Abstract
Sustainable development and globalization are becoming important subjects for policy makers to formulate the worldwide strategies and rubrics for ensuring simultaneous adoption of its components and monitoring of its consequences. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) published by United Nations are the guidelines to incorporate the assurance of sustainable development and its globalization. This study analyzes the sustainability from the perspective of not just the environment and the ecosystem of globe but also from the health and social aspects of humans. Indexes such as Environmental Performance Index (EPI) and Social progress Imperative (SPI) measure the performance of different countries based on the environment and the ecosystem by following Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and social goals, separately. However, the parameters used in those indices have significant limitations. In this work, the proposed Environmental and Social Sustainability Index (ESSI) offers a new model whereby new relevant sustainability parameters including social progress indicators are used to measure the performance of countries based on SDGs by using reliable data from international organizations. Finally, countries are categorized according to sustainable development goals that highlight the importance and significance of each sustainability parameter especially for developing and under developed nations.
Highlights
In the modern era, sustainability is no longer just a subject of the environment or the ecosystem, it implies a balanced combination of environmental health, ecosystem vitality and social order after the launch of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 and it implies different
It is clear from results that top 25 countries are developed nations while transitionary and developing states are somewhere in between and the least developed countries are at the end
SDGs are carrying out a role as an important guide for all developed, transitory, developing and the least developed countries
Summary
Sustainability is no longer just a subject of the environment or the ecosystem, it implies a balanced combination of environmental health, ecosystem vitality and social order after the launch of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 and it implies differentAmna Faisal, Bahadir Tunaboylu, Ismail Koyuncu inferences for different societies. Sustainability is no longer just a subject of the environment or the ecosystem, it implies a balanced combination of environmental health, ecosystem vitality and social order after the launch of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 and it implies different. Sustainability should include all abovementioned parameter with proper weightage to provide a balanced view. It should include the health of the land, water and air including the living organisms on them (UNDP, 2015). Social Progress Imperative (SPI) was analyzed to review the sustainability related parameters (Socialprogress, 2017). This study encompasses the importance of sustainability not just related to ecology and other pillar i.e. society
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