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Licina, Aida, Hannah Radtke e Charlotte Johansson. "Sustainability Marketing : Sustainability Marketing on the Chinese Market". Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-14599.
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It is argued that sustainability today has become a mega-trend, where the consumers are more aware of their surroundings and businesses impact on the environment than ever. Companies have come to be critically observed by societies, which has put more pressure on them to act in more sustainable ways as well as becoming more transparent with their operational and sustainability communication towards stakeholders. In 1978 China opened up the country to the global economy and since then, the country has rapidly risen in the terms of international economic importance. However, China is suffering from large environmental concerns like immoderate pollution that has become a daily concern for the population. Due to the rapid economic growth that China has been going through the recent years, these environmental issues the country is facing are largely tied to the industrialization. One of the biggest factors contributing to China’s heavy pollution is the colossal number of both Western and Chinese production facilities opening up in China.The aim with this research was to investigate how three selected Swedish companies placed in Shanghai approach sustainability marketing and explore how they embed sustainability within their strategy and particularly in their marketing mix. This thesis was conducted with a qualitative approach and with semi-structured interviews with three Swedish companies; Greencarrier, Atlas Copco and Stora Enso.The findings from the interviews, conducted with the three mentioned companies, pointed out that sustainability today is well integrated in the company’s core business and that working with sustainability has become a critical success factor. Factors that were important for the companies was to have long-term sustainability strategies, being innovative and transparent in their operational and sustainability communication, being material efficient in the product development and promoting this on media channels like WeChat, internet websites, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Also, more traditional ways of marketing themselves was important, like visiting universities and exhibit at fairs. This essay will provide knowledge that can help companies to further their understanding of what a big role marketing has and how they can support awareness of sustainability issues. We also hope that our essay can help to inform consumers on the issue and by that place higher demands on companies to act sustainable. Because our thesis focused on investigating Swedish companies in Shanghai, it would be interesting to continue further research on how Chinese companies approach sustainability marketing.
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Mbana, Noxolo Patricia. "Sustainability reporting as a reflection of sustainability performance". Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22766.
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The major themes of the research are how well sustainability reporting reflects sustainability performance and 13 companies were assessed over three years on their sustainability reporting as reflected in their sustainability reports as well as 10 in-depth interviews. For both positive and negative reasons the reports are not always a fare reflection of sustainability performance and those companies well-endowed with accolades in sustainability reporting are not necessarily leaders in performance.Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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Razmjoo, Ali (Armin). "Measuring energy sustainability by using energy sustainability indicators". Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/671796.
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The main aim of this thesis is investigating energy sustainability in developing countries using useful indicators. As it is known, serious issues such as global warming and inefficient consumption of energy will lead to severe problems in the future in the world and in particular in developing countries. Those countries which have a proper policy and practical actions by policymakers and energy experts can prevent these problems confidently.
For these reasons, the present thesis has focused on developing indicators that can measure the grade of energy sustainability in order to achieve energy sustainability the countries analyzed. In this sense, the thesis starts to investigate the Sustainable Energy Development Index (SEDI) method and improves this method by finding and evaluating the useful indicators to improve and complete the SEDI methodology. In this regard, a numerical analysis of 12 countries has been realized.
Following the methodology, new indicators associated with energy are proposed in line with the Habitat III and the SDGs from the UN. Additionally, appropriate strategies to combine the different UN goals are analyzed, and indicators are chosen to provide the best performance of the index.
For this research, it is needed to analyze many related data and find novel indicators based on these data that can be obtained and applied by policymakers and energy experts for application in developing countries due to high percentage of energy consumption sector in these communities.
Therefore, the main findings of this thesis are proposed indicators for improving the quality life of the inhabitants of different areas in the world with respect with the different aspects of the energy such as access energy, affordable energy and saving energy. For achieving to these goals, is the need to a correct policy, the evaluation of energy sustainability based on energy systems of a country, the close collaboration of policymakers with energy experts, using useful indicators, the balance of the energy supply, equity in access to energy and environmental sustainability of the urban and remote areas. These actions will lead to achieving energy sustainability confidently.El objetivo principal de esta tesis es investigar la sostenibilidad energética en los países en desarrollo utilizando indicadores efectivos. Como es sabido, problemas como el calentamiento global y el consumo ineficiente de energía conducirán a serios problemas en el futuro del mundo y en particular en los países en desarrollo. Aquellos países que cuentan con políticas adecuadas y acciones efectivas por parte de los legisladores y expertos en energía pueden prevenir estos problemas con confianza. Por estas razones, la presente tesis se ha centrado en desarrollar indicadores que puedan medir el grado de sostenibilidad energética para lograr la sostenibilidad energética que los países analizaron. En este sentido, la tesis comienza a investigar el método del Índice de Desarrollo de Energía Sostenible (SEDI) y mejora este método al encontrar y evaluar los indicadores efectivos para mejorar y completar la metodología SEDI. En este sentido, se realizó un análisis numérico de 12 países. Siguiendo la metodología, se proponen nuevos indicadores asociados con la energía en línea con el Hábitat III y los ODS de la ONU. Además, se analizan las estrategias apropiadas para combinar los diferentes objetivos de las Naciones Unidas y se eligen los indicadores para proporcionar el mejor rendimiento del índice. Para esta investigación, es necesario analizar muchos datos relacionados y encontrar nuevos indicadores basados en estos datos que puedan ser obtenidos y aplicados por los formuladores de políticas y expertos en energía para su aplicación en los países en desarrollo debido al alto porcentaje del sector de consumo de energía en estas comunidades. Por lo tanto, los principales hallazgos de esta tesis son indicadores propuestos para mejorar la calidad de vida de los habitantes de diferentes áreas del mundo con respecto a los diferentes aspectos de la energía, como el acceso a la energía, la energía asequible y el ahorro de energía. Para alcanzar estos objetivos, se necesita corregir las políticas, la evaluación de la sostenibilidad energética basada en los sistemas energéticos de un país, la estrecha colaboración de los encargados de formular políticas con los expertos en energía, utilizando indicadores efectivos, el equilibrio del suministro de energía, la equidad en el acceso a sostenibilidad energética y ambiental de las zonas urbanas y remotas. Estas acciones conducirán a lograr la sostenibilidad energética con confianza.
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Pascon, Tiziana <1990>. "Corporate Sustainability e Sustainability Conference Calls. Un’analisi empirica". Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/6200.
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Gli avvenimenti economici e politici degli ultimi decenni hanno portato all’evoluzione del concetto di sostenibilità e all’urgenza di cambiamento nella gestione aziendale. La scarsità di risorse, l’aumento di emissioni inquinanti e le tensioni sociali, la crisi economica ed il fallimento di molti imperi aziendali, hanno condotto alla definizione multiforme di sostenibilità (ambientale, sociale ed economica) e alla necessità, nella realtà aziendale e societaria, di far proprio questo cambiamento, implementando strategie orientate al profitto tanto quanto alle modalità in cui esso viene realizzato. Alle imprese che intendono rimanere nel mercato viene chiesto di essere flessibili rispetto al mondo che le circonda, aperte e reattive ai cambiamenti sociali, tecnologici, ambientali e relativi alle risorse, si spinge verso l’adozione di un’ottica di lungo periodo e verso una gestione che venga percepita come sostenibile anche dagli investitori. Le realtà aziendali sono quindi portate a superare il concetto di Corporate Social Responsability, principalmente legato a principi etici e filantropici nella lettura dell’agire aziendale nella società e nell’ambiente che la circonda, e ad abbracciare quello di Corporate Social Innovation. Quest’ultimo sembra meglio adatto a fornire all’azienda gli strumenti (innovativi) necessari a gestire le problematiche legate alla sostenibilità sociale ed aziendale, tra i quali si riconosce anche l’“ESG Investor Briefing Project”, progetto lanciato dall’UN Global Compact e dal Principles for Responsible Investment, volto a migliorare la comunicazione azienda-investitore in materia ambientale, sociale e di corporate governance, ovvero in materia di sostenibilità. Il progetto, che attualmente interessa cinque società, mira ad aumentare la disclosure aziendale in tema di sostenibilità verso il popolo degli investitori attraverso lo strumento delle conference calls, le quali, nella nuova forma di Sustainability Conference Calls, ovvero di ESG Briefing Calls, vanno a connotarsi, per la loro struttura, come uno tra i più efficienti strumenti comunicativi. L’obiettivo dell’elaborato è valutare, partendo dalle valutazioni circa il progetto presentate da G. Eccles e G. Serafeim nel “Journal of Applied Corporate Finance” (2013, vol.25), se nelle cinque aziende aderenti al programma il tema della sostenibilità, nella sua accezione multiforme, è effettivamente trattato e in quale modo.
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Johansson, Frida, e Stella Brandting. "Labelling Sustainability". Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-16793.
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The concept of sustainability has become apparent in the fast fashion business. In recent years many companies have started to label the more sustainable garments in order to make it easier for the consumer to make conscious decisions while shopping. However, this raises many questions due to unclear use of sustainability terms and the contradiction between environmental and ethical aspects in regards to the fashion industry. The purpose of the thesis is to raise a discussion concerning the use of sustainability labels within fast fashion. In order to reach the purpose, the following questions were developed: “What do different sustainability labels mean according to the fast fashion business?”, “What knowledge do the customers have about different sustainability labels?” and “Do the labels have an impact in the buying decision making process?”We have done an explorative study to investigate a phenomenon and highlight a potential problem in this field of studies. Since the aim of the empirical research is to gain insight of the consumers' attitudes and knowledge, the study is to a large extent qualitative. We conducted a survey in which purposive sampling was used as we wanted the respondents to fulfil certain criteria. In addition to the survey, we also conducted research on a number of fast fashion companies to get an idea of what information the customers would be naturally exposed to. The results from the study show that sustainability labels within fast fashion have not experienced their intended success among their largest consumer group. It has not yet reached desired effects on the consumption behaviour, the interest for sustainability nor the knowledge among the young female respondents. One can therefore discuss the utility of using labels within fast fashion.Program: Master in Fashion Management with specialisation in Fashion Marketing and Retailing
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Roldão, David José de Abreu. "Corporate sustainability". Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4333.
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Correa, Vanessa K. "MARKETING SUSTAINABILITY". University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179260145.
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Torarp, Johan. "Spatial Sustainability". Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298824.
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The building sector was in 2018 responsible almost 40% of Sweden’s domestic greenhouse gas emissions. These numbers demands a lot from our profession and has made the topic of sustainability essential.In the Brundtland Reports definition of sustainability it’s called for ”Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Within these words, sustainability could be defined as that what lasts.
The project Spatial Sustainability aims to explore the architecture that lasts, based on the conclusion that this demands balance between the contradicting terms adaptability and stability.
I believe that the architecture that’s both adaptable and stable should be, re-usable and capable of being re-organised, but it should also have a strong physical presence in it’s urban situation. In the intersection of this contradiction I hope to find one path leading to long-lasting architecture.
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Liebold, Sebastian, e Patrick Thost. "Urban Sustainability". Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-224892.
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Urban Sustainability can be measured in differenz ways. This article focuses on density of public space and transport. With a normative point of view, it shows how density and an easy-to-approach-transportation-system can facilitate the development of a creative city.
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Meadows, Jessica Morris Natasha. "Material sustainability /". Click here to view, 2009. http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/arcesp/1/.
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Wassie, Tsegaye Mezgebu, e Melkamu Getahun. "Sustainability and Sustainability driven Innovation in case of LEGO". Thesis, Business and Economics, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-7635.
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Jutrakul, Rada, Erin Ring e Lennart Reymann. "Value Sustainability: Developing Affective Learning in Sustainability Leadership Programs". Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-19888.
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As sustainability challenges increase in both frequency and magnitude, there is a growing need for leaders who can deal with such complexity. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) develops knowledge,skills, and attitudes to enable the development of such leaders. This thesis focuses on the elusive “attitude” piece, more widely referred to as the affective domain. The research team interviewed experts on affective learning in either higher education or ESD contexts. Additionally, staff members from the case study organisation, Teach for Austria (TFA) were interviewed to determine how affective learning can be further developed within their fellow program. The five-level model (5LM) was employed to frame the findings of each interview set to provide recommendations for TFA. A feature of the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, the 5LM provides a strategic planning approach that allows for easier adaptation and implementation of the findings for other programs that wish to learn from this research. Therefore, this thesis serves to provide recommendations for developing affective learning in sustainability leadership programs. Making affective learning explicit and empowering one to reflect their own affective domain and their perspective on the world can have a positive impact on their life, as well as on their environment.
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Lee, Stacy Hyun-Nam. "Exploring Sustainability VALS: Sustainability Value, Lifestyle Practices and Stewardship". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103352/.
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Living sustainability is a set of behaviors for the long-term functioning of society. Sustainability VALS provides the clothing and textiles industry distinctive insight into comprehending the phenomenon through the application of the appropriate theoretical platform. The objectives are to identify the dimensionality of sustainability value, sustainability practices and sustainability stewardship in consumers’ perceptive, and to examine the impacts of sustainability value and stewardship on sustainability practices. Analyzing data (n = 239) from a southwestern university reveals the critical dimensions of sustainability lifestyle practices, sustainability value and sustainability stewardship. 62 out of 64 hypotheses were confirmed the significant impacts of sustainability values and stewardship on sustainability lifestyle practices. The findings revealed that the altruistic, openness to change, anthropocentrism, and ecocentrism values are influential sustainability values affecting on sustainability lifestyle practices. Given the theoretical perspective of sustainability VALS, sustainability stewardships can facilitate the holistic idea to incur consumer’s sustainability lifestyle practices.
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Jonsson, Markus, e Matea Muzevic. "Indicators of Sustainability - a tool for planning toward sustainability". Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23189.
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Hållbar utveckling och i synnerhet hållbar stadsutveckling används idag som ett ledord för hur de flesta städer önskar utvecklas. Hållbarhetsindikatorer har etablerats som ett verktyg för att underlätta beslutsfattande åtgärder genom att förenkla, förtydliga och samla information. Tanken är att indikatorer ska styra och följa upp hållbarhetsarbetet men även fungera som ett verktyg för att kommunicera idéer, tankar och värderingar. I denna studie ämnar vi att beskriver hur hållbarhetsindikatorer kan bidra med att effektivisera hållbarhetsarbetet. Genom att undersöka hur tre svenska kommuner använder sig av indikatorer tillsammans med forskning inom området presenteras en slutsats som visar att det finns stora brister i de system som idag tillämpas. Litteraturen förespråkar ett fåtal indikatorer som bygger på både kvalitativa och kvantitativa värden där kommunikation blir centralt vilket går helt emot vad kommunerna gör. Nya indikatorsystem som bygger på deltagande där den tänkta målgruppen är i fokus skulle leda till en förståelse kring hållbarhetsmålen vilket är en förutsättning för att kunna nå dem. Indikatorerna ska underlätta beslutsfattande åtgärder där rollen som styrnings- och uppföljningsverktyg2blir central samtidigt som kommunikationen blir viktig i hållbarhetsarbetet. Som medborgare blir det svårt att påverka eller förstå hållbarhetsarbetet när det inte redovisas på ett begripligt sätt och när det är svårt att följa utvecklingen. Avslutningsvis presenteras en förstudie till ett projekt där ett förslag på hur en intern process vid framtagandet av ett nytt indikatorsystem skulle kunna gå till.Sustainable development and in particular sustainable urban development are now catchphrases for how most cities wish to develop. Sustainability indicators have been established as a tool to facilitate decision-making measures to simplify, clarify and gather information. The idea is that indicators should control and follow through sustainability efforts but also serve as a tool to communicate ideas, thoughts and values. The aim of this study is to describe how sustainability indicators can help to streamline sustainability efforts. By looking at how three Swedish municipality use indicators along with research in the theoretical field a conclusion that shows that there are major weaknesses in the systems applied today is presented. The research advocates a few indicators based on both qualitative and quantitative values where communication is central which completely goes against what the municipalities are doing at the moment. New indicator systems based on participation where the intended audience is primary would lead to a broader understanding of sustainability goals, which is a requisite for achieving them. Indicators could facilitate decision-making where the role of management and monitoring will be key along with communication towards sustainability. As a citizen it is difficult to influence or understand sustainability projects when they are not presented in an understandable way and when it is difficult to monitor development. In the end of the study a preliminary project on how an internal process in developing a new indicator system is presented.
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Parnell, Matthew. "The emergence of sustainability culture and the sustainability practitioner". Thesis, Parnell, Matthew (2012) The emergence of sustainability culture and the sustainability practitioner. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2012. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/9368/.
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In this thesis, I propose that sustainability is a new emergent cultural phenomenon – a new “dreaming” - arising from our conscious and unconscious actions, our relationships and our connection to place. Such a culture of sustainability is essential to support the vision of a sustainable global society. I further propose that the way sustainability is practised, both personally and professionally, has significant potential for fostering the emergence of sustainability culture, and that a mature sustainability culture, in turn, will support our myriad actions towards sustainability. The above propositions have a significant caveat: emergence, as understood in complexity theory, is not predictable. The current unsustainable paradigm of global development is also an emergent phenomenon. Real sustainability is therefore not inevitable, simply because a vision has been articulated, and strategies and actions implemented.
I also contend that as sustainability is holistic in conception, it requires a holistic approach to practice, in addition to the mechanistic prescriptions common to much contemporary sustainability practice. To move towards a holistic approach to practice requires a different type of practitioner from the conventional practitioner: more generalist than specialist, drawing on their “inner sustainability culture” when faced with complex sustainability problems, capable of working across scales, open to discovery of new patterns, and mindful of the degree of complexity in any practice setting.
In recognition of the need for a new cultural paradigm of sustainability, and drawing on the concept of emergence as described by complexity theory, I have designed this research project to investigate the following four themes:
1. Culture as an emergent quality of complex adaptive socio-technical systems;
2. The connections between human action and emergent system qualities;
3. The prospects for the emergence of a culture of sustainability; and
4. The implications of emergent sustainability culture for the sustainability practitioner.
In this thesis, I argue that we need a model of sustainability culture that accommodates the emergence phenomenon and new ways of emergence-based sustainability practice. I therefore propose an Emergence Model of Sustainability Culture to illustrate the relationship between sustainability, culture and the emergence phenomenon, and I articulate four Emergence Patterns for Sustainability Practice as a working framework for emergence-oriented sustainability practice across different generic practice settings in simple, complicated, complex and chaotic space. I hope that sustainability practitioners will find my Emergence Model and Emergence Patterns to be helpful in progressing to a more considered and deeper approach to sustainability practice than contemporary approaches, especially where sustainability problems are complex and difficult. In this way we may continue to develop a culture of sustainability as a new “dreaming” and the practice of sustainability will progress further to service humanity’s compelling need.
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Khan, Aamir Qadeer, e Muhammad Kashif. "Sustainability & Consumer behavior towards Sustainability in Norway and Sweden". Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Företagsekonomi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-5592.
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AimSustainability has become an important factor to consider while buying goods and services. People are being more conscious toward environmental impacts of products and services. This attitude has motivated many businesses to develop their production in contact with sustainability. The aim of this paper is to investigate different consumer behaviors toward sustainability in general and in relation to vehicles in Norway and Sweden.ApproachThe project has been embarked by dividing it into two tasks.1. Analyzing past, present and future development, growth and importance of sustainability concept. Describe the role of Government authorities in Norway and Sweden to promote sustainable consumption.2. Investigating important factors of consumer behaviors which influence their buying decision toward sustainable products in general and in relation to sustainable vehicles. Highlight the role of vehicle manufacturing companies to promote sustainable consumption.MethodA research has been conducted in order to explore consumer behavior toward sustainability in Norway and Sweden. Research is based on Document study and primary research which include questionnaire survey with consumers and interviews with vehicle dealers. In addition an expert inquiry is conducted to light up consumer intensions in Norway and Sweden toward sustainability.ResultsThe result of investigation has been revealed in shape of analyses and conclusion at the end. A comparison has been made between primary research and secondary research and findings are overlapping. Sustainable vehicles are being more popular among consumers in Norway and Sweden. Consumption trends are changing over time and environmental friendly attitudes are more developing among Swedish consumers as compared to Norwegian.
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Amlaeva, Anzhelika, Saide Begüm Feyzioğlu e Hadel Mohammed Iskander ElKambergy. "Sustainability Governance Initiatives in Universities as a Tool for Sustainability". Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-12745.
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Thakker, Kinnari. "Start with Sustainability: making sustainability the meta-objective for design". Research Showcase @ CMU, 2012. http://repository.cmu.edu/theses/29.
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“Start with Sustainability” articulates the need to design products sustainably and provides designers with tools that enable them to do so. My thesis argues that a sustainable design practice is achieved by asking critical questions that anticipate social and environmental implications of our design decisions and enable discussion about it. My thesis also argues that by asking these questions early in the design process—at the problem-framing phase, enables them to largely impact the decisions going forward.
The “Start with Sustainability” framework combines two models for—the Triple Bottom Line and the Life Cycle Analysis. The framework juxtaposes them to reveal more comprehensive concerns about the social, environmental and economic attributes of product life cycles. The solution then provides a set of critical questions at the intersections of these models, enabling the designer to better recognize the interdependencies between their design and other complex problems. These questions are asked in the form of a deck of cards that also include resources to aid designers to discuss and address these problems.
In response to user testing, “Start with Sustainability” also includes a website for further participation and additional resources. The website would serve as a participatory way to build a repository of resources that can be customized towards the needs of different disciplines within product design.
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Lin, I.-HSIANG. "Users' and Preparers' Perception of Sustainability Reporting and Corporate Sustainability". NSUWorks, 2010. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/hsbe_etd/62.
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The purpose of this study was to explore users' and preparers' perception of sustainability reporting, especially for accountants and financial analysts who are involved with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines and GRI based sustainability or CSR reports in the United States. With the increasing trends to sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR), it is important to understand what level users and preparers currently hold towards the sustainability reporting. This study used samples from the following resources: all companies included in the GRI report list as a report preparer group and financial analysts as report users, whose companies' core business focused on social and environmental investing. This study examined four hypotheses concerning general corporate sustainability & reporting and sustainability performance indicators in environmental, economic and social aspects suggested by the GRI Guidelines.
This paper contributes to corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting. This paper studied users' perception of sustainability reporting and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Prior research mainly focused on preparers' perception or attitudes toward sustainability reports (Guthrie & Parker, 1990; Kolk, 2004; Lindgreen et al., 2009; White, 2005). Also, this paper adds to the literature on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and its guidelines that have not been extensively studied in prior research.
The results revealed that users and preparers agreed on the important issues asked for the general corporate sustainability and reporting, and both groups held similar attitudes towards the environmental, economic and social performance indicators and felt most of them as important to be included in a sustainability report. In addition, both groups indicated the GRI as the preferred standard setting body for sustainability reporting and gave support to GRI for its effort to establish and promote the standards for sustainability reporting. Finally, a considerable number of users and preparers agreed that the GRI report can fairly measure a company's environmental, economic and social performance.
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Case, Michael Scot. "Visions of sustainability : an overview of radical conceptions of sustainability /". Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09122009-040443/.
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Butler, 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.
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Butler, Colin David, e 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.
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Global civilisation, and therefore population health, is threatened by excessive inequality, weapons of mass destruction, inadequate economic and political theory and adverse global environmental change. The unequal distribution of global foreign exchange adjusted income is both a cause and a reflection of global social characteristics responsible for many aspects of these inter-related crises.
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The global distribution of foreign exchange adjusted income for the period 1964-1999 is examined. Using data for more than 99% of the global population, a substantial divergence in its distribution is found. The global Gini co-efficient, adjusted for national income inequality, increased from an already high value of 71% in 1964 to peak at more than 80% in 1995, before falling, very slightly, to 79% in 1999. The global distribution of purchasing parity power income is also examined, for a similar period. Though also found to be extremely unequal, its trend has not been to increased inequality. Implications of the differences between these two trends are discussed.
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A weighted time series index of global environmental change (IGEC) for the period 1960-1997 was also calculated. This uses nine categories of global time series environmental data, each scaled so that 100% represents the level of each category in nature prior to anthropogenic change; zero represents decline to a critical point. This index fell from 82% in 1960 to 55% in 1997, and will further decline during this century.
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Using evidence from several disciplines, it is argued that the decline in the IGEC correlates with major macro-environmental changes, which, combined with flawed social responses to scarcity and its perception, place at risk the ability of civilisation to function. This could occur because of the interaction of conflict, economically disastrous extreme climatic events, deterioration of other ecosystem services, regional food and water insecurity, and currently unforeseen events. Uncertainty regarding both a safe rate of decline and the tolerable nadir of the IGEC is substantial.
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Substantial reduction in the inequality of foreign exchange adjusted income is vital to enhance the development of policies able to reverse the decline in the environmental goods which underpin civilisation, and to promote the co-operation needed to maximise the chance that civilisation will survive.
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au, coral pepper@murdoch edu, e Coral Mary Pepper. "Leading for Sustainability". Murdoch University, 2007. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20071217.105345.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
Prelude
A short piece to prepare the way
(Sadie and Tyrrell, 2001)
Education for sustainability and educational leadership are the two faces to my research. Although there are differences between the concepts of environmental education and education for sustainability they are often confused. Environmental education deals with awareness raising and encouraging behaviour change to support environmental management and conservation. On the other hand, education for sustainability recognises the transformative role of education, while implicitly referring to intergenerational equity, ecological sustainability and the fair distribution of resources. The confusion is evident at the school level. Leadership is also a term fraught with confusion and misinterpretation. While there are many definitions of leadership, two common perspectives which have persisted over time are definitions of leadership as a matter of influence and of leadership as a skill. In educational terms sustainable leadership represents a shift to capture and merge contemporary leadership theory with the international pressure for sustainability through education.
There is a dearth of information available to describe education for sustainability despite recognition by both Australian and Western Australian governments of its importance in this, the early years of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014). The aims of this qualitative research are to capture leaders understanding of how education for sustainability is conceptualised, incorporated across the curriculum and led in Western Australian government secondary schools. In addition this study seeks to determine how education for sustainability becomes embedded and sustained in these schools.
The research re-conceptualises leading for sustainability. Four key concepts are identified as essential for embedding education for sustainability into Western Australian government secondary schools. These key concepts are: understanding sustainability; imagining the future; building relationships; and taking action. Combined, they enhance the meagre knowledge base about leading for sustainability in Western Australian secondary schools and provide a springboard for further research in the fields of sustainability and educational leadership.
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Zapico, Lamela Jorge Luis. "Hacking for Sustainability". Doctoral thesis, KTH, Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-137215.
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ICT for Sustainability is a growing research area looking at the potential of information and communication technologies for contributing to sustainability. The existing work in this area can be grouped in four main categories: The optimization of existing systems using ICT, the dematerialization of cultural assets and presence, the use of technology for behavioral change, and the support of sustainability practice and research. Within this research area, this thesis focuses on exploring how new technologies and approaches of working with data, such as APIs, mashups, crowdsourcing, open data, and dynamic visualizations, can be applied to sustainability and sustainability practice. This thesis follows a research through design method, where applications, prototypes, and events were created and released following an iterative design process. Five different design artifacts or “hacks” are presented and analyzed together as a portfolio. This collection of artifacts is a practical exploration of the research questions and it embodies the results. Based on the created artifacts, this text argues that the new technologies and paradigms coming from ICT can transform how sustainability work is performed, by changing the way that sustainability data is created, shared and visualized. This new “data-driven” approach is characterized by a bottom-up way of data gathering, automatic data collection and crowdsourcing, a real time orientation, a focus on transparency and openness, dynamic and interactive visualizations, and new approaches to innovation. These characteristics create new opportunities for making sustainability practice more effective and broaden its impact, but they also create new problems and increase existing risks. Finally it is argued that while information and communication technologies are usually treated as tools, these innovations in ICT for Sustainability are not only technological, but also cultural. The hacker ethic values connected with computer technologies, such as an open way of sharing knowledge, the focus on creativity as a driving force, and a hands-on approach, are key for understanding this research area and an important part of the contribution from ICT to sustainability.QC 20131213
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Cordero, Elizabeth 1959. "Sustainability in architecture". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65259.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197).
Current standard practice in architecture does not take into account the external societal costs that a building creates. To understand the total consequences of a building, one must consider all of the ecological and human health factors involved for a specific project and site. The aim of sustainable architecture is to construct a well-designed building and site environment that is healthy for the occupants, has minimal undesirable impact upon the environment, is effective in the use of natural resources, and is economical and durable. Although tangible impacts are visible only after construction begins, decisions made on the drawing board have long-term environmental consequences. The objective of this thesis is to present the information and tools available to the architect to create a sustainable project. With these tools, the architect can meet the challenges of sustainable design with an informed decision making process. This thesis defines sustainability as it applies to architecture, compares environmental performance rating systems and guidelines, discusses simulation, design, and life cycle analysis tools, outlines specific green building strategies, devises a methodology for prioritization, and summarizes design and construction procedures that incorporate these green concepts into the building process. The thesis finishes with a complete project plan that, when incorporated, will promote the realization of sustainable buildings.
by Elizabeth Cordero.
S.M.
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Maria, Audrey. "SUSTAINABILITY MARKETING COMMUNICATION". Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-37024.
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ABSTRACT Title: Sustainability marketing communication Student: Audrey Maria Supervisor:Venilton Reinert Purpose of the study: Understand how the companies build their communication message to achieve their sustainable positioning. Research Question: How today’s companies integrate sustainability in their communicationmessage to position themselves as a sustainable company? Method: This study uses a qualitative approach that analyses 3 different case studies of business to consumer (B2C) companies.The empirical data have been collected witha content analysis of the companies’ communication activities. Results and Recommendations: This study shows how it is important for companies to communicate about their sustainable activities and values, to be relevant, transparent and credible towards the target. This can be done by using communication channels in an integrated way and avoiding negative appeals in the message content. Keywords:Sustainability Marketing Communication, Sustainability, Message content, Promotion mix.
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Muntian, M. "Globalization and sustainability". Thesis, Вид-во СумДУ, 2006. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/11711.
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Turner, Abbe M. "Public Broadcasting Sustainability". The Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1381151753.
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Grundström, John. "The Sustainability Equation". Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-133151.
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Pepper, Coral Mary. "Leading for sustainability". Thesis, Pepper, Coral Mary (2007) Leading for sustainability. Professional Doctorate thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/256/.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
Prelude
A short piece to prepare the way
(Sadie and Tyrrell, 2001)
Education for sustainability and educational leadership are the two faces to my research. Although there are differences between the concepts of environmental education and education for sustainability they are often confused. Environmental education deals with awareness raising and encouraging behaviour change to support environmental management and conservation. On the other hand, education for sustainability recognises the transformative role of education, while implicitly referring to intergenerational equity, ecological sustainability and the fair distribution of resources. The confusion is evident at the school level. Leadership is also a term fraught with confusion and misinterpretation. While there are many definitions of leadership, two common perspectives which have persisted over time are definitions of leadership as a matter of influence and of leadership as a skill. In educational terms sustainable leadership represents a shift to capture and merge contemporary leadership theory with the international pressure for sustainability through education.
There is a dearth of information available to describe education for sustainability despite recognition by both Australian and Western Australian governments of its importance in this, the early years of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014). The aims of this qualitative research are to capture leaders' understanding of how education for sustainability is conceptualised, incorporated across the curriculum and led in Western Australian government secondary schools. In addition this study seeks to determine how education for sustainability becomes embedded and sustained in these schools.
The research re-conceptualises leading for sustainability. Four key concepts are identified as essential for embedding education for sustainability into Western Australian government secondary schools. These key concepts are: understanding sustainability; imagining the future; building relationships; and taking action. Combined, they enhance the meagre knowledge base about leading for sustainability in Western Australian secondary schools and provide a springboard for further research in the fields of sustainability and educational leadership.
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Pepper, Coral Mary. "Leading for sustainability /". Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2007. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20071217.105345.
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Moncayo, Vanúbia Araújo Laulate. "A sustainability cosmology". reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2014. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/132408.
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Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Inglês: Estudos Linguísticos e Literários, Florianópolis, 2014.Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-29T21:01:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 333149.pdf: 3021682 bytes, checksum: 1faab343945a84f406f5a4dff729896a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014
Abstract : Based on cosmologies and constellations within Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) interfaced with appraisal framework within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), this research aims at analyzing sustainability knowledge management by Kraft Foods Company in their Annual Sustainability Report based on the meanings that their constellations convey. As conceptualized by Maton (in press) constellations refer to clusters of stances condensing social actors? practices, ideas and beliefs related to a given field of science. These clusters are the mechanism through which cosmologies are built. Through the lens of SFL, the hierarchy Individuation, situated in between the hierarchies of Instantiation and Realization, provides an open space for the activation of the LCT model, since in individuation, as Martin (2007, 2009) postulates, the central focus is on the language users rather than the language use. As regards the methodological framework, because of its interdisciplinary perspective, this research is split into two different stages: 1) the handling of the internal relations; 2) the handling of the external relations. These relations make up the overall procedures that enable the development of works on cosmologies. In stage (I), the handling of the former consists of clustering the company?s practices, beliefs and values in the form of stances through which Kraft?s constellations are identifiable. Thanks to the appraisal resources by Martin and White (2005), the inscriptions of the attitudinal subsystem and the grading resources, in particular, that identification is possible. Stage (II) discusses the constellations analysis regarding the external relations allowing for gauging the epistemological and axiological underpinnings in the investigated discourse, the means by which the type of knower is known. In this phase, the theoretical accounts of Maton?s (in press, 2013b, 2010a, 2010b, 2007, 2006, 2004) knowledge-knower structure interfaced with Bernstein?s concepts of the code theory are brought into play. The results have shown that by means of appreciation and graduation interplay within appraisal theory the majority of the stances in Kraft?scosmology are acknowledgeable within the reservoir of meanings of sustainability. By the same token, appreciation-graduation interplay has revealed that four of the stances identified in Kraft?s cosmology do not comply with the reservoir of meanings of sustainability, indicating that the ?grammar? power in Kraft?s cosmology is, in some sense, downplayed. Nevertheless, this is not to argue that the epistemic relations in Kraft?s knowledge structure become weak. In truth, they remain untouchable, since the only hierarchy individuated by Kraft?s company is the one of sustainability whereby the presence of the majority of the stances is justifiable. Therefore, the social actors in Kraft?s cosmology are the type of knowers who emphasize the specialist knowledge over the knowers? attributes and gaze from the view that in Kraft?s knowledge structure epistemic relations are strongly classified and social relations are weakly framed. Technically considered, this means that the company investigated is described under the knowledge code +ER (+C, + F); - SR (-C, -F), strong epistemic relations and weak social relations, thus indicating the company?s inclination towards the specialist knowledge.
No presente estudo, o viés interdisciplinar justifica-se pela conexão estabelecida entre o aspecto sociológico por intermédio do modelo 'Legitimation Code Theory' (LCT), especificamente referente às dimenensões das cosmologias e constelações, e da perspectiva linguística sistêmico-funcional através da teoria da avaliatividade. Esta tese tem como objetivo investigar de que forma a Multinacional ?Kraft Foods? lida com o conhecimento da sustentabilidade com base nos significados que suas constelações constroem. Maton (in press) define constelações os grupos das ideias, crenças, e valores que refletem as práticas de atores sociais em um específico tempo e espaço em uma dada cosmologia. 'Cosmologia', por conseguinte, consiste em uma configuração de ideáis que caracteriza as práticas socioculturais desses atores atrelados a um dado campo da ciência. No que concerne à perspectiva da linguística sistêmico-funcional, a hierarquia Individuação, localizada entre as dimensões Instanciação e Realização, possibilita a ativação dos recursos da LCT, haja vista ser a individução âmibito de proliferção das ideologias em que se privilegia o repertório do falante. No tocante aos pressupostos teórico-metodológicos, a presente pesquisa alicerça-se em duas fases distintas:1) manuseio das relações internas; 2) manuseio das relações externas. Tais relações compreendem os procedimentos sobre os quais trabalhos desenvolvidos sob a ótica ?cosmologia? são viavéis. No estágio (I), acontence o manuseio das relações internas, o que significa que os recursos linguísticos contidos nos subsistemas de Atitude e Gradação dentro da teoria da avaliatividade (Martin & White, 2005) são ativados a fim de identificar as unidades de significados constituídas a partir da configuração de ideias, práticas, valores e crenças dos atores sociais referente ao reservatório de significados da sustentabilidade. A fase (II) compreende a análise das constelações, ocasião em que as relacões externas são tratadas de modo que se mensure o sustentáculo epistemológico e axiológico existente na cosmologia investigada. Nesta fase, os postulados de Maton ( in press, 2013b, 2010a, 2010b, 2007, 2006, 2004 ) sobre a estrutura do conhecimento e conhecedor, emanada das concepões de Bernstein acerca da estruturação e transmissão do conhecimento, são explorados a fim de caracterizar o tipo de conhecedor exitente na cosmologa em questão. Dos resultados obtidos, evidenciou-se que o intercâmbio entre Apreciação, uma das três dimensões de Atitude, e Gradação propiciou o reconhecimento da maioria das unidades significativas pertencentes ao reservatório designificados da sustentabilidade. Outrossim, percebeu-se que os mesmos recursos linguísticos corroboraram a descorbeta de que há quatro unidades significativas desvínculadas do campo da sustentabilidade, o que sugere uma diminuição do poder da ?gramática? na cosmologia sob análise.É importante salientar que, no cenário desta investigação, a diminuição do poder da gramática não implica no enfraquecimento da hierarquia (episteme), uma vez que os referentes epistêmicos no disurso analisado são integralmente explorados pela multinacional em questão. Ademais, a hierárquia da sustentabilidade é a única base científica evidenciada no discurso sobre o qual a existência da maioria dos referentes e descrições empíricas (unidades significativas) é justificável. Por fim, os referentes epistêmicos são fortemente 'classificados' enquanto que as relações sociais- os atributos dos atores sociais em relaçao ao campo do conhecimento proposto - são fracamente ?enquadrados?, fato que caracteriza os atores socias sob os códigos +ER (+C, +F) e - SR (-C, -F), fortes relaçoes epistêmicas e fracas relações sociais. Tecnicamente, esses códigos indicam que na cosmologia investigada os atores sociais são os tipos de conhecedores que sobrepõem os pressupostos teóricos às suas relaçoes sociais com o objeto invesitgado.
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FOSCHIA, MARINA. "Environmental Sustainability ofBIOPLASTICS". Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2498803.
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The aim of this study is to define the eco-compatibility of biopolymers, the so called "green plastics" with a
view extended to all phases of life in order to quantify the environmental impact of these materials.
Nowadays, biopolymers represent the most widespread materials when it comes to replace the
conventional polymers and they are considered particularly promising in terms of environmental
sustainability. Indeed, the production of plastics from renewable sources in recent years has had an
exponential growth (from 180 ton in 2008 to 1 million of ton in 2011). This rise is due to the market
demand of products and materials with an increased environmental performance compared to “traditional
plastics”, it is also due to the necessity to find alternatives to fossil fuel and to split the price of
manufacturing to the fossil fuel cost.
Therefore, the need to quantify the biopolymer environmental impact is becoming meaningful in order to
give a concrete and objective answer to the market. However, even if there is the rapid growth on the
market, the environmental data are still ambiguous and not well established.
It is necessary to stress that the term “biopolymers” does not correspond to a precise and (internationally)
recognized definition. In fact, This term is used both to indicate the raw material biologic origin (from
biomass) and to report the information about the biodegradability in the biopolymers end of life contest.
As a matter of fact, it must be specified that:
- the biodegradability can be a characteristic both for a polymer coming from biomass and for one
coming from fossil fuel source;
- it does not exist a direct correlation between renewable source and biodegradability: a biopolymer
from renewable sources is not necessarily biodegradable;
- biopolymers are already implemented in the market to produces goods, for example in the
packaging sector, but very often only a small percentage of their composition comes from a
renewable source.
In order to outline the effective sustainability when conventional polymers are replaced with biopolymers,
it is necessary to consider the environmental burden related to the entire life cycle. In particular, it has to
be considered: the biomass growing phase, the pellet and manufacturing production, the use phase and
the end of life scenarios.
Many evaluation methods are nowadays available to assess the environmental sustainability, but above all
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) remains the most reliable. LCA is in fact one of the most internationally
recognized methodology for the evaluation of environmental burdens, related to a product or a service
during all life cycle stages, from the extraction of raw materials to the end of life.
In the specific case of biopolymers, the quantification of the environmental burdens through the
application of the LCA methodology is a complex target because many are the issues to be considered for
each phase and data availability is very little. In order to reach this target, a deep data collection from
scientific studies and main LCA databases allowed to precisely detect specific issues concerning each of the
different life cycle phases. In particular, the main issues are: the description of the parameters from the
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sowing to the harvest step (raw material cultivation, carbon storage, land use change, agriculture
management, transport) in biomass growing phase; the investigation of LCA data availability in the pellet
production and manufacturing phase and the analysis of the existing data coming from chemical recycling
plant (one of the possible end of life scenarios). It has to be mentioned that one of the most widespread
biopolymer used in the market is the Polylactic acid (PLA): most of the information and data used in this
study are referred to PLA life cycle.
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Saha, Polin, Salman Ahmad, Ashfaq Abbasi e Masood Khan. "Environmental Management Systems and Sustainability : Integrating Sustainability in Environmental Management Systems". Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3228.
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To check rapidly deteriorating environmental conditions, many management tools are being used by different industries. In order to address environmental issues the corporate sector has seen a drastic increase in the use of environmental management systems. There is strong need to check how these environmental management systems are rendering environmental management services. Research shows that environmental management systems are mistakenly expected to prescribe technical and environmental objectives. Without describing what goals an organization must achieve, they lay out a system for management of numerous environmental obligations. Hence environmental management systems are not strategic; they tend to reactively fix issues contingent upon their occurrence and may miss opportunities to avoid problems before they occur. Further, environmental management itself is seen in isolation of a socio-ecological context, which makes environmental management lose ground and operate in a virtual vacuum. Mostly environmental management is identified as an ’agenda’ which runs counter to the overall development of an organization. Provided, environmental management systems can be integrated with basic principles of sustainable development these management systems can be utilized as a launching pad to move organizations towards sustainability. Built to render the administrative services only through a mechanism of self regulation and continuous improvement, these management systems can be used to deliver sustainable product planning. The present study illustrates the possibilities for integration of sustainability objectives into environmental management systems. In our effort to integrate sustainability in environment management systems extensive literature reviews, interviews and a case study (Hammarplast AB) have been used. For the analysis of the current reality, a framework for strategic sustainable development and methods incorporating “backcasting from principles of sustainability” – i.e. templates for sustainable product development and strategic life cycle management – has been used. The use of tools not only illustrates contemporary sustainability gaps but also gives a concrete set of guidance to integrate sustainability in environmental management systems.
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Rosemeier, Sven. "Sustainability Marketing : The Implementation of Sustainability Communication in Marketing Related Activities". Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-630.
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Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how apparel and apparel brands are communicating their sustainability activities through marketing in the respective offline and online retail environments with the support of communication appeals to engage the consumer to purchase clothing items more sustainably. Method: The study implemented a qualititave research nature. Through a semi-structured interview, six department managers of three different apparel companies have been interviewed to give input concerning their sustainability marketing activities and their use of various communication appeals within the retail enviromnment. Conclusion: The communication of sustainability related marketing activities is still a major challenge for the clothing companies. It has been proven however that through the implementation of communication appeals with a focus on sustainability related marketing activities a change in the consumers’ purchasing behaviour can be achieved.
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Adams, Kathleen. "The Sustainability of Overconsumption? A Discursive Analysis of Walmart's Sustainability Campaign". Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5093.
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This study inquires as to whether Walmart's sustainability campaign represents a sincere and holistic change throughout the company's global supply chain or if it is simply a public relations campaign which caters to the growing target market of “next-generation” consumers and justifies further expansion into “emerging markets”. A critical analysis of Walmart's sustainability discourse is presented, using transcribed texts of various corporate and publicity-geared publications. Frequently utilized terms and themes are identified throughout the big-box retailer's sustainability campaign which convey a distinctly Neoliberal ethos—a political economy which lies at the heart of current practices of institutional unsustainability—and emphasize the role of the atomized individual—who may purchase protection from environmental risks via green products. Other themes, which are commonly associated with sustainability research, are glaringly absent: subsidiarity; human rights; steady-state economics; economic inequity; the precautionary principle. This research aims to shed light on the prospects for the sustainability of green overconsumption, which Walmart is leading the way in promoting, and for the continuation of the modern economistic zeitgeist into the twenty-first century.ID: 031001513; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Title from PDF title page (viewed August 8, 2013).; Thesis (M.A.)--University of Central Florida, 2012.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-113).
M.A.
Masters
Political Science
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Political Science; Environmental Politics
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Reitz, Janina. "A legal perspective on sustainability tools : Sustainability criteria in public procurement". Thesis, Umeå universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-177552.
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Lane, Kristen Elizabeth. "Green Think: How to Sell Sustainability Marketing, Relativity, and Environmental Sustainability". Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/579048.
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This study utilizes the relativity theory, from behavioral economics, to evaluate impact of a ‘decoy' product offering in a set of product choices on consumer evaluation and purchase intention of eco-friendly products. Product categories tested include multipurpose cleaners (low involvement decision), denim jeans (medium involvement), and vehicles (high involvement). 310 respondents were tested. The findings of this research indicate that the addition of a less-desirable "decoy" product offering has a positive effect on the overall evaluation and purchase intention of eco-friendly goods. Further, this research is unique in finding that the addition of a less-desirable "decoy" product offering also has a positive effect on certain evaluation components of equivalent-quality competitor products. This research provides a foundation to better market sustainably-produced goods at point-of-purchase displays (both virtual and physical), indicating that marketers can influence and increase consumer purchase of eco-friendly goods. Theoretically, this is a "triple bottom line" win: good for businesses (lower costs), consumers (safer products), and the environment (less waste and impact).
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Galloway, David John. "Design and Sustainability – The case and practice for a sustainability designer". Thesis, Curtin University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2553.
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The case for linking sustainability and design is explored and a new profession of sustainability designer posited. A conceptual underpinning for the praxis is identified as resolving wicked problems. Philosopher Paul Ricoeur’s description of narrative identity is seen as an alternative to the modernist roots of wicked problems. A praxis based in narrative identity is examined through case studies about: personal engagement and design practice, narrative, right to intervene, leadership, creating physicalities, and working forums.
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Evans, Reed, Ricardo García Guerra, Myriam Schaefer e Isabella Wagner. "The Green Light towards Sustainability : Embedding Sustainability into a Branded Design Company". Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2398.
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Production and consumption of products contribute to the global sustainability challenge by degrading natural and social systems. This thesis focuses on branded products, which through powerful images and meanings symbolise the core business of a company and a platform of identification for its stakeholders. This study investigates the possibility to align a brand and its company with sustainability. With the help of a small branded design company in Berlin, which served as case study, a strategic management planning process was conducted and action research was used to be able to engage the participants in creating movement towards sustainability. The research shows that there are major internal and external barriers and motivations that can either hinder or inspire. The actions and approaches that were identified for a branded design company represent possible means to transform its business towards sustainability. Natural resources are decreasing relative to the growth in human population and affluence. This fuels the need to develop more sustainable products so that human needs and natural eco-systems can thrive. A branded design company has the ability to help lead society through innovating products, services, and activities towards a sustainable future.
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GRUNDSTRÖM, LINNÉA, e LAURA PUSKORIUTE. "A study of sustainability and digital sustainability communication within the steel industry". Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-224208.
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Graymore, Michelle, e 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.
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Small region sustainability is an extremely important part of the journey to sustainability of the global population, as the most difference can be made at this spatial level through decision making and community choice. However, small regions have not been the focus of sustainability literature. Therefore, this thesis develops theory to explain what small region sustainability involves and tested the applicability of current sustainability assessment methods to find an effective tool for the journey to sustainability that can be used for social learning, decision making, policy development, research and monitoring of sustainability in small regions. It was found through the development of a model of sustainable carrying capacity and the major pressures of human activities on the environment, that sustainability for small regions means living equitably with the impacts of human activities in the region within the limits of its ecosystems. This thesis also found that none of the current sustainability methods tested were effective or useful as a tool for small regions. Therefore, a new sustainability assessment method was developed, the Sustainable Carrying Capacity Assessment (SCCA), which assesses the equitability and size of the major pressures that the human activities are causing and determines if this pressure exceeds the sustainable carrying capacity of the region, and thus, the sustainability of the population. Thus, for small regions to become sustainable, they must live equitably within the sustainable carrying capacity of the region's ecosystems, and a tool that can help them achieve this is the SCCA. By raising social awareness, guiding policy development and decision making this method can help guide small regions, and other spatial levels on their journey to sustainability. Therefore, it is recommended that Local Government Areas, Regional Organisation of Councils, schools, local community groups and anyone who wants to learn more about sustainability use this method. This thesis, therefore, makes a significant contribution to the field of sustainability.
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Alvesson, Due Billing Miha. "Small Scale Sustainability : A Qualitative Study of Corporate Sustainability in Swedish SMEs". Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-295807.
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This qualitative study aims to contribute to the research field on corporate sustainability (CS) in small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs), in hopes of helping policymakers better understand the circumstances for Swedish SMEs and how they work with CS. Empirical data about motivations behind working with CS, implementation of CS activities, and effects of CS work were collected through in-depth interviews with 18 company representatives. The major reason for motivation was found to be personal interest and commitment to these kind of practices, followed by strengthening the competitiveness, marketing, initiative from management and board, and profitability aspects. The implementation process is often informal in nature with concrete measures and activities rather than formal policies and strategies, although a few of the companies make use of tools such as environmental management systems. How the companies communicate their CS work differs and the response from stakeholders varies too. Lastly, profitability was found to be an important effect for some, while others more heavily emphasize the personal satisfaction from doing the right thing and being sustainable. The social effects were mostly improved working conditions and more engagement from stakeholders, while the environmental impact was understood to mostly concern a decrease in consumption of finite resources, and a more efficient use of material and energy. Suggestions for improving CS work in Swedish SMEs are increased support and encouragement from the government, and more education and information about what companies can do and how they can do it with appropriate tools. Concluding, CS in Swedish SMEs must be studied further to gain a more comprehensive picture of how to support those SMEs already working with CS and those in the path of transitioning towards a more sustainable development.
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Fenton, Paul. "Sustainability · Strategy · Space – exploring influences on governing for urban sustainability in municipalities". Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell miljöteknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-129544.
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The pursuit of urban sustainability is considered central to sustainable development and is a key objective of the global Sustainable Development Goals (2015) and the New Urban Agenda (2016). This thesis aims to contribute to debates on urban sustainability by providing insights as to the role of actors participating in processes of governing for urban sustainability, with particular focus on the municipal organisation. The thesis employs an interdisciplinary approach to illustrate divergent approaches to governing for urban sustainability, with reference to empirical studies of strategic planning processes in municipalities in selected North-western European countries – Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands. These studies address themes including climate change, sustainable transport and multi-level governance. The thesis provides a broad overview of theoretical discussions related to governing, strategy and planning, the role of actors in governing for urban sustainability, and the particular importance of climate change as a challenge for urban sustainability. A number of research gaps are identified and addressed in two research questions, focusing on the organisation and practice of processes of governing for urban sustainability, and the factors influencing actors participating in such processes. The thesis responds to these research questions with reference to five appended papers, which illustrate different dimensions of governing for urban sustainability. The first paper concerns the organisation of processes to develop energy and climate strategies in Swedish municipalities, and the second paper highlights the experiences of actors participating in such processes. The third paper presents results from a survey illustrating the expectations of stakeholders active in governing transport in the city of Norrköping, Sweden. In the fourth paper, the development and implementation of policies aiming for sustainable transport and urban sustainability in Basel, Switzerland, are discussed. In the final paper, cooperation through transnational municipal networks is explored with reference to the World Ports Climate Declaration, an initiative of the city of Rotterdam. The thesis confirms the presence of five factors – capacity, mandate, resources, scope and will – that shape the “strategy space” of actors and play an important role in conditioning the form and content of processes of governing for urban sustainability. The thesis suggests that the ways in which a municipal organisation perceive and mobilise the five factors will strongly determine the extent of its sustainability strategy space. In sum, municipal organisations and other actors participating in processes of governing for urban sustainability need to mobilise the five factors and expand their strategy space, in order to achieve vertical and horizontal alignment of strategic objectives and facilitate implementation that delivers transformative change.
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Vosburg-Bluem, Bethany Ann. "Civic Sustainability Thinking: The Synergy Between Social Studies and Educating for Sustainability". The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354673663.
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Cooksey, Christy. "The Impacts of Urban Sustainability on Economic Prosperity: Sustainability in the Spotlight". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1752361/.
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City officials are in the position to adopt and implement policies within their jurisdiction that can have lasting impacts for businesses, people, and the environment. Sustainability research has highlighted the need to protect the environment by adopting policies which support the three E's of sustainable development (environment, equity, and economy). Stepping aside from the traditional mechanisms for building a successful city focused on economy first can be challenging for policy makers. The problem city officials face is that changes towards environmental protectionism have long been considered harder on city economy than traditional development focused on economic prosperity. Additionally, sustainability planning is thought to mitigate potential negative impacts that planning for environmental protectionism and social equity may have on economic prosperity. To examine this problem faced by city officials, ordinal regression analyses was used to analyze (1) the possible effects of environmental protectionism and social equity on a city's economic prosperity, and (2) whether sustainability planning has a moderating affect between environmental protectionism, social equity, and economic prosperity. This analysis demonstrates that environmental protectionism and social equity are not associated with a decline in economic prosperity. Sustainability planning was directly associated with increased economic prosperity but did not moderate the relationship between environmental protectionism and economic prosperity.
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Graymore, 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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Small region sustainability is an extremely important part of the journey to sustainability of the global population, as the most difference can be made at this spatial level through decision making and community choice. However, small regions have not been the focus of sustainability literature. Therefore, this thesis develops theory to explain what small region sustainability involves and tested the applicability of current sustainability assessment methods to find an effective tool for the journey to sustainability that can be used for social learning, decision making, policy development, research and monitoring of sustainability in small regions. It was found through the development of a model of sustainable carrying capacity and the major pressures of human activities on the environment, that sustainability for small regions means living equitably with the impacts of human activities in the region within the limits of its ecosystems. This thesis also found that none of the current sustainability methods tested were effective or useful as a tool for small regions. Therefore, a new sustainability assessment method was developed, the Sustainable Carrying Capacity Assessment (SCCA), which assesses the equitability and size of the major pressures that the human activities are causing and determines if this pressure exceeds the sustainable carrying capacity of the region, and thus, the sustainability of the population. Thus, for small regions to become sustainable, they must live equitably within the sustainable carrying capacity of the region's ecosystems, and a tool that can help them achieve this is the SCCA. By raising social awareness, guiding policy development and decision making this method can help guide small regions, and other spatial levels on their journey to sustainability. Therefore, it is recommended that Local Government Areas, Regional Organisation of Councils, schools, local community groups and anyone who wants to learn more about sustainability use this method. This thesis, therefore, makes a significant contribution to the field of sustainability.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Australian School of Environmental Studies
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Hoxha, Elda. "Sustainability of Building Structures". Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2018.
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The aim of this research is to explore the sustainability of the existing residential buildings and to analyse how sustainability can be assessed if sustainable materials and technologies would be used.
The main objectives are concentrated in providing a general knowledge of sustainability and to examine how much sustainable the residential buildings are. To analyze the various technologies and materials that can be used in order to reduce the climate-altering emissions, to improve energy efficiency, to reduce costs and to improve the living conditions. Providing knowledge and tools for the sustainable re-design of existing buildings, which will be addressed to environmental, technical, economic and social feasibility of proposed measures, and to energy control. For the analysis, different case studies in different countries will be studied and then a life-cycle approach will be applied to a theoretical residential building, and all the relevant impact categories for the selected type of buildings will be taken into account.
In order to analyze the sustainability of the building, a qualitative research will be done using literature sources, international database, journal articles, technical and official reports from the government or group researchers patented and SimaPro software. Materials and dimensions will be defined and will be studied the integrated energy performance, CO2 emissions, global warming, acoustic comfort, thermal comfort, indoor environmental quality for existing residential building structures. All these steps will be taken in order to allow an LCA analysis of the materials of the residential buildings and to define when can be considered that the system has actually been sustained.
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Rapai, Cody J. "Form of social sustainability". This title; PDF viewer required. Home page for entire collection, 2010. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.
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García, Pérez Icíar. "Sustainability in Microfinance Institutions". Doctoral thesis, Universitat Jaume I, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/666062.
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Inspired by the 1999 Program of Action defined by the United Nations, which describes eight pragmatic areas for a Culture of Peace. My proposal will work on the section 'Sustainable economic and social development' evaluating microfinance and the organizations that manage them, as a tool to achieve this objective. Immersed in a global context and under the prism of sustainability, the performance analysis of the organizations activity can not be done only from its economic exercise, but it is necessary to measure its impact under a wider range of criteria (Fernández et al., 2013). The main objective of this thesis will be to contribute to the improvement of research in this sector, presenting a global vision of the behaviour of MFIs in terms of sustainable performance, based on a model that articulates the financial, environmental, social and governance dimensions of integrated form.Inspirado en el Programa de Acción de 1999 definido por Naciones Unidas en el que se describen ocho ámbitos pragmáticos para una Cultura de Paz. Mi propuesta trabajará sobre el apartado ‘Desarrollo económico y social sostenible’ evaluando las microfinanzas y las organizaciones que las gestionan, como herramienta para la consecución de este objetivo. Inmersos en un contexto global y bajo el prisma de la sostenibilidad, el análisis de desempeño de la actividad de las organizaciones no puede realizarse únicamente desde su ejercicio económico, sino que es preciso medir su impacto bajo una mayor amplitud de criterios (Fernández et al., 2013). El principal objetivo de esta tesis será contribuir a la mejora de la investigación de este sector, presentando una visión global del comportamiento de las IMFs en términos de desempeño sostenible, basado en un modelo que articule las dimensiones financiera, ambiental, social y de gobernanza de forma integrada.