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Brennan, Josephine, Susan Garrett y Mike Purcell. "Opportunities for Global Sustainability (Global ABCD)". Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3469.
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Graymore, Michelle y n/a. "Journey to Sustainability: Small Regions, Sustainable Carrying Capacity and Sustainability Assessment Methods". Griffith University. Australian School of Environmental Studies, 2005. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20060303.132137.
Texto completoGraymore, Michelle. "Journey to Sustainability: Small Regions, Sustainable Carrying Capacity and Sustainability Assessment Methods". Thesis, Griffith University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367280.
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Australian School of Environmental Studies
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Huq, Fahian Anisul. "Social sustainability implementation in global supply chains". Thesis, Lancaster University, 2014. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/74427/.
Texto completoFrazzon, Enzo Morosini. "Sustainability and effectiveness in global logistic systems /". Berlin : Gito, 2009. http://d-nb.info/994712456/04.
Texto completoKok, Nils. "Corporate governance and sustainability in global property markets /". [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2008. http://aleph.unisg.ch/hsgscan/hm00216606.pdf.
Texto completoButler, Colin David. "Inequality and sustainability". View thesis entry in Australian Digital Theses Program, 2002. http://thesis.anu.edu.au/public/adt-ANU20030324.171924/index.html.
Texto completoButler, Colin David y Colin Butler@anu edu au. "Inequality and Sustainability". The Australian National University. National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, 2002. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20030324.171924.
Texto completoRamteke, Sachin Kakaji. "Innovation Strategies for a Global Manufacturing Business". ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7421.
Texto completoAlexander, Rachel Ruth. "Sustainability in global production networks : rethinking buyer-driven governance". Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/sustainability-in-global-production-networks-rethinking-buyerdriven-governance(3bb480ac-2873-40f0-ba2d-496249373ef8).html.
Texto completoTrujillo, Pablo. "A global analysis of the sustainability of marine aquaculture". Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32361.
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Sharp, Elizabeth. "Contesting sustainability : local policy making for the global environment". Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.311061.
Texto completoYokomaku, Katsunori. "The pursuit of sustainability by a global commercial bank". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59154.
Texto completoCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-119).
"What is Corporate Social Responsibility?" "How can it be achieved?" These questions have been central themes in business management for the last decade. In particular, protecting the global environment is now recognized as common wisdom throughout the world. In fact, many companies worldwide have initiated steps to challenge environmental issues, and various methods have been developed to measure the impact. It must be said, however, that most companies have not directed their attentions to economic and social issues, such as human rights and poverty, on which companies can exert enormous influence. This thesis examines the next courses of action for the commercial banking industry in its efforts to pursue global sustainability. Already commercial banks have as their primary mission to circulate money in a global society. In this thesis, I explore a revolution in global banking in terms of habits of thought and action, and habitual artifacts. First, I address current discussions among international organizations about global sustainability, including the serious impacts stemming from the current world financial crisis, and the policies and activities of commercial banks. Second, I research recent examples of multinational companies and NGOs that are striving to understand and mitigate the negative impacts to society. Finally, I explore how to design a global commercial banking system that helps commercial banks achieve their goal of sustainability.
by Katsunori Yokomaku.
M.B.A.
Lin, I.-HSIANG. "Users' and Preparers' Perception of Sustainability Reporting and Corporate Sustainability". NSUWorks, 2010. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/hsbe_etd/62.
Texto completoLandén, Johannes y Edvin Malmberg. "Sustainability reports: environmental friendly or a greenwashing tool? : A study of how global mining companies use sustainability report". Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-30105.
Texto completoPinchuk, Natallia. "Corporate sustainability assessment methodology". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66056.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-102).
Sustainability is a vague concept specifically in the context of a corporate world. There are numerous definitions for corporate sustainability and just as many ways of evaluating it. This work attempts to define, structure and assess corporate sustainability in a standardized robust manner through development of a comprehensive framework. The framework is developed based on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines to serve as a common measure system allowing for meaningful assessment of current state and comparison between companies in a variety of industries. Based on this framework and earlier developed Sustainability Assessment by Fuzzy Evaluation (SAFE) model a quantitative method is developed in MATLAB code. The new method is demonstrated on five companies within software industry through evaluation of publicly available data. The outcome of the evaluation is a relative ranking of companies with respect to economic, social and environmental aspects as well as intermediate components of each. Additionally high impact components, which have the potential to improve the ranking outcome the most, are identified for one of the companies as an example of practical application of such assessment. Evaluation of these components could serve as a base for recommendations development of further management action on improving of company's sustainability.
by Natallia Pinchuk.
S.M.
M.B.A.
Keeling, Brian Neville. "A critical analysis of global sustainability indices / Brian Neville Keeling". Thesis, North-West University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10204.
Texto completo(Master of Environmental Management), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013
Wood, Richard, Konstantin Stadler, Tatyana Bulavskaya, Franz Stephan Lutter, Stefan Giljum, Koning Arjan de, Jeroen Kuenen et al. "Global Sustainability Accounting - Developing EXIOBASE for Multi-Regional Footprint Analysis". MDPI AG, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su7010138.
Texto completoLiddle, Brantley T. (Brantley Thomas). "The environment-development-population system : a treatment of global sustainability". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10004.
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by Brantley T. Liddle.
Ph.D.
Haysom, Gareth. "Food system governance for urban sustainability in the global South". Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8694.
Texto completoFood security remains a persistent global challenge. Food security is defined as a situation where all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. The Food and Agriculture Organisation 2013 State of Food and Agriculture review reports that in excess of 868 million people, 12 percent of the global population, are undernourished. Global inequalities mean that this challenge is disproportionately experienced. Food insecurity manifests most severely in specific geographies. Global demographic changes have resulted in shifts in the locus of these experiences. Food insecurity in urban areas, particularly in developing countries, is a persistent yet poorly understood phenomenon. Responses to food security have primarily focused on ensuring food availability, resulting in responses that are predominantly production-orientated. This approach presupposes a principally rural challenge and overlooks critical emerging urban food insecurity challenges. The production and rural dominance in efforts to ameliorate food insecurity have a number of consequences. The first consequence reflects a scientific and technology-driven focus on increasing or optimising net calories produced. Secondly, where access to produced food is constrained, welfare interventions are used to mitigate challenges. Such interventions are predominantly reactive and lack strategic focus. The third consequence, informed by the preceding two interventions, sees policies and legislation that reinforces the production/welfare paradigm. Such food security responses disregard the current transitions evident within society. This thesis identifies a number of global transitions. Within the context of wider global change processes, focus is given to four inter-connected transitions. These transitions include the second urban transition, the food system transition and the nutrition transition. Fourth, driven by the preceding transitions, is the emergence of alternative urban food governance interventions.
Simon, Kallstenius Ivan. "Patterns of Collaboration for Sustainability in the Global Clothing Industry". Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-169781.
Texto completoEhnert, Ina, Sepideh Parsa, Ian Roper, Marcus Wagner y Michael Müller-Camen. "Reporting on sustainability and HRM: a comparative study of sustainability reporting practices by the world's largest companies". Taylor & Francis, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2015.1024157.
Texto completoMurphy, Catherine Estelle. "Conditions for sustainability in the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation". Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.417379.
Texto completoKoberg, de la Cruz Esteban. "Developing sustainability in global supply chains: the role of secondary stakeholders". Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/672393.
Texto completoDesarrollar sostenibilidad en las cadenas de suministro es una preocupación urgente para las empresas. Para abordar estas preocupaciones, las empresas compradoras frecuentemente implementan la gestión sostenible de la cadena de suministro a través de la evaluación y la colaboración con sus proveedores. Sin embargo, la efectividad de la evaluación y colaboración con proveedores para mejorar los resultados ambientales y sociales en cadenas de suministro globales caracterizadas por una gran distancia geográfica entre compradores y proveedores, se encuentra cuestionada. La evidencia anecdótica y la investigación reciente sugieren que públicos de interés secundarios como las ONG o las asociaciones comerciales, que tradicionalmente no se consideran parte de la cadena de suministro, pueden ayudar a las empresas compradoras a desarrollar la sostenibilidad en sus cadenas de suministro globales. El propósito de esta investigación fue explorar el desarrollo de la sostenibilidad en cadenas de suministro globales. Para lograr este objetivo, en primer lugar se llevó a cabo una revisión sistemática de la literatura centrada en los principales elementos estructurales y relacionales que caracterizan la gestión sostenible de la cadena de suministro en cadenas de suministro globales. Los resultados de la revisión sistemática revelan que se requiere mayor investigación respecto a la distancia geográfica y los públicos de interés secundarios. A partir de estos resultados, se llevó a cabo un análisis estadístico de datos secundarios de 186 empresas certificadas como B Corporation para examinar la relación entre la distancia geográfica, colaboración de empresas compradoras con públicos de interés secundarios, y la adopción por parte de la empresa compradora de evaluación y colaboración con proveedores. Los resultados sugieren que la adopción por parte de la empresa compradora de evaluación y colaboración con proveedores es mayor en presencia de mayor distancia geográfica, y que la participación de públicos de interés secundarios modera negativamente esta relación. Con el fin de explorar el rol de los públicos de interés secundarios con mayor profundidad, posteriormente se llevó a cabo una investigación cualitativa basada en un estudio de caso de la cadena de suministro de banano fresco en Costa Rica. Los resultados indican que los públicos de interés secundarios desempeñan roles específicos y operan simultáneamente para desarrollar la sostenibilidad en una cadena de suministro global. Esta investigación contribuye a extender la literatura sobre la gestión sostenible de cadenas de suministro al destacar el papel de los públicos de interés secundarios para desarrollar la sostenibilidad en las cadenas de suministro globales. La investigación también tiene implicaciones para gerentes y legisladores.
Developing sustainability in supply chains is a pressing concern for businesses. To address such concerns buyer firms frequently adopt sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) based on supplier assessment and supplier collaboration. The effectiveness of supplier assessment and supplier collaboration for improving environmental and social outcomes in global supply chains characterized by high geographic distance between buyers and suppliers, however, is increasingly debated. Anecdotal evidence and recent research suggest that secondary stakeholders that are not traditionally considered part of the supply chain, such as NGOs or trade associations, can aid buyer efforts to develop sustainability in their global supply chains (GSCs). The purpose of this research was to explore the development of sustainability in GSCs. To achieve the research goal a systematic literature review focused on the main structural and relational elements that characterize SSCM in GSCs was conducted first. The results of the systematic review suggest that further analysis of geographical distance and of the role of secondary stakeholders is needed for understanding how sustainability can be developed in GSCs. Building on these results, statistical analysis of secondary data from 186 certified B Corporations was then carried out to examine the relationship between geographical distance, secondary stakeholder engagement, and buyer firm adoption of supplier assessment and collaboration for sustainability. Results suggest that buyer adoption of supplier assessment and collaboration is greater in presence of geographic distance, and that secondary stakeholder engagement negatively moderates this relationship. Qualitative research based on a case study of the fresh banana supply chain in Costa Rica was then conducted to explore the role of secondary stakeholders in greater depth. Results suggest that secondary stakeholders play specific roles and operate simultaneously for developing sustainability in the upstream part of the GSC. This research contributes to extending the SSCM literature by highlighting the role of secondary stakeholders for developing sustainability in global supply chains. The research also has implications for managers and policymakers.
Luqmani, Adam R. "Sustainability and innovation : the case of a global carpet manufacturing company". Thesis, University of Surrey, 2017. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/845299/.
Texto completoLedje, Oskar y Sharon Asmelash. "A global study on the demographic drivers for corporate sustainability performance". Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-172316.
Texto completoArnström, Sebastian. "The Nuclear Option : A Global Sustainability Appraisal of Civil Nuclear Energy". Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för byggnadsteknik, energisystem och miljövetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-32853.
Texto completoBothello, Joel. "From global formulation to local legitimation : the trajectory of urban sustainability". Thesis, Cergy-Pontoise, Ecole supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014ESEC0003.
Texto completoThis dissertation focuses on the development of a powerful idea in transnational space – referred to here as a “world myth” – and demonstrates the effect of this myth on contemporary organizational structures and discourses. My research takes the environmental movement in the twentieth century as an object of study, examining the effects of this movement within the context of urban governance. There are three theoretical pillars which comprise the dissertation: The first is the literature on path generation, which frames the transnational emergence of environmentalism as a process of negotiation around meaning. The second pillar is based on the concept of regime intermediation, illuminating the mechanisms and actors behind myth diffusion to local actors. The final chapter is founded upon a theory of organizational narratives, highlighting how new organizations legitimate their founding principles – and indeed their very existence – through a strategic combination of local and transnational discourse. These three papers all employ qualitative case study methods, oriented around a process thinking approach. The first chapter is based upon a conceptual genealogy method, identifying changes in meaning contained within key texts at specific junctures in time. The second chapter employs a historiographic archive analysis of organizational reports, to trace the strategies of one influential intermediary charged with diffusing environmentalism to local recipients. The third chapter uses a contrast of contexts approach to highlight the similarities and differences between narratives in two of the largest urban sustainability projects in the world. The objective of this dissertation is threefold: First, I demonstrate how a taken-for-granted aspect of organizational governance is not a static outcome of a rational institutionalization process, but rather a malleable product subject to ongoing discursive negotiations. Secondly, I highlight the impact of a transnational myth upon local organizational discourse and narratives, and identify how a myth can be used as a strategic resource to build legitimacy. Finally, I illustrate the feedback that local adaptation provides for transnational level discourse, defining the transnational conceptualization of the myth over time
Krauss, Judith. "Cocoa sustainability initiatives and the environment : mapping stakeholder priorities and representations". Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/cocoa-sustainability-initiatives-and-the-environment-mapping-stakeholder-priorities-and-representations(cf6db173-5a55-4049-8b7a-ae045aeef971).html.
Texto completoKoepsell, Emily Diane. "Environmental sustainability assessment tool for factories". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104286.
Texto completoThesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2016. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-73).
General interest and international regulations have begun to create a world in which consumers demand to know how their products are made and companies must provide that transparency. With over 15,000 suppliers, Li & Fung wants to obtain better insight into its suppliers' environmental sustainability characteristics. The Sustainable Apparel Coalition's (SAC) Higg Index is currently viewed as the foremost way to assess a supplier's environmental sustainability; however, its facility module only applies to certain types of industries. Li & Fung requires a tool that encompasses its full supplier base and is short and robust enough to provide valuable insight into its supply chain and help it engage factories in decreasing their environmental footprints. This thesis discusses the methodology used to create such a tool and the information acquired during a successful pilot. To facilitate integration and adoption, the categories and some of the questions and language are modeled after that in the Higg Index. However, this scorecard incorporates many different and more focused questions, and the majority of its answers are standardized to promote easy analysis post-assessment. Its scoring system is also quite robust, aiming to award points accurately and with attention to the information and quality of environmental initiative undertaken at a factory. Finally, it incorporates a novel benchmarking and visualization section, which not only will help the user compare factories, but also more clearly see the areas in which a given factory is excelling or needs improvement. This knowledge will then allow Li & Fung to engage with its suppliers and help them decrease their environmental impact. The scorecard was piloted in 14 factories in the Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Hong Kong regions. Factory types included categories such as apparel, home textiles, umbrellas, and bags. Benchmarking was done across factory types to investigate commonalities and compare initiatives.
by Emily D. Koepsell.
S.M.
M.B.A.
Fourie, R. y D. Lubbe. "Trustworthiness of South African sustainability reports : an overview". Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 10, Issue 3: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/616.
Texto completoIt is widely assumed that sustainability reporting is a mechanism that companies can use to demonstrate their trustworthiness with regard to development in a sustainable manner. This article uses the Mayer, Davis and Schoorman trust model as basis to discuss how sustainability reporting can enhance trustworthiness in a sustainable development context. The study also uses a survey-questionnaire, sent to South African sustainability reporters, to explore whether they are finding sustainability reporting useful for enhancing companies' trustworthiness among stakeholders in a sustainable development context. Respondents indicate, amongst other things, that sustainability reporting in South Africa has a role to play in enhancing trustworthiness, more so among contractual stakeholders than among community stakeholders. To entrench trust benefits in the long term will however require long term strategies. Such strategies should focus on increasing the engagement of community stakeholders, authentic use of the GRI and implementing effective control systems that prevent the misuse of sustainability reports, while not preventing the formation of real trust.
Neumayer, Eric. "Weak versus strong sustainability : exploring the limits of two opposing paradigms". Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.344090.
Texto completoRinkus, Michael A. "An Exploratory Study Comparing Mid-sized U.S. Banks' and Global Banks' Sustainability Programs". Thesis, Lawrence Technological University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3738368.
Texto completoThis is an exploratory qualitative case study of the state of sustainability programs within a set of 12 mid-sized U.S. banks compared among themselves and then compared to a set of 12 global banks. This research was designed in two phases. Phase One presented the current state of sustainability within mid-sized U.S. banks and global banks based upon each bank’s public data as organized into three sections: a bank profile, major strategic initiatives, and bank sustainability initiatives and programs. Phase Two data were analyzed from 24 interviews with key executives within each bank. A structured interview format was used, and the interviews were conducted in-person, by phone, or via email depending on the respondent’s preference.
The research found that the majority of mid-sized U.S. banks had, from a regulatory view point, achieved the broader aspects of sustainability. Mid-sized U.S. banks had not seized the spirit of sustainability by organizing and communicating their efforts in the context of a voluntary formal reporting mechanism. Mid-sized banks generally relied on government compliance reports to communicate their efforts. By relying on compliance reporting, mid-sized U.S. banks are missing an opportunity to enhance their image and improve reputational and risk management efforts. It was found that the global banks demonstrated a willingness to embrace the spirit of sustainability past any regulatory requirements, but found their efforts were still in the process of integration within their many business units. It was also found that there is a need for one globally accepted reporting mechanism for sustainability performance. At present, there appear to be many competing requirements for reporting on sustainability efforts, which are beginning to tax internal departments of global banks in an effort to meet the information needs of all their stakeholders.
Using thematic analysis, five key contributions resulted: The first contribution is an understanding of the key components of mid-sized U.S. banks and global bank sustainability programs. The second contribution is identification of the motivators for mid-sized U.S. banks and global banks to establish a sustainability program. Third, a set of criteria was identified to help determine the success of a bank’s sustainability program that can be used by mid-sized U.S. banks and global banks (criteria for success). The fourth contribution is the presenting of the current state of sustainability programs for the set of banks used in the study. The fifth contribution is a set of guiding elements and impact benefits that can be used by any size bank executives to improve business results through implementation of a sustainability initiative.
Labruto, Nicole Francesca Hayes. "The plantation network : Brazilian bioenergy science and sustainability in the global South". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120881.
Texto completoCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-315).
This dissertation provides a multiscalar analysis of climate change solutions from the global South by investigating how bioscientists are leveraging postcolonial ecological legacies into the basis for what they envision as a sustainable future. In Brazil, scientists from different disciplines are reengineering sugarcane-a crop central to the colonial project-at molecular, organismic, and economic scales in order to expand biofuels as international energy commodities. I argue that biology has become central to what I call the plantation network: a postcolonial agricultural formation that includes laboratories as obligatory passage points in the growing of plants to meet human needs and desires, especially in the era of "sustainability" and "green capitalism." My research uses the plantation network formation to show that even though Brazilian scientists work under ethical and ecological threats posed by climate change, they also rely on Brazilian history, ideology, and cultural practices as they reshape life forms, landscapes, and labor in Brazil and Mozambique. This multisited analysis draws on ethnographic research conducted with molecular biologists attempting to create the world's first commercially viable transgenic sugarcane plant, biochemists working to develop waste-reducing fermentation technologies by using bioprospected "wild" yeasts to digest sugarcane bagasse, and a think tank of agronomic economists seeking to transfer a "Brazilian biofuel model" to Lusophone Mozambique. For these scientists, Brazil's long history of sugarcane is coming to center on ethoses and practices of what they call "sustentabilidade" (sustainability): a form of technoscientifically-aided industrial development that contributes to environmental wellbeing while maintaining the possibility of continued capitalist production for future populations. The dissertation examines "sustainability" as it has emerged in these sites by considering the plantation as a pharmakon-like entity: at the same time (1) a destructive nexus of social-ecological relations that has propelled the harmful, unjust conditions that have led to calls for "sustainable" practices and principles and (2) a redemptive space for ethically-sound renewable fuel and food production that scientists believe is central to creating a more just, livable world. I investigate how scientific practices related to ethically-rendered biofuels are motivating changes to the biotechnologies, production techniques, and locations of sugarcane plantations.
by Nicole Francesca Hayes Labruto.
Ph. D. in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS)
Frid, Gustav. "Integrating sustainability in the core business : From global goals to local application". Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-189045.
Texto completoYaldo, Ilham Salman Yousif. "An Ontology for Sustainability Reporting Based on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4". Thesis, Curtin University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1038.
Texto completoFriis, Laursen Mathies Lau. "Holdbarhed og modeller for betalingsbalancer i en global verden = Sustainability and models for current accounts in a global world /". Aarhus : Institut for Økonomi, Aarhus Universitet, 2008. http://mit.econ.au.dk/Library/Specialer/2008/20031663.pdf.
Texto completode, Goes Bruno Barreto. "THE DIFFUSION OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY IN GLOBAL SUPPLY NETWORKS: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES". Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2016. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/407666.
Texto completoPh.D.
The rapid increase in the adoption of global sourcing practices that took place in 1980’s led to significant transformations in traditional value chains, which were encompassed by single, vertically integrated organizations, and became globally dispersed networks of independent buyers and suppliers, where each of these firms performs specific value-adding activities that will ultimately result in that value chain’s final output. As concerns over the negative social and environmental impacts caused by industrial activity continue their rise to prominence, stakeholders are starting to realize that the changes through which value chain structures underwent have shifted the locus of corporate sustainability from individual focal firms to entire supply networks. This wider scope of stakeholder expectations has, thus, created a necessity for corporate sustainability initiatives to be diffused to all members of the supply network. Chapter one constitutes a theoretical investigation of the strategic relevance of corporate sustainability diffusion in global supply networks for both focal and non-focal firms within global supply networks, as well as the determining factors of a firm’s capacity to diffuse and performance in diffusing corporate sustainability within its supply network? The theoretical contributions of this study are divided into two parts. The first part seeks to establish a more solid cause and effect relationship to explain why firms that are more highly exposed to stakeholder scrutiny (i.e. focal firms) should necessarily face a higher risk of being held responsible for the sustainability-related misconducts of lesser exposed members of the network (i.e. supplier sustainability risk). The first part also proposes an expansion of the dichotomous categorization of corporate sustainability initiatives as either mandatory or voluntary, to add what we termed: semi-voluntary corporate sustainability initiatives. This addition serves to explain why certain firms adopt non-mandatory corporate sustainability initiatives, which apparently destroy shareholder value. We argue that this distinction is important because cases concerning semi-voluntary initiatives are likely to involve higher levels of supplier sustainability risk. In part two of the theoretical development we introduce a theoretical framework to explain the existing heterogeneity among different firms within a supply network in regards to their ability to implement the diffusion of corporate sustainability initiatives in the network (i.e. network dominance) and propose that it results from the interaction among three network-related firm characteristics: relative resource value, resource substitutability, and relative network position. Lastly, we discuss why higher levels of network dominance increase the likelihood that firms will be able to ensure a high level of corporate sustainability diffusion in the network. Chapter two aims at empirically testing a set of hypotheses derived from the propositions put forth in the second part of chapter one’s theoretical development Therefore, it seeks to answer questions, such as, who is responsible for ensuring that all network members meet the necessary corporate sustainability standards in order to adequately fulfill the demands of stakeholders? Why do some firms engage in corporate sustainability and others do not? What contributes to the effective diffusion of corporate sustainability in a supply network? These hypotheses are tested on a sample of 10,728 firms in the automotive sector, linked by 45,044 inter-firm relationships. Strong support for our hypotheses provides both researchers and managers with an interesting discussion of how this emerging business paradigm, where corporate sustainability is becoming the norm and no longer the exception, may have significant implications on how value chains are structured within this sector.
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Cordell, Dana. "The Story of Phosphorus : Sustainability implications of global phosphorus scarcity for food security". Doctoral thesis, Linköping : Department of Water and Environmental Studies, [The Tema Institute], Linköping University, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-53430.
Texto completoSchein, Steven. "The ecological world views and post-conventional action logics of global sustainability leaders". Thesis, Fielding Graduate University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3627453.
Texto completoThis is an empirical study of ecological worldviews and action logics of global sustainability leaders. Although a body of research has emerged in recent years focused on corporate sustainability practices at the organizational level, the literature has paid less attention to corporate sustainability at the individual level. As a result, little is known about the deeper psychological motivations of sustainability leaders and how these motivations may influence their behavior and effectiveness as change agents.
This study was based on theoretical insights from several social science disciplines including ecopsychology, integral ecology, environmental sociology, and developmental psychology. Drawing on interviews with 65 leaders in more than 50 multinational corporations, NGOs, and consultancies, the study presents three major propositions that illuminate specific ways that ecological worldviews and action logics are developed and expressed by sustainability leaders. Specific findings include five experiences that shape ecological worldviews over the lifespan and six ways that post-conventional action logics are expressed by sustainability leaders. Findings also include how the complexity of sustainability is driving highly collaborative approaches to leadership. Insights from this research can be integrated into leadership development programs in a wide range of public and private institutions and will be of interest to a range of sustainability scholars, social science researchers, sustainability executives, and social entrepreneurs.
Key Words: Sustainability leader, ecological worldviews, action logics, ecopsychology, developmental theory, new ecological paradigm, ecological self, corporate sustainability.
Pagan, Victoria Kate. "Addressing sustainability and inequality at a global level : how other worlds (may) emerge". Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/3289.
Texto completoMills, Julianne H. "Economic Prosperity, Strong Sustainability, and Global Biodiversity Conservation: Testing the Environmental Kuznets Curve". The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243432252.
Texto completoNemetz, Annette M. "A Global Investigation of Stakeholder and Contextual Influences on Firm Engagement in Sustainability". PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1630.
Texto completoChua, Franceen T. "A Global Perspective on Corporate Governance". Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/785.
Texto completoHillstrom, David (David P. ). "Multi-tier supply chain assessment of garment environmental sustainability". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117965.
Texto completoThesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2018.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-62 ).
Li & Fung is a global, leading trading firm that connects manufacturing vendors with retailers. Li & Fung is responsible for the supply of beauty products, furniture, and apparel, with the majority of sales in the apparel category. Li & Fung has developed strong relationships with a large portion of global retailers and maintains a leading market position in the global garment market. Furthermore, Li & Fung leverages a complex supply chain of over 16,000 partner factories across 40 countries. These factories employ hundreds of thousands of workers who perform the difficult work of producing a variety of garments. This large footprint of factories and employees results in an equally large environmental footprint. Although it is well known that the environmental impact is substantial, with researchers stating that the apparel industry is one of the largest global polluters, it has been difficult to quantify the business impact as a whole, let alone the impact of a single garment. Through this internship, the objective was to quantify the environmental impact of factories and products. This quantification will enhance decision-making and arm the business with a toolset to help factories improve and drive down impact in a targeted manner. Furthermore, these quantifications are manifested in product level footprints and factory metrics calculated with the use of internally generated data and external data. The internal data provided much of the backbone for the analysis and its collection was completed through an internally developed, proprietary tool. External data was then gathered to address information gaps in the supply chain. Together this data formed the basis for Li & Fung's Environmental Assessment Tool. This tool provides potential benefits at all levels of the supply chain. In particular, it allows designers and customers to make informed decisions about product attributes that drive environmental impact, factories to compare their environmental impact against an appropriate peer group and make educated decisions, and Li & Fung to quantify their environmental impact and take steps to address environmental hotspots.
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West, Colin Thor. "Pugkeenga: Assessing the Sustainability of Household Extension and Fragmentation under Scenarios of Global Change". Diss., The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195139.
Texto completoKamran, Muhammad. "Global Sustainability overview and Role of Policy Instruments for Sustainable Tourism Management in Pakistan". Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/669443.
Texto completoAquest estudi es podria estendre a institucions i universitats més similars de molts altres països, ja que també cal millorar la manera de desenvolupar pràctiques de turisme sostenible. A més, es podria realitzar més investigació per inspeccionar l'impacte del model de desenvolupament turístic sostenible d'altres variables com la satisfacció del turista, el nivell de vida dels residents locals, els hotels i els beneficis dels operadors turístics. Especialment seria més interessant estudiar la satisfacció dels visitants per contribuir a pràctiques turístiques sostenibles i aspectes orientats al cost.
Al final, tots els suggeriments i recomanacions podrien actuar com a possibilitat per a acadèmics, governs, responsables polítics i altres parts interessades de dur a terme futures investigacions i desenvolupar altres funcions sostenibles del turisme.
En la industria del turismo, la sostenibilidad se ha convertido en una fuerza en las últimas dos décadas. Ofrece nuevas direcciones y valores para las políticas públicas, e induce la creación del concepto de turismo sostenible. A menudo, las actividades turísticas crean impactos negativos no solo en el medio ambiente sino también en la sociedad, la cultura y, sobre todo, en la economía. El turismo es una de las industrias de más rápido crecimiento en todo el mundo. Junto con su oferta económica masiva, se encuentra la complicación de la huella humana que inflige a la madre naturaleza. Los líderes mundiales están elaborando políticas ecológicas para contrarrestar esta preocupación. El estudio se llevó a cabo en la región norte de Pakistán. En esta investigación, hemos exhibido los instrumentos de política que abordan los impactos económicos, sociales y ecológicos relacionados con todos los interesados de la industria del turismo. Se realizó un análisis descriptivo transversal de investigación utilizando las respuestas de 304 participantes. La mayoría de los participantes mostraron una respuesta positiva hacia las políticas y prácticas ecológicas. Sin embargo, se ha observado una fuerte dependencia de los antecedentes sociodemográficos de los participantes, por ejemplo, género, edad, nivel educativo, modo de vida.
Este estudio podría extenderse a instituciones y universidades más similares en muchos otros países también, ya que existe la necesidad de mejorar la forma de desarrollar prácticas de turismo sostenible. Además, se podrían realizar más investigaciones para inspeccionar el impacto del modelo de desarrollo del turismo sostenible y otras variables como la satisfacción del turista, el nivel de vida de los residentes locales, las ganancias de los hoteleros y los operadores turísticos. Especialmente, sería más interesante estudiar la satisfacción de los visitantes al contribuir a prácticas de turismo sostenible y aspectos orientados a los costos.
Al final, todas las sugerencias y recomendaciones podrían actuar como una posibilidad para que la academia, el gobierno, los encargados de formular políticas y otras partes interesadas realicen investigaciones futuras y desarrollen otras funciones sostenibles del turismo.
In the tourism industry, sustainability has emerged as a force in the last two decades. It offers new directions and values for public policy, and induces the creation of the concept of sustainable tourism. Often tourism activities create negative impacts not only on the environment but also on society, culture, and mostly on the economy. Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries around the globe. Along with its massive economic offering, lies the complication of human footprint inflicting the mother-nature. World leaders are devising eco-friendly policies to counter this concern. The study has been carried out in the northern region of Pakistan. In this research, we have exhibited the policy instruments addressing economic, social & ecological impacts related to all stake holders of Tourism Industry. A cross-sectional descriptive research analysis was done using responses of 304 participants. Majority of the participants depicted positive response towards eco-friendly policies and practices. Nevertheless, a strong reliance of sociodemographic background of the participants for example gender, age, education level, mode of livelihood has been observed.
This study could be extended to more similar institutions and universities in many other countries also as there is a need to improve the way developing sustainable tourism practices. Also, further research could be conducted to inspect the impact of the sustainable tourism development model other variables such as tourist™s satisfaction, local residents' standard of living, hoteliers' and tourist operators' profit. Especially, studying the satisfaction of visitors in contributing to sustainable tourism practices and cost oriented aspects would be more interesting.
In the end, all suggestions and recommendations could act as a possibility for academia, government, policy makers and other stakeholders to carry out future research and develop other sustainable roles of tourism.
Dzhartova, Viliana, Hrishabh Sandilya, Sierra Flanigan y Alena Iuzefovich. "Integrating Sustainability into Sector Agnostic Innovation Hubs: The Case of Venture Café Global Network". Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18333.
Texto completoMånsson-Perrone, Tristan. "Holistic Sustainability Transformation & Addressing Impacts on Global Biodiversity Integrity : Incumbent Nordic Media Companies". Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264563.
Texto completoVäxande ekologiska utmaningar [1][2][3] kan adresseras av medieindustrin genom proaktivt engagemang i holistisk hållbarhetstransformation som täcker alla aktiviteter i värdekedjan. Då minst 60% av arterna bland ryggradsdjur redan har försvunnit [1] och 40% av insektsarterna riskerar att försvinna [2], har tiden för konventionellt företagande (business-as-usual) passerat [4][5][6][49]. För att minska negativa effekter, och accelerera positiva effekter, vad gäller den biologisk mångfaldens integritet, måste företagen se bortom direkta effekter, koldioxidutsläpp, och isolerade åtgärder för en mer holistisk förståelse av och ett mer holistiskt angreppssätt vad gäller hållbarhetstransformation. Denna studie har fokuserat specifikt på Norden (Sverige, Norge, Danmark, Finland) och de största etablerade företagen inom denna region (Schibsted, MTG, Bonnier, Egmont och Sanoma) [7][8], för att ta reda på vilka åtgärder som behövs för att skydda både människor och planeten [10]. Genom att förstå drivkrafterna bakom förlusten av biologisk mångfald, såväl som de föreslagna färdplanerna för hållbarhetstransformation ifrån forskarsamfundet, och genom att kvantitativt analysera hur dessa fem företag förstår och prioriterar hållbarhet, har denna studie utvecklat en visuell lins [Pathway Lens] bestående av sju fokusområden (Seven Focus Areas, SFAs), för att möjliggöra för medieföretag att titta holistiskt på deras aktiviteter och värdekedja. De sju fokusområdena (SFAs) för hållbarhetstransformation måste hanteras holistiskt, likt FN:s 17 globala mål för hållbar utveckling (Agenda 2030) [4]. Eftersom etablerade nordiska medieföretag i dagsläget inte tittar på påverkan på den biologiska mångfaldens integritet, och inte heller fokuserar på ett holistiskt angreppssätt vad gäller hållbarhet, är de sju fokusområdena [SFAs] av den visuella linsen [Pathway Lens] ett verktyg för att bättre förstå deras unika möjlighet att accelerera hållbara livsstilar genom deras innehåll, marknadsplatser, samt produkter och events, vilka i sin tur adresserar påverkan på den biologiska mångfaldens integritet. Medieindustrin delar också den kollektiva möjligheten att accelerera hållbara värdekedjor genom att prioritera värderingar som transcenderar jaget (self-transcendence), resurser, ansvarsfulla verksamheter, cirkulära affärsmodeller, iterativt intressentengagemang, och externa partnerskap. Eftersom drivkrafterna bakom förlust av biologisk mångfald är komplexa och sammankopplade [3], krävs komplexa och sammankopplade lösningar för att skydda både människor och planeten.
Wedl, Isabella [Verfasser] y Harald [Akademischer Betreuer] Heinrichs. "Governance for Corporate Sustainability: National and global governance influencing TNCs sustainability management in Germany, the US and India / Isabella Wedl ; Betreuer: Harald Heinrichs". Lüneburg : Universitätsbibliothek der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1140222074/34.
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