Environmental Social Responsibility Research Articles

Geração de resíduos sólidos e elaboração de um sistema de gerenciamento usando análise estatística

Com o objetivo de desenvolver novas tecnologias que impactem diretamente na realidade ambiental do Brasil no âmbito do gerenciamento de resíduos sólidos e na educação socioambiental, o projeto Síntese é desenvolvido pelo Departamento de Engenharia Química e Ambiental e por alunos do curso de Engenharia Química da Faculdade de Tecnologia da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Para tal, utiliza-se como grupo focal a população do próprio campus regional de Resende, onde o projeto é desenvolvido. Com base nos tipos de resíduos gerados pelo campus, são propostas alternativas para o tratamento dos mesmos, desenvolvimento de tecnologias que possam ser aplicadas à realidade da sociedade brasileira e de medidas que estimulem a sociedade a fazer parte do processo de tratamento dos resíduos, gerando um impacto social e de responsabilidade ambiental. A etapa inicial do trabalho desenvolvido pelo projeto é o levantamento dos tipos de resíduos gerados pela população do campus para que sejam determinadas as áreas de atuação prioritárias para o desenvolvimento de soluções e vertentes tecnológicas. Após esta etapa, são determinadas divisões de desenvolvimento para cada grande grupo de resíduo do campus, posteriormente visando realidade industrial da região. Foi observado que a maior parte dos resíduos gerados eram de materiais recicláveis, seguido de materiais não recicláveis, assim como o observado em outras universidades, a maior divergência se deu na discrepância de material compostável recolhido.

Open Innovation and CSR, Determinants in Logistics and Performance in Commercial SMES

The purpose of this article is to examine the effects of open innovation and corporate environmental social responsibility on logistics and performance that is manifested in SMEs. The research is based on a sample of 101 companies located in the Guaymas Sonora region located in the Northwest of Mexico. The data collection was carried out in a period between September and November 2019, with the support of a structured self-directed survey of the company manager. For the analysis and validation of the results, the statistical technique of structural equation modeling (SEM) based on variance through PLS (Partial Least Square) has been used. The results indicate that open innovation and environmental corporate social responsibility have a significant influence on the logistics processes of SMEs, and that logistics is also a business practice that allows to increase Performance. The work contributes to the development of the literature and theory of dynamic capabilities and sustainability.

Public space, socio-environmental responsibility and citizenship: a case study on a Brazilian borough.

Some researchers point out the decline in contemporary cities of the use of public spaces, whether free or restricted access. In this sense, the present essay proposes a reflection on a "public sphere of organized presence", according to Habermas classification, as a rescue of the importance of this space for the exercise of citizenship and social-environmental responsibility. The reflection was based on the results obtained from a study in the district of Riacho Grande, São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil, in which the environmental perception of the participants of the meetings about the region was known by documentary analysis, direct observation and interviews with questionnaires. It was possible to verify that this public space can facilitate a greater integration between the public administrators and citizens, helping even in the defense to the environment.

ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND REPUTATION OF MINING COMPANY IN INDONESIA

This research analyzes and tests empirically on how environmental accounting application can improve the company’s performance and reputation. The company has a strategic role in the development of national economy. They are not only contributing to the economic growth in Indonesia but also absorb the workforce in large quantities. The population in this research is all manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2016-2018. Samples determined using purposive sampling, which are active mining companies on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2016-2018. From this sampling method, the final samples used in this research are 60 firm year samples (20 companies x 3 years). The data used is secondary data and had analyzed using simple regression analysis. The results show that the implementation of environmental accounting gives positive impact on financial performance and company reputation. The increasing quality of financial performance and intrinsic reputation is established by the presence of environmental quality and social responsibility undertaken by the company.

Institutional environment, internal control and corporate social responsibility disclosure quality: evidence from China

Institutional environment, internal control and corporate social responsibility disclosure quality: evidence from China

Recycling Plastics: Middle School Students Create Solutions During a Summer Camp

Four distinct plastics recycling projects created by middle school students emerged from a one-week long plastics recycling activity incorporated within a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) residential summer camp at a research-intensive university. The plastics recycling activity was a project-based learning (PBL) activity facilitated by STEM experts in geometry, architecture, and materials science. Specific instruction involving mathematics and science concepts was provided to emphasize content-specific knowledge related to plastics recycling. A rubric was applied and used to determine evidence of learning manifested in participants’ final presentations. Participants’ final presentations demonstrated mixed results in terms of student learning outcomes, but indicated that campers demonstrated a clear sense of social environmental awareness and responsibility toward recycling plastics.

Duties in Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Wealth and Resources and Petroleum Development in Nigeria: Need to Domesticate Benchmarked International Standards and Practices in the Country

This paper examines the duties of resources-rich developing countries inherent in Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Wealth and Resources (PSNWR) in the context of the laws and other forms of government regulatory frameworks, such as government institutional regulatory frameworks, governing petroleum development in Nigeria. It emphasises the significance of good, dynamic and effective laws, alongside viable, strong and efficient institutions in the governance of major natural resources extractive industrial development operations (EIOs) in Nigeria. It rationalises how and why petroleum and other EIOs regulatory frameworks in Nigeria should be designed and implemented in conformity with widely acknowledged and accepted benchmarked international EIOs regulatory mechanisms, such as guidelines, norms, rules, standards and practices, which are soft law instruments that are increasingly governing EIOs in sovereign states around the globe, in the ongoing era of sustainable development (SD). It recommends a need for domestication of such regulatory mechanisms governing petroleum resources development operations and other EIOs in Nigeria, as doing so would boost good environmental governance and overall government social responsibility, towards robust, efficient and effective accomplishment of the duties of Nigeria embedded in PSNWR, in the course of the resources development operations in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. Doing so would thus boost human wellbeing, good governance and environmentally-sound and socio-economically equitable SD in Nigeria, towards overall public good and all-embracing prosperity in the country. Keywords: Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Wealth and Resources (PSNWR), Petroleum Development, Extractive Industrial Operations (EIOs), Good Environmental Governance (GEG), Government Social Responsibility (GSR), Good Governance and Sustainable Development (SD). DOI : 10.7176/JLPG/92-09 Publication date: December 31 st 2019

A New Curriculum for a New Public School

This article is written in response to widespread concerns about the inadequacy of the school curriculum in England, and the urgent need to rethink what public education should involve. It builds on earlier contributions in FORUM and elsewhere by discussing curricular opportunities arising from Labour's proposal for a National Education Service. This is particularly timely given the limited horizons and understanding shown in Ofsted's call for better curriculum planning. In contrast to neoliberal obsessions with schooling as the production of human resources, and the neoconservative dependence on tradition, the article discusses how we might build a curriculum oriented to social justice, environmental responsibility and democratic citizenship. It addresses core issues such as age appropriateness; the relationship between everyday and academic knowledge; the importance of cognitive, practical, aesthetic and ethical dimensions; and how we might make a socially just and politically serious selection of knowledge. Whilst drawing on the strengths of earlier curriculum development, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s, it also points towards more recent international developments drawing on place, story and enquiry, which have been eclipsed by high-stakes accountability regimes. This broad-ranging article throws out a challenge: how to avoid retreading a traditional path of alienated knowledge acquisition and create a framework for authentic learning and really powerful knowledge.

Системная трансформация к эко-финансовой модели устойчивого роста (на примере китайских и российских нефтегазовых компаний)

In this paper, we study how financial sustainable growth matters for environment protection and social responsibility. Financial decisions that take into account long-term social and environmental consequences should be central to the system of financially sustainable growth of oil and gas companies of the world, including Russia and China. Authors present Russia and China oil and gas industry system transition to «Green Finance» sustainable growth model results with interrelation financial, environmental and social factors. Study regarded in the context of economic growth theory, system economics theory and the theory of relativity. It was created Python 3.6. financial sustainable growth model for Russia and China. A dynamic model was built on the basis of the Ricci tensor. For sustainable growth intensity analysis, it was compared Financial sustainable index (FSI), Higgins’ sustainable growth rate (SGR), Ivashkovskaya’ sustainable growth index (SGI), Ivashkovskaya’ sustainable growth index modification (SGImodif) every period indicators’ average values and the graph’ average values of the Ricci curvatures (R). Using the Ricci curvature, the parameters of a dynamic model of sustainable growth are determined for Russia and for China oil and gas industry.Key words: sustainable growth, System Dynamic modelling, Ecological Finance, Ricci Curvature, environmental financial sustainable growth, Financial Sustainable Index (FSI).

Research on the influence of environmental social responsibility on corporate risk-taking

In recent years, environmental problems such as water pollution and air pollution have frequently occurred, and environmental pollution problems have become more and more serious. As the main body of environmental pollution, enterprises also undertake the obligation to improve the environment and fulfill their environmental social responsibilities. In order to test the impact of different types of enterprises fulfilling environmental social responsibility on the risk-taking level of enterprises, we select the financial data and environmental social responsibility data of listed companies in Shandong Province for 2010-2017. The study finds that listed companies fulfilling their social responsibility to the environment can help to improve the level of risk-taking; state-owned listed companies prefer lower levels of risk-taking because of their particularity; the property rights of state-owned listed companies will enhance the impact of environmental social responsibility performance on risk-taking.

Manifestations of the European Ecological Footprint from the Perspective of Social Responsibility Codes

The process of converting the economy to more sustainable production forms is the essence of bio-economy, currently becoming more and more important in all the European countries. Sustainability is a complex concept that can be quantified through an entire system of indicators. A “marker” of corporate environmental responsibility, of the extent and manner in which the companies apply social responsibility codes is the ecological footprint. The present study identifies, using a cumulative ordinal logistic regression model with proportional odds, the factors with significant impact on the behavioral changes of the ecological footprint of the production, for finding ways of increasing the sustainability in the business environment, through a better application of social responsibility codes. At the same time, the variables included in the model were selected in accordance with the principles of the European Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy, serving as criteria for the hierarchy and clustering of European countries, for identifying patterns and predicting the behavior of ecological footprint of production, as a prerequisite for optimizing social environmental responsibility and applying social responsibility codes in the business environment. The analysis results indicate that the educational level of labor force, the degree of economic freedom and the use of renewable energy sources have a significant positive influence on the ecological footprint behavior, while the social exclusion has a significant negative effect, with a major impact on the prospects of sustainable growth, specific to bio-economy.

A EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL E A ESCOLA NO PROCESSO DE CONSTRUÇÃO DA RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIOAMBIENTAL

The concept of sustainability is much discussed in today's society and is contemplated in the actions of Environmental Education. We present in this paper a clipping of the results of our masters research, of documentary character, in which we evaluated 16 environmental books focused on the environmental issue, with special attention to the issue of Solid Waste / Garbage. Among the concepts we observe are Reuse, Recycling and Sustainability. We aim to discuss the relevance of the text books as important allies of the teaching work in the school. We consider the school as an educational space, so that the Environmental Education in the school contributes to the construction of social-environmental responsibility and to the acquisition of values and attitudes aligned with environmental conservation.

Student living labs as innovation arenas for sustainable tourism

ABSTRACTThis paper aims to explore sustainable tourism in relation to the concept of student living labs, defined as spaces for open innovation, co-creation and experimentation in real-life settings with students. Although these features are vital for the tourism industry, living labs are seldom discussed nor used in tourism research, education and practice. To illustrate living labs’ organisation, facilitation and impediments, the author uses an ethnographic description and analysis of five different experiences that have the characteristics of living labs. The findings show that tourism living labs offer students opportunities for hands-on engagement in the co-creation and testing of frontier solutions with private, public and civil society sector partners. They also enhance social inclusion, environmental responsibility and life-long learning. For the tourism industry, labs can offer new knowledge; more, extended and deepened relationships; and opportunities to find an educated workforce. The challenges include project timeframes; documentation and information; equality among participants: the size of student groups; and the resources of the university. The article stresses the importance of recognising and handling the challenges that come with the introduction of living labs in a tourism context.

Study of the state of readiness of pharmaceutical institutions of Ukraine for implementation of integrated quality systems

One of the most promising ways to increase the efficiency of pharmaceutical enterprises in the field of quality assurance of medicines is the introduction of integrated quality systems (IQS).
 The aim of the work is to study of the state of readiness of pharmaceutical institutions (pharmaceutical warehouses, pharmacies) and hospital pharmaceutical services of Ukraine for the implementation of integrated quality systems.
 The materials of the research are: scientific publications; regulatory legal acts of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine; public reporting information of the State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drug Control; information posted on professional specialized websites and official websites of pharmaceutical enterprises, hospitals, health departments of local government; information obtained in the process of direct observation and questionnaire survey. Research methods are: systematic review, generalization, observation, questionnaire survey, mathematical-statistical, graphical modeling.
 The paper analyzes the availability of certificates of conformity to the requirements of good distribution practice (GDP) in wholesale pharmaceutical enterprises of Ukraine. The geography of the location of certified pharmaceutical warehouses in different regions of Ukraine is considered. In the context of the prospect of formation of IQS, the experience of a wholesale pharmaceutical company with respect to environmental, hygiene and safety and social responsibility is demonstrated. Based on the study of public information, the state of implementation of certified quality management systems (QMS) based on the standard ISO 9001 in pharmacies and hospitals of Ukraine is considered. The expediency of the development of the pharmaceutical IQS as an integral part of the overall QMS of the hospital is shown. Through the questionnaire survey of pharmacists, the state of readiness of Ukrainian pharmacies for the implementation of IQS based on the requirements of good practices and international standards in the field of quality, ecology, health and safety and social responsibility was explored. The state of implementation of good pharmaceutical practice (GPP), the requirements of the ISO 9001 standard, the risk management process for medicines quality, corrective and preventive actions has been studied in pharmacies. Positive tendencies and problems in the context of the readiness of pharmacies of Ukraine for the implementation of IQS have been established. Priority steps for improving the state of readiness of Ukrainian pharmacies for the implementation of IQS are identified.
 The research results confirm that over the last years the pharmaceutical sector of Ukraine has made significant progress towards increasing the readiness of pharmaceutical institutions for the implementation of integrated quality systems.

Legal Analysis Contradictory Regulations on the Granting of Sanctions on Environmental Social Responsibility in Indonesia

Indonesia mentions the term Corporate Social Responsibility with Environmental Social Responsibility. Then this was abstracted into the positive law of Indonesia so that contributing voluntary activities for human transformation became an obligation. These obligations are set forth in the Corporate Social Responsibility, as well as this becomes a differentiator from other countries. In the development of regulations regarding Environmental, Social Responsibility experiencing a variety of problems including the absence of synchronization of law, the view that Environmental Social Responsibility is an obligation, then has an effect on the provision of sanctions given to companies that do not carry out Social Responsibility. This research proposes that a regulation be renewed on social environmental responsibility so that harmonization in the rule of law occurs and can maximize law enforcement and sanctions in Social Responsibility.

Designing Green Entrepreneurship Model in Sustainable Development Consistent with the Performance of Tehran Industrial Towns

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this paper design a green entrepreneurship model in sustainable development path consistent with the performance of industrial towns in Tehran (center of IRAN). The population was the active small/medium enterprises (SMEs) with full capacity in industrial towns of Tehran, which were about 3000 active units, accounting for 20% of the companies in Tehran industrial towns. Sample size was obtained as 514, which was used in calculations. The results showed that green entrepreneurship mediates the effect of green innovation, organizational culture, competitive advantage, and social-environmental responsibility of company on the financial performance of company. There was no mediating role concerning the effect of state laws and regulations on company’s financial performance. Additionally, market turbulence moderates effect of green entrepreneurship on organization financial performance, but financial shocks do not modulate the effect of green entrepreneurship on organization finance.

Is Road Pricing a Sustainable Policy? Jakarta Case

Urban road pricing involves direct charging of drivers for the use of the road network, usually during peak periods. The main objectives for the introduction of a road pricing scheme, in a congested city network, include reduction of delays, environmental improvement and revenue increase. These objectives are closely associated with the concepts of sustainable mobility in urban areas with respect to social equity, economic efficiency, and environmental responsibility. There have been intensive discussions about sustainable transportation in Indonesia. In tune with the issue of climate change and the decline in the ability to provide fuel, this paper is intended to look at the perspective of road pricing from the standpoint of traffic flow, travel speed, emissions reduction, and energy consumption as well as pricing scheme. As pricing will be imposed for the Moslem community, it should conform with Islamic tax income which is for the benefits of poor, needy and less privileged people in the society. The conclusion drawn is that the frenzied application of road pricing will be able to improve traffic in Greater Jakarta but the sustainability of pricing should be adjusted with Islamic tax income.

Social networks and socio-environmental awareness: a study of the baby boomers, X and Y generations of Northeast Brazil

Social networks are a reality on both the personal and professional levels of the baby boomers, X and Y generations. The characteristics that surround each generation demonstrate that they can perceive and act differently in relation to environmental sustainability and social responsibility. This study aims to identify the use of social networks by the baby boomers, X and Y generations, as well as to analyse the relationship between social networks and the social and environmental awareness of the generations. The method used was a quantitative survey, by means of a survey, applied to 814 people living in Northeast of Brazil. The results highlight that the social network most used by the generations was WhatsApp, being used by 94.4% of the respondents, however Twitter was the social network used by only 23.4% of the generations. Social networks contribute 27.7% in environmental awareness, as well as 21.6% for social responsibility of the generations, motivating attitudes to improve the quality of life in the environment. However, there is a worrying issue, since the Generation Y presented the least environmental and social awareness.

Research on the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility Reputation on Financial Performance—Based on Listed Company Data

With the improvement of living conditions, more and more people have begun to pay attention to environmental safety and social responsibility issues. The market’s growing resistance to irresponsible companies may be that these companies are not aware of the seriousness of the consequences of their consequences on corporate finances. Facing the increasingly harsh product safety environment in recent years, people are increasingly focusing on the pursuit of quality products. With the development of the global corporate social responsibility movement, the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance has gradually attracted people’s attention. A comprehensive study of domestic and foreign scholars found that most scholars’ studies have demonstrated that the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance is positively correlated, followed by irrelevant and uncertain relationships, and negatively related to only a small portion. It can be seen that the fulfillment of corporate social responsibility is generally necessary for the enterprise. In the domestic and foreign literature review, financial performance also takes its related corporate value and other related indicators as part of its performance. Research and development space is huge. This article is a study of corporate social responsibility research on how corporate financial performance affects corporate social responsibility. It aims to provide a clear analysis and explanation of the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance through accurate theoretical introduction and empirical analysis by exploring the relationship between the two.

Young people's perceptions of the principle of responsible travel behavior in destinations (Survey on students in Ho Chi Minh City)

Responsible tourism is a part of the issue set forth in the shared vision of sustainable tourism. The rapid development of tourism on a global scale requires social and environmental social responsibility for all stakeholders. Responsible tourism places the issue of tourism consumption in a more conscious way of preserving natural resources and the environment, respecting social and cultural values. Based on analyzing responsible tourism issues from a visitor perspective, this article implements a young tourist’s perception survey in Ho Chi Minh City on the behavior principle of responsible tourism to determine the level their understanding of responsible views and behavior. The survey conducted on students (high school and university) in Ho Chi Minh City with a questionnaire designed to collect information on tourism participation, information topics that are pre-planned for travel, and cognitive attitudes towards key issues of the principle of responsible travel behavior. From the survey results, a content framework on responsible tourism awareness tourism is proposed with the expectation to apply to the practice of communication and community education about responsible tourism.