Integrating SDGs in environmental assessment: Unfolding SDG functions in emerging practices

Bøss, Emilia Ravn; Kørnøv, Lone; Lyhne, Ivar; Partidário, Maria Rosário

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106632

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“…The assessment model of each external agency will summarise the aspects related to each SDG. However, these assessment models are considered unclear and the weights and composition of the different goals in the overall assessment are not always made public (Boess et al , 2021). Ex ante indicators provide guidance for corporate action on economic, social, environmental and governance aspects that companies should communicate when disclosing information on the level of SDG achievement (Williams and Whiteman, 2021).…”

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Examining greenwashing and SDG-washing: an analysis of corporate engagement with the SDGs

del Río,

González-Álvarez,

López-Arceiz

2023

SAMPJ

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the existence of greenwashing and sustainable development goal (SDG)-washing processes by comparing ex ante (SDG Compass) and ex post (SDG Compliance) indicators and investigating whether the limitations associated with these indicators encourage companies to engage in washing processes. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a sample of 1,154 companies included in the S&P Sustainability Yearbook (formerly the RobecoSAM Yearbook). The authors test for the presence of greenwashing by comparing ex ante and ex post indicators for each SDG, whereas to test for SDG-washing, the authors compare the two ex ante and ex post approaches considering the full set of SDGs. Findings The results show that there is no consistency between the two types of indicators to measure the level of SDG implementation in organisations. This lack of consistency may facilitate both greenwashing and SDG-washing processes, which is due to the design and limitations of these measurement tools. Practical implications Companies may choose those indicators that paint their commitment to the SDGs in the best light, but they may also select indicators based on the SDGs they want to report on. These two options would combine greenwashing and SDG-washing. Social implications The shift towards improved standards and regulations for measuring SDG achievement is the result of several social factors such as investor scrutiny, regulatory reform, consumer awareness and increased corporate accountability. Originality/value Few previous studies have analysed in detail the interaction between greenwashing and SDG-washing. They focus on the use of ex ante or ex post indicators separately, with samples composed of local companies, and without considering the whole set of SDGs.

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Examining greenwashing and SDG-washing: an analysis of corporate engagement with the SDGs

del Río,

González-Álvarez,

López-Arceiz

2023

SAMPJ

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“…Mozas-Moral et al (2021) and Scown et al (2020) explained that the Spanish SDGs development target performance framework to guarantee organic agricultural consumption and production patterns, product exports, and product marketing. Similarly, the statement of Ravn Boess et al (2021) in Denmark, precisely in northern Europe, the integration of SDGs values impacts the community environment in the consistency of development as a framework and practice as a radical integration. Pisano et al (2015) SDGs development policy can give the country status in developing a civilized society.…”

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Traditional Institutions and Economic Transformation of West Aceh Coastal Community in Indonesia: A Sustainable Energy Policy

Mardhiah,

Muhammad,

Saputra

2023

IJASSH

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This study develops energy for adapting customary institutional policies in creating food security for coastal communities. This development has not been on target under the village potential determined interactively by the government at the village level in Aceh. This study is designed using a qualitative approach and case study methods based on previous research which focuses on SDGs development achievements in improving the Keujruen Blang traditional institution as one of the traditional institutions that function as rice paddy management which can create food security for farming communities in the coastal region of Aceh. West Secondary and primary data collection techniques and in-depth interviews follow the objectives set. The results of the research show that the energy of SDGs development policies is based on traditional institutions and can be carried out through a model approach to implementing public policy with a bottom-up method that must be carried out by the village government and traditional institutions of Keujreun Blang in the West Aceh region with a model management system scheme, organizational development and bureaucratic processes directed, and must form methods of controlling conflict and analyzing the success and failure factors of the community in creating transformative development of the Keujreun Blang traditional institutional organization as a reference for the economic welfare of the farming community.

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“…In the majority of reports, SDGs are mentioned without any further function. This demonstrates a tendency to focus on positive impacts and a wide variation in how contributions to the SDGs are evaluated and presented (Boess et al, 2021). Kørnøv et al (2020) andDel Campo et al (2020) have shown how SDGs can be used to ensure that strategic goals are taken into account in environmental assessment processes while still maintaining their essence within the traditional framework.…”

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A SDGs-oriented evaluation of the ecological sustainability of international horticultural exposition sites in Chengdu, China

Huang,

Yang,

Wang

et al. 2024

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This study uses AHP-entropy weight methodology and a spatial econometric regression model to evaluate the ecological sustainability and its changes between the current situation and the planning scenario at the 2024 Chengdu International Horticultural Exposition in China. The results reveal that the low and highest sustainability levels decreased, while medium levels increased to 34.04 hm2. Converting village settlements, wastelands, and farmland into exhibition gardens and water bodies will increase medium-level ecological sustainability by improving rain and flood security and reducing flood disaster risk. Integrated Service areas will have more impervious surfaces as the site develops. Some forest destruction, decreased vegetation coverage, three-dimensional green volume, and vegetation carbon stock will result. It will lower the highest ecological sustainability. The regressive correlation between ecological sustainability level and quantitative indicators was relatively high, ranging from 0.5875 to 0.7148. It will provide policymakers with references and guidance for sustainable development mega-events.

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Integrating SDGs in environmental assessment: Unfolding SDG functions in emerging practices

Cited by 25 publications

References 10 publications

Examining greenwashing and SDG-washing: an analysis of corporate engagement with the SDGs

Examining greenwashing and SDG-washing: an analysis of corporate engagement with the SDGs

Traditional Institutions and Economic Transformation of West Aceh Coastal Community in Indonesia: A Sustainable Energy Policy

A SDGs-oriented evaluation of the ecological sustainability of international horticultural exposition sites in Chengdu, China

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