"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.
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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.
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.
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.
One of the main problems that affects modern cities is connected to transport/mobility. Urban transport is currently based on car use; the transition to the use of more sustainable means of transport is happening slowly. Bicycles used as main way of transport, combined with walking, it's a successful solution for many towns to really bring traffic and congestion down. For their high density and their short time travels, towns are the best places (in comparison to long time travels as merchandise transport) to reduce the green houses gasses emitted promoting walking, cycling and public transport. For this reason the European Union is directly founding different projects that boost urban cycling. Many examples presented in this paper where collected by an European project. This project sectioned best practices and excellences in cycling as the so called cycle cities: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Seville,…cities that have recognized the importance of cycling as a solution to traffic congestion. But how is it possible to transfer these experiences to others realities?The scope of this article is to show the sustainability of cycling according to socio-economic (social and economic sustainability) and environmental terms (environmental sustainability).For this reason is proposed a CBA (Cost and Benefits Analysis) methodology specific to evidence the advantages of investments in cycling made by public authorities or private companies both, to promote and realize ecological infrastructures.One of the main problems that affects modern cities is connected to transport/mobility. Urban transport is currently based on car use; the transition to the use of more sustainable means of transport is happening slowly. Bicycles used as main way of transport, combined with walking, it's a successful solution for many towns to really bring traffic and congestion down. For their high density and their short time travels, towns are the best places (in comparison to long time travels as merchandise transport) to reduce the green houses gasses emitted promoting walking, cycling and public transport. For this reason the European Union is directly founding different projects that boost urban cycling. Many examples presented in this paper where collected by an European project. This project sectioned best practices and excellences in cycling as the so called cycle cities: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Seville,…cities that have recognized the importance of cycling as a solution to traffic congestion. But how is it possible to transfer these experiences to others realities?The scope of this article is to show the sustainability of cycling according to socio-economic (social and economic sustainability) and environmental terms (environmental sustainability).For this reason is proposed a CBA (Cost and Benefits Analysis) methodology specific to evidence the advantages of investments in cycling made by public authorities or private companies both, to promote and realize ecological infrastructures. ; Uno dei maggiori problemi delle città attuali è legato alla mobilità/trasporti. La mobilità urbana si basa ancora in oggi in grandissima parte sull'uso dell' automobile e il passaggio verso modi di trasporto più sostenibili sta avvenendo con grande lentezza. L'uso delle biciclette in città come mezzo di locomozione preferenziale, insieme alla pedonalità, si è dimostrato in molti centri urbani una carta vincente per abbattere fortemente congestione e traffico veicolare a motore. Data la grande densità di popolazione e la quota elevata di spostamenti di breve distanza, le città presentano maggiori possibilità di ridurre emissioni nocive in atmosfera, rispetto al sistema dei trasporti su lunga percorrenza, potenziando gli spostamenti a piedi, in bicicletta e con i mezzi pubblici.In quest'ottica sempre più progetti che mirano alla ciclabilità delle città sono stati direttamente finanziati dall'Unione Europea. Molti degli esempi presentati nel paper sono stati raccolti proprio grazie ad un progetto europeo che ha selezionato buone pratiche ed eccellenze di "cyclecities", tra cui si ricordano Amsterdam, Copenaghen, Londra, Siviglia, città che hanno visto nella ciclabilità una soluzione alla congestione stradale. Ma come è possibile trasferire queste esperienze europee in Italia?Finalità dell'articolo è dimostrare la sostenibilità del cycling, sia in termini socio-economici (sostenibilità socio-economica) che ambientali (sostenibilità ambientale).A riguardo sarà proposta una metodologia CBA (Cost and Benefit Analysis) specifica atta a evidenziare i vantaggi che derivano da investimenti congiunti di soggetti pubblici e privati nel promuovere e realizzare infrastrutture ecologiche.
One of the main problems that affects modern cities is connected to transport/mobility. Urban transport is currently based on car use; the transition to the use of more sustainable means of transport is happening slowly. Bicycles used as main way of transport, combined with walking, it's a successful solution for many towns to really bring traffic and congestion down. For their high density and their short time travels, towns are the best places (in comparison to long time travels as merchandise transport) to reduce the green houses gasses emitted promoting walking, cycling and public transport. For this reason the European Union is directly founding different projects that boost urban cycling. Many examples presented in this paper where collected by an European project. This project sectioned best practices and excellences in cycling as the so called cycle cities: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Seville,…cities that have recognized the importance of cycling as a solution to traffic congestion. But how is it possible to transfer these experiences to others realities?The scope of this article is to show the sustainability of cycling according to socio-economic (social and economic sustainability) and environmental terms (environmental sustainability).For this reason is proposed a CBA (Cost and Benefits Analysis) methodology specific to evidence the advantages of investments in cycling made by public authorities or private companies both, to promote and realize ecological infrastructures.One of the main problems that affects modern cities is connected to transport/mobility. Urban transport is currently based on car use; the transition to the use of more sustainable means of transport is happening slowly. Bicycles used as main way of transport, combined with walking, it's a successful solution for many towns to really bring traffic and congestion down. For their high density and their short time travels, towns are the best places (in comparison to long time travels as merchandise transport) to reduce the green houses gasses emitted promoting walking, cycling and public transport. For this reason the European Union is directly founding different projects that boost urban cycling. Many examples presented in this paper where collected by an European project. This project sectioned best practices and excellences in cycling as the so called cycle cities: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Seville,…cities that have recognized the importance of cycling as a solution to traffic congestion. But how is it possible to transfer these experiences to others realities?The scope of this article is to show the sustainability of cycling according to socio-economic (social and economic sustainability) and environmental terms (environmental sustainability).For this reason is proposed a CBA (Cost and Benefits Analysis) methodology specific to evidence the advantages of investments in cycling made by public authorities or private companies both, to promote and realize ecological infrastructures. ; Uno dei maggiori problemi delle città attuali è legato alla mobilità/trasporti. La mobilità urbana si basa ancora in oggi in grandissima parte sull'uso dell' automobile e il passaggio verso modi di trasporto più sostenibili sta avvenendo con grande lentezza. L'uso delle biciclette in città come mezzo di locomozione preferenziale, insieme alla pedonalità, si è dimostrato in molti centri urbani una carta vincente per abbattere fortemente congestione e traffico veicolare a motore. Data la grande densità di popolazione e la quota elevata di spostamenti di breve distanza, le città presentano maggiori possibilità di ridurre emissioni nocive in atmosfera, rispetto al sistema dei trasporti su lunga percorrenza, potenziando gli spostamenti a piedi, in bicicletta e con i mezzi pubblici.In quest'ottica sempre più progetti che mirano alla ciclabilità delle città sono stati direttamente finanziati dall'Unione Europea. Molti degli esempi presentati nel paper sono stati raccolti proprio grazie ad un progetto europeo che ha selezionato buone pratiche ed eccellenze di "cyclecities", tra cui si ricordano Amsterdam, Copenaghen, Londra, Siviglia, città che hanno visto nella ciclabilità una soluzione alla congestione stradale. Ma come è possibile trasferire queste esperienze europee in Italia?Finalità dell'articolo è dimostrare la sostenibilità del cycling, sia in termini socio-economici (sostenibilità socio-economica) che ambientali (sostenibilità ambientale).A riguardo sarà proposta una metodologia CBA (Cost and Benefit Analysis) specifica atta a evidenziare i vantaggi che derivano da investimenti congiunti di soggetti pubblici e privati nel promuovere e realizzare infrastrutture ecologiche.
Our purpose is to explore the concept of "sustainability" when understood from a performative perspective, i.e. as a concept that is filled with meaning across time. Drawing on a 10 year-long study of the digital footprint of Stockholm Royal Seaport, claimed to be northern Europe's largest sustainable urban development district, we show that "sustainability" emerged as the project became associated with particular places, projects, histories, and technologies. This means that "sustainability" was local in that it was situated in the particular spatial context of the project; temporal in that it was situated in a particular time; and political in that it expressed particular values and perspectives. The study contributes to explaining why "sustainability" remains—and always will remain—a contested concept, which is why sustainability transitions are complex. Consequently, we suggest that the transition towards sustainability always involves the transition of sustainability, something that needs to be acknowledged in order for a transition to actually become sustainable.
"Die Diskontierung ist ein in der Ökonomie routinemäßig angewandtes Verfahren, um zu unterschiedlichen Zeitpunkten anfallende Kosten und Nutzen vergleichbar zu machen. Die Wahl der Diskontrate hat dabei große Auswirkungen, vor allem wenn es sich um sehr langfristige, uns nicht mehr betreffende Ereignisse handelt. Viele Ethiker lehnen die Diskontierung ab, weil sie der intergenerationellen Gerechtigkeit widersprechen würde. In dem folgenden Aufsatz wollen wir zeigen, welche Argumente für oder gegen das Diskontieren gebraucht werden und welche Schlussfolgerungen dies im Hinblick auf das Konzept der Nachhaltigkeit zulässt." (Autorenreferat)
Sustainability Science is an emerging, transdisciplinary academic field that aims to help build a sustainable global society by drawing on and integrating research from the humanities and the social, natural, medical and engineering sciences. Academic knowledge is combined with that from relevant actors from outside academia, such as policy-makers, businesses, social organizations and citizens. The field is focused on examining the interactions between human, environmental, and engineered systems to understand and contribute to solutions for complex challenges that threaten the future of humanity and the integrity of the life support systems of the planet, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and land and water degradation. Since its inception in around the year 2000, and as expressed by a range of proponents in the field, sustainability science has become an established international platform for interdisciplinary research on complex social problems [1]. This has been done by exploring ways to promote 'greater integration and cooperation in fulfilling the sustainability science mandate' [2]. Sustainability science has thereby become an extremely diverse academic field, yet one with an explicit normative mission. After nearly two decades of sustainability research, it is important to reflect on a major question: what critical knowledge can we gain from sustainability science research on persistent socio-ecological problems and new sustainability challenges?
In four ways, massively multiplayer online role-playing games may serve as tools for advancing sustainability goals, and as laboratories for developing alternatives to current social arrangements that have implications for the natural environment. First, by moving conspicuous consumption and other usually costly status competitions into virtual environments, these virtual worlds might reduce the need for physical resources. Second, they provide training that could prepare individuals to be teleworkers, and develop or demonstrate methods for using information technology to replace much transportation technology, notably in commuting. Third, virtual worlds and online games build international cooperation, even blending national cultures, thereby inching us toward not only the world consciousness needed for international agreements about the environment, but also toward non-spatial government that cuts across archaic nationalisms. Finally, realizing the potential social benefits of this new technology may urge us to reconsider a number of traditional societal institutions.
"Delightful…the chapters are gems of precision and insight."-Michael Spence, Nobel Prize Winner in EconomicsSustainability applies to everybody. But everybody applies it differently, by defining and shaping it differently-much as water is edged and shaped by its container. It is conceived in absolute terms but underpinned by a great diversity of relatively "green"-and sometimes contradictory-practices that can each make society only more or less sustainable. In Practicing Sustainability, chefs, poets, music directors, evangelical pastors, skyscraper architects, artists, filmmakers, as well as scientific leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, business executives, policy makers, and the contrarians, shed light on our understanding of sustainability and the role that each of us can play. Each contributor addresses what sustainability means, what is most appealing about the concept, and what they would like to change to improve the perception and practice of sustainability. What emerges from their essays is a wide spectrum of views that confirm an important insight: Sustainability is pursued in different ways not only due to different interpretations, but also because of varying incentives, trade-offs, and altruistic motives. Practicing and achieving sustainability starts with a willingness to look critically at the concept. It also means enabling rich and vigorous discussion based on pragmatism and common sense to determine a framework for best ideas and practices. With time and the much needed critical thinking, sustainable development will become a more integral part of our culture. By sharing experiences and crisp insights from today's savants, Practicing Sustainability serves as a stepping stone to the future.
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Youth participation in quality extended learning opportunities (ELOs) results in positive academic, physical, mental health, and social/emotional outcomes. Funding is essential to implementing and sustaining quality ELOs; however multiple funding barriers and challenges exist. Understanding the types of funds available for ELOs and the factors that influence sustainability is critical. Through surveys and telephone interviews of ELO providers, this descriptive study identified and examined ELO funding streams, the ways ELO providers use these funding streams, and the barriers and challenges to sustainability. ELO programs often relied on one major funding stream coupled with nutrition supports as well as in-kind resources. Barriers to sustainability included year-to-year funding, transportation costs, reducing community partnerships, and difficulty in diversifying funds. Recommendations to enhance ELO sustainability are offered, particularly in relation to overcoming the challenges to diversification of funding resources and establishing mutually supportive partnerships and collaboration.
AbstractThis empirical study explores the financialization of social sustainability driven by sustainability accounting and reporting initiatives (SARIs). Since no globally accepted definition of what social sustainability encompasses exists, the paper asks how social sustainability is translated into the financial market language by SARIs as they provide standards for disclosing corporate non-financial performance and promote their concepts of social sustainability. The paper uses a two-step qualitative content analysis. First, it operationalizes social sustainability based on the empirical data of six sustainability rating agencies. Second, this operationalization is compared with the concepts created by three SARIs. The paper shows significant differences between the concepts of the SARIs and the rating agencies. While the rating agencies altogether interpret social sustainability with 83 distinct aspects, the SARIs, although differently created, use significant reduced concepts where 20% of these aspects are absent. The result of this financialization process could be a simplified and financially determined concept of social sustainability within die socially discourse. The research is limited to social sustainability and its financialization by SARIs. Individual indicators and their way or intensity to capture aspects of social sustainability were not part of the research interest. Further research should investigate the economic and the ecological pillars of sustainability as well as the usage of such financialized concepts within the society and especially by corporations. The paper unfolds the arbitrariness of operationalizing a qualitative phenomenon like social sustainability through the financial system. It discloses the need for looking at the mechanisms behind such processes and at the interests of the actors behind the frameworks. The paper reveals the financialization process driven by SARIs and demonstrates its simplifying effects on the concept of social sustainability. Furthermore, the paper shows that SARIs as metrics for non-financial aspects are troubled with a lack of transparency and a lack of convergence.
