Achieving Sustainable Development Through a Green Economy Approach

Yıldırım, Seda; Yıldırım, Durmuş Çağrı

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“…As pointed out by 2030 SDGs, sustainable consumption and sustainable production should be adopted immediately to reduce carbon emissions, waste and other environmental risks. Individuals are aware of environmental values in recent years and they want to change their usual consumption patterns into sustainable consumption patterns (Yıldırım & Yıldırım, 2020). Consumers can reduce the quantity of shopping, avoid unnecessary conspicuous consumption patterns and keep the 3R principle (reduce-reuse-recycle) (Yildirim, 2021) to achieve their responsibility in sustainable development.…”

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“…In the literature, Meadows et al (1972) study titled "The Limits to Grow" pointed out the importance of sustainability. In 1987, the United Nations published a report called "Our Common Future" (WCED, 1987) and it can be said that the term sustainability became a political issue at first (Yıldırım & Yıldırım, 2020). By the 21st century, both developed and developing countries have begun to attach more importance to the seriousness of the sustainability phenomenon.…”

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Greenwashing: a rapid escape from sustainability or a slow transition?

Yildirim

2023

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PurposeSome wrong methods have emerged in the form of greenwashing while on the way to becoming a green and sustainable brand or business. Recently, it has been questioned whether businesses or brands act by their green image. This study aims to determine whether greenwashing practices represent a slow transition to sustainability or a rapid escape.Design/methodology/approachThis study used secondary data sources and reviewed collected secondary sources. It was a qualitative study due to its methodology. The findings were mostly based on the author’s assumptions through review results.FindingsAs a result of the review of the literature and current sources, it was determined that there are two sides of greenwashing: a dark side and a white side. The dark side of greenwashing represented a rapid escape from sustainability and the white side of greenwashing represented a slow transition to sustainability. Positive and negative elements were summarized in the study and the study gave an original model showing two sides of greenwashing.Research limitations/implicationsThis study provides a viewpoint on greenwashing. This study is limited with its review results and used secondary data. Different approaches or different studies can explore different results for the related literature.Practical implicationsThe purpose of this study is not to justify companies or brands employing greenwashing. However, for a sustainable future, the contribution of manufacturers, businesses and brands as the supply side has a vital value. Therefore, it is recommended to criticize greenwashing by encouraging brands and companies that are trying to take more positive steps in the transition to sustainability.Social implicationsPolicymakers and individuals can improve the dark side of greenwashing. The biggest motive for sustainable production is the demand for green consumers. Accordingly, firms and brands will be sustainable and green in the long term in a good way as consumers and policymakers guide them in a good way.Originality/valueThis study gives an alternative view of greenwashing by comparing the dark side with the white side. The literature mostly expressed that greenwashing had bad implications but this study tried to find the good sides of greenwashing.

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Greenwashing: a rapid escape from sustainability or a slow transition?

Yildirim

2023

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“…Accordingly, countries should take care of the balance between economic, social and environmental issues. MDGs guided countries how they could transform into sustainable economy until 2015 and then 2030 SDGs began to guide countries to achieve sustainable development goals until 2030 (Yıldırım and Yıldırım, 2020). Both MDGs and 2030 SDGs include health issue as an important target to achieve sustainable development.…”

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“…Without human well-being, there is no economic growth or development (Furie and Balbus, 2012, p. 1428). Sustainable development aims to provide balance between economic, social and environmental issues as much as possible (Munasinghe, 2000; Yıldırım et al , 2016; Klarin, 2018; Kenny, 2018; Yıldırım and Yıldırım, 2020). Economic and social issues are mostly linked to human well-being that improvements in health will contribute economic and social dimensions positively and help achieve sustainable development (SDSN, 2014).…”

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The influence of health on economic growth from the perspective of sustainable development: a case of OECD countries

Yıldırım

Çalişkan

2020

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PurposeThis study aims to explain the role of health on economic growth for OECD countries in the context of sustainable development. Accordingly, the study investigates the relationship between health and economic growth in OECD countries.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed cluster analysis and econometric methods. By cluster analysis, 12 OECD countries (France, Germany, Finland, Slovenia, Belgium, Portugal, Estonia, Czech Republic, Hungary, South Korea, Poland and Slovakia) were classified into two clusters as high and low health status through health indicators. For panel threshold analysis, the data included growth rates, life expectancy at birth, export rates, population data, fixed capital investments, inflation and foreign direct investment for the period of 1999–2016.FindingsThe study determined two main clusters as countries with high health status (level) and low health status (level), but there was no threshold effect in clusters. It was concluded that an increase in the life expectancy at birth of countries with higher health status had no significant impact on economic growth. However, the increase in the life expectancy at birth of countries with lower health status influenced economic growth positively.Research limitations/implicationsThis study used data that including period of 1999–2016 for OECD countries. In addition, the study used cluster analysis to determine health status of countries, and then panel threshold analysis was preferred to explain significant relations.Originality/valueThis study showed that the role of health on economic growth can change toward country groups as higher and lower health status. It was proved that higher life expectancy can influence economic growth positively in countries with worse or low health status. In this context, developing countries, which try to achieve sustainable development, should improve their health status to achieve economic and social development at the same time.

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“…Achieving sustainable development is a new target for the world that economic growth cannot be primary target as last ages. It is expected to achieve economic growth as well as achieving social development, equity and welfare when environmental quality is protected in the long term (Aydın et al, 2019; Yıldırım et al, 2018; Yıldırım & Yıldırım, 2020). Accordingly, countries, businesses, NGOs and individuals are questioned in terms of how sustainable they are in recent days.…”

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Winner or loser? The asymmetric role of natural resource rents on financial development among resource‐rich countries

Yıldırım

Bostancı

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Sustainable Development

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The resource curse theory has become a paradox that has been discussed for many years in the literature. Because most studies have revealed empirical evidence that resource rents negatively affect financial development although resource wealth provides many advantages. Therefore, studies on whether studies conducted with different methods in different periods can produce results contrary to this theory are continuing. This study aims to test the asymmetric effect of natural resource rents on financial development among resource-rich countries. The study investigated the data of 10 countries those have the highest natural resource rents in the World that selected from World Atlas (2018) for the period 1993-2017. As a result of empirical analysis, this study proved that there was a financial resource curse hypothesis among resource-rich countries. While positive shocks are effecting financial development negatively, negative shocks are found as effecting financial development positively. This study also showed that resource-rich countries are lucky but not a winner in the context of financial development and sustainable development.

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Achieving Sustainable Development Through a Green Economy Approach

Cited by 23 publications

References 10 publications

Greenwashing: a rapid escape from sustainability or a slow transition?

Greenwashing: a rapid escape from sustainability or a slow transition?

The influence of health on economic growth from the perspective of sustainable development: a case of OECD countries

Winner or loser? The asymmetric role of natural resource rents on financial development among resource‐rich countries

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