Stakeholders In Sustainable Development Research Articles

Environmental communication based on tourism management for mitigation of abrasion disasters

Indonesia has thousands of islands. However, many islands are threatened with sinking due to rising sea levels and abrasion. This research aims to explain environmental communication based on tourism management to mitigate abrasion on Bengkalis Island. The research method used was a qualitative approach with case studies. The results show that the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment together with other ministries, regional governments and experts collaborated to communicate to overcome the abrasion problem on Bengkalis Island. To mitigate abrasion, the government is building breakwaters, rehabilitating mangroves, and creating communication programs. The government’s environmental communications involve the NGO Malay Youth Association that Cares for the Environment (IPMPL) to deal with abrasion, as was done at Raja Kecik Beach. This community-based tourism was built as a means of government communication to campaign for the protection of the coast of Bengkalis Island. The development of marine tourism that is integrated with the prevention of environmental damage not only contributes to the economy and community welfare but also contributes to environmental sustainability. Communication based on tourism management has not been managed well. Therefore, the government must involve other stakeholders for sustainable development in the context of mitigating abrasion disasters.

Effect of vegetation and land surface temperature on NO2 concentration: A Google Earth Engine-based remote sensing approach

With the increasing tension on the global sustainable environment in the urban areas, it is essential to monitor the airborne pollutants and understand the underlying factors that can trigger the situation in a worst-case scenario. Because of its cramped living conditions, excessive coal and fuel usage, and rapid deforestation, the southeast Asian region has historically had worse air quality than the rest of the world. The economic hubs of India and Bangladesh, in particular, have drawn so much attention away from rural regions that unrestrained urbanization is becoming controversial for planners, engineers, and stakeholders in sustainable development. This research combines the two main Asian capital regions, Delhi and Dhaka. It analyzes the change in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentration, land surface temperature (LST), and vegetation dynamics across three years (2019–2021) for summer and winter. The NO2 concentration data from Sentinel-5P has been extracted using Google Earth Engine (GEE), and Landsat-8 imagery was utilized for LST, Normalizer Vegetation Index (NDVI), and Enhance Vegetation Index (EVI). The statistical analysis has been carried out by dividing the research regions into one sq. km grid (1512 grids for Delhi and 1485 grids for Dhaka). According to descriptive research, Dhaka's condition is worse than Delhi's, with significant vegetation loss with LST and NO2 concentrations rising. In both research regions, the NO2 concentration is high throughout the winter. The Pearson correlation value demonstrates a negative association between total NO2 concentration and mean NDVI and EVI values and a positive relationship between total NO2 concentration and mean LST. The data have been further assessed using linear regression, which overlaps the correlation result with a maximum R-squared value of 0.2998 for NO2 and EVI in winter 2019.

Cultivating a Collaborative Culture for Ensuring Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education: An Integrative Case Study

Higher education institutions (HEIs) are not insulated from the challenges facing the planet and have been tasked as key stakeholders in sustainable development (SD). The preliminary data presented in this paper demonstrate that, over the last five decades, there has been a shift toward the categories of SD work that necessitate a collaborative culture that is not traditionally inherent in HEIs. It is offered that when HEIs align their institutional capacities with worldwide efforts to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030 and foster an intentionally collaborative culture, they will become better equipped to face their own unique challenges: becoming “changemaker” universities; collaborating with each other in the knowledge economy; placing students at the center of the teaching and learning process; and fulfilling their “third mission” to partner with external stakeholders and society. This paper will outline the conceptual frameworks used to direct the construction of Wingate University’s Collaborative for the Common Good (CCG). The preliminary data from this case study at Wingate University show promise; tracked impact reports show that an intentionally collaborative infrastructure that is designed to contribute to achieving SDGs provided a unique opportunity for this university to meet the needs of the campus and community despite their many social, economic, and cultural challenges that were exacerbated by COVID-19.

Key challenges to the corporate biosphere stewardship research program: inequity, reification, and stakeholder commensurability

Non-Technical Summary Research on “corporate biosphere stewardship” and the related concept of “keystone actor” has proliferated in recent years. We scrutinize the program focusing on issues and assumptions associated with inequality, naturalizing social processes, or reification, and characterizing corporations as equivalent stakeholders in sustainable development with other actors and organizations. As a result, we argue the program does not promote the stated claim of transformative change for sustainability. We suggest that the research program should develop a deeper analysis of social dynamics, forces, and structures, based in social theory, particularly sociological work, which can help reveal common taken for granted assumptions. Technical Summary We highlight important assumptions associated with the research program in sustainability science developed around “corporate biosphere stewardship” and the promise of “science-business initiatives.” In doing so, we interrogate a central concept in this research, “keystone actors.” We analyze the program based on associated research outputs and communications, focusing on three key challenges 1) inequities related to the concentration of political-economic power 2) concerns with naturalizing social processes, or reification, and 3) the limitations of characterizing corporations as commensurable stakeholders in sustainable development. This research program has revealed some important conditions and dynamics in relation to consolidation and concentration in global industries. However, it has been limited by insufficient integration of knowledge from social science, particularly sociology. Thus, the approach tends to undertheorize social dynamics, processes, and structures. Despite being framed as an effort at “improving the prospects for transformative change,” the implications, outcomes, and recommendations that emerge from this research program may inadvertently promote increased control and power of elite actors by presenting an ostensible inevitability of corporate dominance for bringing about social welfare and sustainability. We suggest greater attention to social structural dynamics, and particularly social struggles and social movements, when considering the potential for transformational change for sustainability.

Tracking dike-pond landscape dynamics in a core region of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area based on topographic maps and remote sensing data during 1949–2020

As an important agricultural mode and heritage site in lowland areas with abundant water resources, dike-pond agriculture in China bloomed from the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 CE) and is famous with a “Mulberry Dike-Fish Ponds” type. However, their spatial pattern and morphology have been altered due to international trade and demands from textiles to freshwater aquatic products. Therefore, this study used topographic maps from 1949, declassified keyhole data during 1967–1975, Landsat images during 1975–2010 and Chinese Gaofen (GF-1) images to extract dike-pond landscapes and then revealed the spatial-temporal dynamics of their patterns and morphology. The results showed that four stages of dike-pond landscape changes during 1949–1967 indicated rapid fluctuations. Different towns also have obvious differences in temporal and spatial changes in dike-pond landscapes. The dike-pond landscape was mainly concentrated in the southern part of the study area. The spatial gradient of the dike-pond landscape changes showed that the dike had an upward trend within 9 km and then dropped to 11–12 km. The interannual variation in the buffer zone greater than 6 km is relatively larger. The landscape metrics showed that the aggregation decreased and the shape of the dike-pond landscape increased in a scattered state. The dike-pond gain type increased from 1967 to 1995 and then gradually decreased during 1995–2020. The dike-pond loss type increased from 1967 to 2005 and then gradually decreased during 2005–2020. Therefore, the findings show that dike-pond landscape dynamics are key concerns for decision-makers and stakeholders for sustainable development.

Marketing of Cities as Centres of Socio-Economic Development in the Process of Globalisation

Modern trends in the formation of urban development are based primarily on the extent to which the territory of a city can be attractive for investors, interested people in general and public administration systems. When regarding programs for the development of urban areas in the structure of sustainable development, it is necessary to highlight the methods of forming an attractive image of a city, which is considered a marketing tool. Understanding the possibilities for the development of an urban area requires the formation of tools for spatial marketing and opportunities for the establishment of measures for the development of individual tools of communication between city authorities and the external environment. The novelty of the research is determined by the structural feature of the formation of an integrated method of using marketing tools to promote the image of a city in the informational, social, and cultural aspects. The authors show the tools for implementing the marketing strategy of the urban area as elements of sustainable development. Stakeholders of sustainable development are shown not only local management structures but also global investment funds and transnational corporations. The practical significance of the study is determined by the possibility of forming based on an urban area, which is marked by the presence of sustainable development markers, innovative and science-intensive centres, and analytical corporations. The formation of development centres is also possible through the creation of smart cities.

Multivariable Supplier Segmentation in Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Pressure from stakeholders for sustainable development is forcing top management to reconsider its supply chain management. This form of sustainability must consider the risks, insecurities, and lack of proximity caused by any event on the global economy. Organizations must identify and manage the risks of every link in the chain, while pursuing sustainable development. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development must be the result of a deliberate and coordinated response by the entire organization. A suitable segmentation of suppliers allows development strategies to be prioritized. This article presents the steps that should be followed in supply chain management, the identification of risks, and the new leadership of purchasing management to develop a sustainable supply chain. To this end, some of the key industrial actions reported in the literature are outlined, and two case studies are presented to identify the steps for the segmentation and dynamic development of suppliers. This article provides reflections on the responsibilities of senior management in the new era of sustainable development and presents guidance on how to coordinate sustainable development in the supply chain.

Understanding Perceptions of Faculty and Students about Sustainability in Indian Business Management Schools

Sustainable development (SD)/sustainability as a concept has gained prominence following global society's realisation that contemporary models of development cannot sustain for a long time. Businesses, in general, are blamed for unsustainable use of natural resources, large-scale environmental degradation, and increasing economic divide in the society. For businesses to be able to transform themselves towards triple bottom line performance, it is imperative that business managers should have in-depth knowledge, abilities, and right value system. The present study tries to assess these aspects among teachers and students of premier business management schools in India by undertaking a structured questionnaire survey. The results indicate that while these two important groups of stakeholders in SD show more or less right value systems, they significantly lack in knowledge of and abilities to handle various SD issues. The findings have implications for business management education policies and administrations of business management schools in the developing world.

Бизнес-стратегии компаний в контексте концепции устойчивого развития

The objective of the article is to analyze how fully the SD Goals are implemented in the policies of financial institutions, investment funds and business corporations, and what else needs to be done, especially taking into account the requests of investors, to ensure the achievements of the 17 Goals. The concept of SD provides not only an understanding at the system-wide level most of the problems of humanity, but also becomes a large-scale practice. This is not about static and unchanging state, but on the contrary, its dynamics, ensuring that current and future human needs are taken into account in maintaining the balance of socio-economic and natural systems. The article emphasizes and substantiates the role of the concept of sustainable development in the practice of international banks, funds and manufacturing companies. The author proceeds from the fact that SD is becoming a new paradigm for the existence of financial and non-financial companies. They are in the transformation of their behavior model, in which the creation of added value for shareholders is combined with non-financial reporting by companies, movement towards guidelines that meet the interests of business and society as a whole. The content of this transformation introduces a new approach to managing natural production reserves, risks and a wide range of impacts in the humanitarian field. This means that by building a value chain, companies solve the most important problems, such as the economical use of natural resources, the protection of the natural environment, human health and safety. As a result, they themselves become sustainable. In other words, the very approach to creating a value chain is subject to rethinking introduces international principles in the field of human rights, labor relations, declares its climate responsibility engaged in charity, volunteering and sustainable development of territories; taking into account the views of stakeholders, publishes non-financial reporting and much more. Thus, the environmental and social responsibility of business is no longer a matter of choice, but a kind of imperative, since there is a request from the world community and stakeholders for sustainable development, which no large company can pass by. This responsibility becomes its responsibility, which will ultimately affect the ability to manage risks, provide energy supply, purchase raw materials, developing and using innovative environmentally friendly technologies and products, and protect against weather disasters and natural disasters.

What makes consumers respond to creating shared value strategy? Considering consumers as stakeholders in sustainable development

AbstractCreating shared value is a strategic approach for sustainable development connected to social value that moves away from a corporation's profit and competition‐oriented strategies. This study examines consumers' responses, including attitudes and intentions to participate in a strategy creating shared value by applying the persuasion knowledge model. Results reveal that consumers formed positive attitudes mainly through persuasive knowledge, which led to higher intentions to participate in creating the shared value strategy. This study also provides evidence for the role of consumers' propensity for socially responsible consumption, and intentions became stronger when consumers had a strong propensity for socially responsible consumption. This study elaborates on the discussion around corporations' strategies for achieving a sustainable society through social‐centric corporate strategies that can be developed by reconciling corporate and consumer morality in the marketplace.

Evaluating the performance of sustainable development in urban neighborhoods based on the feedback of multiple stakeholders

Sustainable development (SD) has increasingly become a major priority in urban neighborhoods to maintain social quality of life and support their economic development while preserving the environment. To expand the use of SD in urban neighborhoods, local governments often adopt various strategies such as land use planning. The priorities and effectiveness of these strategies vary significantly for different stakeholders such as neighborhood communities and local governments because of their different and often conflicting interests. Accordingly, there is a pressing need to integrate the performance evaluation of SD strategies from all urban planning stakeholders to ensure that the conducted evaluation is comprehensive and representative of all the affected stakeholders. Although there are several studies that focused on evaluating SD in urban areas, there is still a need for a comprehensive model that is capable of integrating the varying evaluations of different SD stakeholders. Accordingly, this paper presents the development of a comprehensive and an effective model for evaluating the performance of SD that is capable of integrating the varying and often conflicting evaluations of various stakeholders. The model is developed in four main stages: (1) formulation stage that created a comprehensive set of sustainable development (SD) criteria for urban neighborhoods; (2) group decision making stage that integrates the evaluations and judgments of multiple stakeholders; (3) implementation stage that automated the model computations; and (4) performance evaluation stage that analyzed the performance of the developed model using an application example.

Innovation, Education and Communication for Sustainable Development

Education for Sustainable Development presents a vision of education that seeks to empower people to assume responsibility for creating a sustainable future. There are many different stakeholders in sustainable development whose participation is essential if long-term developments are to be achieved: governments and intergovernmental bodies, the mass media, the civil society and non-governmental organizations, the private sector and formal education institutions (i.e. schools, universities, research and training institutes). But despite the need for concerted efforts, truly cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary projects and practical activities are seldom seen. In addition, there are few publications where the subject matters of education, innovation and communication - as they apply to sustainable development - are approached in an integrated way. This book combines approaches, methods and analyses which illustrate the contribution of innovation, education and communication to the cause of sustainable development. It is prepared as part of the INTERREG IIIB (North Sea) Project « SmartLIFE, a partnership between three EU regions - Germany, Sweden and the UK. It is also a further means of support to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, since there is a paucity of academic and at the same time practice-related books which go over and above the theory of education and of sustainable development and move on to address the various problems related to it.

Dematerialization and capital maintenance: two sides of the sustainability coin

The reductionist trend of equating sustainable development with sustained economic growth needs to be reversed. New accounts and balances help to operationalize the elusive notion of sustainability: they provide a coherent picture of the interaction between environment and economy. ‘Greened’ national accounts measure economic sustainability in terms of (produced and natural) capital maintenance; balances of material flows assess ecological sustainability as the dematerialization of production and consumption. Both concepts aim to preserve environmental assets, but differ in scope, strength and evaluation of sustainability. First results for Germany indicate weak sustainability of the economy; strong sustainability is not in sight because of insufficient reduction of material throughput. Attaining sustainability through integrated policies needs the support of share- and stakeholders of sustainable development.

Sustainable Development of Natural Resources Implications for Mining of Minerals

The issues of sustainable development of natural resources are being more and more accepted as second to none in the corporate objectives of profit, technology, cost of operations and, customer goodwill etc. This is because the constituency of the stakeholders in sustainable development is more than that of the shareholders of a company. The changes associated with the policies of sustainable mineral development will have seen metamorphosis of the greatest order for the industry hitherto unseen. It is thus necessary to understand the substantive development in the concepts and practices in sustainable development as well as to attempt for a framework of strategies for the mineral industry.