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Giap, Binh Nga. "Education for environment: A useful concept: Short communication." Technische Universität Dresden, 2014. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A29095.

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By analyzing the relationship between sustainable development and education, the author developed the guidelines proposal for the practical work in environmental education and its application to guide instruction and research in Vietnam.
Trên cơ sở phân tích mối quan hệ tác động qua lại giữa giáo dục và sự phát triển bền vững cũng như tiếp cận những định nghĩa của một số tác giả khác về giáo dục môi trường. Tác giả đưa ra định hướng thực hành trong giáo dục môi trường. Định hướng này ứng dụng trong giảng dạy và nghiên cứu giáo dục môi trường tại Việt Nam.

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Kolandai-Matchett, Komathi. "Improving News Media Communication of Sustainability and the Environment: An Exploration of Approaches." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Political Science and Communication, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2109.

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The majority of earlier studies on media and the environment have concentrated on media contents, effects, and associated problems and limitations. The focus here on 'approaches to improvement' advances research in this field a step forward. This research proposes three broad 'approaches to improvemen' and undertakes four case studies to provide an exploration of their potentials. First is the 'educational approach' of building journalists' knowledge. Two cases studies illustrate the high potentials of this approach. Assessment of a mid-career training initiative in environmental reporting reveals positive impacts on journalists' knowledge, reporting skills, and job satisfaction. Evaluation of a university journalism module on sustainability shows increases in students' understanding of the meaning and multidimensional nature of sustainability, and their appreciation of the need for enhancing public awareness through media coverage. Second is the 'social responsibility approach' of media receptiveness towards a more responsible role in communicating these issues. An analysis of newspersons' views reveals partial support for this approach – although they were somewhat unreceptive to media environmental policies as a way of expressing social responsibility, they tended to be receptive towards an educative role. However, journalistic routines and norms may restrict an educative approach to news reporting. Third is the 'message framing approach' of employing effective and persuasive communication strategies in the framing of mediated information to influence understanding and perception. An experimental assessment of an information campaign on 'sustainable consumption', designed based on this approach finds some increases in community understanding and concern; thus, illustrating the potentials of this approach. Finally, drawing from the findings of the case studies and other observations in the literature the study identifies the interdependencies between the three approaches and the interconnected network of other influencing factors that are likely to determine their success – thus providing a clearer perspective of their viability in the real world.

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Macagnano, Marco. "An integrated systems-design methodology and revised model of sustainable development for the built environment in the Information Age." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66045.

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This thesis was developed to investigate the current models of sustainable development and architectural working and design practice and process to respond to the challenges of the current era defined as the Information Age. This thesis proposes a new model of sustainable development aligned to architecture and the Information Age, and a new integrated systems-design methodology to support it. Buildings were defined by le Corbusier in 1927 as ‘machines for living in’1 on the premise that these buildings facilitated our day-to-day user experience. The role of architecture as a facilitator for a sustainable existence is therefore subject to continued investigation. While there has been an increasing interest in environmental issues and ‘green building’, built environments have consequently failed to effectively holistically integrate core sustainable development principles in architecture. When compared to the definition of sustainable development in the UN Brundlandt Report of 1987, further research into an architectural design methodology is required to enable and plan for the long-term success of our built environments for current and, importantly, future generations. The practices and production of architecture risk being limited to reactively monitoring the design and construction processes for fixed moments in time, usually after the problem has presented itself. This is representative of localised, yet much publicised trends involving quantifiable rating systems for building performance. This does not contribute to long-term sustainability of the architectural product, nor the core principle of sustainable development to adequately meet the needs of current and future generations. The gravitation towards these easily-followed, yet limited-in-scope checklist processes is symptomatic of concepts of sustainable development remaining too broad and fragmented to facilitate focused, industry-appropriate implementation and design. The digital and information-based revolution has arrived, and humankind has now progressed to the point where constant and pervasive access to information and communication in a world of connected systems has changed the way we live and work. This is occurring at an exponential rate within what have been termed ‘knowledge-based societies’. Furthermore, the influence of the Information Age continues to manifest itself in the built environment through advancement of concepts and initiatives such as Smart Cities, intelligent buildings, and the Internet of Things. However, architectural approach and its emphasis on the building as a finite product comes at the expense of a holistic and integrated systems approach, and therefore requires investigation towards a revised design methodology. This thesis will begin by investigating the concept of sustainable development from its original inception to existing interpretations, and will interrogate its continued significance as a decades-old concept to the Information Age. This will be undertaken on the basis that sustainable development primarily aligns itself to the needs of humankind (current and future generations) and as such remains timeless as a core concept. However, the criteria that define sustainable development require investigation based on: a) their suitability towards human need in the context of knowledge-based societies and the Information Age, as well as b) their appropriateness for focused implementation in the scope of the built environment. In this aim, newly proposed criteria will be assimilated into a revised model for sustainable development, from which a methodology for design is developed. This will address the nature of the architectural process towards the creation of sustainable building solutions as a function of a systems approach, rather than a product approach. An integrated systems-design methodology is proposed, promoting the evolution of sustainable development theory in architecture for greater applicability to the Information Age. This systems-design methodology proactively identifies criteria for solving a given problem and the development of alternative solutions, while the proposed revised model for sustainable development is integrated to achieve a holistic building solution based on a systems process. This is inclusive of product (systems solution) delivery into the operation phase. The designer and project information model therefore transition into ‘information custodian’ and repository for knowledge gathering and exchange respectively, to the benefit of current and future stakeholders. This is addressed through various stages in design development and implementation, which apply contextually-based requirements of proposed sustainable development criteria, while catering for aspects of future flexibility, user experience, and knowledge-based development. This methodology expects the design practitioner to apply multi-dimensional evaluation and assessment tools at their discretion, and accommodate changing project dynamics over its life cycle. This implementation will benefit from future research and the introduction of new technologies to aid the process. This may furthermore be affected by new regulatory policy and guidelines affecting architects and the built environment.
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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Andersson, Simone. "Environmental Communication for sustainable development in Kenya : A qualitative study focusing on solid and liquid waste." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-147072.

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This research has investigated how environmental communication is reaching out in urban Kenya and what knowledge and attitude exists. Key aim was finding what perception stakeholders had on effective ways to communicate to reach goals of a sustainable development. Focus laid on solid and liquid waste, because of great improvements needed in infrastructure and behavior. In addition, comparison was made to current sustainability goals. Qualitative interviews with semi structured questions were conducted in Kitengela (Kajiado county) and Machakos Town (Machakos county), with six different target groups each and a total of 48 respondents. General knowledge of possibilities to reuse and recycle solid waste was quite high, but sewage is not very common to refer to as a resource. The sensitization today on the issues was mainly through schools and media. A perception was that people don’t care or know, but there are conversations about the menace of litter and sometimes dirty water. Nearly 75 % said service of clean water and environment would be worth almost any price. Many expressed frustrations on the lack of management and implications that follow when wanting to act well or create awareness, but no system to support a sustainable behavior. Suggestions of communicative methods had emphasis on reaching all age groups where people gather, like schools and churches/mosques. The approach should be positive with concrete feedback on profits of sustainable living, while presenting a vivid vision for everyone to work towards.

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Louw, Roelof. "The promotion of sustainable development in the information and communication technology sector in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20841.

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Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Dept. of Graduate School of Business.
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2007.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The World Commission of Environment and Development defines sustainability as "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." This statement forms the basis on which the study of sustain ability and sustainable development is built. The importance and impact of this statement was only accepted some half a century ago although the main cause for this statement, capitalism, is still the foundation of many economic systems today which has been in existence since almost three centuries ago. The original approach to sustainable development was obligatory acceptance of cleaning up excessive pollution. The culprits were heavy industries which had a direct dependence on natural resources and were directly responsible for excessive pollution. From this approach, sustainable development evolved to pollution prevention and later a sustainable vision through clean technologies. This evolution is described by the Sustainable Value Framework formulated by Stuart L. Hart. Since the 1990's light industries as well as indirect polluters and users of resources also acknowledged and accepted the call to sustainable development. This study addresses the promotion of sustainable development in South African ICT organisations through the definition of a corporate sustainable development programme (CSDP). The sustainable development performance of an organisation can be determined by assessment of the specific measuring instruments and available reporting on the subject. The most relevant measuring instruments for ICT organisations were identified as: the GRI G3 guidelines, the King II Report and the JSE / SRI Index with the GeSI as the appropriate body governing the ICT sector's sustainable development performance. An analysis of sustainable development reporting of South African ICT organisations, based on these measuring instruments, revealed the suitability of these instruments to gauge the triple bottom line objectives of sustainable development. As the triple bottom line objectives form part of the foundation of a CSDP the identified measurement instruments can in part be used to report on CSDP performance. This research report suggests that the triple bottom line measurement is not sufficient to measure the effectiveness of a CSDP as an effective CSDP requires integration into the business plan and strategy of an organisation. Measurement of the extent of business plan and strategy integration is therefore required. The ICT sector must accept the significance of the indirect and cross-sector roles in sustainable development and incorporate this as part of a CSDP. The ICT sector contributes mostly by enabling cross-sector sustainable development initiatives such as the slowing down of climate change. Furthermore, an leT organisation should employ its corporate governance framework to implement an integrated CSDP plan. Within the South African context of sustainable development a CSDP must consider the accelerated growth and transformation objectives while maintaining sustainable development objectives.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Wereld Kommissie van Omgewingsake en Ontwikkeling definieer volhoudbaarheid as "bevrediging van die behoeftes van die huidige sonder om die foekomsfige generasie se vermoe om hul behoeftes fe bevredig fe kompromiseer." Hierdie stelling vorm die basis van die studie oor volhoudbaarheid en volhoudbare ontwikkeling. Die belangrikheid en impak van hierdie stelling is eers ongeveer 'n halwe eeu gelede aanvaar terwyl die hoofoorsaak vir die stelling, kapitalisme, steeds die basis vorrn van vele ekonomiese stelsels vandag wat sedert ongeveer drie eeue gelede bestaan. Die oorspronklike benadering tot volhoudbare ontwikkeling het behels die aanvaarding van die verpligting om besoedeling skoon te maak. Die oortreders was swaar industrie wie direk van natuurlike hulpbronne afhanklik was en wie direk verantwoordelik was vir oormatige besoedeling. Hierdie benadering het ontwikkel tot besoedelingsvoorkoming and later 'n volhoudbare strategie wat gebasseer word op skoon tegnologie. Hierdie ontwikkeling word beskryf in die Volhoudbare Waarde Raamwerk wat deur Stuart L. Hart geformuleer is. Sedert die 1990's het die ligte industri!! en ook die indirekte besoedelaars en gerbruikers van natuurlike bronne die raep na volhoudbare ontwikkeling erken en aanvaar. Hierdie stu die spreek die bevordering van volhoudbare ontwikkeling in Suid Afrikaanse informasie en kommunikasie tegnologie (IKT) organisasies aan , deur middel van die definisie van 'n korporatiewe volhoudbare ontwikkelingsprogram (KVOP). 'n Organisasie se vertoning ten opsigte van volhoudbare ontwikkeling kan bepaal word deur na die spesfieke meetinstrumente en beskikbare verslaggewing random die onderwerp te kyk. Die mees relevante metingsinstrumente vir IKT organisasies is vasgestel as: die GRI G3 riglyne, die King II Verslag en die JSE I SRI Indeks met die GeSI as die aangewese organisasie wat die IKT sektor se volhoudbare ontwikkeling bestuur. 'n Analise van die volhoudbare ontwikkeling verslaggewing in Suid Afrikaanse IKT organisasies, gebasseer op die genoemde meetingsinstrumente, wys die toepaslikheid van hierdie meetingsinstrumente om die prestasie op die drievoudige bodemlyndoelwitte van volhoudbare ontwikkeling aan te duL Hierdie doelwitte maak ook deel uit van 'n KVOP. In hierdie navorsingsverslag word die veronderstelling gemaak dat die drievoudige bodemlynmeeting nie aileen voldoende is om die effektiewiteit van 'n KVOP te bepaal nie, aangesien 'n effektiewe KVOP die integrasie in die besigheidsplan en strategie van 'n organisasie behels. Meeting van die streking van besigheidsplan en strategie is ook dus nodig. Die IKT sektor moet die belangrikheid aanvaar van indirekte en kruissektor rol in volhoudbare ontwikkeling en dit as dee I van 'n KVOP inkorporeer. Die IKT sektor dra die meeste by tot volhoudbare ontwikkeling deur ander sektore in staat te stel om volhoudbare ontwikkeling inisiatiewe te beaefen soos byvoorbeeld die vertraging van klimaatsverandering. Verder, 'n IKT organisasie moet die korporatiewe bestuursraamwerk gebruik as die implementeringsplatvorm vir 'n ge·integreerde KVOP. Binne die Suid Afrikaanse konteks van volhoudbare ontwikkeling moet 'n KVOP ook die versnelde groei en transformasie doelwitte in ag neem terwyl volhoudbare ontwikkelingsdoelwitte onderhou word.

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Brodach, Ari. "A communication study on climate change for the European Environment Agency a case study of the key role of information dissemination in catalysing a societal transition toward sustainability /." Lund, Sweden : International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University, 2001. http://www.iiiee.lu.se/information/library/publications/reports/2001/Ari-Brodach.pdf.

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Benulic, Kajsa-Stina. "The most responsible and sustainable electricity company : A rhetorical analysis of corporate environmental communication in the energy sector." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för livsvetenskaper, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-11083.

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The energy sector has gone through changes, it has been liberalised, sustainable development has added a new dimension, and companies operating in it are increasingly expected to demonstrate environmental responsibility. In this thesis how the concepts of sustainable development and environmental responsibility are treated rhetorically in the corporate environmental communication of three Swedish electricity companies is analysed. The corporate environmental communication is viewed as a part of the companies’ public relations strategies. Rhetoric is used by companies to establish and maintain good relations with their stakeholders. If the premise that rhetoric has the ability to do something through its creation and promotion of meaning is accepted, the corporate rhetor plays a part in the definition and shaping of societal values, standards of business and public policy. It is argued that the electricity companies all present themselves as being responsible and sustainable though these claims contribute little to the definition of what environmental responsibility means and what sustainable electricity production is. The rhetoric used is a means for gaining legitimacy and competitive advantages to go on with business as usual. The electricity companies’ very similar rhetorical strategies pose an obstacle for stakeholders trying to evaluate the environmental performance of the companies.

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Bandoophanit, Thianthip, and Lupeng Ye. "University of Gävle Environmental Performance After ISO 14001 CertificationReflected by Students’ Environmental Awareness." Thesis, University of Gävle, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-7259.

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Environmental problems are seen as the first priority that all countries try to find as a solution to be more sustainable. These issues arise due to the lack of our responsibility to the world. Researchers agree on that the starting point in changing our society to be green is to increase environmental awareness (Jiang et al., 1999). Several sectors accept this idea like UNESCO which focuses on education as a tool to promote sustainable development (UNESCO, 2002).

Following UNESCO, our study investigates university students’ environmental awareness. The Authors hope that the outcome not only reflects university performance, but also helps to develop the environment in the future. Hence, the authors selected the University of Gävle or HiG, as a case study because it is a best practice in Environmental Management System (EMS). Moreover, HiG received the ISO 14001 certificate and it has a continuous improvement program (Sammalisto, 2007, p.69).

The study was started by reviewing research literatures concerning Environmental Management System (EMS), Sustainable Development (SD), Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Environmental Awareness. The authors found that there are few studies talking about students’ awareness in universities after being awarded ISO 14001. Notice that the research was seen only from environmental perspective (Flint, 2004).

To answer research questions, two surveys were adopted. The first part focused on teachers and officers (or staffs) who work on environmental issues. While, the second part focused on the students which were divided into Swedish and international.

The research outcomes indicate that HiG has a good EMS performance supported by annual environmental audits, regular policy revision and the attempts to minimize non-conformities. Conversely, when the authors pointed at student awareness, it shows that students have insufficient environmental knowledge. Moreover, some students have lower environmental awareness and act in a less ecological friendly way. Nevertheless, a knowledge problem was also found among several university staffs. This is because of the lack of communication about environmental issues inside the staffs community and lack of environmental education for students.

Whatever the university situation is, there are some groups of staff and students eager to develop themselves and their university. This point of strength could be the best driving force. It can push the university forward until the university reaches sustainable development and it brings the aware graduates into society.

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Fraenkel, Elina. "The Greener Outdoors : The importance of environmental communication with the customer." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-412605.

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The apparel industry is pointed out as an industry highly contributing with negative environmental impacts in all different stages of the production to consumption chain. Companies within the outdoor industry have been trying to combat this issue by producing apparel that are less harmful for the environment and by encouraging consumers to keep, care and repair for their apparel over time. Educative communication with customers regarding the environmental issues deriving from apparel consumption is seen where some brands go as far as to engaging in environmental activism. Regarding retailers within the outdoor industry, the use of educational communication needs to incorporate many different brands and thus communicating about environmentally preferable apparel is more complex. This study investigates the Swedish retailer Naturkompaniet’s approach to educational communication in order to identify what possibilities there are to encourage consumers to purchase environmentally preferable apparel and to care for it over time. The study find that Naturkompaniet does use educational communication to encourage consumers to purchase environmentally preferable apparel to some extent. It also identifies room for improvement and give suggestions on how the communication can be developed further.

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von, Essen Erica. "Democracy and Sustainable Development in wildlife management : From ‘stakeholders’ to ‘citizens’ in the Swedish wolf restoration process." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-174884.

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In an attempt to lend legitimacy to the troubled wolf project and to root policies in wolf-affected counties, decision-making was decentralized to stakeholder-based county wildlife management delegations in Sweden in 2009. Drawing from Habermas’ critical theory, this paper suggests that a phenomenon of instrumental rationality is currently circumscribing free and open deliberation in these delegations. Consequently, stakeholders remain fixed in their predetermined positions as wolf-skeptic hunters or pro-wolf conservationists, unable to be swayed by the deliberative process. The aim of this paper is to identify the barriers to deliberation that account for the perseverance of this strategic stakeholder rationality. Three county wildlife delegations are investigated as examples of this. The paper identifies the following four barriers, which are traced to instrumentality: strong sense of accountability, overly purposive atmosphere, overemphasis on decision as final outcome and perceived inability on the part of the delegates to influence decision-making, which is found by and large to still be ruled by scientists. Through these findings, it suggests that such barriers cause delegates to censor their own discursive attempts and to act with strategic rather than with communicative rationality toward the decision-making process. Finally, the paper concludes that the effect of instrumentality in these delegations is currently leading to (1) a crisis of legitimacy for the wolf project, as according to Habermas’ theory and (2) reduced individual freedom under the pursuit of sustainable development, as freedom has been confined to the dimension of the protection and promotion of private interests.

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Ruarus, Imme Myrthe. "Engaging the private sector in public-private partnerships in commodity value chains through corporate communication." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-358352.

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Over the past decades the traditional development agenda of a donor-beneficiary model has been replaced by one builton partnerships with mutual benefits. In recent years the paradigms of ‘aid effectiveness’ and ‘developmenteffectiveness’, characterized by a set of new and emerging actors that play an important role in development and arenewed focus on economic growth, have emerged. One of the actors that is becoming more important is the privatesector, as they increasingly have the opportunity to take on a new profound role as development driver. While there hasbeen a trend of decreasing government spending for development aid, the private sector has considerable financial assetsat their disposal. However, the financial contribution of the private sector in sectors related to the SustainableDevelopment Goals remains low. Public-private partnerships are seen as a way that can attract the private sector indoing investments in sustainable development. Especially for global agri-food chains, partnerships have the ambitionto bring about sustainable change. In order to attract the private sector in such collaborations, an understanding of theirinformation needs regarding public-private partnerships and sustainability is necessary. The focus of this research wasto explain those information needs. As part of a case study research, interviews with the private sector were conducted.To gain additional insights, web testing tasks were conducted with the same interviewees. It is found that p the two mainreasons to join in a partnership for the private partners of this case study are because it is a platform for collaborationand knowledge exchange. Understanding these motivations helps to articulate a message that is seen as valuable. Next,with regard to sustainability interests, these mainly fall under the three pillars of sustainability – economic,environmental, social – but it was also found that the companies can use information on traceability and connectingtheir work to the Sustainable Development Goals as ways to communicate about their sustainability efforts. Relatingthis to the findings on information needs and how to communicate about such topics, the main findings suggest that theinformation should be concrete, result-oriented and proof of impact. In general, the information needs of the privatesector all to less or more extent have to do with continuation of the business, while also interest is shown for makingsustainability a viable business case and being a thought leader on sustainability topics. These findings are parallel tothe dominant paradigms of development effectiveness and aid effectiveness that continue to shape the agenda ondevelopment collaboration.

I cannot select the correct organization/department for my supervisor and evaluator as both ar connected to SLU, not UU.

For Cecilia: Department of Forest Products at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

For Per: Department of Economics; Rural Entrepreneurship at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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Hermansson, Cecilia. "Communicating Biodiversity Offsetting in Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-362824.

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At a time when biodiversity is declining, there needs to be a shift in how development projects take responsibility for lost natural values. Such a change is provided by biodiversity offsetting which give project owners an opportunity to compensate for declines in natural quality. However, offsetting for biodiversity costs money and therefore a clear business case is needed. Like all types of Corporate Sustainable Responsibility (CSR) work the expected competitive advantages are dependent on the stakeholders’ knowledge of the CSR measures. The aim of this study was therefore to explain how ecological compensation is communicated to stakeholders and why communication is carried out from the perspective of the project owner in a Swedish context. Through interviews and building on theories of CSR, stakeholders, and communication, the results from the five cases herein shows that communication is regarded as very important to most biodiversity offsetting projects. How, when and to whom the communication was directed seemed to depend on the goal which was most important to the project owner. Four goals highlighted in the results were: To gain a social licence to operate; gain new knowledge and to further the indirect increase in natural values inherent in all biodiversity offsetting projects. Also, claiming legal permits for development was a goal for most of the responding organizations. The goals influenced which stakeholders became the most important to communicate with, and different communication strategies were used for the different stakeholders. Some stakeholders could clearly be grouped into general categories, e.g. legal authorities and non-governmental organizations, but this study concluded that the heterogenous character of many of the stakeholders mentioned by the participating organizations made it difficult to categorize these into specific groups.

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Johansson, Linda. "The role of serious games in communication and education of climate change." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema Miljöförändring, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-151289.

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Communicating climate change in a manner that spurs engagement and motivates actions among the public is a challenging task, due to its complex nature with many uncertainties. The same problem is evident when communicating climate adaptation where there often are trade-offs made between different needs. Information and communication technology is an area that has been highlighted as a possible form to communicate climate change, especially to youth due to their generally good technological skills. In this study, an application of information and communication technology, a digital serious game, has been studied in the context of communicating and educating about climate adaptation in schools. A total of 96 students and three teachers have been part of the study and the material was analysed using a thematic analysis. The aim of the study was to see how students and teachers reflect on the possibilities and challenges with using games to communicate and educate. In addition, the role of serious gaming in experiential learning was explored, which is a commonly used theory when studying serious games. The results revealed that serious games could play a role in communicating and educating about climate change, where the participants highlighted the game’s focus on local perspectives and solutions. The respondents also found that games could provide a more active learning process allowing the students to make decisions and see the results of their choices, an approach that could open up for discussion and reflection, which are important aspects found in the theory of experiential learning.

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Lee, Bobby Ann. "COMPARING TWO-YEAR COLLEGES UNDER A COMMON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK: PERSONAL EGOCENTRIC NETWORKS AND PERSPECTIVES." UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edsc_etds/39.

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The study purpose is to advance implementation of sustainable development at colleges, and to contribute to organizational change research using social network analysis. The researcher conducted document analysis using 2012-2016 sustainability reports of 16 purposefully selected two-year colleges under a common framework. Interpreting and coding resulted in ranking sustainable development activities as well as grouping colleges using cluster analysis. A survey and interviews were employed by the researcher to determine major themes as challenges to sustainability implementation, and personal network themes using social network analysis measures and sociograms. Challenges to sustainability implementation identified as study themes were: (1) college leadership transition; (2) communication networks; and (3) sustainability funding and resources. Personal network themes based on network analysis were: (1) sustainability leadership typologies; (2) network communication bridges and cliques; and (3) social capital for sustainability funding and resources. The research found personal egocentric network techniques an effective methodology in identifying attributes of communication links to inform transformational leaders implementing innovation. Study implications are that sustainability leaders within informal networks of staff, administrators, and faculty influence and actively participate in innovation diffusion. Faculty and staff work on specific projects and activities advancing sustainability such as community gardens or working with environmental groups, and administrator support provides social capital in terms of funding and resources. Striking the right balance among types and communication ties is a challenge for transformational leaders. Personal network techniques help leaders recognize organic network cliques and bridges during implementation stages, allowing for informed support and advancement of college sustainability. From this study, sustainability practitioners may be interested in using sustainability activity frequencies for planning and sharing with other colleges, as well as using personal network techniques to develop sociograms identifying important network positions, cliques, and bridges for sustainability implementation.

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Hellberg, Lou. "Communicating Sustainable Consumption?: How the Environmental Impact of Animal-Based Food Consumption is Expressed by Swedish Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21923.

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The demand and consumption of food products created by the livestock- and fishing industries, have a major environmental impact, affecting climate change, biodiversity, and ecosystems. Yet, there seems to be a lack of public awareness of the direct impact one’s choice of food has on the environment, which suggests that more effective efforts are needed in order to introduce the concept to consumers. By the influence of a post-humanist perspective, this thesis investigates how the environmental impact of consuming animal-based food is communicated by Swedish environmental non-governmental organizations, and how the organizations are actively working to change consumers’ dietary habits by selecting more sustainable options. The research has focused on the external communication channels of the organizations, where verbiage and imagery have been analyzed in context, by using an analytical perspective of a constructionist view of communication, of where I acknowledge that communication has changed in our digital society. The findings indicated that the organizations are showing clear efforts and willingness of communicating the environmental impact of consuming animal-based food, although these efforts remain quite limited. The promotion of a plant-based diet as a way to help mitigate climate change was also communicated to a fair extent, but the organizations seemed to be privileging the preferences of consumers for animal-based food products over the actual need for them. Given that scientific evidence has shown that human consumption of animal-based food products has a major environmental impact, the overall produced knowledge by the organizations’ communication of consuming such products is still lacking. This suggests that more effective communication efforts are still needed, given the severity of the issue, which requires a drastic social change in eating habits as currently practiced in developed nations, in order to effectively mitigate climate change.

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Hendry, Daniel, Lawrence Silcox, and Nobuko Yokoyama. "Communicating Sustainability through Design within Retail Environments." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2178.

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This thesis uses a systematic understanding of sustainability informed by human needs, learning and design theory to explore ways in which small retail environments can effectively communicate sustainability concepts. The envisioned outcome of successfully communicating and implementing sustainability within retail environments is a lasting change in people’s daily behaviors. The methods of literature review, surveys, human needs investigation and professional validation are used to develop a behavioral change model centered on human needs and learning as well as six communication guidelines. The appendix of this thesis contains a user-friendly pocket guidebook titled The Six Guidelines for Sustainable Retail. The guidebook is designed as a quick-reference tool for retailers, designers and employees. It contains principles, visuals and concepts of sustainability for daily communication and comprehension purposes.

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Snow, Janet P. "Information and communication technology driven teaching and learning opportunities in support of environmental education processes : a case of the eno-environment online programme at Treverton Preparatory School, South Africa /." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2008. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/1623/.

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Olofsson, Linnea. "Integrating the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Sustainability Reporting : A Discourse Analysis on Value Creation in the Apparel Industry." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-363378.

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In September 2015, the world leaders gathered to endorse 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), demonstrating a paradigm shift for people and the planet build on shared values, principles, and priorities for a common destiny. In the process of consolidating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) consultations with business representatives raised two issues related to the potential success of the goals. The first issue was to better measure and value true performance of business preconditioned by identifying the most significant impact areas. The second issue was concerned with integration of sustainability into core business strategies. Both issues lead back to the proclaimed paradigm shift built on shared values for a sustainable future as demonstrated by the SDGs and demonstrate challenges with implementation of the SDGs. Although comprehensive frameworks to help business integrate the goals have been developed, the complexity and sheer volume of the various targets and indicators hinder many companies from reporting on their performance and contributions. The textile and apparel industry, while endowed with enormous potential related to development of countries has drawn increased attention to its negative impacts along the value chain. The industry is also one of the first to integrate the SDG into their sustainability reports. However, critics point to the fact that simply linking sustainability activities to the SDGs is not enough and cherry-picking the goals that have the easiest business case will be insufficient. Thus, to address this potential discrepancy between communication and action, the aim of this study has been to investigate the perceived value of SDGs integration in sustainability reporting within the apparel industry. Through a critical discourse analysis, the study has reviewed six sustainability report by two Swedish apparel companies, Lindex and Filippa K, from 2015 to 2017. conceptual framework has been developed according to the SDG compass including two variables; communicated motives for SDG integration and methods to measure and report on goal fulfilment. The findings show that both companies are using the SDGs as a communicative tool to point to the conceptual motives which drives the sustainability work. Discursive strategies to frame the companies’ sustainability methods are made by utilizing the concept of “circularity”. The level of SDG integration differs between the companies. Lindex show discursive developments between 2015 to 2015 reflecting extended responsibility with correspondence between communication and action. While Filippa K does not show the same level of discursive maturity in terms of motive, the methods to address the sustainability issues related to circular fashion has accelerated significantly over the years comparatively to Lindex. The lack of communicated methods to address social issues is however evident. The findings further show that there is a correspondence between level of SDG integration and SDG contribution. This study corroborates with previous research arguing that the business world is more complex than something that can be assessed in a black and white dichotomy of hypocrisy versus sincerity and needs a much more sophisticated approach to the gap between promise and performance and that the SDGs have a transformative potential. It also provides insights on how the application of the SDGs can be seen through a spectrum between weak and strong sustainability depending on the maturity of a company’s sustainability management.

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Castillo, Alicia. "Communication for sustainable development in Mexico : a study of the links between ecology, environmental education and the use and management of natural resources in rural areas." Thesis, University of Reading, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.388403.

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Pater, Emmy. ""Unlock the Future": An Environmental Escape Game and its Development, Evaluation and Impact." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-428716.

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To bring about the rapid transformative change needed to address the global sustainability crises, a paradigm shift is needed, characterized by more sustainable beliefs and attitudes. Therefore, this thesis explores the potentials of an escape game intervention as a new strategy to promote sustainable attitudes and beliefs in players, focusing on environmental sustainability. Firstly, a framework was created with Five Pillars for a successful environmental escape game: Fun, Experiential, Urgent, Problem-Rewarding and Social. Afterwards, this Five Pillars Framework guided the design and evaluation of an Environmental escape game called “Unlock the Future”. Based on the framework, an escape game with the Five Pillars was expected to increase players’ environmental attitudes and efficacy beliefs. To test this assumption, pre- and post-survey data was gathered from nine teams who played the escape game, using validated scales for environmental attitude, self-efficacy and collective efficacy, as well as an adapted version of the Game User Experience Satisfaction Scale. The survey results confirmed that all Five Pillars were present in the escape game design, and as a result players’ environmental self-efficacy and collective efficacy increased after playing the game. However, this effect was not present for players’ environmental attitude, nor for participants that were game hosts, or failed at the escape game.

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Fernandes, Backer Ribeiro. "Planejamento estratégico de comunicação para o licenciamento ambiental no Estado de São Paulo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27154/tde-05112014-105812/.

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O Licenciamento Ambiental no Estado de São Paulo, é uma exigencia legal para a implantação e instalação de qualquer empreendimento ou atividade potencialmente poluidora ou degradadora do meio ambiente. Para que os projetos se viabilizem, é necessário que o empreendedor desenvolva um Estudo de Impacto Ambiental e o Relatório de Impacto ao Meio Ambiente - EIA/RIMA, e o apresente à Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo - CETESB, agência vinculada à Secretaria do Meio Ambiente do Estado de São Paulo, para análise dos estudos ambientais, emissão dos pareceres técnicos e das licenças ambientais: licença prévia, licença de instalação e licença de operação. No contexto dos Estudos de Impacto Ambiental (EIA\'s), se inserem os planos ou programas de comunicação que os empreendedores devem desenvolver como forma de garantir a divulgação das informações, participação e debate do empreendimento com a sociedade, conforme previsto na legislação ambiental. O objetivo deste estudo está em compreender os conceitos que nortearam o planejamento da comunicação nos diferentes EIA\'s pesquisados, avaliar as estratégias e ações de comunicação previstas, o engajamento e participação da sociedade no processo de licenciamento ambiental. Metodologicamente trata-se de uma pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, do tipo exploratório-descritiva, que se dá por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. O levantamento bibliográfico alicerçou a fundamentação teórica que buscou situar a comunicação, e sua função, como campo fundamental para garantir e engajar a sociedade na promoção da sustentabilidade de empreendimentos que impactam o meio ambiente. A pesquisa documental levantou e cadastrou os Estudos de Impacto Ambiental desenvolvidos em São Paulo entre os anos de 1987 a 2011, perfazendo um total de 25 anos desde a implantação do processo pelo governo estadual, e que possibilitou promover uma análise de conteúdo dos planos de comunicação. A análise de conteúdo nos mostra que não há um eixo norteador para a elaboração dos planos e que cada empreendedor faz a sua maneira, seja por equipe própria, ou pela equipe da assessoria responsável pela elaboração do EIA/RIMA, ou inda por assessoria de comunicação contratada. Do mesmo modo, foi possível perceber que não há clareza nos termos utilizados nos planos, pois cada um apresenta o que melhor lhe convém, desencadeando certa confusão com relação a objetivos, justificativa, estratégias, ações planejadas e resultados que diferem bem de um empreendedor para outro. Nesse sentido, esta tese finaliza com a elaboração de um plano que seja referência para orientar o planejamento da comunicação dos empreendimentos em fase de licenciamento ambiental no Estado de São Paulo.
Environmental Licensing in the State of São Paulo, is a legal requirement for the implementation and installation of any type of enterprise or activity that is potentially pollutant or detrimental to the environment. To make the projects viable, the entrepreneur will be required to develop a Study on the Environmental Impact and to submit a Report on the Environmental Impact - EIA/RIMA, to the Environmental Company for the Sate of São Paulo - CETESB, agency associated with the Environmental Secretary of the State of São Paulo, for analysis of the environmental studies, issue of technical statements and environmental licenses: provisional license, installation license and operating license. In the context of the Studies of Environmental Impact (EIA\'s), are included the communication plans or programs that those responsible are expected to develop as a way to ensure the notification of information, participation and debate of the enterprise with the society, as laid out in environmental legislation. The objective of this study is to understand the concepts that guide the planning of the communication in the different EIA\'s researched; to evaluate the expected strategies and communication action and the engagement and participation of the society in the process of environmental licensing. Methodologically this is a survey of the qualitative approach, of the exploratory-descriptive type, developed through bibliographic and documental research. The bibliographic study is grounded on the foundations that communication, in its function is duly placed as a fundamental basis to ensure and engage society in the promotion of the sustainability of enterprises that impact the environment. The documental research studied and registered the Studies of Environmental Impact developed in São Paulo in the years between 1987 and 2011, totaling 25 years since the instigation of the process by the state government, which allows for an analysis of the content in communication plans. The analysis of the content shows us that there is a guiding axis for the development of plans and each entrepreneur develops in their own way, whether through their own team, or through the advisory team responsible for the development of the EIA/RIMA, or even through outside communication offices. Regardless, it was possible to detect that there is no clarity in the terms used in the plans, since each one presents what is better suited, triggering certain confusion in relation to the objectives, justification, strategies, planned actions and results that are very distinct from one entrepreneur to the next. In this sense, this thesis finalizes the development of a plan as a reference to orientate the planning for communication of the enterprises in the environmental licensing phase in the State of São Paulo.

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Lindkvist, Hannes. "Participation for Sustainable Urban Freight Transport Systems : A Case Study of Freight Receivers in the City of Gothenburg." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-324573.

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This thesis is a case study research that look into the difficulty in engaging freight receivers in initiatives related to urban freight transport. The aim of the paper is to investigate how participatory processes could be formed for more successful outcomes and how the freight receivers could become more engaged in the processes. By conducting a qualitative research where primarily interviews with freight receivers and other concerned stakeholder were made, it was possible to distinguish differences and similarities in views and attitudes toward participation in freight related initiatives. The interviewed freight receivers were located in two different areas in the central business district in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. In one area, the freight receivers have been included in discussions with the traffic and public transport authority regarding a newly implemented restriction for heavy freight vehicles, and thus have experience with participatory processes. These results show that the freight receivers appreciate the possibility to be a part of the discussion even though they are sceptic towards their possibility to influence on decisions. In the other area, the authority is planning on potentially implement the same restrictions, but as they have not started this process, no stakeholders have yet been included in discussions. Thus, the expectations and attitude towards participation in such a process could be studied among freight receivers in this area. Results in this area show that medium sized business, based on turnover, are more enthusiastic in participating meanwhile smaller business and businesses that are part of a chain store or a franchise are less interested in participating. By comparing the views and opinions between these groups with the interview with the authorities, results show that freight receivers and the traffic and public transport authority in Gothenburg have similar views on the importance of participatory processes, but they differ in their views on what influence the freight receivers have in these processes. By analysing the results with the theoretic concepts of participation, engagement and communication it was possible to identify issues in the case that must be considered in order to establish more rewarding participatory processes. It is concluded that freight receivers must be involved already in the process of defining the problem with urban freight transport to close the gap between how the freight receivers and the authorities experience the participatory process. This would enable finding solutions that considerall interests and thus have higher chance of long-lasting implementation rather that creating conflicts on power relations. Further it is stated that with the help of a combination of a scalon plan, quality circle and representative participation is possible to create an altruistic value in participating which could increase the will to engage in participatory processes and creating more sustainable urban freight transport systems.

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Magnusson, Ida, and Maria Olsson. "Miljökommunikation : Att effektivt kommunicera och motivera hållbar utveckling." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för teknik och hållbar utveckling, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-13945.

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Under de senaste åren har samhällets oro för världens miljötillstånd växt och gett upphov till en så kallad grön marknadsföring. Miljö är ett svårt ämne att kommunicera på grund av dess breda omfattning och svårigheterna som finns med att förenkla informationen utan att tappa helhetsförståelsen. Stora samhällsaktörer såsom företag och statliga organisationer har ett ansvar för förändringsarbetet i och med att de kan visa vägen för en grönare social norm och kollektivt agerande. En kvantitativ studie av miljökommunikationsteori som den beskrivs i litteraturen har utförts, dess praktiska tillämpning har sedan undersökts kvalitativt genom fallstudier av två organisationers miljökommunikation. Studien söker svar på vilka skillnader som finns mellan företags och kommuners miljökommunikationsprocess samt hur den kan förbättras för att åstadkomma positiva beteendeförändringar i samhället och därmed ta steg mot en hållbar utveckling. Resultatet och analysen visar att det finns betydande skillnader mellan företaget och kommunen rörande organisation och ansvarsfördelning, syfte och målsättning samt återkoppling. Organisationernas miljökommunikationsprocess kan förbättras genom att informationen riktas till en väl definierad målgrupp, utformas med hänsyn till målgruppens egenskaper, möjligheter och beredvillighet till förändring. Detta måste ske med utifrån i organisationens förutsättningar, mål och syfte med miljökommunikation. Under dessa förutsättningar kan kommunikation kring miljöfrågor främja en dialog för hållbar utveckling och driva förändring både internt i organisationerna och externt i samhället.
Society's concern for the world's environmental status have increased and created a need for a so called green marketing. Environmental issues are difficult subjects to communicate because of its large scale and complex character. Large social actors such as companies and government organizations have a responsibility in leading by example and showing the way for a greener collective norm and social behavior. A quantitative study was conducted of environmental communication theory as it is described in the literature, and its practical implications were qualitatively examined through case studies of two organizations. The purpose of the study is to answer what differences that exist between the corporate and the municipal environmental communication process. It also investigates how the process can be improved in order to create positive behavioral changes in society and thus take steps towards a sustainable development. The results and analysis show that there are significant differences between the company and the municipality regarding organization and responsibility, purpose, goals, and feedback. The organizations' environmental communication process can be improved by better segmentation, designed with reference to the target group's characteristics, potential and readiness for change. When doing this it is necessary to take into account the situation of the organization and the goals and objectives regarding the environmental communication. With these conditions fulfilled, communication about environmental issues will promote dialogue about sustainable development and can drive change both internally within the organizations and externally in the community.

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Andreasson, Lindelöw Josefin, and Therese Nilsson. "Miljökommunikation i dagspressen : En diskursanalys av hur SvD och DN framställer miljöfrågor." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-13791.

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The starting point of this study is that the news media in general strongly influence which topics determine the public agenda by their choice of what is considered newsworthy. The study is based on articles from two major Swedish daily newspapers, Svenska Dagbladet and Dagens Nyheter. The aim of our thesis is to establish how the environmental public debate as portrayed in the newspaper corresponds to the environmental discussion within the scientific (subject matter expert) field, that is taught by the academic institutions, or if the two materially differ. The environmental communication discourse at the academic institutions advocates ‘episodic’ formation as the driving force behind transformation of attitudes and behavioral preconceptions. This episodic formation is aimed at incentivizing change by creating intimacy to the incident by linking cause and consequence to the individual citizen instead of to society as a whole. The analysis consists of approximately 50 articles, all published in year 2010, and is based on CDA (Critical Discourse Analysis) where we sought to map out the discourses that frame the representation of environmental topics in these two daily newspapers. The result shows that the newspapers account of environmental topics only weakly corresponds to the scientific account. The media representation mainly adopts a ‘thematic’ formation in which environmental topics are frequently approached by means of distancing itself or taking a broader and detached stance instead of a specific and attached link to the individual. The result thus shows that the newspapers discourse practice does not positively drive changes to attitudes and behaviors but rather reinforces the prevailing discourse and social posture in society. At the same time the analysis shows that the two newspapers form a forum where many different views and values are being voiced and where many different groups in society are represented in democratic spirit. Both supporting and inhibiting views are presented in this context. If the newspapers overall discourse practice promotes or inhibits transformation of the public’s environmental attitudes and behavior tends towards that ‘status quo’ is upheld at the expense of change. This despite, environmental topics are considered important by the Swedish public in general.

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Rafferty, Kevin. "An investigation of the response of entities in the South African JSE ICT sector in 2005 to environmental sustainability reporting." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003874.

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Pressure is on organisations the world over to report to their stakeholders, not only on their economic performance, but also on their environmental and social performance. In South Africa the King II code of corporate governance provides the guidance and impetus for this integrated “triple bottom line” sustainability reporting. The ICT sector in South Africa has been cited as lagging behind other sectors with regards to sustainability reporting, particularly in environmental sustainability reporting. Many ICT organisations would appear to be using their office and service based existence as reasons for having little or no impact on the environment. The study of the impacts of ICT on environmental sustainability in this research suggests that this is not necessarily the case. An assessment tool based on the internationally recognised Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines was developed in this research to investigate the level of environmental sustainability reporting in the South African ICT sector. The investigation showed the level of environmental sustainability reporting in the sector’s 2005 annual reports to be low. To get an indication of the level of reporting in more developed countries, a small sample of international ICT and service organisations was assessed using the tool, which showed significantly higher levels of environmental sustainability reporting. A set of ICT specific environmental sustainability performance indicators are proposed to enhance and encourage more significant levels of environmental sustainability reporting in South Africa.

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Li, Min. "La contribution de la Culture Traditionnelle Chinoise à la communication sur le Développement Durable." Phd thesis, Toulon, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00624573.

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Notre étude aborde les relations entre la culture traditionnelle chinoise portée par le confucianisme, le bouddhisme, le taoïsme, et les trois piliers du développement durable que sont le social, l'économie et l'environnement. La culture traditionnelle chinoise s'attache principalement à l'harmonie dans les relations interpersonnelles,dans les relations entre l'homme et la nature. Le développement durable cherche à créer pour le futur un état d'harmonie entre les êtres humains et entre l'homme et la nature. Notre question est la suivante : la culture traditionnelle chinoise ne pourrait elle pas apporter sa contribution au développement durable dans sa façon de communiquer au monde ? Les fondements de la culture traditionnelle chinoise définissent l'harmonie à partir de règles de vie : le confucianisme favorise la communication interpersonnelle, la relation entre l'homme et le social ; le taoïsme met l'accent sur la communication entre la nature et l'homme ; le bouddhisme quant à lui privilégie la communication entre l'esprit et le corps de l'homme. Nous tenterons de montrer à partir d'analyses de discours scientifiques, politiques et d'une enquête en Chine et en France, qu'une meilleure compréhension pour l'occident de la culture chinoise pourrait apporter une contribution significative au projet du développement durable. La réconciliation entre la tradition et la modernité, la combinaison des cultures occidentales et orientales sont les axes majeurs de ce projet.

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Sjöström, Linda, and Peter Melin. "Att inspirera ett engagemang : En studie om hållbar utveckling i undervisningen." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1914.

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Problem: Har arbetet för hållbar utveckling inletts och i vilken grad främjas den i kommunikationen mellan lärare och student på Handelshögskolan vid Umeå Universitet?

Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att övergripande avbilda hur implementeringen av hållbar utveckling i undervisningen på Handelshögskolan vid Umeå Universitet. För att avbilda studieobjektets verklighet så väl som möjligt kommer vi undersöka ett antal delsyften; om vad som kommunicerats, hur det kommunicerats och hur relevant kommunikationen uppfattas i undervisningen. Detta kommer undersökas genom att titta på lärares uppfattning för att jämföras med hur studenterna uppfattar implementeringen av vår problem formulering.

Teori: Teorikapitlet har sin grund från vetenskapliga arbeten och är baserad på tre teorier. En teori handlar om hur man strukturerar arbete för hållbar utveckling i en universitets kontext. Vi har även valt två teorier om kommunikation som huvudsak behandlar hur man förmedlar ett engagemang för hållbar utveckling.

Metod: Vi valde att använda oss av den kvantitativa metoden där två enkätundersökningar tillämpades, en för lärare och en för studenterna, för att på detta sätt kunna mäta faktisk implementering av hållbar utveckling i undervisningen. Undersökningarna genomfördes genom direkt besöksutskick då vi ansåg detta vara mest lämpligt eftersom övriga arbetsfokuseringar hos lärarna och studenter kunnat orsaka större bortfall. Detta med bakgrunden av vår urvalsram som var Handelshögskolans lärare och studenter.

Resultat: Vi kan i studien se ett samband mellan att belysa hållbar utveckling i undervisningen och en ökad medvetenhet hos studenten relativt än hos dem som inte haft det integrerat i undervisningen. Arbetet för hållbar utveckling på institutionen har inletts men resultatet är långt ifrån tillfredsställande då hållbarhetens tre dimensioner ska vara integrerat på alla nivåer.

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MUTARELLI, RITA de C. "Estudo da responsabilidade social do Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares de São Paulo (IPEN/CNEN-SP)." reponame:Repositório Institucional do IPEN, 2014. http://repositorio.ipen.br:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10637.

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Чорток, Юлія Володимирівна, Юлия Владимировна Чорток, and Yuliia Volodymyrivna Chortok. "Trade, environment and sustainable development." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2008. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/8134.

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Lanceleur, Philippe. "L'expérience KerBabel : une aventure dans la "nouvelle" économie de la connaissance." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SACLV050.

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Cette thèse retrace les presque vingt années de l’expérience KerBabel menée au sein du C3ED puis de REEDS, à l’université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, de 2000 à nos jours. Nous y abordons le thème de l’économie de la connaissance, à travers le prisme de plusieurs études de cas. Nous questionnons la valeur d’une co-construction dans une approche transdisciplinaire, entre les problématiques du développement durable et l’apport du numérique. Nous exposons notamment comment un processus de recherche-action a pu engendrer de nombreuses réalisations, produire les livrables requis par de multiples projets internationaux, et d’en capitaliser les résultats afin d’atteindre une architecture technique et numérique globale in fine.Nous exposons une sélection des différentes expériences où les processus de production, de transfert et d’usage des savoirs ont eu lieu. Le champ opératoire concerne la Recherche et l’Education, et plus particulièrement la médiation de connaissances dans le domaine de l’économie écologique. L’objectif est de faire l’état des lieux des études et projets où le numérique a joué un rôle. En quoi l’alliage connaissance-digital répond aux enjeux de la recherche et de l’éducation, c’est-à-dire comme moyen de la recherche et objet de la recherche, ou comme moyen pour l’éducation et objet pour l’éducation.Nous montrons de quelle façon la médiation des connaissances et les partenariats ont pu être mobilisés sur des études de cas à des échelles variables.Nous décrivons les systèmes multimédias d’aide à l’apprentissage et à la délibération (SMMAAD) ainsi que les autres créations des équipes KerBabel. Nous décrivons et. interrogeons particulièrement l’aboutissement de l’intégration des différentes expériences à travers la plateforme online ePLANETe. Un des intérêts de ce travail est de témoigner d’un exercice sur le temps long (à l’échelle du numérique). Ce recul permet de questionner l’apport des innovations du secteur des technologies de l’information et des communicationsPeuvent-elles jouer un rôle majeur dans la situation de crise environnementale dans laquelle nous sommes ? Nous questionnons également en quoi la structure de la plateforme ePLANETe globalise les questions environnement, économie, éducation et société, comme une réponse aux problématiques de choix social. Dans un contexte d’urgence climatique, la question de l’importance des partenariats prend un relief nouveau. Il nous semble que l’expérience KerBabel apporte un début de réponse originale qui mériterait d’être adaptée à un moment où les intelligences artificielles provoquent un nouveau stress, pour certains, ou une nouvelle opportunité pour le développement des connaissances et des partenariats, pour d’autres.La prise en compte de ces variétés d’opinions est au centre des approches multi-acteurs et multi-critères de l’outillage de l’expérience KerBabel. Cette thèse propose une immersion dans cette aventure collégiale. Après avoir défini le cadre de l’expérience, nous proposons un « transfert de connaissance » en utilisant la structure même de la plateforme ePLANETe. Nous passerons donc par les 6 portes (ou Doorways) thématiques qui abordent notamment chacune des quatre sphères de la soutenabilité. Nous finirons enfin par l’esquisse d’une auto-évaluation de la qualité de la plateforme par…elle-même. Cette approche nous permet de démontrer les principes de généricité qui lui sont propre et d’apporter une réponse par l’expérience réflexive
This thesis retraces the almost twenty years of the KerBabel experiment conducted within the C3ED and then REEDS, at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, from 2000 to the present day. We discuss the theme of the knowledge economy, through the prism of several case studies. We question the value of co-construction in a transdisciplinary approach, between the issues of sustainable development and the contribution of digital technology. In particular, we describe how an action-research process has generated many achievements, produced the deliverables required by multiple international projects, and capitalized on the results in order to achieve a global technical and digital architecture in fine.We present a selection of the different experiences where the processes of production, transfer and use of knowledge have taken place. The field of operation concerns Research and Education, and more particularly the mediation of knowledge in the field of ecological economics. The objective is to take stock of studies and projects in which digital technology has played a role. How the knowledge-digital alloy responds to the challenges of research and education, i.e. as a means of research and object of research, or as a means for education and object of education.We show how knowledge mediation and partnerships have been mobilized on case studies at various scales. We describe the multimedia learning and deliberation support systems (SMMAAD) and other creations of KerBabel teams. We describe and question in particular the successful integration of the different experiences through the online platform ePLANETe. One of the interests of this work is to testify to an exercise on long time (on a digital scale). This decline allows us to question the contribution of innovations in the information and communication technologies sectorCan they play a major role in the environmental crisis situation in which we find ourselves? We also question how the structure of the ePLANETe platform globalizes environmental, economic, educational and social issues as a response to social choice issues. In a context of climate emergency, the question of the importance of partnerships takes on a new dimension. It seems to us that the KerBabel experience provides the beginning of an original response that deserves to be adapted at a time when artificial intelligence is causing new stress, for some, or a new opportunity for the development of knowledge and partnerships, for others.Taking these varieties of opinion into account is at the heart of the multi-stakeholder and multi-criteria approaches of the KerBabel experience toolkit. This thesis proposes an immersion in this collegial adventure. After having defined the framework of the experiment, we propose a "knowledge transfer" using the very structure of the ePLANETe platform. We will therefore pass through the 6 thematic doors (or Doorways) that address each of the four spheres of sustainability. Finally, we will end with the outline of a self-assessment of the quality of the platform by...itself. This approach allows us to demonstrate the principles of genericity that are specific to it and to provide an answer through reflective experience

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Phillips, Christine Ann. "Sustainable place : a place of sustainable development." Thesis, Open University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286932.

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Ünal, Burak. "Sustainable Development of Istanbul Built Environment." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-147658.

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Marmara Sea and Black Sea connected with renowned Bosporus surround Istanbul, the city, which owns the privilege of bridging Europe and Asia. Besides such inland seas; forests and wetlands fragmented around and in the city maintain the natural cycle in the region. However, Istanbul as a fast developing urban area witnesses environmental issues like many other urban areas in global scale. Rapid economic and population growth of the city increase the pressure on above mentioned natural resources. Sustainable development of built environment is one of the best solutions in order to mitigate environmental damages of urban areas. The solution comes with green construction projects and systems yet the city and the market itself have barriers to block or slow the process of sustainable development. Identification of such barriers and reviewing international sustainable development practices paves the way for generating recommendations for environmentally friendly urban expansion in Istanbul. Survey targeting market professionals was conducted to identify sustainable development barriers in Istanbul and in order to address such barriers the thesis refers to conducted interviews and international practices presented in the literature review. The thesis draws economic, market and governmental recommendations which are particularly focused on financial incentives, raising awareness and enacting green laws involving all stakeholders of construction and real estate market.

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Fernandes, Roberta Aviz de Brito. "Discursos de sustentabilidade: o caso Paragominas." Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro / Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia, 2011. http://ridi.ibict.br/handle/123456789/743.

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This work intends to examine the role of information and communication dynamics on the creation and dissemination of sustainability speeches, considering the power relations and the conflict and cooperation dynamics. Such dynamics are analyzed, in particular, in the project Paragominas Green Town, at the municipality of Paragominas, Pará. From the debate on consensus, conflict, cooperation and power, it is discussed how the information and communication dynamics are expressed in the creation of speeches and the mobilization processes for sustainable development. Its consequences are analyzed considering the actions of the actors involved on the project Paragominas Green Town. It starts with the assumption that the different views on the nature-culture relation are in the center of the existing conflicts. For this study, it was used the methodology of interviews with representatives of major local actors and literature analysis. As a result, the study showed the centrality of information exchange and communication on the processes of sustainable development. It also showed that the sustainability speech reinforces the power relations that already existed, referring only to a change in the techniques of appropriation of natural resources, but not to a change in the economic rational or the social and institutional relations.
Este trabalho tem como objetivo examinar o papel das dinâmicas de informação e comunicação envolvidas na construção e disseminação de discursos de sustentabilidade,considerando as relações de poder e as dinâmicas de conflito e cooperação. Tais dinâmicas são analisadas, em particular, no estudo do projeto Paragominas Município Verde, implantado no município de Paragominas, Pará. A partir do debate sobre consenso, conflito, cooperação e poder, discute-se como as dinâmicas de informação e comunicação expressam-se na construção de discursos e processos de mobilização para o desenvolvimento sustentável local, examinando-se seus desdobramentos nas ações concretas dos atores envolvidos no projeto Paragominas Município Verde. Parte-se do suposto de que diferentes visões sobre a relação natureza e cultura estão no cerne dos conflitos existentes. A metodologia utilizada foi a realização de entrevistas com representantes dos principais atores locais e análise de literatura. Como resultado, percebe-se a centralidade da troca de informação e da comunicação nos processos de desenvolvimento sustentável e como o discurso da sustentabilidade reforça as relações de poder existente, referindo-se apenas à mudança nas técnicas de apropriação dos recursos naturais, mas não a uma mudança no pensamento econômico ou nas relações sociais e institucionais existentes.

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Hjelmqvist, Matilda. "Corporate Climate Initiatives: An Inside-Out Approach to Stakeholder Engagement." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-433099.

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The aim of this case study was to explain how voluntary climate initiatives are communicated to employees, and the role of employee involvement as an antecedent for more strategic environmental sustainability work. More specifically, the project explored enabling factors for stakeholder involvement from a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) communication perspective. A flexible research design was structured through qualitative methods and an inductive approach. Semi-structured interviews and corporate sustainability documents from two knowledge-intensive IT businesses were analyzed to understand the internal CSR landscape related to voluntary climate initiatives, like carbon offsetting actions and reduce-reuse-recycle efforts. The theoretical framework used concepts from CSR communication, environmental marketing and stakeholder management. Case study findings indicate that voluntary carbon offsetting initiatives may have a notable impact on building a more distinct company-wide climate change agenda. Furthermore, the study confirmed that employees are important drivers in environmental initiatives and may act as informal sustainability ambassadors by supporting the organizational climate impact work internally (and later externally) – by building credibility from the inside-out.

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Abraham, Akampurira [Verfasser]. "Sustainable Development and Environment Management - Regional Development / Akampurira Abraham." München : GRIN Verlag, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1183299397/34.

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Goluchowska, Katarzyna. "Environment and sustainable development: The Yurimaguas City case." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Centro de Investigación en Geografía Aplicada, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/119650.

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Humanity is looking for solutions to the environmental degradation problem, which is generated by the economic and demographic growth, the indiscriminate use of resources, deforestation and pollution. The «sustainable development» concept, which considers social, economical and environmental aspects, was created twenty years ago, but it is still not producing the desired effects, and its application generates discussion, propositions and alternatives. As a geographer, I am interested especially in two aspects, which I consider, could lead the city development to sustainability: 1. adjust the development to the advantages and limitations of the natural media of the region where the city is located, and 2. that the urban activities do not transfer the costs and environmental problems to the surroundings of the city and to the future generations.In this paper I’ll try to put both postulations taking as an example the Yurimaguas city development. This city, located at a strategic point in the route between two oceans, has a past and a future linked to the conditions of the natural environment. The paper has an introduction where the theoretical aspects of both postulations are explained, then comes an analysis and discussion of the relationship between the natural environment and development of the Yurimaguas city, and finally some propositions are suggested to improve the quality of the city environment in order to lead it to a sustainable development.
La humanidad entera busca una solución a los problemas de la degradación del ambiente, generada por el crecimiento económico y demográfico, el uso indiscriminado de los recursos, la deforestación y la contaminación. El concepto de desarrollo sostenible —que toma en cuenta, además de los aspectos sociales y económicos del desarrollo humano, los aspectos ambientales—surgió ya hace veinte años y todavía no produce los efectos deseados y su aplicación suscita discusión, propuestas y alternativas. Como geógrafa, me interesan especialmente dos aspectos que considero podrían encaminar el desarrollo de la ciudad hacia la sostenibilidad: 1. que el desarrollo se ajuste a las ventajas y limitaciones del medio natural de la zona en la cual se asienta la ciudad, y 2. que las actividades urbanas no transfieren los costos y problemas ambientales al entorno y a las futuras generaciones.En esta investigación trataré ambos postulados tomando como ejemplo el desarrollo de la ciudad de Yurimaguas. Dicha ciudad, ubicada en un punto estratégico en la ruta entre dos océanos, tiene una historia y futuro ligados estrechamente a las condiciones del medio natural. El artículo consiste de una introducción en la cual se resaltan los aspectos teóricos de ambos postulados, luego se analiza y discute la relación entre el medio natural y el desarrollo de la ciudad de Yurimaguas, y finalmente se sugieren algunas propuestas para mejorar la calidad ambiental de la ciudad a fin de encaminarla hacia el desarrollo sostenible.

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Петрушенко, Юрій Миколайович, Юрий Николаевич Петрушенко, Yurii Mykolaiovych Petrushenko, and K. Prymova. "Financial resources of institutional environment sustainable development community." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2011. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10185.

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Lermen, Ivana Ferreira. "Comunicação e ética no licenciamento ambiental de Sergipe entre 2003 e 2015." Universidade Federal de Sergipe, 2016. https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/4245.

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The objective of this research is to analyze the dimensions of public communication and environmental ethics in Social Communication Programs from the environmental licensing of Sergipe. For this, we defined as the following specific objectives: a) analyze the Environmental Impact Reports (RIMA) of the projects carried out from 2003 to 2015 in the state; b) establish the convergence of the dimensions of public communication and environmental ethics in an Integrated Program of Communication and Social Responsibility for future projects in the state. Thus, we start from the hypothesis that the communication actions defined by the entrepreneurs based on the asymmetric model of two hands, resulting in a compromise of democratic space for environmental licensing, thus reducing the incorporation of public communication and environmental ethics throughout the process. This research is justified by the constant conflicts caused by developments implementations in the affected communities do not see their expectations met on the mitigating measures presented. It is observed that the discussions provided by public hearings often do not absorb social demands, so the dissatisfactions may become permanent throughout the installation and operation licenses of the project. The theoretical reflections of the survey were based on the clash between the public interest and the private. Thus, we used the Critical Theory, in particular, the public sphere concepts and communicative action theory of Jürgen Habermas as theoretical assumptions guiding public communication. As the concept of environmental ethics supported the debate on the man's repositioning in relation to nature. The research approach method is structuralism, in relation to typologies opted for exploratory-descriptive research and the strategies adopted are the bibliographic and documentary. To collect data we adopted the technique of content analysis and as a means of interpretation of the data was used the quantitative and qualitative evaluation. It is concluded at the end of the study, that the size of the public communication is consolidated through information channels instead of participating channels, confirming, thus, the hypothesis of the search, while, on the other hand, the dimension of environmental ethics was not even considered.
O objetivo dessa pesquisa é analisar as dimensões da comunicação pública e da ética ambiental nos Programas de Comunicação Social provenientes do licenciamento ambiental de Sergipe. Para isso, definiu-se os seguintes objetivos específicos como procedimentos: a) analisar os Relatórios de Impactos Ambientais (RIMA) dos empreendimentos realizados no período de 2003 a 2015 no estado; b) estabelecer a convergência das dimensões da comunicação pública e da ética ambiental em um Programa Integrado de Comunicação e Responsabilidade Social para empreendimentos futuros no estado. Desse modo, parte-se da hipótese que as ações de comunicação definidas pelos empreendedores baseiam-se no modelo assimétrico de duas mãos, o que resulta em um comprometimento do espaço democrático durante o licenciamento ambiental, diminuindo, assim, a incorporação da comunicação pública e da ética ambiental ao longo do processo. Essa pesquisa justifica-se pelos constantes conflitos ocasionados por implementações de empreendimentos em que as comunidades afetadas não veem suas expectativas atendidas diante das medidas mitigadoras apresentadas. Observa-se que as discussões proporcionadas pelas audiências públicas comumente não absorvem as demandas sociais, logo as insatisfações podem se tornar permanentes durante toda a licença de instalação e operação do projeto. As reflexões teóricas da pesquisa foram fundamentadas no embate entre o interesse público e o privado. Dessa maneira, recorreu-se à Teoria Crítica, em especial, aos conceitos de esfera pública e agir comunicativo de Jürgen Habermas como pressupostos teóricos norteadores à comunicação pública. Assim como o conceito de ética ambiental apoiou o debate em torno do reposicionamento do homem em relação à natureza. O método de abordagem da pesquisa é o estruturalismo, em relação às tipologias optou-se pela pesquisa exploratória-descritiva e as estratégias adotadas são a pesquisa bibliográfica e a documental. Para coleta de dados adotou-se a técnica da análise de conteúdo e como forma de interpretação dos dados utilizou-se a avaliação quantitativa e qualitativa. Conclui-se, ao final da pesquisa, que a dimensão da comunicação pública está consolidada através de canais informativos em detrimento dos canais participativos, confirmando, desse modo, a hipótese da pesquisa, enquanto, por outro lado, a dimensão da ética ambiental nem sequer foi considerada.

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Maksymeno, I. "Sustainable economic development." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/45230.

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The domain of 'economics' is fundamental to considerations of sustainable development, however there has been considerable criticism of the tendency to use the three-domain model of the triple bottom line: economics, environment and social. This approach is challenged to the extent that it treats the economy as the master domain, or as a domain that exists outside of the social; it treats the environment as a world of natural metrics; and it treats the social as a miscellaneous collection of extra things that do not fit into the economic or environmental domains (see the section on Economic sustainability below). In the alternative Circles of Sustainability approach, the economic domain is defined as the practices and meanings associated with the production, use, and management of resources, where the concept of ‘resources’ is used in the broadest sense of that word.

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Гладченко, Оксана Робертівна, Оксана Робертовна Гладченко, Oksana Robertivna Hladchenko, and K. O. Prymova. "Financial resources of institutional environment for sustainable community development." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/42596.

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The article draws attention to the problem of sustainable social and economic development of local communities. Local community development is closely connected with the financing of different programs which encourages the promotion of self development and implementation of small scale community initiatives in all regions of Ukraine.

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Денисенко, Павло Анатолійович, Павел Анатольевич Денисенко, and Pavlo Anatoliiovych Denysenko. "Intellectual potential and creative environment of sustainable innovative development." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2012. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/26539.

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Halimi, Nexhi. "Women’s Position and the Environment - Case Study: Kosovo." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-160452.

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Kosovo has gone through an unfortunate turn of events in its recent history. Wars, oppression years, and economic depression have had a staining influence in the society at large. However, women and the environment have been affected the most. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ecofeminist hypothesis that links the subordination of women to the degradation of the environment. The methods employed for the study are descriptive, where interviews, observations, conversations with woman were carried out, and laws, reports, press releases of the government were reviewed. With ecofeminism as the cupola of the study, one side of the analysis looks at women’s position in the Kosovar society, through Schwartz’s seven cultural value orientations theory, and the other investigates the discursive actions of the Kosovo government, through Dryzek’s discourse analysis framework. The results obtained reveal a picture of women’s subordination by the society, a subordination that is met with administrative measures for remediation but which fall short of tangible results. In the environmental dimension, a discourse of administrative rationalism is discovered, rationalism that deals superficially with EU’s directives and acquis communautaire.

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Saidi, Saman, and Oscarsson Linda. "Hur ett äkta miljöengagemang ska förmedlas : En studie om Klättermusen." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-126887.

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Under det senast decenniet har en påtaglig förändring ägt rum i samhället, där miljöproblematiken kommit att bli ett av de mest aktuella och uppmärksammade ämnena. Bland företagen förmedlas ett miljöengagemang som ger intryck av att miljörörelsen på allvarhar lyckats flytta in i näringslivet domäner. Den ökade miljöorienteringen bland företagen har medfört att det blivit svårare att urskilja de företag som utnyttjar den nya ”trenden” för att öka affärsnyttan från de företag som verkligen har ett gediget miljöengagemang. Hur kan ett företag som har ett genuint miljöengagemang förmedla detta på ett trovärdigt sätt utan att försvinna i bruset av den ökade miljöprofileringen? Med utgångspunkt från Klättermusen, ”ett av Sveriges mest miljömedvetna företag” söker denna uppsats svar på hur man kan kommunicerar sitt miljöengagemang på ett effektivt och trovärdigt sätt och hur vida detta skapar positiva attityder hos konsumenter på outdoor marknaden i Sverige. Från en deduktivansatts, med teorier i miljökommunikation, varumärkesuppbyggnad och konsumentbeteende, används både en kvalitativ och kvantitativ metod genom intervju och enkätundersökning. Resultaten visar att Klättermusens miljökommunikation är utformad på ett näst intill exemplariskt sätt, vilket bekräftas av att deras miljökommunikation nått fram till högutsträckning på outdoor marknaden. Detta har till stor utsträckning medfört positiva attityder gentemot klättermusen, där den gröna dimensionen av varumärket och olika miljöaspekter skapat mervärden för konsumenterna. Dock har de gröna variablerna visats sig vara av mindrebetydelse för den positiva attityden gentemot företaget i förhållande till andra variabler. Dessutom har studien identifierat negativa attityder beträffande andra variabler.

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Myllynpää, Ninja, and Linda Oskarsson. "Towards a Sustainable Built Environment : Case Silverdal." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-111666.

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This paper intends to give the reader a wider knowledge about sustainable construction by taking a closer look at what drivers and goals have been of most importance in Silverdal - a construction project with environmental commitment and focus on energy efficiency. The research is formed by using a compilation of variables, such as regulation, brand building and risk management, which serve as a base for the qualitative research of the case study. The empirical findings have been gathered by interviewing people responsible for the Silverdal project. These findings imply that compliance with regulations has become more important with time and that brand building can still have greater relevance than long-term commitment to environmental related risk management. Also, economic benefits seem to be the most desired ones at the expense of making a contribution to real sustainability.

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Le, Roux Ellouise. "Creating a sustainable environment for infrastructure delivery." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80345.

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Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since 1994 the government of South Africa has spent substantial amounts of money on the development and expantion of infrastructure to include the previously disadvantaged. Each year the amount spent on infrastructure increased, and still the poor is marginalised. The title proposes that there should rather be a focus on creating a sustainable environment to deliver infrastructure. The economy, unemployment, people living in poverty and level of human resources determine the environment in which infrastructure is delivered. South Africa is on a growth path towards 2030 that aims to reduce unemployment by aproximately 10% and increase the economic growth rate 5% per annum. Key challenges that inhibits economic growth were identified by the National Planning Commision (NPC). These key challenges such as poverty, poor education, unsatisfactory public tranport and a divided society represent the environment that South Africa is currently operating in. If these key challenges could be addressed and nullified a sustainable environment could be reached. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate a sustainable environment to deliver infrastructure. Existing models will be analysed and the key principles will then be incorporated in the development of the proposed Infra-Connect Model. Strategic Planning and decision-making tools will also assist in the process towards developing the Infra-Connect Model. The theoretical results that are obtained are positive. It conforms to the goals that are set out based on the key challenges presented by the NPC. The financial resources are found to be distributed more effectively and the poor is empowered to take part in the economic activities and hence a sustainable environment to deliver infrastructure is created.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Sedert 1994 is daar aansienlike bedrae bestee op die opgradering en uitbreiding van infrastruktuur. Steeds is die huidige infrastruktuur nie voldoende nie en onontwikkeld. Die behoeftiges is steeds uitgesluit uit die ekonomiese aktiwiteite en gemarginaliseer. Hierdie verhandeling beoog om die fokus te plaas op die skepping van ‘n volhoubare omgewing wat die ontwikkeling van infrastruktuur tot gevolg het. Die omgewing verwys na die ekonomie, die behoeftiges, vlak van werkloosheid, en die kwaliteit van onderrig en mense ontwikkeling. Suid Afrika is in die proses om ‘n groeiplan saam te stel vir 2030. Onbevredigende dienslewering, ‘n verdeelde samelewing, en onvoldoende onderrig is onder andere faktore wat die groei van Suid Afrika verhinder om ‘n positiewe, kompeterende land teen 2030 te wees, soos geïdentifiseer deur die National Planning Commision. Hierdie faktore verhoed dat Suid Afrika positiewe ekonomiese groei ervaar. Die doel van die verhandeling is om die skepping van ‘n volhoubare omgewing wat infrastruktuur lewering tot gevolg sal hê, te ondersoek. Bestaande modelle word geanaliseer en gebruik om ‘n model vir munisipaliteite saam te stel wat sal help om fondse reg aan te wend en die druk rondom infrastruktuur lewering te verlig. Die teoretiese uitkomstes is positief en daar is gevind dat die model die bepalende faktore aanspreek. Die behoeftiges is na afloop van die model beter af waar hul bemagtig is en ‘n werksgeleentheid gebied word. Die gevolg is dan ‘n verlaging in die werkloosheidskoers en ‘n verwagting dat Suid Afrika se ekonomie positief sal groei. Voldoende lewering van infrastruktuur en dienste word dan ook verwag. Sodoende word ‘n volhoubare omgewing geskep vir effektiewe ontwikkeling en lewering van infrastruktuur en basiese dienste.

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Elhajjar, Samer. "Compréhension de la contestation de la publicité environnementale : principes et conséquences." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016STRAB007/document.

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Cette recherche s‘attache à comprendre le phénomène de la contestation de la publicité environnementale. En effet, peu de recherches ont été conduites sur ce sujet. L'objectif de cette thèse est d'explorer les contours de la notion de contestation publicité environnementale tout en identifiant les raisons, les manifestations et les risques qui lui sont associés. Trois études empiriques, une qualitative et deux expérimentales, montrent que qu'il existe des motifs de contestation rattachés aux éléments de la publicité et d'autres liés à la confiance du consommateur envers les publicités vertes. En outre, les manifestations de la contestation peuvent aller de mouvements collectifs et visibles à des comportements plus individuels comme l'évitement et le rejet de la publicité environnementale. De plus, la contestation semble présenter un impact négatif sur l'image de l'entreprise et sur le comportement d'achat du consommateur. Enfin, les résultats indiquent que la provocation - un moyen utilisé par les entreprises selon la littérature pour éviter pas la contestation- a d‘effets négatifs sur les perceptions et les des consommateurs envers la publicité. À la lumière des résultats obtenus, les limites de la thèse sont exposées et les futurs axes de recherche sont proposés
This research seeks to analyze the phenomenon of environmental advertising contestation. In effect, there is a shortage of studies on these issues. The objective of this thesis is to explore the contours of the environmental advertising contestation concept while identifying the reasons, the manifestations and the risks associated with it. Three empirical studies, one qualitative and two experimental, show that that there are reasons of contestation related to creative elements of advertisement and discourse advertisements and others linked to advertising medium and confidence of consumer toward the advertising source. Moreover, the manifestations of contestation can range from collective and visible movements to more individual behaviors such as avoidance and the rejection of environmental advertising. In addition, the contestation seems to have a negative impact on consumer buying behavior and on the firm's image. Finally, the results indicate that provocation- a tool used by companies according to literature to avoid contestation- has negative effects on consumers‘ perceptions and attitudes toward the advertisement. In the light of the obtained results, the limitations of the thesis are outlined and future avenues of research are proposed

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Gilham, Alan. "A governance framework for sustainable development in the built environment." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/3900.

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This project was inspired by a declaration made by built environment professionals at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (GABS, 2002), of the need for a common framework to improve decision making for sustainable development. Priori theorising indicated the suitability of governance as a topic of consideration and the possibility that a governance framework offered a potential solution. The research question was therefore: “would a governance framework for the built environment sector provide a framework in which decision making for sustainable development could be improved for all built environment stakeholders?” With an added dimension of testing for developed and developing countries, the research project was constructed on the case study methodology using the built environment sectors of the UK and Ghana. The project commenced with a review of literature which confirmed that governance is a core component of sustainable development and of increasing relevance to built environment stakeholders in both developed and developing countries. A significant gap in the literature concerning governance and the built environment sector was identified. Through analysis of literature a governance framework was constructed to act as the theoretical framework for testing. A comparative analysis of the current governance arrangements impacting on the built environment sectors in each of the case studies provided data to test the theoretical framework. A contingency valuation carried out with built environment policy makers and practitioners in Ghana provided data to further test the acceptability and applicability of the theoretical governance framework. It was concluded that a governance framework provided a robust framework in which decision making for sustainable development could be analysed and improved. Furthermore, evidence indicates that the completeness of a sector’s governance framework is a key indicator of performance for sustainable development in the built environment sector. The framework developed in this project has been used to analyse performance in Ghana’s built environment sector and the resulting policy guidance has informed the development of policy and institutional reforms in Ghana.

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Tange, Lotte, Annika Löwgren, and Ted Jan Post. "Internal Corporate Communication : Aligning Employees for Strategic Sustainable Development." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-16400.

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Making a societal transition towards sustainability is a global concern of ever increasing urgency. Succeeding in this mission requires all societal sectors to be on board and contribute. This thesis focuses on the transformation of the corporate sector, namely how Internal Corporate Communication (ICC), i.e. communication between senior management and employees, can be designed to engage employees in working with sustainability. This thesis uses a conceptual model developed for ICC and employee engagement and applies it in the specific context of ICC with regards to sustainability in medium- to large-sized companies in Northern Europe. Through interviewing practitioners working with ICC on sustainability in ‘model’ sustainability companies, the research aims to discern best practices on how to design ICC about sustainability to engage employees. The results show that ICC can be a useful tool when it comes to engaging employees in working with sustainability, and the findings are summarized as guidelines for content creation and methods to use to facilitate engagement creation for sustainability. The discussion elaborates on how these guidelines can be used together with the Strategic Sustainable Development approach to facilitate companies’ journeys towards sustainability.

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Storozhev, V. V. "Climate change and sustainable development." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/45171.

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The threat of global climate change poses an unprecedented challenge to humanity. Although climate change is potentially important, it is crucial to recognize also that (especially for the developing countries), there are a number of other priorities that affect human welfare more immediately – such as hunger and malnutrition, poverty, health, and pressing local environmental issues. In this context, predictions about climate change, its impacts, and the costs of mitigation are important for the policy – making dimension, because climate change issues reside within broader questions about sustainable development. One major objective of human development is sustainability, and the pursuit of greater precision in climate prediction can help with progress toward this goal.

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Geall, Samuel Paul. "Changing political climates : Chinese environmental journalism and sustainable development." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/changing-political-climates-chinese-environmental-journalism-and-sustainable-development(97f2393f-e26c-47e4-8062-c5a1dfcaf2b9).html.

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The phenomenon of human-caused climate change releases a “cosmopolitan imperative” (Beck 2010, 258) that demands cooperation across boundaries: national, scalar, temporal, epistemological and ontological (cf. Hulme 2010, Urry 2011). However, many of the approaches taken today only reinforce such distinctions: for example, by insisting on a universal scientific understanding of climate change as a basis for policy (Jasanoff 2010a). In the People’s Republic of China, the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide (PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency 2007), the new leadership has made “Beautiful China” and “Ecological Civilization” two of their most prominent official slogans and enshrined sustainable development as core state policy (Geall 2012, Geall and Hilton 2014). This drive for “low-carbon development,” like climate change more broadly, reveals a set of social, ecological and political concerns with interlocking, complex and uncertain dynamics. How we frame incomplete knowledge about such dynamic systems affects the political approaches that are taken to sustainability (Rittel and Webber 1973, Leach, Scoones and Stirling 2010). This dissertation uses ethnographic methods to investigate how Chinese environmental journalists make framing decisions around the science and politics of climate change. This reveals how reporters can find spaces for political engagement in a restrictive and changeable media and governance environment, one that not only reflects a changing history of attitudes towards the environment in China, but also an international arena dominated by technocratic and managerial approaches to sustainability. It finds that Chinese journalists have found sophisticated ways to map the complex interactions of human and natural systems presented by climate change – and have addressed uncertainties in a fashion that points towards more open and plural pathways to sustainability.

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