Ireland's footprint: A time series for 1983–2001

Lammers, A.M.; Moles, Richard; Walsh, Conor; Huijbregts, Mark A. J.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2007.02.004

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“…The calculation of biocapacity in particular areas enables the human demand made on these areas to be compared with their available natural capital. Academics and practitioners around the world are increasingly emphasizing ecological footprint accounting [12,22,24,26]. The ecological footprint is a particularly important reference index for governments that are setting national sustainable development policies [27,28].…”

Section: Ecological Footprint Accounting Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Biocapacity can then be regarded as a new ecological asset [7]. Although some studies have expressed doubt concerning the effectiveness of the ecological footprint as an indicator of environmental effect or economic development, some have demonstrated that ecological footprint is scientifically objective measurement of sustainability which can be calculated in a manner that is consistent with prevailing scientific views, to ensure that it explicitly quantifies the human use of resources [15,24]. International monitoring of ecological footprints, initiated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), has become important in the measurement of sustainable development [25].…”

Section: Ecological Footprintmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Taiwan’s Ecological Footprint (1994–2011)

Lee

Peng

2014

Sustainability

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Section: Ecological Footprint Accounting Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ecological Footprintmentioning

confidence: 99%

Taiwan’s Ecological Footprint (1994–2011)

Lee

Peng

2014

Sustainability

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“…As the section 'Sustainability Indicators and Reporting Guidelines' discusses, we examined how sustainability parameters have been identified in the natural sciences literature and applied at global and national levels (e.g. Fang et al, 2015b;Lammers et al, 2008). The documentary data collection was also guided by the literature related to sustainability indicators at an organisational level, the sustainability accounting literature (e.g.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability Accounting and Reporting at a Sector Level: Mapping the Terrain

O'Dochartaigh

Maughan

2017

Accounting, Finance &Amp; Governance Review

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T he aim of this paper is to develop our understanding of accounting and reporting for sustainability at a sector level, an area where there is a significant deficit of literature. As sustainability is a system-based concept, there is a growing recognition that sustainability reporting needs to move beyond single-entity reports towards multiple organisation reporting, such as industry, supply chain and sector-level reports. However, few studies have explored the challenges and possibilities of multiple organisation reporting, and no established sector-level reporting guidelines exist. This study advances the sustainability accounting literature by mapping the field of multiple organisation sustainability reporting, drawing together any existing literature and reviewing emerging voluntary reporting mechanisms. We identify different levels of sustainability parameters and reporting: global, national, sectoral, organisational and product. We then evaluate emerging reporting frameworks at a sectoral level, with reference to the agri-food sector, an industry with significant ecological impacts. We review these frameworks, along with a practitioner example of sustainability reporting at a sectoral level in the form of Bord Bia's Origin Green programme, in the context of global sustainability parameters, namely planetary boundaries and the Sustainable Development Goals. In doing so we identify a lack of coherent linkages among these global parameters of sustainability and emerging reporting frameworks and reporting. We suggest directions for future research by which these gaps may be addressed.

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“…Studies have applied various indicators for the purpose of assessing sustainability (for example, Singh and others, 2009;Lawn and Clarke, 2010). Some of the most widely used indicators on the income-environment nexus are genuine savings, otherwise known as adjusted net savings (Hamilton and Clemens, 1999;Nourry, 2008;Mota, Domingos and Martins, 2010;Asici, 2013;Kubiszewski and others, 2013;Greasley and others, 2014); green national net product (Nourry, 2008;Mota, Domingos and Martins, 2010); the system of environmental-economic accounting (Dietz and Neumayer, 2007); the index of sustainable and economic welfare (Nourry, 2008); the ecological footprint (Parker, 1998;Wackernagel and others, 2004a;Lammers and others, 2008;Nourry, 2008;Hubacek and others, 2009;Begum and others, 2009;Galli and others, 2012;Wang, Chou and Lee, 2012); the environmental sustainability index (Pillarisetti and van den Bergh, 2007;Hara and others, 2009); the environmental performance index (Yale Centre for Environment Law and Policy, 2010); the environmental vulnerability index (Kaly, Pratt and Mitchell, 2004;Barnett, Lambert and Fry, 2008), etc.…”

Section: Indicators Of Sustainable Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is based on the same assumptions as the strong sustainability view point. By applying the ecological footprint over time, the progress towards sustainability, or its opposite, can be gauged (Lammers and others, 2008). Biocapacity or biological capacity is a measure of the ecologically productive land available (Ferguson, 2002).…”

Section: Indicators Of Sustainable Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strong or weak sustainability: A case study of emerging Asia

Barua¹,

Khataniar²

2016

Asia-Pacific Development Journal

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Sustainability can be weak or strong, depending on the nature of capital accumulation. Weak sustainability is characterized by a non-declining combined stock of capital and assumes that man-made capital can be replaced with natural capital. Strong sustainability, on the other hand, implies that natural capital cannot be replaced by any other capital. Based on this understanding, the present study analysed the growth patterns of 10 emerging Asian economies using time-series data over a 20-year period. For this purpose, the study used genuine savings as an indicator of weak sustainability and ecological footprint as an indicator of strong sustainability. The study found that the selected Asain economies, particularly the middle-income countries, are following a path of weak sustainability. While the high-income countries are gradually making an attempt, through various policy interventions, to move from a path of weak to strong sustainability, despite genuine savings having stabilized their ecological footprint per capita continues to show an increasing trend.

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Ireland's footprint: A time series for 1983–2001

Cited by 23 publications

References 6 publications

Taiwan’s Ecological Footprint (1994–2011)

Taiwan’s Ecological Footprint (1994–2011)

Sustainability Accounting and Reporting at a Sector Level: Mapping the Terrain

Strong or weak sustainability: A case study of emerging Asia

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