Determining sustainability impact assessment indicators

Sustainability in the Case of Small Vegetable Farmers: A Matrix Approach

“…Thirdly, environmental concern, defined as "the degree to which people are aware of environmental problems and support efforts to solve them and/or indicate a willingness to contribute personally to their solution" [106] (p. 485), is integrated into our cultural dimension from the viewpoint of the perceptions on environmental degradation: a real problem, environmental protection: a priority, and the necessity of a higher environmental awareness. Currently, the challenges of climate change [34,107] and in response to it, the difficulties faced by environmental protection [16] represent central pillars of the present agricultural systems.…”

“…At the policy level, it can help better understand the synergies between configurations and the dynamics that integration may generate in relation to the desired policy goals. This type of assessment can assist decision-making and strategic planning throughout the entire policy cycle [15] (p. 4), [16] (p. 99). Comparative sustainable assessment could also be the basis for a "social contract" approach to corporate responsibility [14], as a possible way for providing a higher volume of public goods capable of increasing the total obtained income [17] (p. 275).…”

Economic feasibility and long-term sustainability criteria on the path to enable a transition from fossil fuels to biofuels

“…Economic feasibility constraints influence fuel production today, whilst sustainability influences the use of existing planetary resources in the long-term [18]. Therefore, both factors are important to preserve our current way of life.…”