Implementation of sustainable development goal 8 in European Union countries–A measurement concept and a multivariate comparative analysis

Grzebyk, Mariola; Stec, Małgorzata; Hejduková, Pavlína

doi:10.1002/sd.2545

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“…The deliberations contained in the article are only a fragment of a broad spectrum of issues forming the collective sustainable development of the EU [98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109]. However, the conclusions drawn from the paper may help to improve policy-making in the EU and increase the territorial cohesion of the EU in the area of both sustainable energy development and sustainable economic development.…”

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Sustainable Energy Development and Sustainable Economic Development in EU Countries

Jędrzejczak-Gas,

Wyrwa,

Barska

2024

Energies

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Sustainable development is the subject of many economic analyses, but so far no attempt has been made to identify the main mechanism of interdependence between sustainable energy development and sustainable economic development in the second decade of the 21st century. The particular role of energy in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is due to the fact that the production, supply and use of energy underpin economic growth. The article fills this research gap and spawns both a better understanding of the essence of sustainable development as well as practical conclusions. The aim is to assess sustainable energy development and sustainable economic development in EU member states and to determine the correlation between the two in the EU. Substantive and formal methods were used to select diagnostic variables, including: the parametric method, the standardized sums method, and correlation analysis. The analysis period covers the years 2014–2021. The conducted research demonstrated a significant variation in the level of sustainable energy development and sustainable economic development among EU countries.

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Sustainable Energy Development and Sustainable Economic Development in EU Countries

Jędrzejczak-Gas,

Wyrwa,

Barska

2024

Energies

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“…A set of output variables should meet specific criteria associated with an adequate level of diversity and correlation. In evaluating the level of variability, a classical coefficient of variation was adopted, expressed by the following formula (Grzebyk et al, 2023):…”

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v_{j} goodbreak= \frac{S_{j}}{{\overset{x}{true}}_{j}} ((), j goodbreak= 1, 2, \dots m)

where: v j , coefficient of variation; S j , SD of the x j feature; x j , arithmetic mean of the x j feature.…”

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Green growth in agriculture―New measurement concept and its empirical verification

Kasztelan

Nowak

2023

Sustainable Development

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This paper proposes a new method for evaluating green growth in agriculture (GGA) based on a set of key performance indicators and a synthetic index. To this end, we used the zero unitarisation method. The objects of study were seven countries/groups of countries with the largest share in agricultural production in 2020. This paper attempts to answer the following questions: (1) Has there been any progress in fulfilling the assumptions of the green growth concept implemented in the agricultural sector of the examined countries? (2) Which countries do better, and which do worse in that respect? (3) What are the challenges respective countries need to face? In the analysed years, the mean GGA index increased from 0.3287 to 0.3342, which means that the overall level of ‘greening’ in agriculture grew insignificantly. Out of the seven analysed countries/regions, China did the best in handling the challenges of GGA, while India did the worst. The paper discusses the reasons for this state of affairs, simultaneously making recommendations for improving the existing situation.

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“…Unlike previous studies that evaluated national performance [82], our analysis represents a more granular approach, identifying specific areas of underperformance within countries and empowering policymakers to incentivize the adoption of relevant and effective policies. Furthermore, our study represents an overview of all 17 SDGs, rather than being restricted to industry-specific goals, as observed in earlier literature [16,17,83,84]. There is room for improvement in the pursuit of all goals for the 2030 Agenda, as even the goals with the highest adoption rate do not reach 70% of the application within this sample.…”

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“…The most recent literature (2021-2023) comprises various topics such as sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic and how this affected the pursuit of the SDGs [14,15]; the analysis of a limited number of SDGs in and outside the European Union [16,17]; and the sustainability-related impacts of specific industries [18]. Our article responds to the call [19] for research to clarify the responsibilities of large multinationals in the domain of energy transition, decarbonization, and environmental protection, as well as in the social realm, in areas such as gender equality and education.…”

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Achieving the 2030 Agenda: Mapping the Landscape of Corporate Sustainability Goals and Policies in the European Union

Perevoznic,

Dragomir

2024

Sustainability

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) were introduced in 2015 to advance the 2030 Agenda of sustainable development in all supporting countries. The SDGs are applicable to countries, non-governmental organizations, industries, and companies. In this article, we focus on the contribution of listed companies headquartered in the European Union (EU) to the SDGs. The EU intends to be the front-runner in the race for sustainable development and has adopted comprehensive strategies that mirror the UN SDGs. For this reason, we collected relevant data points from the Refinitiv Eikon database for 1156 companies headquartered in EU countries for the financial year 2022. The data collected refer to contributions to each SDG and the adoption of corporate sustainability policies. Data were statistically analyzed per country and sector to generate a comprehensive image of industry contributions to the SDGs in the EU. By applying a comparative analysis of country-level achievements and policies, the results point to four EU countries that are significant contributors to the SDGs through their economic activities. At the same time, other EU countries are still facing significant challenges in this domain. The socioeconomic considerations for these cases are laid out in the Discussion section. The present article offers a snapshot of corporate contributions to the SDGs as climate and geopolitical challenges become more prominent.

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Implementation of sustainable development goal 8 in European Union countries–A measurement concept and a multivariate comparative analysis

Cited by 7 publications

References 39 publications

Sustainable Energy Development and Sustainable Economic Development in EU Countries

Sustainable Energy Development and Sustainable Economic Development in EU Countries

Green growth in agriculture―New measurement concept and its empirical verification

Achieving the 2030 Agenda: Mapping the Landscape of Corporate Sustainability Goals and Policies in the European Union

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