Linking sustainability and spirituality: A preliminary assessment in pursuit of a sustainable and ethically correct world

Filho, Walter Leal; Salvia, Amanda Lange; Ulluwishewa, Rohana; Abubakar, Ismaila Rimi; Mifsud, Mark C.; LeVasseur, Todd; Prieto, Vanderli Correia; Consorte-McCrea, Adriana; Paço, Arminda do; Fritzen, Bárbara; Ray, Subhasis; Gordon, Neil; Luetz, Johannes M.; Borsari, Bruno; Venkatesan, Madhavi; Mukul, Sharif A.; Carp, Richard M.; Begum, Halima; Nunoo, Edward Kweku; Muthu, Nandhivarman; Sivapalan, Subarna; Cichos, Katarzyna; Farrugiay, Esther

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135091

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“…Anyway, sustainability might not be only a matter of materials, environment, resources and optimization. Recent publications have tried to assess the existence of a link between sustainability and spirituality, as the basis for a more ethically correct world [23] .…”

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Exploring hidden pathways to sustainable manufacturing for cyber-physical production systems

Pedone,

Váncza,

Szaller

2024

Heliyon

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Exploring hidden pathways to sustainable manufacturing for cyber-physical production systems

Pedone,

Váncza,

Szaller

2024

Heliyon

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“…According to Kale (2004), spirituality is "the engagement to explore and deeply connect with one's inner self-to the known world and beyond". Spirituality has been defined in several ways, but a significant aspect of it revolves around the pursuit of a meaningful existence within the society, frequently through individuals' actions and behaviour (Leal Filho et al, 2022). Spirituality has traditionally been associated with sociology, psychology and religion, but emerging studies have shed light on its significant relationship with consumer behaviour in the context of sustainability (Leal Filho et al, 2022;Rasanjalee, 2021).In particular, spirituality affects a person's attitude towards sustainable consumption, which in turn influences his/her sustainable consumption behaviour (Rasanjalee, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Spirituality has been defined in several ways, but a significant aspect of it revolves around the pursuit of a meaningful existence within the society, frequently through individuals' actions and behaviour (Leal Filho et al, 2022). Spirituality has traditionally been associated with sociology, psychology and religion, but emerging studies have shed light on its significant relationship with consumer behaviour in the context of sustainability (Leal Filho et al, 2022;Rasanjalee, 2021).In particular, spirituality affects a person's attitude towards sustainable consumption, which in turn influences his/her sustainable consumption behaviour (Rasanjalee, 2021). Individuals with spiritual inclination exhibit stronger intention to conserve resources minimise wastage and remain conscious of their consumption choices (Joshi & Rahman, 2019;Preston & Shin, 2022).…”

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Impact of spirituality, culture, behaviour on sustainable consumption intentions

Saxena,

Sharma

2023

Sustainable Development

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Sustainable consumption is a growing area of research due to the climate change and environmental degradation. The present study examines a conceptual model by integrating spirituality with cultural values from Hofstede cultural dimensions theory and constructs from Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to determine sustainable consumption intention. The paper also examines the moderating role of gender. The data was gathered from 726 customers. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse the main variables influencing sustainable consumption intentions. Spirituality, collectivism and long‐term orientation were found to have a positive impact on attitudes that leads to sustainable consumption intention. Thus, this study helps to improve the predictive ability of the Theory of Planned Behaviour by incorporating spirituality as a behavioural belief and collectivism and long‐term orientation as cultural dimensions. The findings show that gender has no moderating effect. The study outlines the process for converting a person's cultural values, norms, and beliefs into a purchase intention. As a result, the research offers practitioners and decision‐makers insight into how to boost intention towards sustainable consumption.

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“…In consequence, many development and climate change adaptation initiatives have not been sustainable, having been guided by external agendas and funded by foreign donors [1,2]. Set against this background, the time is ripe to investigate the interplay between spirituality and sustainability so that community development programmes and adaptation responses to climate-driven environmental change can become more effective and enduring [3,4]. More specifically, a better alignment between spirituality and sustainability can expand the limits of climate change adaptation in the Pacific Islands and overcome any possibility of maladaptation [5][6][7].…”

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Spirituality and Sustainable Development: A Systematic Word Frequency Analysis and an Agenda for Research in Pacific Island Countries

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While different in emphasis, spirituality and sustainable development are intertwined concepts that cannot be meaningfully discussed in isolation from each other. This is especially pertinent in Pacific Island countries that are characterised by both high degrees of vulnerability to climate change and high degrees of religious engagement. There is a paucity of research that examines the relationship between spirituality and sustainable development in contemporary human development discourse. To address this gap in the literature, this research employs an inductive and exploratory methodological approach to the study of major development organisations in Australia. It investigates what significance contemporary NGOs ascribe to matters of spirituality in the design and implementation of their community aid and development programming in the Pacific and beyond. To achieve its goal, the study conducts a systematic term frequency analysis in the annual reports of government-funded and independently funded NGOs, both faith-based and secular. It extends previous research by focusing expressly on the intersectionality of sustainable development and spirituality as a fertile space for interdisciplinary inquiry. The findings link development policy and practice more closely to the needs and worldviews of Pacific peoples. A better understanding of the spirituality–sustainability nexus will enable more effective, sustainable, equitable, ethical, and culturally acceptable development programming. Crucially, integrated approaches promise to make ongoing community development programmes and adaptation responses to climate-driven environmental change more effective and sustainable. Finally, it is an important aim of this study to conceptualise various opportunities for future research, thus laying the foundation for an important emergent research agenda.

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Linking sustainability and spirituality: A preliminary assessment in pursuit of a sustainable and ethically correct world

Cited by 14 publications

References 40 publications

Exploring hidden pathways to sustainable manufacturing for cyber-physical production systems

Exploring hidden pathways to sustainable manufacturing for cyber-physical production systems

Impact of spirituality, culture, behaviour on sustainable consumption intentions

Spirituality and Sustainable Development: A Systematic Word Frequency Analysis and an Agenda for Research in Pacific Island Countries

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