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This paper critically reviews recent work regarding the sustainability of public debt. It argues that Debt Sustainability Analyses (DSAs) should be more than mere mechanical simulation exercises. Instead, a DSA should be linked to some objective regarding the distribution of fiscal burdens and distortions over time (in the tradition of Barro's 1979 tax smoothing objective). The paper discusses objective functions that yield simple and transparent fiscal policy rules

'Sustainability: Key Issues' is a comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students doing courses in sustainability. Highly original, it covers the very broad spectrum of ideas covered under sustainability, from participation, resilience, growth, ecological modernism through to culture, sustainable communities and sustainable consumption. Each chapter covers one key idea, and has been written by an expert in that field.--

Measuring sustainability is not only a contentious issue, but one which has captured the attention of both academics and politicians since the late 1980s. A plethora of methods and approaches have been developed over the last decades or so, from rapid measurements as inputs to specific projects, to longer-term processes of research, monitoring and wider learning. Indicators have been, however, the most influential measuring tool of all and despite the fact that the tensions between expert-led and citizen-led models in their development have fuelled much debate in the literature. It has been suggested that integrating the two approaches would tap into various levels of 'knowledge' of sustainability and thus, be a better way of assessing sustainability. However, little is known of whether these 'integrated' sets of sustainability indicators work in practice, or indeed reflect the local perspectives, values and understandings of sustainability which they aim to represent. This paper aims to fill this gap. First, an 'integrative' set of indicators is designed and second, this is discussed with over 60 'sustainability experts' and 130 residents living in three urban areas in the UK. It is found that the set of indicators is generally a good reflection of urban sustainability in these areas, however, people tend to assign different degrees of 'importance' to individual indicators, something which is little accounted for when measuring urban sustainability. The paper concludes that sustainability indicators are not isolated pieces of information, but manifestations of local underlying processes and interconnections that can be mapped and which have the potential to expand our understanding of local sustainability.

The fully updated second edition of this innovative textbook provides a system analysis approach to sustainability for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. To an extent unparalleled in other textbooks, the latest scientific data and insights are integrated into a broad and deep transdisciplinary framework. Readers are encouraged to explore and engage with sustainability issues through the lenses of a cultural and methodological pluralism which promotes dialogue and alliances in the search for a (more) sustainable future. Ideal for students and their teachers in sustainable development, environmental science and policy, ecology, conservation, natural resources and geopolitics, the book will also appeal to interested citizens, activists, and policymakers, exposing them to the variety of perspectives on sustainability issues. Review questions and exercises provide the opportunity for consolidation and reflection. Online resources include appendices with more advanced mathematical material, model answers, and a wealth of recommended additional sources.

""Beyond Sustainability"" greift das aktuelle wie empirisch höchst relevante Thema der unternehmerischen Verantwortung auf, eine Fragestellung, die sowohl in der wirtschaftlichen Diskussion als auch auf der Agenda von Unternehmen gegenwärtig ganz oben steht - gleich welcher Branche oder welcher Sektoren. Gleichermaßen ist ""Nachhaltiges Management"" zu einer höchst bedeutsamen gesellschaftspolitischen Frage avanciert. In 13 Beiträgen wird nicht nur der Frage nachgegangen, was unter Nachhaltigkeit bzw. Sustainability zu verstehen ist, sondern auch was wirklich hinter diesem Konzept ste.

[Gutterman, A. S. (2020). Managing Sustainability. New York and Lon­don: Routledge, 192 pp. ISBN 9780367518547 (Paperback).]

"Obwohl die international geführte Debatte über Nachhaltigkeit mit universalistischen Kategorien geführt wird, sind die globalen und lokalen Dimensionen, die in ihr stecken, nicht überzeugend miteinander verknüpft. Das wird deutlich an der Frage der mangelnden Einbindung von interkulturellem Wissen - und ihren TrägerInnen, den MigrantInnen - speziell in die Umweltbewegung. Das Paradigma der Nachhaltigkeit könnte jedoch mehr Wirkmacht entfalten, wenn es interkulturell verknüpft und kommuniziert wird. Nachhaltigkeit und die um diesen Begriff herum angesiedelte soziale Praxis könnten auf mehrfache Weise fruchtbar gemacht werden. Zum einen birgt sie eine Möglichkeit für MigrantInnen, ihre situierten Wissensbestände in einen relevanten Diskurs der Aufnahmegesellschaft einzuspeisen und sich dabei hiesige Praktiken habituell anzueignen. Andererseits wird durch die von MigrantInnen eingebrachten Aspekte die Nachhaltigkeitsdebatte um neue Wissens- und lebensweltliche Facetten bereichert. Sie erhält zugleich eine komplexere kulturelle Bedeutung. Die Gründe fürden großen Erfolg Interkultureller Gärten sind vor allem in ihrer spezifischen Positionierung in 'Zwischenräumen' zu suchen: Anders als andere Integrationsprojekte bilden die selbst initiierten Gärten eine (keinesfalls mit einer Einbahnstraße zu verwechselnde) Passage bzw. einen durch ihre eigene Praxis sich bildenden Übergang zwischen dem Herkunfts- und dem Aufnahmeland der GärtnerInnen sowie zwischen ihrer biografischen Vergangenheit und ihrer Gegenwart. Das Zusammenspiel mehrerer Faktoren macht die Interkulturellen Gärten zum privilegierten Ort der Produktion inter- oder transkulturellen Wissens. Die praktische Ebene des gemeinsamen Anbaus von Gartenfrüchten schließt auch das Teilen und Organisieren von Raum-Zeit und die kulturelle Repräsentation und Reflexion des 'Eigenen' gegenüber den jeweils anderen Kultur- bzw. Sinnzusammenhängen ein. Dieses öffentlich stattfindende und daher auch (zumindest mikro-) politisch bedeutsame Spiel kultureller Repräsentation gibt den beteiligten kulturellen Gruppen die Möglichkeit des Bergens ihrer eigenen kulturellen Besitztümer, die nun in Prozessen des Vermittelns, Verhandelns und Anerkennens in Beziehung zu anderen gesetzt werden. Die hier vollzogene Bewegung ist also - und das ist signifikant - eine doppelte: Zum einen sind bei den beteiligten Akteuren Prozesse des Bewahrens und der Abgrenzung ihrer eigenen kulturellen Identität zu beobachten. Andererseits geht damit eine reflexive Verortung dieser eigenen kulturellen Position in einer interkulturellen 'Landkarte' einher. Es scheint, dass genau diese Dialektik des Wieder-(Er-)Findens und der Neuverortung des eigenen Kulturrepertoires in Relation zu Anderen einen höchst effektiven Lernmechanismus von Selbst- und Weltaneignung in Gang setzt." (Autorenreferat)

Environmental sustainability has become one of the most salient issues on the policy agenda of nation-states. This book argues that planning is seldom credited by advocates of environmental politics. The authors, leading scholars in the field, explore the relationship between environmental sustainability - one of the most important innovations in recent political discourse and planning, an idea which has slipped from public attention recently

"Beyond Sustainability" greift das aktuelle wie empirisch höchst relevante Thema der unternehmerischen Verantwortung auf, eine Fragestellung, die sowohl in der wirtschaftlichen Diskussion als auch auf der Agenda von Unternehmen gegenwärtig ganz oben steht - gleich welcher Branche oder welcher Sektoren. Gleichermaßen ist "Nachhaltiges Management" zu einer höchst bedeutsamen gesellschaftspolitischen Frage avanciert. In 13 Beiträgen wird nicht nur der Frage nachgegangen, was unter Nachhaltigkeit bzw. Sustainability zu verstehen ist, sondern auch was wirklich hinter diesem Konzept steckt und weiter - was nach all den Ankündigungen folgt. Fragen der Nachhaltigkeit bilden die konzeptionelle Klammer des Programms der Saarbrücker MBA-School: "Menschen, Märkte und Moral" verdeutlicht dies als Leitlinie. Mit Beiträgen von: Heinz-Jürgen Axt, Ansgar Belke/Florian Verheyen, Christian Berg/Stefan Hack/Constantin Blome, Dermot Breslin, Martin Dietrich/Nadine Molter/Matti Znotka, Andrea Gröppel-Klein, Christopher Hossfeld/Alain Mikol, Stefan Kolb/Joachim Zentes, Dirk Morschett/Valentin Wepfer, Christian Scholz/Stefanie Müller, Hanna Schramm-Klein/Sascha Steinmann, Volker Stein, Stefan Strohmeier.

Purpose
Studies have shown that higher education institutions (HEIs) need to achieve deep organizational learning to develop and implement long-term strategies for responding to the climate crisis. This study aims to analyze the sustainability efforts of HEIs, in particular those who use the sustainability tracking, assessment and rating system (STARS), to ascertain what type of organizational learning is being achieved.


Design/methodology/approach
This paper does this by analyzing perceptions of learning amongst this group of HEIs. More specifically, it analyzes survey data regarding perceptions of types and system levels of organizational learning achieved by 116 HEIs in the USA that currently use or have used STARS in the past. The approach also aims to develop a macro view of the relationships between practicing campus sustainability, using sustainability reporting tools and learning as an organization.


Findings
An examination of the practice of campus sustainability and its relationship to organizational learning reveals that the use of sustainability reporting promotes broad learning, but deep learning at the level of the organization is seldom achieved.


Practical implications
Given the success of using sustainability reporting tools to diffuse knowledge and foster broad learning, this paper argues that such tools should incorporate more metrics relative to soft organizational characteristics of HEIs to shift organizational cultures and foster deeper organizational learning.


Originality/value
This work constitutes one of the few studies analyzing empirical data on campus sustainability, sustainability reporting and organizational learning for a large number of HEIs.

AbstractThis paper describes a dynamic multistage game in which sustainability is a value that is shared between companies and stakeholders in a competitive market. The game solution could move from a Nash equilibrium to a higher equilibrium, the MES equilibrium, because of the presence of stakeholders who influence the choice and the set of sustainable strategies. Stakeholders provide feedback to companies (by way of awards, ratings, rankings, rebukes, etc.) at every stage of the game. Positive feedback gives a company the chance to expand its business opportunities, leveraging on good reputation, customer loyalty, operational risk mitigation, resilience, employees' cohesion, etc. The interaction between companies and stakeholders also allows companies to seize market opportunities (e.g., supplying sustainable products for responsible customers, sustainable investments for investors, etc.). The sustainability game demonstrates how sustainability can engage the economic system in a market shift.

Sustainability Reporting includes a large scope of topics that affect many aspects of a company. It has been applied by companies for over 20 years and has gained great recognition since 2000. Nowadays, and especial due to the accelerating climate change that we witness, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Non-Financial Reporting (ESG – Environmental, Social, Governance) and Corporate Environmental Sustainability Reporting (CESR) have become crucial issues for companies and governments. In this paper, it is discussed how these issues became crucial for companies and societies and how the European Union acts for enhancing them. Also, this paper analyzes the implementation practices, meaning the tools used for applying the sustainability reporting, with emphasis to the GRI Standards. The importance of this kind of reporting stimulates research into the benefits and the necessity of its implementation. In the second part, we refer to the Greek legislation and we examine the case of the Athens International Airport (AIA), Eleftherios Venizelos, the Corporate Responsibility Report 2016 of which is further examined. The focus is on what is reported, how it is applied and what are the benefits of reporting for the company, the society and the environment. Finally, we track the gaps and suggest further investigation as far as small medium companies are concerned.