for early and more cost-effective selection of cattle for feed efficiency. Objectives were to: (1) Characterize the phenotypic relationships between RFI and production traits (growth or lactation), (2) Quantify inter-animal variation in residual HP, (3) Determine if divergent RFIphenotypes differ in HP, residual HP, recovered energy and digestibility, and (4) Determine if divergent RFI phenotypes differ in physical activity, feeding behavior traits, serum hormones and metabolites and hepatic mitochondrial traits. The major research findings from this project to date include: In lactating dairy cattle, substantial phenotypic variation in RFI was demonstrated as cows classified as having low RMEI consumed 17% less MEI than high-RMEI cows despite having similar body size and lactation productivity. Further, between-animal variation in RMEI was found to moderately associated with differences in RHP demonstrating that maintenance energy requirements contribute to observed differences in RFI. Quantifying energetic efficiency of dairy cows using RHP revealed that substantial changes occur as week of lactation advances—thus it will be critical to measure RMEI at a standardized stage of lactation. Finally, to determine RMEI in lactating dairy cows, individual DMI and production data should be collected for a minimum of 6 wk. We demonstrated that a favorably association exists between RFI in growing heifers and efficiency of forage utilization in pregnant cows. Therefore, results indicate that female progeny from parents selected for low RFI during postweaning development will also be efficient as mature females, which has positive implications for both dairy and beef cattle industries. Results from the beef cattle studies further extend our knowledge regarding the biological drivers of phenotypic variation in RFI of growing animals, and demonstrate that significant differences in feeding behavioral patterns, digestibility and heart rate exist between animals with divergent RFI. Feeding behavior traits may be an effective biomarker trait for RFI in beef and dairy cattle. There are differences in mitochondrial acceptor control and respiratory control ratios between calves with divergent RFI suggesting that variation in mitochondrial metabolism may be visible at the genome level. Multiple genes associated with mitochondrial energy processes are altered by RFI phenotype and some of these genes are associated with mitochondrial energy expenditure and major cellular pathways involved in regulation of immune responses and energy metabolism.
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Levkoe, Charles Z., Peter Andrée, Patricia Ballamingie, Nadine A. Changfoot, and Karen Schwartz. Building Action Research Partnerships for Community Impact: Lessons From a National Community-Campus Engagement Project. Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement Project, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.22215/fp/cfice/2023.12701.

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While many studies have addressed the successes and challenges of participatory action research, few have documented how community campus engagement (CCE) works and how partnerships can be designed for strong community impact. This paper responds to increasing calls for ‘community first’ approaches to CCE. Our analysis draws on experiences and research from Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE), a collaborative action research project that ran from 2012-2020 in Canada and aimed to better understand how community-campus partnerships might be designed and implemented to maximize the value for community-based organizations. As five of the project’s co-leads, we reflect on our experiences, drawing on research and practice in three of CFICE’s thematic hubs (food sovereignty, poverty reduction, and community environmental sustainability) to identify achievements and articulate preliminary lessons about how to build stronger and more meaningful relationships. We identify the need to: strive towards equitable and mutually beneficial partnerships; work with boundary spanners from both the academy and civil society to facilitate such relationships; be transparent and self-reflexive about power differentials; and look continuously for ways to mitigate inequities.
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Komba, Aneth, and Richard Shukia. Accountability Relationships in 3Rs Curriculum Reform Implementation: Implication for Pupils’ Acquisition of Literacy and Numeracy Skills in Tanzania’s Primary Schools. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-rise-wp_2021/065.

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This study responded to one key research question: What are the accountability relationships between the actors in implementing the 3Rs curriculum reform? A qualitative research approach informed the study, using key informant interviews, focus group discussion and document review. The data were analysed using thematic and content analysis. The study established that the key actors in implementing the 3Rs curriculum are the government institutions and the development partners. These actors provide teaching, learning materials and support in the provision of in-service teacher training. Yet, the pupils’ and teachers’ materials prepared by the donor programmes were never authorised by the Commissioner for Education. The study also found that the implementation of the 3Rs was very uneven across the country, with some regions receiving support from both the government and donors, and others receiving support from the government only. Consequently, schools in areas that were exposed to more than one type of support benefited from various teaching and learning materials, which led to confusion regarding when to use them. Moreover, the initiatives by several donors exclusively focus on public schools, which use Kiswahili as the medium of instruction and hence, there existed inequality across the various types of schools. Furthermore, the funds for implementing the reform were provided by both the development partners and the government. The Global Partnership for Education (GPE)—Literacy and Numeracy Education Support (LANES) Program— provided a large proportion of the funds. However, the funds remained insufficient to meet the training needs. As a result, the training was provided for only few days and to a few teachers. Consequently, the sustainability of the reform, in the absence of donor funding, remains largely questionable.
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Hustvedt, Gwendolyn, Jiyun Kang, and Duy Le. The Relationship Between Attitudes Towards Science and Sustainability. Ames: Iowa State University, Digital Repository, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/itaa_proceedings-180814-761.

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van Unen, Izzy. Research Brief: Insider Mediators and Trust Building. Trust After Betrayal, April 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.59498/52693.

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This research brief examines the crucial role of insider mediators, individuals with authoritative personal connections to violence-affected communities, in conflict resolution. They establish trust through pre-existing relationships and are perceived as impartial and trustworthy by conflicting parties. Insider mediators navigate complex social dynamics, identifying culturally appropriate solutions acceptable to all sides. By promoting communication and dialogue, they create safe spaces for discussions, reduce tensions, and foster understanding between conflicting parties. Their involvement in drafting peace agreements ensures proposals align with ground realities, enhancing their implementability and long-term sustainability. Moreover, insider mediators contribute to their viability by fostering ongoing communication and cooperation, identifying potential conflicts, and acting as early warning systems. Recognising and supporting the role of insider mediators is essential for inclusive and effective conflict resolution, promoting healing and reconciliation within conflict-affected societies.
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Lam, Terence, and Keith Gale. Construction frameworks in the public sector: Do they deliver what they promise? Property Research Trust, November 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.52915/sbuk7331.

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We demonstrate that the use of Performance Frameworks for the procurement of construction projects by public sector organizations in the UK (specifically, in England) leads to significantly improved outcomes in terms of time, cost, quality, sustainability and closer relationships, than the traditional ‘open tender’ approach of procuring discrete projects, individually. We identify the factors that lead to such improvements. We label these: supplier’s task performance factors (project staff, execution approach, competence of firm and structure of firm); supplier’s contextual performance factors (trust and collaboration, culture and conscious behaviour); and client’s organisational factors (incentives, performance monitoring, procurement approach and communication). And we offer a performance improvement model that will help project managers to select the most appropriate suppliers at the procurement phase, to achieve successful project outcomes. The model can also be used to drive project performance further, by adopting client’s organisational factors during the procurement and construction phases. By applying the research conclusions, suppliers will be able to focus on communicating their strengths in the relevant aspects of task and contextual performance for technical tender proposals, and so increase the value of their services and the probabilities of winning work. And the analysis can be used by policy makers to help in drafting regulations and legislation on formal frameworks, in ways that will improve the delivery of policy objectives.
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Shahgholian, Azar, and David Bryde. The Relationship Between The Board of Directors’ Social Capital and Construction Firms’ Environmental Profiles. Association for Project Management, November 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.61175/rqve8344.

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The concept of environmental sustainability has been a hot topic in recent years and is becoming an increasingly important aspect of our everyday lives due to UN and UK government initiatives such as the NetZero Project. Our study conducted by Azar Shahgholian and David Bryde (Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool) takes the first step in providing data-driven evidence of the power of the social network in enhancing organisational performance relating to achieving environmental sustainability goals in a project-intensive industry sector. The aim is to show how the social capital of those individuals working at a board level in construction companies is utilised in different ways when carrying out practices that maximise environmental performance.
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Fraanje, Walter, Tara Garnett, Elin Röös, and David Little. What is environmental efficiency? And is it sustainable? Food Climate Research Network, May 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.56661/013a7886.

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The concept of efficiency and its relation to food sustainability is defined and valued in different ways. Among those who argue that improved efficiency will lead to greater sustainability, there are different interpretations of what improved efficiency actually means. Others still, view the quest for efficiency itself to be problematic and its relationship with sustainability potentially oxymoronic. This building block is based on the FCRN report "Lean, green, mean, obscene…? What is efficiency? And is it sustainable?" It introduces the concept of efficiency and explores its relation to food system sustainability.
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Dutta, Deborah, and Amrita Hazra. ‘There is a Bee in my Balcony’: A Guide to Growing Food Anywhere You Live Using Illustrated Narratives of Diverse Urban Farms. Indian Institute for Human Settlements, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.24943/tesf0305.2023.

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Food is a fundamental aspect of our everyday life, with deep connections to sustainability and social justice. Unfortunately, our current conventional industrial food systems form a core part of the ecological crisis. To engage with these systems, we require a radical transformation of our relationship with food, acknowledging that we as humans are also a part of the natural environment. Recognising the interdependence of agrobiodiversity, soil health and indigenous knowledge about nutrition and well-being requires the collective participation of diverse socio-economic groups at the local level.
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